MOTOR CYCLING

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 496, 1 May 1909, Page 6

MOTOR CYCLING

■ ■ In our sporting columns on l pago 12"today there will ibo found an' interesting- account of the roliabUity trial run—WeLirigton ,to Waikanae—oojidccted under the auspices of tho New. Zealand Motor-Cycle Club, together with the results, as to the first three. A. complete list of the:' results 1 is appended. ITie, conditions of the trials were so trained as to place ■-the wmpofcitors under a.very, rigid test. Compoidioilj. had to weigh in, for classification as light and heavyweight motor-cyclists, ■ at the Wellington Meat . Export: Company's Vfeighbiidgo'. "at Ngahauranga. lightweights being those up to and including horse-power, and heavyweights over that standard. The hill-climb awards were worked . out on a formula wherein the horse-power of each was multiplied by the- time' in seconds,, and . divided by the total weight.' The maximum running time for lightweights was fixod at 3J hours, an average of twelve .miles per hour, and the minimum allowances,-' 2, hours and: 20 minutes, or eighteen miles per" hour, The maximum ■ and minimum' .for ' heavyweights were respectively three, and two hours. Stops, and causes. thereof,, had to be carefully noted, with details as to < repairs, adjustments, etc., which woro nccessary/j io be carried out before tho' running could bo resumed, the poriod of stoppage being added to the' running time.! No repairs or. adjustments, ; beyond , oiling, /inflating, and priming—and then'- only: with live miimteß of the start, were allowed during the -interval between the arrival at Waitanae aid tha commencement of the return journey. The results were as follow •• Private Owners—J. C.; Bidwill, 2-h.p. ; "Mountaineer," 1 ; E. N. Barton, lt-h.p". "Mono-Soooche," ■ 2: *J. Jamieson, 3Mi".t>. "Triumph," 3; W,' A. Watson, 3j-h.p. "Brown," 4; W. J. Makin,- ■ 3ii.p. "Triumph," 5; R. S. Bender, sj-h.p. "Triumph," 5; W. T. Barton, lf-h.p. "MotoSocoche/' 6; H. o.' M'Farlano, li-h.n. "Moto-Sooocho," 6 Open to all class—l. A. Edwards, 2-h.p. "Mountaineer," 1; ,N. S. Hyslop, 3J-h.p. "Triumph," 2; A. Beken, 3J-k.p. "Triumph," 3; A. ABeu, lV*h.p. "Moto'-Sococho," 4: G. Bradley, lj-h.p.' "F.N.',"' 6; H. B; Wood, 35-h.p. "Triumph,"' 5; G. B. Brown, 3}-h.i>. "Triumph," 6 j :A. Anderson, lj-h.p. "Motoi Sococbe," .7;. W. E. Hyslop, 3J-h.p. "Triumph;" BJJYE. Bowden, lj-Lp. 9; A. K. Hopkinß, 2-h.p. "Mountaineer," 10; W. Hendry, 51-i.p. "F.N.," 10: J. Suokling, si-Lp. "F.N.," 11; V. Sutherland, 13}'_. E. lloynolds, 51-h.p. Vi'inner of Hill Climb—J. C. Bidwill, 2-h.p. "Mountaineer." ,