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CYCLING AND
' M0T0B NOTES
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11 BY DUNLOP.'
A big road raqo from Paris to Milnn
(Italy), a distanca of 800 miles, is being
organised by tho Italian Bporting press
this season, Tho event will bo run
whllo the Universal Exhibition is boing
held in Milan. A valuable prize-list
will bo offered, and it is anticipated
that tho event will draw all tho crack
road riders of Kuropo. Tho raco will
'probably ho divided into two sections,
This is the class of racing that would
'a very flno perfnrmnnco in Now Zealand
lander, . I, Arnst, who is nt, the. present)
timo probably ono of tlio finnst road rid-1
ors in tho world. With tho asslsi.inco
ot 1hn combined leaRUes of New P.caland
nnd the, CommonwcnMJi noting in co
operation with tho cycle trade, it should
bo n'vory easy matter to send Ainsf
homo to represent Australasia in the
event under notice. Better still, snnd t
the brothers, ?). and R. Arnst, n ccxn- !
blnntion that, would lm extremely hnrd j
to bent at Ion-vsunlainod fast road rid- !
inn, Tho stmcpstfon is,. In tho writer's |
opinion, worthy ot consideration by tho.
Now Zcnland nnd Australian bodies. I
Particulars are. to hand from America;
of the 'nnnu.il six dnvs' cycle rnco, held: ^
each year end nt Madlson-squaro. Gar-]|
dens, Now Y'ork. Tho winning tenmj
turned un in tho Ront-FoRlov inmblna- I
tlnn, both ridors haili'ng from New |
York. Fiftren teams stnrted, tho con- ,
dltlons helnt; that no rider was I'llnwcd
on the track for mnro than 12 hours out
of every 24, At tho end of 34 hours 11
teams wore equal. 451^ miles having
been covered on tho 10 lans tr» thn n'Me
wooden track. A bail fall during tbo
first day resulted in 12 ot thn riders
comins down, OougnltTi, the European
favorite, beint; that severely injured that
ho was forced to retire. T, Hnll (Eng
land), the lonR-distnnco Enirllsh cham
pion, enmo a bad cropper when 1.000
miles hnd-nenrly been covored, lio frnc- i
tilling bis collnr-iiono. ' nnd hnvinK to re- j
tiro.. The flnnl placpn nnd ilistivnees.
covered woro : — Rooh-Foftler, 3,3R0 iiiiles)
II Inns, won by four lengths from tho
Bedell Bros., with MncT.ean-Mnran third,
a lap' further hnok. Thn iBplo-ium team,i
Vauderstruyft-Rtol, fourth, a leiiorth fur-;
ther hack. Tho event drew big houses,
nnd proved a financial success.
Tho great Florida Beach Motor Speed
Carnival will ho held this weok an tlio
fino stretch of hard sand stretching for
miles at Florida, Daytona, U.S.A. This
American meeting has, during the past
tlireo or four years, been responsible for
ninny new figures, and given flno wea
ther, tho probabilities arc that a new
set of short distanca records will bo es
tablished at this year's {jatheri'iig for
somo enormous powered racing monitors
havo been specinllv constructed with a
view of beating Father Timo and anni
hilating space. Amongst tho 40 or 50
racing cars that will take part in tho
speed test nro included a 140-h.p. 0 cy
linder Nnpier, driven by Clifford Earp
(Enpland) ; a 200-h.p. Darracq, belong
ing to W. K, Vnndorhllt, jun., whilst his
cousin, Alfred Vnndcrbilt, will bo repre
sented by a 3150-h.p. car. It is antici
pated thnt a sneed of two miles a min
ute.oqun] to 120 miles nn hour, will bo
obtained on tho sand track, which is the
fastest in the world.
The American racing cyclist, W. E.
Satmielson. who showed fnir form at tho
Austral Wheel Rnco Meeting, scored MX
first succeos in Australia nt tho summer
race meeting, held on. the Sydney Cricket
Ground two wcoks ago. Sninuolson/ Rcor
ed a brilliant win, iii tho Rutt Five
Miles Scratch Raco, O. H. nrook
(N..S.W.) running second, with Rutt
(Germany) third, Rutt also rodo well
at tho mooting, nnd carried itff tho
League Cun .Scratch Race, £25 .fi'i-st,
Mayer . finishing ' second, with nrook
third,
Tho Now Zealand1 road ridor, H. Hen
derson, who ran third in tho Dimlon
Road, Race from Warvnambonl to Mel
bourne, In 1001, won by J, Wright
(Vic), recently succeeded in establishing
of tho combined leagues oi New Zealand
Henderson, according to tho 'Wwkly
Prosa' (N.Z.) rodo from Wanganul to
Palmerston, a distances of 48 miles, in
Ihr. 48.1m., which averages out at 2m,
15s. por mile. Tho rido is said to have
been accomplished against timo for a side !
wnger of £10, Henderson, who rode a j
mncliirtti geared to 00in., had tho assist
ance ot a strong favorable wind,
If thero is ono thing thnt is mnro do
sirublo than the puncture-proof tyre, It is
tho rust-proof bicycle. When one does
sally forth In tho rain for a real good
mud-phiB, there is a' feeling of satisf.ic
tion at the time in the mere pleasure of
knowing that one i« doing what others
have not vlic hnrdihood to' do. lt_ is
the next dny that tho pinch comes, 'when
ono npv-ns the door of one's cyclo-hntmo,
and finds tho chain ns stiff ns a board,
nnd the brakes umiflaljln from rust, nnd
tho guards Jnramcil up with mill-wot
mud.
The Kreneli Cyclist Union hus limt, nindo
puhlic a drastic denhinn taken' with uv
pnrd to their nnnunl n.itlonal chiMii'on
shlps, the Idea lining to restoro (ho -hve-
honnrcd events nl thrtr old a,M ? i'l-Jr. In
future every French Jder, ncinli^iir or
profnsRihiinl, belonging to ilie first enlc
(?ory.ns clasalfled by thn union, will bo
er-n\pelled (io take part In tho champion
ship under risk of suspension.
A cycle mntch for £50 n-sldo recently
took plnce nt C'hristcluirch (N.Z.).). be
tween Messrs. ft. Sutherland and'M.
Randrup, two Now Zealand 'racing cy
clists well-known in the Commonwealth.
Pnndrup won tho first two events and
the niatch. ' ? ? .
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