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HUMS OF THE WHEEL. (By “Overoa.”) The League of N.8.W. Wheelmen is now 4000 strong. The total number of people on the Cricket Ground, Sydney, was 34,000, including members, and broke all pre vious records for attendance. Zimmerman is suffering from the effoote of malarial fever, contracted at Colombo on the voyage out, conse quently his appearance in Newcastle has been put back a week, and he will race on the 14th December instead of next Saturday, the 7th, as previously arranged. The Austral Wheel Race commences for x I fancy the chances of W. J. C. Elliott, who showed a most brilliant run in Sydney last Saturday, D. Charleston, and J. W. Parsone. Megson has secured the services of the Victorian trainer Bob Lee for the Austral meeting, and is in good hands. A complete spell is what Joe wants. Another big meeting on the same lines as the fsat carnival will take place in March. Jack Davia won his heat in the Second Class Handicap, but only got fourth in the final. Bert Moore rode a rattling good race in the final of the League Cup, and nearly got home. J. W. Parsons won the Five Miles Championship of the colony, beating Loch Lewin a hard ridden race, P. G. Iredale being third. Zimmerman started, but owing to his illness only rode three Imps and retired. The triplet also dropped the others one by one, Joe Megson crying enough after 24 miles. Martin, the American rider, ie fast and full of determination. The crowd cheered him to the echo every time he appeared, PP aly A acral having tried various cycling skirt patents, disap proves of all of them, and agrees with accomplished cyclist of both sexes that any skirt is out of the question which is not cut short enough to clear the cranke and enable dreen guards to be dispensed with. Ladies will find that it is a good plan to wear knicker- Lookers under the skirt, such knickers to be faced with silk on the knees, so that the skirt slips easily as the bits go up and down in the action of pedal lin iz At the velocipado raves at Blois (France), on August 29th, 1869, the indiarubber tyres fret proved their incontestable superiority for speed over the iron tyres. This was no evi dent that the two principal riders—the only ones who had indiarubber tyres were in courtesy obliged to retire from the open races, and a special prize was offered for their competition. Some rather extraordinary circum stances in connection with previous winners of the Austral Wheel Rica have come under my notice (allys the cycling scribe of the Awstralasion). Busat, who had five letters in his name, won the big race in 1890. In 1891 Turner, 1892 Lambim, 1893 Woodward, 1894 Middleton. Thus each succeeding winner had had one more letter in his name. If this order ia to be continued this year, the win ner must have 10 letters in his name, and as at present there is only one man out of 1a entered with his num ber of letters—there were two men, but one hen publicly announced his withdrawal—it looks as though many people will be inclined to regard him as a favour! @ Mr. J. Townsend-Trench is a praises who is well known in Ire and, and, indeed, outside Ireland too. Despite the amount of hard work which he has to get through, Mr. Trevueh finds plenty of time for cy cling, which is his favourite pastime. In spite of his 62 years, he manages to occasionally rave too, and he can mouve when he does. Recently he competed in a 20 miles’ road race at Killammey, and secured third place. There are not many veterans of 62, who could turn out, and hold their own against the up to-date, modern avardher, as Mr. ‘lrench does. The hour world’s record was once more broken in Paria recently, by the well-known French rider, Beakire The track chosen for the attempt was the new municipal, which in fast making it a way as a first-class path. As usual Bouhours was splendidly duced, having at this disposal no lose |
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners Advocate
Newcastle, New South Wales, AU
Sat, Nov 30, 1895
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