MOTOR CYCLE RACE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 491, 26 April 1909, Page 5

MOTOR CYCLE RACE.

. A IMjjlit hioriiing fai-btircd the twenty-nine staHbrS in the Nbiy Zealaiid motor cycle reliability tdst, td Waikiiiine and back, tlib distahcc 84 tidies, oh Saturday. Tlio bontestniits -.Were slnrte'd ; n. batches of seven; jit five miritites' iritoiT.ils, ..Tlio baton of riders on tlio lightweight iilacliihes got away fii-st,' at ■ eight Vclook. Up the. Ngahai.-ranga Gbtge tlni polico hid Ikid a tl-dp, hilt the firSl cycliitMvho passed, and lind his number thkeii, signalled to the. others, wlio Slackened their speed, arid pa&sed tho police iit.it moderate pdbb. Thete was ons ladJr'starterj Mrs. George, who fodti down from Hastiiigs to - compete,-in tlib racb.The i'dad/wdd very tiad in places, arid Miv Bhiikss motor ear, which went first, had to,cleat aw.iy trefes and moire.bis rocks wllfbli liafl. fallen frdhi t!ib bank during, the niglit. THe fli'st cyelist to rth-ive at Waikiinae was Mt.-P; Borden, iind Sir. A. Allan ciinie second. , . , ' After (liiißor tile bltifeiiil's lllod tlio petrol tdhk bit each Cj'cle. . AVlieli'\ this was done, tlley starred oh, the .Hohibtrard iouriiey in; the saliiti ordei'j Hs wßoii.leaVirig.Wellington;, About tiVSlve ItiileS ftom AVaikdnab tivo officials triado theth difitlidiiiit to. ehter for tile .clitnljihe test. This tdok jild2e, fat Paekakatiki Hill; winch is abbtlt brib; thousand feet above the sea level. Tab taiib was not won by. the rider who got to W6llinstoii first, btit frds decided on points. If a Cyclist had tb dishiotiht oiicb ode point was nl!irkett dgdinst liirh, add if lie stored half an hbUr ho wda But 6f the racd. The final result was flbt avfiilablii aii Suhday bf eniiig..