CYCLING CARNIVAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5212, 23 December 1895, Page 3

CYCLING CARNIVAL.

ZIMMERMAN TWICE DEFEATED,

pNQE BIPITHEB, OF CHRIST- ; 'OHUBOH, , (ftcceiitd Decemkr 22, Sp.m.) ' MELBOURKE,Depember 22. The weather was fine for the Zimmerman Cycling Carnival yesterday, ; and tho gathering attracted an im- : mense crowd of spectators. Parsons was unable to compete , owiug to an attack of influenza. ■ , Tho meeting was remarkable for fhe double defeat pf Zimmerman - f p.by Pither, andagain by Walker, Be enthusiasm over theso wins of iistralasian riders surpassed anything previously seep on the ground. ; The'following are the results open handicap, one mile. Martin (America), ecr,, ~ 1 Walker (Victoria), 40yds ~ 2 Mjifcb (Victoria), lOflfda ~ 3 Won easily by two length, Time, Slmin 31 4-sseo. Pither and Porta also competed, isviunos scratch race, 1 mile. H, J. Pither (New Zealand) .. 1 Zimmerman 2 Martin (Amcrloi) ~ ~3 The race was very fast from the start. Pither held a good position *iirniiirhout. Zimmemaa was lead- , •' I. t „| rag at the end of the third lap, wn-en phet Btqle &■ march on him, and got with' hiii fiOvd'sfrpm bpijie. Pither kept going with a tremendous spurt, ana weaving down the cham- ' pion, beat him by a good two yards, It was a magnificent finish, Martin being so close up, that he expressed himself dissatisfied with the judge's Terdict, and said lie thought he ought to have been placed sMfoa, fAn finish caused an indescribable excitement. People rushed jffie ground,' and 'the winner was cayriid' shoulder high to the"paviljpD, aihidstlong and deafening cheers, admits' the fine performance of the New Zealander, but explains that after Pither stole the march on him, it took it all out of him to maintain bis position, and * lie <ivas unable to keep up the spurt, Time, 2miu 33 2-ssecs.

IKIERNJITIONAIi scratch mill WMker.Violoria ..1 iSimmoitaaa „ ~ ~ % Mjrlb 3 The American, Martin, made the pace a cracker after the first lap and | |eijd li'prn ?iinmermai), who, with a ip'ajFfriificent spurt, caught him in 100 yards,' The champion then had to pD6w?r a challenge from Walker, ■jvhp stacjf tj> "t'ty'tliS* pCjt; ppd beat hini by six inches. The fjyriipn was almost Myemonatrative as that which / Flaw received, Time, 2min 312-5 650, fljraiprmajj's dpfeat is takfm as a proof that he oannot sustain an ezteuded spurt. ;■/ the Invitation Race Zimraeniittu w own half-mile Australian record of lmin 2 l-Ssec, and accomplished the .task i in 58seo, finishing 20 yards iu front ■eftfopw'