CYCLING.
> RESULT OF THE AUSTRALWHEEL RACE. Received December 8,6.20 p.m, Melbourne, December 8, ' For tho cycling carnival yesterday there was fino weather and a largo ' attendance. The following are tho results AUSIRAL WHEEL RACE. Crisp (Tasmaoia), 2Ssjda ~ 1 Poart (Yiotoria), 230 yds .. 2 Gargurevicl), 230 yds .. ~3 Won easily by 20yardg. Pgrsons and Pither, on the 80 yards limit, had no chance with tho longstart mon, and pulled off at tho sixtq. lap. The win of Crisp, who ig only 20 years of age, created great surprise, as lie has only been cycling for the last 18 months. Time' 4min 42 l-ssec. FIVE-JfILE INTERCOLONIAL SCPATOIJ RACE, Parsons, Victoria l Martin, America ~2 Porta, Italy ~ ~ ~ g Parsons caught the pacing tandep) in the first lap, itnd hanging on to led all tho way, and won, pulling up by half a lap. Parsons beat Portf). by twenty yards. Time, 12min 35 1 -ssec. Parsons afterwards gave ai|| exhibition lap, and,paced by a triple* tandem, travelled the distance in 28 4-ssec,, which is the record. Victorian Club Plate, one mile and a-half. Payno, 95 yds ~ i Bungeg, 205 yds ~ ~ 2 Molnnes, 85 yds ~ 3 There <yas a clqso finish, Time, 3min 36 2-ssec. '
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5202, 9 December 1895, Page 2
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200CYCLING. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5202, 9 December 1895, Page 2
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