RECORD MOTOR CYCLING.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 19, 14 May 1914, Page 7

RECORD MOTOR CYCLING.

i SYDNEY TEAM’S FEAT. Exceedingly fine performances 1 marked the, concluding stages of tho 100 miles relay teams” road race organised by the Dunlop Rubber Co. in Melbourne. Such fast time as that established by the Marshland considered practically | unbeatable, especially as there were only another eight days before the j conclusion of the competition; but there were two crack teams only waiting for,,fine weather before mak- | ing a final effort to win the first j prize. The first effort was that by the ■ Ixon team of Melbourne, and they just succeeded in clipping 18sec. off the New Zealand record, their total time for the century being 4b. 13min. [ lOsec. i Victoria now led in the contest, and I when the last day of the competition arrived the Ixon team was generally considered winners; but a bolt from tlio blue came from the crack team of the Northern Suburbs Club, Sydney, when, practically on the call of time, they registered one of the finest pieces of organised relay riding yet recorded in the world. The Sydney club’s team of 10 riders covered 100 miles in the remarkable time of 4h. Grain 55sec., more than Grain, better than the previous best. It was one of the most keenly contested .cycling ( competitions in Australia. Before finally awarding the prizes, , the performances of the three lead- | ing teams will be properly checked j and the courses measured, j The leading six teams at the con- | elusion of the test are as follow: First (£100): Northern Suburbs District Cycling Club, Sydney, 4b. i Gmin. oo.se'c. ’” ' j Second (£50): Ixon Cycling Club, j Melbourne, 4h. 13min. lOsec. j Third (£20): Marshland Cycling ; Club, N.Z., 4h. 13min. 28sec. Fourth: Granville Cycling Club, Sydney; i'4h. 24min. 48sec. Fifth: Coburg Cycling Club, Melbourne, 4h. 28min 13 3-Gsec. The individual honors of the tosv were carried oft by tho New Zealand crack, P. 'O’Shea, : who, by' his* great unpaced ride of -10 miles in 20min 42 2-sseC) ‘ won the £lO speeffil pri2e for the -fastest relay, 1 and easily provied. himself champion of* the test. Medallions .are being awarded* by the Dunlop Rubber Co. •to the mcMbhrs of all the teams that' negotiated tlie 100 miles in oh. oil under. The previohi world’s record for a similar contest w*s 4h. 29min do.sec, registered by the Christchurch Cycling Club, N.Z., in.I9OS.UI