Cycling and Motoring Notes.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 July 1915, Page 4

Cycling and Motoring Notes.

t'luiii the Uuiiloy Rubber Company, ol j Australasia, for the week ending '' LOth July, lUlo. I # » • # t .. • 'J'lic A. S. W. uMotor Cycle Grand I'rix, decided last week on a l(ii mile« circuit near JJathursi (-'3O miles from Sytlnoy,) iwulted in a spirited contest. Unfortunately bad weather conditions . marred ihu ovont to some extent, bub notwithsLanding a heavy and wet (.'iHir.so, yood tiiiu'is were recorded over the full 'distance of 100 miles. Out of uO entrants, 28 faced the starter. 'I lie race resulted in a win ior the YS..W. rider J. E. -Mellor, on a Dun-lop-shod (j h.p. -Afatchloss. ,, The winner \va,s in receipt of l'j minutes start and negotiated the century in 2 Ins. 'J sees, winning by 5'J seconds. H.' f Tsartlett (N. S. W.) 17-i niinutos handi- I cap ran .second in 2 hours i) minutes 10 ; .seconds on a(3 h.p. Zenith. W. <l. O. || C iislcy. \'icforia, 7h.p. hulian and Dun- ' lops, li'ivishi'd third and also secured the , la.stest time prize. Oiisley recorded I hour ~A) niinutes 2-1 Kecoude. ami incidentally established a new circuit re- i cord for the cour.se by covering a circuit (I.o'i nrile.s) in 19 minutes 58 fieconds. This rider put up a particularly ,| line performance, and got within 2 minutes 22 seconds of the winner. Only ij fur losing some ■minute* owing to liav- p to adjust his- magneto he would jj lu-iilialily liave won. J. Jioot-li, the scrauli man Jinished .sixth in 2 hours [ ■ : minutes The event attracted a big i rowii of motorcyclists and carists froii .Sydney. i it X * > A • * A Taylor, the o and 10 miles Amateur Cycling Champion of Australia, luie been forced to ride as a professional in America. Taylor left, two niolithri ago u> race amongst the Amateurs ;u the States, but upon arrival there he was informed by the National Cyclists Association that he n-ouid be .riiablo io ride. The reason given was that

In who too superior to rick us an amateur, tlio controlling body having decided that jus .soon :\a n rider becomes 100 good lor the ordinary r;uil\ and hie. In- is to 1)0 turned out into tin , proiessioiials. and thus give encouragement to tlie younger riders. This is one oi' the .strange*! actions that the write]- has yet heard of. and the attitude oi' the American body will not commend iwlr' to either amateurs or piolossioinds throughout "the spurting world.

The first long distance Vicloriii L. V. \V. Koad liacc ot tho .season \\;is decided over a M(i miles c-ircuit. la-4 Saturday, an drww'a Jield of W riders. The- prize* Here .provided by tile Dunlop Rubber Co.. and the primary object of this event nils to ascertain what trade .support to long distance load racing was warranted during the piesent .season. The reMilt was not encouraging. The race provided a keen coiitr-t. and re.siilted in a win for A. 1 , ,. (II) inik'.s ) riding time !. hour •'>s uiiimfe.s ."371,•"> seconds. i'l KiTshike Ci minutes) whs second, ami A. 11. Ik<ll (10 minutes) third. Ker>lake besides linisliing second, recorder the liiistesl time, his figures bciny i hour OS minutes, i.il seconds. During the progress, of the race, flic second *»f the Dunlop Junior Jxace.s was decided, and attracted a good lield of young nder.s. The distance wa.s "» nules. over an oiit-and-hoine course. Tile w inner turned up in JC. Beare !- minutes) time ]-l minutes. The 1.->li-.-.t time wii-, (vfalilishcd by K. (''toper (I minute) who put up a particularly good ride for a youth by negotiatiiif. the di.-tanco in I,'j minute.s II.) •-■■oin!-. linlicatj.-iis jioilit to i'lirse juiiinr race.-, beconiTiig very popular ;::ii"im-l the young j/ciieraiion of eye and-al the present time, when all athlete* ;iro recpiired tor service at the front, it is preloraTilo thaf the energ-ii-s ol liiiih league and trade should lie iocussiMi on the fostering ot the junior -idc of roiid racing.