A GREAT RIDE
SUTHERLAND’S FEAT “DEADLY LONELINESS” Alex, Sutherland, the Auckland longdistance road race cyclist, returned to Auckland this week after his long ride to Wellington, looking little the worse for his strenuous experience, although still feeling rather stiff and sore.
Sutherland’s ride was accomplished under the worst possible conditions —in the middle of winter, on bad roads and, in the later stages, in the worst of weather. To add to his difficulties the car which was to have accompanied him, could not make the journey, and with the
* i l-iwy, itllU W IUI l lie a. Sut.ienaiu. exception of Hill's company as far as Hamilton and the assistance of several Taranaki riders in the dairy province, Sutherland rode alone for the greater part of the journey. “The deadly loneliness of it made the journey a killer,” said Sutherland, in talking over his experience. My actual riding time was 53 hours, and if anyone can beat it under the same conditions, good luck to him.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 80, 25 June 1927, Page 1
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165A GREAT RIDE Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 80, 25 June 1927, Page 1
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