CORRESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4432, 31 May 1893, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

; A;Profa&^^ (To the Editor H Bm, —Iu y6uf/?jssue'- ; tbore is a seating that the 1 W.A.A. and Cycling Club's'bicycle road race will be held- on Thursday next on the public road to Carterton, Surely public convenience and safety demand that this should not be permitted, Id the Old Country it would be strictly illegal, and it should be khere, where it is to the public and far more dangerous, owing to llie fact of the roads being_ formed only in tbo : centre and the Bides left rough, In the Old Country horses are becoming accustomed to bicycles, owing to tbo immense number in use, but not so here, Last week on the Opaki road, three ol us driving home had a narrow escape owing to an unlighted bicycle flashing v by in tbo dußk. Our horse swerved from the centre of the road down the bank, and was only brought up by the i i fence As a rule I regret to Bay small courtesy is shown by bicyclists here, or assistance given in case of meeting a nervous horse. Surely theysbould be compelled to hold llioir races on proper tracks and not on public roads, and so become a source of danger and a public nuisance, I am, etc, " Kopvamxoa,"