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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10563, 20 February 1912, Page 5

THE VICTORIOUS TRiUM^H. WONDERFUL RECORD OF SUCCESSES ON TRIUMPH MOTOR CYCLES. At the H.B. Motor Cycle Club's sports Iheld on the Hastings _ Racecourse on Boxing Day, the Triumphs again practically swept the boardOut of an entry of 12 machines representing 5 different makes' the Triumphs secured ten firsts, seven seconds, and, 4 thirds ouit of a possible eleven events. This performance is all the more remarkable when it is considered i3ljafc the Triumphs had to concede (arge handicaps to machines of equal power and six of the ten first machines were ridden by amateur riders. On Saturday, December 30th, Mr J. L. Braithwaite left for Wellington "on his Triumph motor, cycle to make an attempt o» the existing figures of the Wellington, to. Napier recordviz.. Bhrs 35min., established by Mr H. L. Schaeffer on New Year's Day, 1909, also on ft Triumph. In. spite of several attempts on other makes of machines, this record has stood to the credit of the Triumph for three years. Mr Bra-tilwaite left the Wellington Posrb Office at 4.20 a.m. on New Year's Day, and arrived at the Napier Post Office at 10.57 a.m., has time being 6hrs. 38min.., Towering the previous record by nearly two hours. The Triumph ran perfectly from start to finish, the only two stops being to take iai petTol and oil. It Is only perfect machines made from the finest material procurable that oan. average 33£ miles an hour over 330 miles of. New Zealand roads. t ' Those who were at the Napier Post Office at the finish ooufd not li'ete but remark on the perfect condition of the machine at (the finish. •Tihe Triumph; is mot only made for speed. It has proved itself to be the machine for (hard work and long wear, and is perfectly adapted to New Zealand roads. We oan deliver both fixed and free engine Models from sitock, and would be pleased to , give trial runs to intending purch- . asers at all times. TOURIST MOTOR CO., LTD., . Sole Agents for Triumph and B.S.A. Motor Cycles, Wairarapa, Hawkes * Bay, and Poverty Bay. C ROBERT POOK, Local Agent.