The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . ces, and perhaps the imposition of time limitsfor distances between a quarter of a mile andthree miles, much may be done to keep up thepublic interest in cycle racing. Even then thedifficulty remains that, short of really long dis-tance work, all cyclists with any pretensions tospeed are found entering for the same a purely cycling meeting we have not the varietylent to a running meeting by the alternation ofraces at different distances, or by the addition ofhurdle races. Tandem races break the monotony,an
The sports of the world, with illustrations from drawings and photographs . ces, and perhaps the imposition of time limitsfor distances between a quarter of a mile andthree miles, much may be done to keep up thepublic interest in cycle racing. Even then thedifficulty remains that, short of really long dis-tance work, all cyclists with any pretensions tospeed are found entering for the same a purely cycling meeting we have not the varietylent to a running meeting by the alternation ofraces at different distances, or by the addition ofhurdle races. Tandem races break the monotony,and cycle polo may in the future prove itself auseful adjunct ; but, even with these, a solidafternoon of cycling will rarely fail to weary theordinary sightseer, and the judicious admixtureof cycling with athletic events, which, in Londonat least, has not been sufficiently tried, shouldprove an alliance beneficial to both grass meetings stand almost alone inmaintaining their popularity, which they owe,in great measure, to an avoidance of PACED RACING: A. A. CHASE AND J. W. STOCKS RIDING AT CATFORD.(Plwto : E. Scamelt, Croutft Hill.)
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