Lot 1459

Description

G.C.C (Gore Cycling Club), hand engraved stock medal, in silver and gold (37x37mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'G.C.C/2nd Prize Road Race/Croydon/Won By/J.Stewart/9/3/00.'. Very fine.

Courtesy National Library of New Zealand - Papers Past.
From the 'Mataura Ensign', 10th March 1900:-

"The road race to Croydon Siding and back promoted by the Gore Cycling Club was held last evening, when twelve of the eighteen riders entered for the event started. Most of them, however, found the pace too warm, and halted by the wayside, and two of their number turning back and racing home put the time-keeper out in his calculations, so that the time given for the race (30min 40sec), can only be regarded as approximate. The winner turned up in D.Taylor (20sec), J.Stewart, from the same mark, second, McKenzie (2min 40sec) third, and A.Wallis (20sec) fourth. Stewart had hard luck in puncturing his tyre when about half way, and borrowed a machine which also went wrong when near home, or the result might have been altered. A large number of spectators witnessed the start and finish, and might have shown more consideration for the riders by giving them room to race home. On some occasion of the kind an accident will inevitably occur unless an improvement in this respect is made."