CYCLING AND MOTORING NOTES

Grey River Argus, 24 July 1913, Page 7

CYCLING AND MOTORING NOTES

•GREAT RELAY TEST CYCLISTS V. TIME. ", RULES AND CONDITIONS. This novel and interesting competi-. tio.n. is 'open \o any Cycling '< Club ( Amateur; or' Cash) in the Common-' wealth .and" New Zealand, and the Dunlop, 'Rubber Co. trust to the honor of contesting- teams to see that the spirit of • the test-^-clean healthy sport —is duly, 'carried out.. The- test is to be an unpaced. effort' by Club teams of ten fro) riders to better a limit of five- hours; for. a 100 miles relay ride against time." A sum of over ,£2OO (trophies- or cash) will be awarded, in prizes by" the Dunlop Rubber Co. to -he three team's w T ho record : fastest per formances. Handsome medallions will be awarded by the Dunlbp Rubber .Co: to> all- teams who cover the "century" in 'or under five hours.. Appended are the .rules and conditions 'of test:—;;. '. ' . .''■■■ -.' 1. Competition will be known as the "Dunlop,' Relay Test" and will open on, August Ist., igi3, and finish on ApTii%oth ; igi4. The competition Avilil be.: pp^n'.to teams: of ten iiders, ; .who shall 1 be members of any Cycling . Club' in' the Commonwealth and New. Zealand. . -..•> No. contestant will be' allowed to ride for. more than one club, and must, have been a member of the saidclub for at least three months before riding in the above test. A Cycling Club shall be any group or associatiori of riders . mutually banded together for the furthering of cycling and cycling interests. In the event of there being" no cycling club within ■a radius 1 of twenty (20) miles from any country, centre, the Dunlop Rubber Co. will recognise as a club, for the purpose of the test, any twelve resident" . cyclists in the district, and in addition four (4) responsible persons capable of acting as checkers, timekeepers etc. It shall be within the discretion of the Dunlop Rubber Co. to accept or refuse the recognition jof any such team if "they think fit. Club's may make as many attempts on the "Relay" Record as they desire, using different riders if they so wish. COURSE 2. The total distance over which • the test shall be held is 100 miles, made up of. ten "Relay" riders over a ten miles' 'couTse-^-five •■miles out and five miles back, which shall be" ne-,g-otiaited ten times in all Each member of team shall in turn ride out five, miles, turn around checkers, and ride back to starting point. A circular or triangular course will not be pexmtted.- Where possible a five miles stretch of road, marked by mile-posts should' be selected for the ride 1 , failing which,. the course must be-measured-and markedv every mile by cyclometres fluted to two or more* machines. Clubs must be reasonably certain of , distance being correct before any riders are recorded on same, and preferably members of teams should cover a few extra yards each circuit/thei?eby making, certain that a full ten miles (five miles out.. -arid five miles back) is rid--den.each "Relay." Any shortage in distnace will nullify team's' performance, and result in the forfeiture of any prizes or medallions won. The start and finish of the five miles section of road must be marked permantly for future reference. Incorporated in the ' 'Report Forms" (supplied by the Dunlop Rubber Co. ) . giving des,tails .of each complete, run over a, 100 miles', will be a declaration by the" Club's officials certifying to the correctness" of distance covered. ; VTHE^ DESPATCH. ' 3. A satchel:, or some suitable article, (designated the "Despatch') must be carried right through the- 100 miles. Each contestant at the finish of hisride to. cross-line and hand satchel to the next relay rider, who. must be on or behind the ■■; starting . line of course. - -No sectional ride- will be acceptel unless Despatch is carried over the ten , miles,; nor any 100 miles- xun unless the' said Despatch is carried by the rider the full distance . * PACING OR SHELTERING. Pacing or sheltering will not be al- 1 lowed and. will render void any performance registered by team or individual on -that 'occasion. DESPATCH .CARRIERS. ■5. Despatch carriers .will not be allowed to ride out; on one machine' to the turning point, and then change on ,to a higher or lower-geared machine to suit the weather conditions, but in the event of tyre- troubles, riders may change to another machine__or machines—single tube tyres are barredNo restrictions as to- make of bicycle or tyres used. MODE ' OF TIMING. The riding time for the 100 miles "Relay" shall be taken from when the first rider crosses the starting line, and again, when the tenth man 1 crosses the line at the conclusion of the tenth section with despatch. The individual, times of each member of ' 'the team for his ten miles ride must be taken, and set forth in the' "Report Form" (supplied by the- Dunlop Co.) the said report to be signed by the timekeepers, the checkers at turning point, and the Secretary of competing Club,' and forwarded without delay° to the Dunlop Rubber Company's nearest depot. A declaration to be sworn before a Justice of the Peace, as to the genuineness of times recorded, will be incorporated in the "Report Form." A time limit of fivehours .has been fixed for the "century"/ and no performance extending over sucti time will be entitled to any prizes or medallions. Two checkers must be at the five-miles turning point and each of the ten riders must i.ele around the said checkers. PRIZES. 7. The following prizes will be donated by the Dunlop Rubber . Company: — ' .£IOO for the winning team. ,£SO 1 for the second team £20 for the third team £$ Ss Gold medal to individual 'rider establishing fastest time for the [ten miles "Relay"; £3 3s gold medal v to rhe second fastest relay £2 2s gold

medal to the third fastest relay. No rider is to receive more than one medal. The 1 three "individual" prizes are' subject to conditions in Clause 8. SPECIAL PRIZES :— £io to team leading- in contest on , 31st. October, 1913. ,£lO to team leadingr in contest on 31st. January, igi4. ,£lO 10s tropKy to Cycling Club providing team, such trophy to be the chib's property. Trophies will be awarded irr the event of an Amateur team being successful. A handsome medallion will be 'awarded to the members of every team , ..who negotiate the .100 miles in five hours or under; no rider to receive more" than one medallion. - , • , '"THE WINNING TEAM. .S. The winning team shafll be the ten riders of one Club/ who. establish the fastest total time in or under the limit of five hours for the 100 miles run, subject to such performance being accepted by the Duhlop Rubber , Company, and the same shall apply to the second and third fastest times recorded. '■ Before a member of any team can qualify for the special prize of £5 5s to be awarded to the rider. establishing fastest time over the out-iand-home ten miles "Relay' the team of which he is a member must record five Lours or better for the "century," and the rider's individual performance must comprise one of the sections of that run. "■'..■.: THE DUNLOP RUBBER CO. • g. The Dunlop Rubber Co. will be the sole judge of the winners of this competition, and. their < decision will be final. Further, the Company veserves the right of accepting or refusing to accept the performance of any team, provided there is occasion to doubt its bona fides. CLUBS MUST NOMINATE 10. Clubs must nominate for the -competition on a special form obtain, able from the Dunlop Rubber Co., and no performance by any team will be, recognised unless such entry has been duly signed and received by the Durulop Rubber Co., from Club. No entry fees will be charged. NOTICE OF CLUB'S INTENTION 11. . Notice of Club's intention to make an attempt, should^ when convenient, be,, forwarded to the Dunlop Company's nearest depot, so "hat the ■Company may be represented at ride, if desired ;• this is not compulsory. REPORTS OF RIDES. ■■*-'.'•■'. • ■ 12. .Reports of Rides Club secretaries must fill: in /'Report Form" (supplied fay the Dunlop Co). \ after, every 100 miles run, and mail copy sathout delay to the*,- nearest Dunlop Depot. The times recorded throughout the Commonwealth and New Zealand will be notified in the press from .ime to time. An effort is being made in I^.S.W. to .revive the Bathurst-Sydney Boad Race, and already substantial donations have been promised ic wards that end. This event a few ;'ears back ranked second in importance to the Dunlop Road Race from Gouib-irn to Sydney, and produced some fine contests.. „:,., ■„-.".--'.-'^ - * - , It has ; fbeeii definrtely;^deic!ided by the League of N.S.W. this year to nold a road^race from Tam\vorth : to Niwcastle, a distance of 174 miles. The Dunlop Rubber Co. have donated ..£ls a's first* prize for the event. The race will be the -largest yet held oh the road in Australasia, " and it Aa. ill probably be held in September ox October. ... ■:■'• : The forthcoming French Gr.ind Prix Motor Car Race has already been responsible for two fatalities, Messrs Bigio (chief engineer of the Itada Co.) and Arbizzon both being killed whilst testing their racer on' the French roads. A" certain amount of mystery surrounds the unfortunate accident, for having occurred soon afters a.m. there were no witnesses, and, of the two victims, one died' almost im- j mediately, and/the other could give 1 but meagre information. - Signor Bigio, who had been 'connected vuih the Itala Co. about six years, had intended driving one rof. the firm's cars in the Grand Prix,; his companions being Nazzaro and Moriando, In company with Moriando and . a number of mechanics, * Bigio left Turin and proceeded to Moriando and a number of mechanics, Bigio left Turin and proceeded to Amiens, where the big race is tc» be decided. As the course is closed to racing cars, the men had to be satisfied .with going" round on touring models. In order to test out their racer, they proceeded to-Brooklands, (Eng.), remained there a few days, and then went back to France by way of. Dieppe. Wishing to take advantage of the ; remarkably fas* roads which formed last year's Grand Prix Course, the Italian engineers made arrangements to spend .a few days at Dieppe. To avoid all possibility of trouble with traffic", Sig.nor Bflgio left Dieppe at 3, a.m. on the ,moining of the smash-up, intending to make one round of the course and return to< town. Soon after passing through the village of Mcsnil Reaume, the car overturned, both men being pinned underneath. Although very seriously injured, the mechanic was able to cuwl cut on his elbows, »and laid by the roadside for more than an hour, when he was observed by a peasant going to work in the fields. The mechanician, subsequently succumbed- to his injuries. The probable iline of development with regard to the internal-combustion engine is in the direction' of the turbine and it is of great importance to this end that the Royal Automobile Club of England have offered a prize of .£IOOO for the best internal-combus-tion turbine that can be'-produced. Although the engine that ( may be awarded the prize may fall considerably short of a commercially practicable machine, says the "Motor" the award' will undoubtedly stimulate the invention in this direction. At the present time the difficulties in producing a turbine to work "by the pressure of ignited gases ! seems insuperable, although this only applies to small -units On a! very , Jarge , scale considerable progress 'has been made, and there

is actually running, at the -presen? time a turbine developing something like 1060 h.p. Apart, fro^ni the diffi'culty'of produGing an.economical turbine in small units .to,'correspond ■ to the present range of powers used in cars, there is a further apparently insupefabJe-'- difficulty in ,'obtaihng.'a reasonably slow- speed from this type of engine.- All, theory goes to show that as the' dimensions .decrease, the speed must increase, and it \vbuld obviously be impossible to install in a chasis units running from a range of from 10,000 to 20,000 r.p.m. Of course where the turbine-would score to an enormous extent -over the reciprocating engine is in its exclusive property of generating direct true" rotary motion In the electric motor we'have the turbuie principle applied, and the universal success" and! application "of this type of power generator is "undoubtedly due to its compactness^ perfection of rotary motion, and continmtv of torque. It is very possible that even if a. turbine is not produced, we may obtain a -rotary piston engine as an intermediate type.