TOURIST TROPHY RACE, 1911

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10666, 22 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, >a total of 187 males. It was over the (ordinary roads of the island, full of turns and kinks, with a surface imuch below the English standard. Besides numerous -ordinary grades, Snaefelil Mountain., a climb of four iniles, with a corresponding descent, was .surmounted on each circuit. For itihis great contest fifty-nine .machines entered, the best 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 finish, but the "Indian" captured the first three places. Such a performance .is unprecedented, and the most wonderful showing ever mlade by any motor cy-, cle. To cover this loner 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 climb_the miles _ of steep mountain roads witlhout a, sign of burning out, are demonstrations of efficiency, endurance and mechanical perfection that have never been equalled, and will never be surpassed. Mr J.. 0. Ewington, of Masterton, has secured the Wairarapu agency of the "Indian." ers. ___ '■