Cycling While's Perfonriiance

NZ Truth, Issue 1239, 29 August 1929, Page 16

Cycling While's Perf onriiance

(From "N.Z. ;.Truth's""Wellington> Rep.)

Next S^tuCday. will igive the disciples of .this bike ganie their last 6ppbrtur.ity to* vyind up for the big race on September .7.

THE > fif ty-mije'' grilid : will be a bitter , •>■ pne, •Vand^-it behoves likely aspirants r to- the 'pro viriciai" title to make every i post a/winnirig one. ■■'■' -,-. .

D^s'pite.the experience, of the thirty-fivei-'mi'le race aweek or two'back there was plenty of evidence that many of the; riders were, inno 'condition to see 04t last: Saturday's forty-rriiler. A whole host again fell. by tlie; wayside. The : major)ty fourid the race just about twenty .niiies too far. > Most of them man-aged^-to^struggle''home .before dark,, hht for Aheygreater; part- of: the journey' they were' passive : a.nd'not active participants. Afters a 'seasdri's. striving,' "White captured " a'lpopular ; win. He has been m tlie money several^times, but ointil Saturday he has always been : Crowded put of. first plaice, ; ' ;.-,'' ,y ,; 'V;' y '•'•' '"

I From the ten and a-half 'minute ' mark, he recorded a rattling good performance. The. last twenty miles was • solo plugging. -This, against a powerful wiridy'speaks for itself.

*}• bunch v of V four, coriipiising Bray, "Pearce, ; Foot© arid Ericsson - staged, a spectacular sprint :- for second place and - had the spectators Vo'ri their toes, v y Bray /Vas the ' first ; to shojw out. yHe was in 'great-fettle and beat Pearce by a couple 'qfylength's to take second honors as well -as' fastest time. V Billy seems to have ijro'k'en'tl.e 'Pdarcey "complex:" yy..} ThlB; is , tlie first time the scratch Snen 'have figured! amongst the placVgettefs m • handicap face this season. -<~ ■-■'■■ '■