TOURIST TROPHY RACE, 1911

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10664, 20 June 1912, Page 7

TOURIST TROPHY RACE, 1911

Undoubtedly the neatest test that any motor cycle has ever undergone, and one that included the most varied conditions, was the Tourist Trophy Contest, held on.the Isle of Man, England, in July, 1911. The course was a circuit of 37£ miles, covered five times, ia total of 187 miles. It was over the ordinary roads of the island, full of turns and kinks, with a surface much below the English standard. Besides numerous ordinary grades, SnaefeM Mountain, a climb of four miles, with a corresponding descent, was .surmounted on each circuit. For this great contest fifty-nine anac'hines entered, the Ibest that Europe could produce, and in whose construction many months wei-e consumed; and of these only twenty-eight survived, eloquent evidence of the immense severity of the task. Among the starters were five "Indians," and not only did every one of the five finislh, but the "Indian" captured the first, three places.' Such a performance is unprecedented, and the most wonderful showing ever made by any motor cycle. To cover this lone course, without a falter at the tremendous speed necessary for success; to survive the continuous strain of rough roads and hard driving without a single mechanical failure; to climib the miles of *T? P "IPUH'tain, roads witthout a sign °L • "'"£ 01lt ' arc demonstrations of efficiency, endurance and mechanical perfection that have never been equalt 7? n £ ™ ]1 n6ver bo surpassed. Mr i s,np,t5 ,np ,tS n : of Masterton, »ns "S?al" ie Waira «P* agency'of the