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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16729, 12 January 1920, Page 9

PIONEER SPORTS CLUB. RELIABILITY TRIAL Owing to an inaccuratc and misleading advertisement, pnblished by tho Bell Motor Company, tbo Committeo herewith attach quotations from tho Judge's report on tho trials referred to. and published in tho local papers. These reports show why tho decisions were given. DECEMBER 17th.- 'Only ono competitor (Jennings, r >-6 Indian) negotiated all tho hills without a stop, but owing to what looked like carelessness or lack of judgment in npt pruning his ong.no, this rider took ffi 40* cc to leave the mark after tho word -'go at AUaroa. . Ono minute onlv is allowed, so ho incurred a penalty ot two in.mitcs (fractions of'a minute count as a minute), thereby reducing his chaneA of • ■ »».« ..mm Irvol as those riders who were compelled to make rrr;i»S« ;r P ° in .i,; i,iu. r ,h„ Ui.ro Hear on this point, ao there is no uncertainty m dealing with this broach, but the fact remains that .7 en nines was the one man to ride tho course without being stopped by clay or hill, s.nd from a purely -sporting point of view, it is hard luck that ho does not score hrst place. JUNE 1919.—'"0. C. Moffat's (Excclsior) performance was a verv fino one the conditions of his engine as regards absence of oil leaks at tho end of the run being a spcciul feature. "F V Thomas (narlov-I)avidsoni. pding a machine three years old. was another very meritorious performer; also arriving back in splendid condi ;iTnbcrt (Indian) a i so made a very good run, but lost marks for condition. "\V V Willi-iniMin <Harlev-T>avid?on). who made another non-stop run arrived with Various parts' of his machine 100.0 or missing. and lost a good number of marks in con^u.urc. In thi« trial there were four non-Mop runs. s aming full marus for rcluibilitv and the onlv way the judg.> cmud -cparaio the machinos.in cordance with the conditions of the tr.al was to !>-..«1i5.:- for condition of machine, the maximum marks tor condition bong ~0. Marks allotted: Moffat .F.scc-ImoO ... ... A, Tnomas iHarlcv-Davidson) ... ... i'J l.ambert ... ... ."ft "ft'iiliamson (Harley-Bavidsoni ... DECEMBER 16th.— "In the Side-Car Cla?? both Kennett i'the , T ~,rnnfli nut ui> verr fine performances indeed, and only «»*W m. «, fc. ■' feSiiicn^^Sorrnd 0 ™ wilt oil, for rticE ™ penalised three marks. In regard to tlie statement in accreditor, to the official examiner. Mr Myles Walker has written the Club that he denies ever having used such words. At a meeting of the Committee to wh:ch Mr Bell was summoned to answer certain charges, lie distinctly : -He was satisfied the Committee and officials had conducted _ii ,',i a sati. factory and hones m.-inner, and tho judging had sn a i-on.-eicawous w.iy b.« the judge, and to the best of .us a VVr the o">mrr,ut^o, P. R. HARMAN. ~ Secrctaij, l'teacer bporu Club.