THE VICTORIOUS TRIUMPH.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10571, 29 February 1912, Page 5

THE VICTORIOUS TRIUMPH.

WONDERFUL HIJOORD OF SUCCESSES ON TRIUMPH MOTOR CYCLES. : At the H.B. Motor Cycle Club's sports held on the, Hastings t Racecourse on Boxing Day, the Triumphs again practically swept the board. Out of an entry of 12 machines representing 5 diff&renifc makes- fthe Triumphs secured ten firsts, seven seconds, and 4 thirds out of a possible eleven events!.

This performance is all the mare remarkable when it is considered ■ffiiat? the Triumphs had to concede large 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 am attempt oni the existing figures of the Wellington to Napier record—viz., Bhrs 35mi«., established by Mr H. L. 'Schaeffer on New Year's Day, 1909, also on ft Triumph. In. spite of several attempts on other mafees of machines, this record has l stood to the credit of the Triumph for three years. Mr Brathwaite left the Wellington Pos* Office at 4.20 a.m. on New Year's- Day, and arrived at the Napier Post Office at 10.57 a.m., his time being Ghrs. 38min.., TowerHmg the previous record 'by nearly two hour a. The Triumph ran perfectly from start to finish, the only two stops being to take in petrol and oil. It is l only perfect machines made from the finest material procurable that can. average 331 'miles an hour over 230 milesi of New Zeallland roads. Thoso who were at the Napier Post Office at the finish couTd not help hut (remark on the perfect condition of the machine at the finish. The Triumph' i 9 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 can deliver both fixed afii free engine models from stock, and would be pleased to give trial runs to intending purchasers at aIH times. TOURIST" MOTOR CO., LTD., Sole Agents for Triumph and B.S.A. Motor Ovcles, Wairarapa, Hawkes Bay, ancl_Poverty Bay. ROBERT POOK, Lot .J Agent.