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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10597, 1 April 1912, Page 5

THE VICTORSOUS TRIUMPH. WONDERFUIi iv2RA>RD OP SUCK CESSES, ON TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLES. At tthe H.B. Motor' Cycle Club's sports held on t!he Hastings # Racecourse on Boxing Day, the Triumphs again practically wept the board. Out of on entry,of 12 machines repumphs secured ten firsts, seven seconds, and 4 thirds out of a possible eleven events. This performance is all the more remarkable when it is considered tlhat 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. Braifihwaite left for Wellington on hiß Triumph motor cycle to make an attempt oni the existing figures of ihv, "Walfinrrto; "" *- r — : ~ ' H. L. Schaeffer on New Year's Day, several atitempts on other mak machines, this record has stood to the credit of the Triumph, for three years. Mr Bnathwaite left the Wellington. Post Office at 4.20 a.m. on New Year's Day, aod arrived at t3»e Napier Post Office at 10.57 a.m., his time being 6tors. 38min,., lowering the previous record by nearly two houm The Triumph ran perfectly from being to take m petrol ai k only perfect machines made from the finest material procurable that can average 834 '™les an> hour over 230 miles of New Zealand roads. _ Those who were at the Napier Post Office at the finish couTd not heto but remark on the perfect condition of tie machine at the fißisn. The Triumph' is not only made for speed. It has proved itself to be the machine for hard work and Jong , wear, and iis perfectly adapted, to I New Zealand roads. We can delivier both fixed a&d free engine models from stock, and would be pleased to give trial runs to intending purchasers at aE times. TOURIST MOTOR CO., LTD., ROBERT POOI To- ? Agent.