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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10585, 16 March 1912, Page 5

THE VICTORIOUS TRIUMPH. WONDERFUL OF StJO* CESSES ON TRIUMPH MOTOR CYCLES. • At the H.B. Motor Cycle Club's sports held 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 Triumphs secured ten firsts, seven seconds, and 4 thirds out of a possible eleven events'. , This performance is all the moire remarkable when it is considered t!hat the Triumphs had to concede large handicaps to machines of equal ines were ridden by amateur ridera On Saturday, December 30th, Mr J L. Braithwaite left for Wellington on his Triumph motor cycle to make an attempt oni the existing figures of 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 co-edit of the Triumph for three years. «iu. uiwwun«M.«~ /tc" lington Post 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 6tors. 38min., Towertmg the previous record by nearly two hours. The Triumph ran perfectly from start to finish, the only two stops being to take dta petrol and oil. It is l 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 New Zealand roads. We can deliver both fixed ani free engine miodels from stock, and-would be pleased to give trial runs to intending purchasers at aH times.. TOURIST MOTOR CO., LTD., Sole Agents for Triumph and 8.8.A. Motor Cycles, Wairarapa, Hawkea **>( 1 Ae&nt.