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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10518, 5 January 1912, Page 5

1500 MILES IN S A DAYS ON A I MOTOR CYCLE. :_ %. | Some wonderful rides Lav© been I aceomplihed on the modem motor cycle, but no>- pea-form anoe has ever been recorded in the colonies of Hong distance endurance riding that can compare wiifc Mr Demdy's recent performance. On Monday, the 20th November last, Mr Dendy-, a Canterbury motor cyclist, started out on his record rum to cover 1500 miles in. six days, and tihe maximum riding time an each day v nob to exceed 12 hours. The route chosen was from Christcthurch to In.vercaorgiil. Excitement grew very intense when it was made known that dv had coveiVJ 1110 mites tip till 8 aim. on Frid* '.light, and it was argued toy .rnowni critics tfc** to coniplf' h 1500 males o* Hn*>irday's .. of twelve hours w*ald mean that Dendy had to rile 390 miles at am average speed of 32 miles an hour, a seemingly Smposeibflie task, over moixntakiis, tussock roads, aaid through river 'beds* and water races. It ins only first class material and workmanship that can, come through tests like these with flying colours, and just as, the clock Waa sto-iking eight, dead on time, and m the presence of thousands of spectators, Dendy arrived, tired, weary, and travel staked, , having accomplshed '■'- *■■ ~<J" withourb one, mechana>[juistmenifc, +he onfl'y trouble" experienced being one punicDendy rode .a 1911 model 3£ h.p. Premier motor cycle. , . Immediate delivery cam be given. oJ these (famous maeum«s. stock* to. chloose from. TOURIST MOTOR CO., Ltd, HASTINGS. Sofe Agents for New Zealand!. B. POOK. MastertoQ Aamt.