OVERSEAS SPORT.
GIRL'S DARING FEAT.
Through Alpine Tunnels by Torchlight on Motor Cycle.
HIGHEST TEST AWARD,
(United P.A.—Electric Telegraph-Copyright)
(Received 10.30 a.m.)
LONDON, August 3,
A Grenoble message states that dashing daringly through the Alpine tunnels, holding a pocket torch in her teeth, having lost the headlight in a collision with a runaway motor car careering backward down the moun1n in pass, Miss Marjoric Cottlc completed the international motor cycle tost, not losing a mark, and won the highest award, a gold medal.
An Italian trio of men, riding magnificently, completed over 1000 miles on the Alpino roads in scheduled time and won the international trophy. Britain, Franco and Belgium each lost a member of the team.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 182, 4 August 1930, Page 7
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