CYCLING.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 19, 21 January 1913, Page 5

CYCLING.

TWICE ROUND THE CLOCK

SYDNEY-MELBOURNE MOTOR CYCLE RECORD.

Regarding the record ride of J. Gunn, of 25 hours 55 minutes, it is interesting to read that to cover the 577 miles separating Sydney and Melbourne in two rounds of the clock is the ambition of the crack recordbreaking motor cyclists of both States. Some declare that it will never be done under 27 hours, says a writer in the Daily Telegraph. But there are plenty who think the other way.

As an incentive to motor cyclists to cover the overland route in 24 hours the Dunlop Co. has offered to donate a 20-guinea gold watch to the first motor cyclist accomplishing the ride in a day. The offer is open only to members of the Victorian, New South Wales, and other interstate Motor Cycle Clubs, and the record must be officially passed by the Victorian and New South Wales Clubs. This offer should serve to induce motor cyclists who attempt the record to pay more attention to the details which in the past have occasioned loss of time. '

The first rider to make an attempt, basing bis time schedule on a 21-hours’ run, will be the well-known Melbourne motor cyclist, J. Booth, who recently established an -Australasian one-hour track record, by riding 52 miles 20! yards in 60 minutes. He is a firstclass rider, and whilst bis primary object is to endeavour to lower the record of 2d] hours put up last week by C. Mundy, he will, at the same time, endeavour to annex the £2O trophy.