Cycling and Motoring.

Free Lance, Volume V, Issue 224, 15 October 1904, Page 16

Cycling and Motoring.

Owing to a fall in the fifty miles road championship of New Soutn Wales, which was run recently, T. Laroombe, Australasian road champion, lost his chance, and the coveted honour fell to C H. Brook. Larcombe, who was badly knocked about by his accident, is intensely dissatisfied, and has now issued a challenge to the winner to race him over the Parramatta course, for a side wager. Apparently that promising young rider, Scheps, has not struck form in America yet. On July 23rd he took part in the fourth heat of the half-mile championship of America, and, although there were only five starters, including Schreiber and Galvin, who are only second-raters, he finished absolute-

ly last. Floyd MacFarland won the third heat of this race, but went out m the semi-final, and Kraanei easily won the final. K. C. Hopper, who won the Sydney Thousand of 1903, has now gone in for paced lacing in the States. From the description of his race with Hoffman, wp gather "Hoffman yelled to Chapman, who was pulling him, for moie pace. Chapman turned) on more juice, and the motoi began to buck like a broncho spuired in the shoulder. She kept right on, running amuck all over the track, and was entirely beyond Chapman's control. All the officials took to the fence and the tall grass in a huriy, and, but for Chapman's coolness, thei c might have been a serious accident." There is a very large futuie before motor boats. Indeed, it is likely they will furnish the sport of the future. Motor boat racing will attract a tremendous number of followers, for there can be nothing more exhilarating than rushing through the water on a small craft at a high rate of speed. Then,, again, racine on the high seas will require no special Act of Parliament, and there will be no fear of police interference. Motorists will be interested in the sensational performance of Paul Sartori, on the Empire City track recently. For every mile, from thei first to the fifteenth, track records were made, and he then continued on to put up new figures for twenty miles. When the announcement was 1 made that he had' covered sixteen miles in 15min 41seo, as against the record of 20min 4sec made by Henri Fournier, of Paris, immense enthusiasm prevailed. Sartori increased his speed at every mile, and finished like a whirlwind, followed bv a cloud of dust which obscured the entire track for several seconds. Sartori's time was 19min 37sec for the twenty miles, or nearly 6min better than Fournier's time fo 1 - the distance. The oar used was Mi Vanderbilt's 60 horse-power Mercedes. It is now certain that the bright particular star of the coming cycling raping season in Australasia will be Elleeraard, the flyine: Dane. The liberal offers first made to this wonderful rider bv the Summer Niorhts Amusement Company, of Sydney. were rejected by the champion, but subseanent negotiations were more successful, and' the Australian public will now have an or>por+nnitv of comparing the o^ack sr>rinte.r of thp, Continent with the best of local talent