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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10562, 19 February 1912, Page 4

THE VICTORIOUS TRIUMPH. WO SSfSS JL RECORD OF SCOcourse on Boxing Day, thAriump£ agam p ract , lca iiy e Wpfc the board Out of an entry of 12 machines repl resenting 5 different makes the Triumphs secured ten firsts, seven secerv S en a el4s feds ° U * ° f a . This performance is all the more ffiat the Triumphs had to concede large handicaps to machines of equal power and six of the ten first machines were ridden by amateur riders. Un baturday, December 30fch Mr J. L. Braithwaite left for Wellington ™ 5+ motor cycle to make an attempt on the existing figures of the Wellington to Napifr rWdviz Bhp 3omMi., established by Mr H . L. Schaeffer on New Year's Day, 1909, also on ft Triumph. In spite of several attempts on other males of machines this record lias stood to the credit of the Triumph, for three years. Mr BnatihwaiteMeft the WdPost Office at 4.20 a.m. « New. Year's Day, and arrived at tie Napier Post Office at 10.57 a.m. bis time being 6hrs. 38mi,n.., ToweoW the previous record by nearly ,two hours! rhe Triumph ran perfectly from start to finish, the only tw stops being to take m petrol and oil. ™fc !i « y rfec t machines made from the finest material procurable that oan average 33* miles an hour over 230 miles-of New Zealand roads 5 x™ wuo w<Jre ** the Narjier 'est Office at the finish coufdnot V&frf'T** 1 ' °i Q - r£ tv £ maohane at the finish/ be 7 nu -? iph ' ls °»ly made for speed,. It has proved itself to be the nachine forward work and W \wV ST i d J 8 adapted to both S" d ™ aC J s - We P™ del] both fixed ana free engin« models 5«^ k ' Md ™?W b? pWd to give trial runs to intending purchasers at all times. b ! TOURIST MOTOR CO., LTD., \lm g * n S , for Ti; iu . ra Ph and B.S.A. Motor Cycles, Wairarapa, Hairkeß Bay, and Poverty Day. ROBERT POOK, Local Agent.