THE VICTORIOUS TRIUMPH.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10583, 14 March 1912, Page 5

THE VICTORIOUS TRIUMPH.

WONDBBFUIi OF SUa CESSES 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 wept the- board. Out of an entry of 12 machines representing 5 different makes* the mumphs secured ten firsts, seven seconds, and 4 thirds out of a possible eleven events. . This performance is, all the more remarkable when ib is considered tihat 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 an attempt on the existing figures of the Wellington to Napier rewrd—viz., Bhrs 35min., established by Mr HL. Schaeffer on New \ ear s Day, 1909, also on a Triumph. In spite ot several attempts on other makes ot machines, this record has- stood to the credit of the Triumph for three vears. Mr Bratliwaite left the Wellington Post Office at 4.2? a.m. on New Year's Day, and arrived at the Napier Post Office at 10.57 a.m., his time being 6hrs. 38mm., lowering the previous record by nearly two hours. The Triumph ran perfectly from start to finish, the only two stops being to tnke in petrol and oil. It is only perfect machines made from the finest material procurable that can average 33* miles an hour over 230 miles of New Zealand roads. < Those who were at the Napier Post Office at the finish couTd not help but remark on the perfect condition of the machine at the finish. The Triumph is not only made for speed. It has proved itself to be the machine for hard work and long wear, and is perfectly adapted, to Now Zealand roads. We can deliver both fixed aad free engine models from stock, and would be pleased to give trial runs to intending purchasers at all times. TOURIST MOTOR CO., LTD., Sole Agents for Triumph and B.b.A. Motor Cvcles. Wairarapa, T3awKW Bay, and Poverty Bay. J ROBERT POOR, I Lo- 1 Agent.