CYCLING AND MOTORING NOTES.

Grey River Argus, 23 September 1911, Page 1

CYCLING AND MOTORING NOTES.

From The Dunlpp Rubber Company of Australasia Lioniited "Week ending. i6bh. September 1911.

Senator Pe'ajrde, Minister of Defence, has b&en pleased .to .grant patronage on b'chalf of the. Commo-n---wqailth mitf.tariy authoritjicp to <th;e Dunlop Company's big- Despatch Re3ay Race* between Cyclists, MiotarCyclists and Motor Cars over ;a course from Adelaide to Sydney, a distance of 1149 males. Senator Pearce was keenly interested in the Cycle Relay Despaich Ride that was organ i?ed by the Dunlop Company in 1909, so much so that he rode across -to the last changing statiom from the New South Wales .miilitary encampment atLiverpool .and congratulated Messrs. E. A. Pearson and T. Larcombe (who carried the military despatch over the la«t stage into Sydney) on behalf of all the cyclists who had so successfully carried the Despatch — lindc by liinik — across 'throe- States. The Minister of Defenoe has always been keenly alive to the potential.itn'es of th& cycle far military purposes, a.nd at the time he expressed hi> .great appreciation of the value of the last Reilay Ride-.

Tho for.thoo.ming- cvcti — which will he the first of iits bind yet 'held in the world — should, owing to the compotictive olemont introduced 'by p;;l/---inig the Cycle, Motor Cycle and Motor car against each other, produce ono of 'the most remarkable, inte-rcs'ting nmd instructive contqs's held i n the world. It ;is proposed' that the Motor Car Despatch 1 ibe'arers concede the Motor Cycle section 6hou'r>' start, whiilst -the Motor 'Cyclis/s in turn will endflavour to give 24 hours' start to the Cyclists The ride will h e , held next April.

The Annual New Zealand Test Race — to select the Dominion's rep-res-emtati.ves in the Duniiop Road Race f o ho held! from Warrna-mbool -Jta- Melbourne on October 14th — was decided on Thursday, September 7th, over a 112 miles' course from Christchurch to Timaru, and resulted ri.n a win for G. W. Prebble. The! winner off the 35 minuses' rnai'lc, .a-nd inleffotiaitrd %c 'stiff course- in 6hr. 0 mm. 2-2 sec... E. A. Slow (35miiii.) finished second with T. Coileman (21 m'in.) .third. Fastest *im.el was r.sta'biliished by onr; of' •the scratch men, P O'Shea, he covering tho course in shr. 37 mm. 31- 1-5 sec. whilst another 1 scratch ridfrr in •T. Coulter ■ recorded, secosnd' fastest 'time. The 1 first, second a,nd third men rnrl© "Dunlops-" The race was run under favourable weather conditions and attracted great interest throughout New Zealand. One hundred and seven riders started, seventy finishing, forty-eight of whom will receive time. med'ailliom?.

J. de Rosier, the crack American motor cyclist, has succeeded i n ts*ablishing two new world motor cycle records on iho Brooblands Track (Eng.) he covering- a males from a flying s +l art in 40-4-5. seconds, equal to -a speed of 88.2 .miles an hour, and a flyiinff staTt kilomeitro at even a faster rate of speed, the'- 1093 yards biking 25-1-5 seconds, equivalent to 88.7 unties an jhour. D, c Rosier has ju?tly earcind his 'ti'fcle of World's Champion.

The United States military aaitliiorities have adopted 'a sensible means of determining the. value and possbilkies of the. motor car iro w?.irfare. The -ever-alert Americans have long sought to find out things in their iwn practical! way, and a. good example of what is Ibamg- 'desis i? cited by am) Amleri'can contemporary. Cadets from *he North-Western military Academy have left. Chicago •on a 3,000 males experimental 'trip with four motor cars, -tlwo of which arc. used ias gun carriages. This travel!-, ing -battery will carry out experimental work as ballon destroyers, and a; such are .©.quipped with quick-firing, high-angle ,guns. But the; principal work if 'the military cars ilies in ".heir us© of wireless telegraphy. Each vehicle has its wired ass outfit, amidwith the an'id of telescopic masts the range of 'the apparatus is about 50 mules. iSimlall ib'alloons can ?)!so be scint up which w.'ill carry the: wires to any desired height amd -Mi us further increase the distance . over wKich camimuimica\ti,oin oari he' rnh^'e-. The cmgiines. of the cars are used to generate the necessary electric current for ithis work. Each car has a. complete 'equipment, including ra.mping •outfit, pioneer tctols. searchlight, helio graph and guois ; . and rations are carried for three days. Usually the vehicles are 30 to 30' miKes apart and they kee/p in touch with each other day and might testing- .the v?.r.:ous apparatus under field conditions . During th c tour demonsaratiohs will bo made, hafore military authorities to show the possibilities .of the new mat hod. ,

■The 25 .miles Road Championship of Western Australia was held last Saturday and resulted in a win for the Vii'otoriaar rider, A.J. Da vies, who won a ,gneat race by the' smiaill margin of half a wheel from A. Kaiser, woh Last AvtieOc estobft/b/sd faisfes!:' tf,me in "the Boverley-Perth .. Road Race. Western! Australia has evidently unearthed >a most promirnsiiig- ro?td rider in Kaiser, whot will niidc in the "Waarnambool" as thcrin .iacc(r©di.ted : representative. Ifa was at first reported that Kaiser Avould 'be. umji:Sle to' get away" for a trip to Victoria, tut laiter advice states that he is^ now com/ing across-