CYCLING
GREYTO:/N ROAD RAQE. The cycle read r.a.ce, which 'li'aSlately .been exciting nmoh in-terest-iir-tht* iWairarapa, was held yesterday, the course .being from. Greyfown to.Kluiripuni, 'a HJistaaice- of, 15 miles, ajiid : back. Some nineteen riders faced'the .and' wire despatched at in—t'erri Is r reading ,fro .their, handicaps. A' :liM'p*.i? orowd watched the progressroiU;, and the winner.received an ova:tion' en .po'as?r.'g the (post. The wiinineir, H. 'Rpnaklsi, -off SJ-niin:, was (in a .winning iposi Did a- throughout '■ tire .race, ao!,.'deserved,the win for Ms J siound judgment. The lend was. ami— I exed very eanly by iW. Martin, who I had 'start, amd who iled the vhole dcebMice jto withfti three hun'd-• red yards 'from itiliei post, when he wp..r, by Ronalds,. wbo-.de-feated him .by several' lengths. H. Ronalds. aVm seouved sie fastest time, Ife actual riding time' being 1 'hour' ilium. Ssecs. Tihe .second fastest timet, wrts (put up (by J. Clarke, winner -off •the (Egnxnit <rc<ad (race 'last year, litis tiraie bei«|g thrree .mtinutes we than; that cst.aHfc.hid (hj dliom-iniier. T3ie 'roads were in l a very satisfactory conl- - ibut ihe cattle and seriously (impeded •iirisvny of tin cempe.tifiCrs. The prizes weVe ,asfollows : Ist, 8.5..A,. Wrycle valued at £l6 and; gold .medal TnWch.Jst .rou.r' gt«!nea.s for,fastc<at time, H. (Pra:>a lids'. iSi-min.; 2nd, .£4 cash, W. .'Martin •■ 12£-min.; 3rd, .£2 cas.lv, <G. Severs 7},min. The> nrfxt nvcrito &nh*h v.vn-e Walsh, .Jensen, Clarke, Mum-ay and Carr.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10638, 17 May 1912, Page 4
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233CYCLING Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10638, 17 May 1912, Page 4
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