TOURIST TROPHY RACE, 1911

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10669, 26 June 1912, Page 3

TOURIST TROPHY RACE, 1911

Undoubtedly the neatest test'that' any motor cycle nas 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 miles. It was over the ordinary roads of the island, full of turns and kinks, with a surface imudi below the English standard. Besides numerous ordinary grades; Snaefeli Mountain, a climb of four miles, with a corresponding descent,was .surmounted on each circuit. For tin's great contest fifty-nine machines entered, the ibest that Europe could produce, and in whose construction many months were consumed,' and of these only twenty-eight survived, eloquent evidence of the immense severity of the task. Am'ong the starters were five "Indians," and not only did every one of the five finish, but the "Indian" captured the first three places. Such ia performance is unprecedented, and the most wonderful ► showing ever made by any motor cycle. To cover this iono: course without a falter at the tremendous speed necessary for success; to survive the contiguous .strain'of rough roads and hard driving without a single mechanical failure; to climb the miles of steep mountain roads without "a sign of burning out, are demonstrations of efficiency, endurance and mechanical perfection that ihave never been equalled', and will never bo surpassed. Mr J. C. Ewington, of Masterion, has secured the Wairarapui agency of the "Indian."