CYCLING.
THE SIX DAYS' RACE. AN EXCITING FINISH. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Reaceived 5, 5.5 p.m. Sydney,. January 5. Forty thousand the finish of was spJjUttMHflHMHHfnout the day. the pace was ter'ffflc. The overlapped teams retired just before the close. There was a great fight between the remainder, McNamara eventually beating Spears and Scott by half a length, amid great excitement. The distance covered was 1833 miles. The teams finished in the following order:—McNamara and Corry (New South Wales), 1; Spears (New South Wales) and Kirkham (Victoria), 2; Scott (New South Wales) and Keefe (Tasmania), 3; Crook and TTonry (New South Wales), 4. Shea, and Smith (New Zealand) were sixth. The overlapped teams, including Summers (New Zealand) and Russell (Xew South Wales) tied for eighth place with 1832 miles two laps. Spears beat McNamara in the sprint to the post from the 1800 miles mark. DETAILS OF THE RACE. Received January 0. 12.25 a.m. Sydney, Januarv ,">. The cyclists' record is 253 miles behind last year's, due to loafing when there were but few spectators 'and to two days' strong adverse winds.
Ever since the nominations were received for this endurance test, R. J.. j McNamara and F. P. Corry were regarded as a powerful and experienced combination, and public opinion, which has been singularly justified, selected them with R. E. Spears and D. Kirkham as likely to provide the winners. Kirkham recently put up several magnificent performances in long distance racing whilst Spears is recognised as the topnotch New South Wales sprinter. As a matter of comparison it is worth me-n tioning that the Boston six days' (ten hours a day) race took place between November 4 and 9 inclusive, 13 teams competing. A. J. Clark showed some patches of fine form, but on the last day had to compete against a big combination. Joe Fogler and J. F. Moran won from E. F. Root and P. Hehir, with J Bedell and E. A. Pye (a reconstructed team) third, and A. J. Clark and F. Hill fourth. Distance covered, 13D0 miles 1 lap.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 194, 6 January 1913, Page 5
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342CYCLING. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 194, 6 January 1913, Page 5
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