MOTOR CYCLING CLUB

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2204, 17 July 1914, Page 8

MOTOR CYCLING CLUB

The committee of the Wellington Motor-Cycling Club at its meeting last night appointed- The Dominion the official local organ of the club, and in future all official--' announcements in connection with the club's affairs will b? made in these columns. Tho 6ide-car tri;\] to be held to-mor-row'will start from .the top. of-John Street at 2.15 p.m., and will be. over the following course:. Hutchinson Roud, Pearse Street; . Moffitt Street, ICrull Street, Raleigh Street,■ to E. W.' Mills Road. The gear ratios-allowed are as follow:—Under 600 ce., 18 to 1; 600-75 ;cc., 14 to 1; over 750 cc., 9 to The club has decided to hold'its-an-nual smoko concert on Saturday, August 15. A-reply has been received from the Railway Department stating that instruptions have been given to have the railway viaduct over the Hutt Road painted white. The fast hill-climb at Severn Street resulted as follows:—lrvine (A.J.S., .21}, handicap 12sec., 19sec., 1: (Douglas), Bsec., 215e0., 2; Edmunds (Res-Jap), 4sec„ 22 2-ssec., 3; Hookham (Douglas), 7sec., 23sec., 4; G. Tomline (5J Matchless Twin}, lsec., 25 l-ssec., ; E. Lo Comte (Triumph), 4scc., 26 l-ssec., 6: Dipkerson (Indian), scr., 26 2-osec., 7; (Precision 4} 'h.p.), 12sec., 26 4-osgc., 8; George-(ln-dian), scr., 27 2-sseo., 9; Suthorland (Triumph), 2snc., 29 l-ssec., 10; Boucher (Rudge). 2sec., 29„2-ssec., 11; A. Le Comte (8.5.A.), 3sec., 31sec., 12; Watt (Triumph), 3sec., 32see', 13; Ford (Indian), failed. In'ine and Edmunds were riding trade machines, and could not therefore qualify for points in the Sutherland and Rankine Cup. Points went accordingly to Izett, Hookliam, and E. Le Comte. Tomliuc's time is probably the fastest evor recorded on Severn Street. The elimination test in connection with the teams' trial was a flexibility hill-climb at Severn Street, and resulted: Boucher (A.J.S., 2} h.n.), I; Izett (Douglas), 2; Sutherland (Triumph), 3.