THE CASH RIDERS

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 42, 12 May 1927, Page 12

THE CASH RIDERS

A cold wind made racing conditions unpleasant for Saturday’s race of 22 miles. The middle markers made things too lively for the back markers and over the last lap more than held their own. The judge’s placings were: Healey, 4£min., 1: Townes, omin., 2; Kinnelly, 6£min., 3. Fastest time was secured by Henderson, scratch. By his win on Saturday, Healey showed a big improvement in his riding. If this rider can only strike form he will be a nuisance to the backmarkers over any distance.

Townes, by coming second to Healey, proved that before long a win must come his way. He had a hard ride on his own on Saturday to pick up the limin. gap and but for that the judge’s placings might been reversed. J. Henderson, in securing fastest time, rode well. He put in some great unpaced work over the three laps at Mangere. Prior, who rode off scratch with Henderson, seemed to be pedalling a 60 gear. Riders should be able to push an 80 gear without any trouble on that course. Sutherland, the other scratch rider, had enough early in the race. Pie does not seem to be in condition to stand a hard race. By the time the Hamil-ton-Auckland events come round he may have improved. DUNLOP ROAD CHAMPIONSHIP Now that this race has been decided on it is up to the riders to show their appreciation of Mr. Richards’s and the committee’s effort by putting in a record entry. The Auckland Athletic ancl Cycling Club has assured the committee that there will be more than 50 starters. That is very satisfactory and shows the remarkabic strides cycling has made in Auckland. While the date is as yet an uncertainty, would it not be possible to hold this race early enough to allow the winner of the fastest time (and incidently the North Island championshini to proceed to Christchurch and compete in the Timaru-Christchurch race, and if successful in gaining fastest time there, to go to Melbourne for the big classic, Warrnambool-Mei-bourne, run October 8? The Northern Union has promised every assistance to the committee. This will be very welcome, as its officials wall be of great use at checking and feeding stations. The Dunlop Tyre Company is noted for its care of riders in the Warrnam-bool-Melbourne race and the same care will be bestowed on them in this Ham-ilton-Auckland event.