Cycling and Motoring Notes.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 September 1915, Page 2

Cycling and Motoring Notes.

Prom the Duulop Rubber Company ot Australasia, lor the week eliding August 28th., Wlu. Prank Kramer, Americas champion cyclist recently established a now World's record lor the quarter milo unpaced, in competition. The 440 yards were covered in 2 (-2-5 seconds— three-iifths of a second better than Goullett's previous record. Kramer and ,A. Ceruda (Tasmania) tied on points for the American championship when the latest American mail loft, uouilet was close up, being only i.\vo points away—third. Showing what a remarkable sprinter Kamer is, he recently rode the concluding eighth ol a mile (,220 yards) of a match with Uoullet in 11-2/0 seconds, which is the lastest ever recorded lor that distance m a sprint. During a recent ollicial touring car test for speed oil the new Chicago speedway, it was found that with the hood ii'p on a powerful li'-cy Under ca:, the diileiMice in speed was equivalent only iv ii'l-i e mile- an noiir. Whi hood (low./ '•■■.■ i;.i'.-o. maintained ovop--10 miles was )-->.', m.p.h. will' it up G'J.B ni.p.h. On a, lower powered car ihe diifcrence would of course be more marked.

J. Pulley's macliine trouble—a brn-.er. chain ulieel crank during his attempt on the 'Transcontinental bicycle rccorJ oetween Port Darwin-Adelaide eahs to mind the fact that a somewhat tiurT-ir accident belel Messrs. /Loleiiian and -\Jathor, way back in LtiVi, when they were endeavouring to reduce the time established by Jerome Muni' in his pioneer ride across Australia. In this connection it is interesting to note the advance made in the time records ior this strenuous trip across the continent Jerome Muril in I8 ( J/ was the first cyclist to tackle the trip from ocean to ocean, and he succeeded in getting through in 7-'3 dayn. .Mesrs T. Coleman and A. Mather the same year set alter the reconl, and had a most unenviable trip, At Daly Waters tho. forks of .Mather's macliine broke, and Coleman had to y;o on and send back a party with horses to bring in Mather and his macliine etc. After a lew days delay the torks were patched up, and tiie overlauders pushed on again, further misfortune struck them, for near Pennant's creek—where I'ahey had the misfortune to his machine—tho sprocket wheel of Mather's machine broke, and from here onwards Mathers had to proceed on horseback. Coleman, in the meantime, with an eye to the record pushed ahead, but he too struck trouble in a bad attack of dysentery, through drinkinJi poisoned water from a hole lull of dead birds, etc. Alone in the dc&ert Column got so bad that he collapsed and wan unaible to proceed, and running out of provisions, etc., he was forced to disband the cable which eventually brought him assistance and at the same time much abuse from all parts of Australia, owing to the cable service being held up lor a day or two. Eventually Coleman reached Adelaide in (j.3 days—ten days better that Murif.