At Lancaster Park on Thursday J. O. Shorland established new records for five, ten, and twenty-five miles, his limes being llmin uosec, 24min Isec, and Ih 40sec re spectively. The time for the ten miles beats the previous best retard by 2min IS2-ssec; the time for twenty-five miles is 2min 20seo faster than J. W. Parsons’s (Mel bourne) Australasian record. The weather was pei feet for record breaking. iShorlaml was paced by tandems. Prior to his departure for Albany to join the mail steamer cn route for England Parsons, the Victorian cyclist, was enter tained by his brother wheelmen and pre sented with a cheque for £273, being the proceeds of the late benefit meeting, and £ll3, the first instalment of the fund started by Australian cyclists to defray the expenses of his trip to Europe. He received an enthusiastic send-off.
THE DAWNING REVELA TIONS.
