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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10497, 7 December 1911, Page 5

1500 MILES IN SIX DAYS ON A MOTOR CYCLE. Some wonderful rides have been oocomiplillied on: the Imodefn motor cycle, 'but no p&rformaaice' has 'ever been recoirtied'in. the calontes of long distance endurance riding that can compare wdit&L Mr Denicry's (recent performance. On Monidiay, the 20th November' cyclist, started' out on 'has record ruin to cover 1500 miles in. six.days, and t)he maximum iidimg time in each' day nob to exceed 12 hours. The rtfute duoseni was' from C&ristchurchi to IniveroargillT,. Excitement grew very intense wfhien it wa<s made known that Densely had covered 1110 mites up- tall 8 a.m. on Friday night, and at was argued iby well ! 'knOwnt critics that to complete the 1500 miles on Saturjday's run* of twelve hours would mean that Dendy had to ride 390 miles at an average speed l of 32 mite® an hour, a seemingly fijmpossdifcflte task, over mminitakiis, tussock roads, and through river beds> and water races. It ais omly first class material and workmanship that can come through tesits like these with flying colours, and Just as the. clock Wa.9 striking eight, dead on time, amid mm tlie presence of thousands of spectators, Dendy arrived, tired, weary, and' travel! stained, having accomplshed, lifijs. great nide withotut one mechanical stop or adjustment, the on% trouble experienced being one punlc-t-U'TO. Bendy rode a 1911 model 3£ h.p. Premier motor cydle. Immediate delivery can be given of these famous, machines. Large stocks' to. choose from. TOURIST MOTOR QO M Ltd., HASTINGS. Sole Agents for New Zealand. R. POOK, Mastertom Agent.