PHIL O’SHEA.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 November 1923, Page 4

PHIL O’SHEA.

CIiA.MHOX RKTCiCN'S. nmisTciirncn. x.,v. it. The Au tralasian i-ycle-rai ing < hnmpion. Idol O'Shea, who ha; secured fastest time in tie- classic Warrnam-hooi-.Mellii.inrno event three lime-, running. arrive:! Ian:; in t hri-t'-hurrb yesterday, looking as lit as ever. If staled that lie had ridden in his hi-l hie nice, and in future. let would not lake cycling -i-t'iuusiy. Regarding the big rave, the iluinipiutt stated that the roads wei'e in ihe worst rendition he had ever seen them in. The ra :, e began at n.-hi a.in., when the limit men were sent away, and th- si rat eh men started at T o’eloelc. O'Shea did not know that an (li'oi'i was being made, and officially tinted, in break tile record ever the ' first I'd miles of tlie journey. !funny that part of !.!:<• journey his wri.-t wateh earned *Jtt minutes, and earned him to ihiuk tnat there v.tis no chance ;0 ;he )uvviol!- ; retard C a - in;; be-U-r-d. Iwa-dey past the Ird-iniie.- mark in Hits, .Adr-un. O'Shea w as right t.n his where tasiuv pace. Tlie New Zealand < hump-inn's 1 roll Ides startetl rally. After guug mile- niir of Ids tv res started to go down, but a |.uneiiire pram solution ill t he t idle kept it nil tin! ii L' I milefrom the 11 ? 1 is l l . for Md Hides I'-.-p-re that the tyre laid Ireen living air -a ■ vlv. and with .'ld miles to go. OV-hen was ridilit: on Ihe wooden lam o| his buck wine!. Over the last ux miles Ii- rode practically all the way ‘‘on the p: dais." (fusty roads proved a great inconvenience. Pome parts of the mads were brine: tap-drem-d. ami th,. rehu's were ioreed to ia'-.e the soft going on tt'e -tile. Widen:, in places, ill two inches of dlls!. ihev ban' 111 wttiell every foot of the road, am! to add || their distress there were dozens o! or ears stirring the dust into rlou'is. O'dln a remarked that at Pile • I ape he did not see Cue

road for over a mile. He was riding then with the vim I is. hind him. doing amotii. ;Vi tade: an hour, and in front were ■i'v-r: : i .o', which w---re maintaining the same spiced. Some of the riders . are gag:!:—. With bait the race none, the struggle for the la-aest time had narrowed down to two men. O’Shea and Rea'dey. and these led a hunch ot" imier, to tlie last splint. At the linish tliere wa.s one good track with roam 1 w only one ruler on it. and in the juggle lor possession O'ShiM was lir-t to tin' lead, and securing ihe irenl;. v."U the championship in the fa- t--st tin:.- la- has made o\er i l.i- iwurnev. I inmedait'-Iy alter tile rai : - tc-a-dei pro. -- n-d lent O',shea had cr. —.-I him, hut it was si low n iiiat it - had end --a Veil red to pass the X.-w Zealander on the hit side. in-:.-ed -.f tlie right, and the l-rot.-m v. as vs ir IH!i iv n. -■] could .ca-ily have suv.d over Cc-rc ii 1 i..ul waul--! ■ I _ul An - trail.i . a:-.'; i ■ \. ' /a eland in lll> ion. .■; 1 thi u;-.-!i v. ill do Air i r.-'i . to. " idle t l ack . . : -■ :■ ! I lie h a lei t . and 11 a.. .*i . a : a -hit tin ~ 1<! :• ■’ ; : y i '' . ihi rs el o; -i 'o' .. I'.ut. ! c . . im i an;, intention oi lami . - over t acre. and ]‘ia vied to la- lau-k hmr.e a- aitt." Melbourne laid a v-m\ go-.I tick. laadded. and another new i rack w.i- bcing made v.inl-d he wa- ovi-r torn-. ('ycle-r;n-ing " a- on i>m hooin in Australia just now.