Speed-Cycling on Road and Track

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 162, 29 September 1927, Page 8

Speed-Cycling on Road and Track

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: r. iz-xzkc nzr?. Ar •ax.zn rtt bi W ia ••*- '• ' tlditaff Jt A 1 -C,r*{LC«*< '■ ''•' C....U? .- Xw Zea.-a r.d. az^i • w : -* 4 cn 3£/>oiay. Ha re*x ’-'.air. fear, az<l cka: tiue- race ra«>. He *U >a*t mi Friday u. '/ " ' -'-~ i• : w.;. THE -S-eER MAS .rfAr er, T* airLiU, Papaiara. a: wfcii. Bovrtl *a<2 m_ x raot or eo&d. n :x.e o€ lemAxrjzS* or Ta« naadaeapgrtr. Mr. OaJkea, cab beea «c 4 ww tote auirki *.U s’.z**l to *J*e dt**r«st rider* in sfcii -4. r tven*, the */5 < Ti*tj»e»it seeij a verj Jaj.r mj*. Of want. n4«rt who hATf afl performance* ar» always a worry ZM*v«rr v.er a on? jo«sme7 al*o *«t birr. g „■»-**.-.* o». % the flei* mbMaxare in solid silver. presented by *-be Inm.o> 2U;bber Contpaof for the ti.me rtttda pireaented by Mr. Ber. Helnlnc. of L«vr. inion Rubber Com- >•-»>', *oJ tlic championship tla<s ribbon. prenetiJAl b 7 the Aoeklar.d Atk ie?Jc aod Cyclings dab to winner Warerrorlh.i, U 4 lit (Mee?n :^tree:. ox xi lover* of cycle racing, awl re|be* motor-iorr/ supplied tv the L» m of. Ki .'ber Conpaty, which will oifiy c/>mpetftorW clothe* from Kamil- ■//* u> Aucklaad, leave a* noon an Ui« rulers' ?ear it af<oard, and cony: j irtamlfrl through to the troOtßf ?r«u.v:». are to see that their respective parcels are well s»> that they will t>: easily *.rted out upon aurrtiraL This lorry will not wait for competitor*. as wsli * A TIME COMPARISON The A.c<iand Athletic and Cycling Club 1 race to Fa;-tktir& and back on Saturday proves that, with fair weatr.er t r /iditioiaa rider* can go very :cat tr ey did a month ago. In Saturday* m net th< time for the race waa Jhr 3*nin. Four weeks ago the time for exactly toe tame race was lhr Zfraain lluee. a d.fferentse of only 28uec,

while the fastest time result was mors r *UI. U-rt Saturday A. 'lVhit® won fastest time prize - Tit lhr 2'«oin 20soc. wh,le F. Prior, who won It four week ago, went lhr 20min 20 2-s*ec—only two-fifths of . difference over a Journey of 2*t -odd rnLen. A, gutherLand, winner of Saturday's race, deserved his v/ln. He has hsul a had spin lately, having been shaken off. and dropped, on several occasions, when as a matter of fact he should not have ridden, beirjg a sick man. He has been a starter every Saturday at fang ere, but this is his first win this season. Jim Henderson was again n«cond. He crashed early in the race, knocking off some lumps of skin, etc., but remounted, ami picked up the others. -»nd was only beaten by two length*. He would have troubled the winner a little more had the fail not affected him. The race between the two scratch men. Prior and White, vras spoilt by the Latter sitting up 50 yards from the finish In* line. White got a jump in over the last ISO yards, and that was the end of iL He won by three lengths. A GREAT RIDE M. P. Byrnes and J. 11 Wade made history for themselves on Saturday. Starting off the murk In the Manukau i Amateur Cycling Club’* 22-mile open ‘•vent, and pacing each other in splendid style, they went the full journey in the record time of 53min 3 3-ssec. Thin time works out at over 22 1-2 miles an hour, which, considering the windy nature of the day, was a remarkable performance. The previous best time over the Instance was 53min 31 3-saec. Con. Gainsborough and S. Baird had a nice ride on their own on Saturday j for three laps. This was Con. G.'s first appearance for some weeks. He must have been training on the -quiet. I as his unpaced ride on Saturday was a good one. S. B-«ird also seemed to be enjoying himself. A CONSISTENT RIDER The winner of Saturday's race, S. Lichfield, has been a very consistent

>erf'..rmer aj: lattiy He '"- '- Pfirr ik ii 1 1, —. the fro - ' - -- Jita-tarday. Tribes, tiicck *:- -.g- . Over th* ;*tt rrunire^ ?t . r ~*- «1k» n& seocc^ . -n Atturt&ay'* ipes e* ent. next -T- a . r> - 2 no —ia no seed to worry ores -' v> set his vtasi - fro : ' - JttfiatanSay. His front slml colar/i - 2 received a. bod sfaaJcisss 2 - "era.. W. Ilertg&i «<!:'%r' 4 ; '-.*jl »aj accented BAIRD'S GOOD RIDE The Tc-i3Bier the if-A -C C 11- sin* SO-r.ise ra.ee oa Sntmfley. A_ O. Bsurd, scr, weft H* caught the 3eld ’with three fclkf U aai cor—.r z lato the picture a! the right ttas long estongb to neese a cocc - fortnbie Trir_ He tbemnchlj d--*er-r«*i it, aa h* hai noc haud marii luci at 2/Ca.ngere d:irLrat the season. B. F . j!:i«*er ecr_ who fialsfeed Koacd to Baird, put ia y>rsft last lap* dcrfcr-g •*'- raoe Hi* effort -was mainly reag«oasib> for tie bade-markers gect.r.a* op no earl 7. He was a very .rood secoaL There ’will he no amateur road rsern secured by the promoters oil the IrrrJop duLsrp&ssiship road race at progransnie of three cycle races Trill oe carried out by the Wanuicstti Araateur Cycling Club on the Alexandra Parh Trocunsr Club's grounds Ln **» afternoon, during the -srait for the arrival of the big event.