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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 1049, 9 December 1911, Page 5

1500 MILES IN SIX DAYS ON A MOTOR CYCLE. Some ■wonderful rides have been accomipliEed on. .the modern motor cycle, hut no performance- has; ever beeri' recoa'ded in the colonies' of Hong distance endurance riding that can compare with. Mr Denidy's. recent performance. On Momfdiay, the 20th November last. Mr Dendy; a Canterbury motor cyclist, started out on has record ruin to cover 1500 raWe® in. six d&ys, and tihe maximum radtong time in each! day not to exceed 12 hours. The route chosen was' from Christchurdhi to liiivercargifl!!'. Excitement grew very intense when it was made known that Dendv had covered 1110 miles up till 8 a'.m. on Friday night, and it was argued bv well' knowni critics that to complete the 1500 miiles on Saturday's' run of twelve hours would mean that Dendy had to ride 390 miles at am average .speed l of 32 m£ues an hour, a seemingly IwnposisiWlk task, over mountains, tussock roads, and through river hexls and water races. It is omly first class material and workmanship that can come through tests like these with flying colours., and just as the clock was striking eight, dead on time, and w the presence of thousand's' of spectators Dendv arrived, tired, weary, and travel staked, having accomplsnec hi"* croat ride without one mechanical stop or adjustment, the onUy trouble experienced being one punicDendy rode a- 1011 model 3£ h.p. Premier motor cycle. _ Immediate delivery can be given of those famous. machines. Largo stocks to choose from. TOURIST MOTOR CO., ltd., HASTINGS. Sole Agents for New Zealand. R. POOK, Masterton Agent.