MOTOR CYCLE RACES.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 32, 7 February 1925, Page 11

MOTOR CYCLE RACES.

AT BEVONFORT TO-DAY. SOMK TITMIXIXG COKTESTS. i Horseless an.l withom a lotalieator— ■ although an occasional Iwt might have been made—there was a race meotinjr nt IJevonport, on Iht- I'akapuna .loikey Cliib's course. tlii< afternoon. It \va* jilip .A\u-Ulan(i Motor Riu-ini Club, ami wa, fHvouroii «itli ideal woatlier. and i» larpo attendam-f , of the public. Tlmsc j >v]io looked on were certainly not disI appointed. ] Tlie entries a]>proach(>d a rr-rord. and i roino new ami ?poi:ially imported j ra.-iii" machines wore ridden liy ■jiiders new to the Auckland ; public. 'JVnsc. lielmctpil young men crouc-hed lmv over thPir (lown-t.urnrd J liaudli-bai?. and enrtimpassc-ri tin- mile ' I JfTHSS trark at phenomenal speeds and i:i a diapason of sound trom t.lic open ■ pxbaust To-<lay an improvtl lapscoring lionrd n'as in ovidenre for Spei--1 a tors, while a wirele.s.s loud speaker ' I announi ed til' , position* ot the various : riders while the races wrc in prop-ens. AH j»rrang«nienfs were in the ca|n»Me Jiande ofllip secretary, Mr. T. W. .Mal.en. Results wrre: — NOVICK HANOI"'AT. 1-oiv mi'iM. llrsi priKe. U; Hervnd. third it. w. r. Anuitagc < :; i St-olt). .""..« i H. tt. Tate (I>J A..1.5.1. 20 5 , I?, rainier Ci Matchless', 40k ,'. Won by twenty yards. Tim<\ -«.i3. TAKAITNA HANDICAP. Seven mile*. First prize. £10: second, £7; thlnl, ti. W. 11. Herbert CH Nortnni, V>s 1 <». Shnkespear (T H.D.I. 80s \t T. Crass ffi Norton), 40s :: Won by i>o yards. Time. 5.4: i. SPORTS' HANDICAP. Four Miles. First prixc. £10: second. £3; third. £.', WilllMmson (Connaupht). 13s 1 (i. NU-holls (2J O.K. Bradshawi. 30s J I!. Palmer (2* Matchless). 35e ■'• Won by 25 yards, 'J5 yards between second and third. Time." 4.7. r-BEAT NORTHERN HANDICAP OF MILES. B. Bray di Douglas). 8. _ .s 1 I. Coleman (7 II.I).I. scr -• 11. 11. Mollcr (Nortou), oOs •'• Won by JO yards. Time, ltvn I ALISON HANDICAP, ot Five Miles. !K. Bray. 3J Douglas, 25s l W. H. Herbert, 3i Norton. 2Ua •- IH. U, Moller, 3J Norton, scr :: Time, 4m 41 2-ss. Also stand: Radford. 3J H.D.. 10s: Cragg, 31 Norton, 15s; Kussei. l!J Indian, ■JOs: Blackmore, 2J A..1.5., 25b; .Tones. 25 A..1.5., 235; Walker, aj Meteor, 30s: i Williamson, i-J; C'onnaught, :iw; Wiiiri^ , bead. 2J A.4.5., 355: Southward, '2} A.J.S.. :iss: Norris. 2i A..1.5.. 355: Armi- ! tace. 31 Scott, 40S; NlcllOllß. 2J O.K. I I!r:idshaw. 50s. i Norriß and Walker were leaillnj White- | bend and Williamson when the first lap j was over, the back markers showing some improvement. At the end of the second i lap Norrie was still In the lead from Bray. I who was travelling fast. When the third lap was completed. Rray was leading Walkrr hy .'lOyds. and waa still in the lead In the fourth lap. with Herbert hall' a lap behind. In the final lap Herbert sainefl on Bray, hnt could not set np to the last-named, who won b.y the length of the straidht. Moller. scratch man, was close up thlnl, and then followed CragK, and Southward, with the others well strong ; [ouL I ___________