THE VICTORIOUS TRIUMPH.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 18, 4 January 1912, Page 2

THE VICTORIOUS TRIUMPH.

v;n?< p ei; i •tl record de sjk’cesOX T!l((■?.' 'XI MOTOR CYCLES. WETlhi XXTOX TO TATTER IN (> TiGEKS MiNCTES. 'T'c 1 VJ Tj (Tele T ' 'i> ,< he'd on the Hastings Llareeoiirso on i'euing Ear, the Tritnnphs again practi'-a'-a swept the board. Out .of an c*;it r ’i Id wa cat res. representing five different makes, the Triumphs, secured 10 firsts, 7 seecmis. unit 1 thirds oet of a possd-!.-. e’av'n events. ’this perforitanee is all tno more renutvkiibm vi Ir.'ii it is considered that the Triumphs lied to u-mm ik' large hnndiciujs to ■i?aei>iii''s of o'pHil pow'er, and six of the ton first mo"lnnes v<e"C ral<i?n !■■ anuireur riders. On S.iturdn v, Det’’. 3Utn, Ur. J. L. Brathwaite iei’t for Wellington on his Triir.ni'ti ioeinr ! '.' , ! to make v : iittemrrt ou tne existing figures hi the WeUiiurton to ?\apier record -viz.. 8 hour.'; 35 minutes, esinblished by .Ur,.H. L. Si-’iiwlier "on New IrigWaj-, 190), also ou a Triumph.^--fn spue of several attempts-3i7T>t?ier mikes of r.iacMileE, t’us 'i ecoixl has. .stood to the credit of tin* T:-P>;ap'ii for three years. Mr. Brathtrait > tort tint Wellington Fist Office at J. 21) a.m. on New War's 1/S.v, and arrived at l ie Xapiar Post Omer at 10.57 a.r.i., his limo being G hours 33 miiiutlowering the previous

r.’ccrd fiy i!‘ : ;i!- , y two hours. Ibe Tiiuniph '-.'M p w/cetly from Xurt to iini:■ h. the only tv o stops being to take io. petrol and oil. It is only per<e-'t machines, mad.-.-’ 1 com the t-’X material proem-able, linn c-ini average 331 miles an him" c.er 231.1 luiles of New Zealand roiuls. Those who were at the Napix I oX Office at iho finish could not help but remark on the perfect condition of the machine at tbi- ftm.'h. The Triumph is pot onlv nrnde fo;- ■X'"'’.. It bus proved itself io be the machine i'w Jmrd work and Icng wear, anil is perioetly adapted to New Z sil-md reads. We ecu deliver both iixetl and ti-e:? engine models from stock, i-.rd vv ow’d pleased to give trial runs to i a tending purehnr.ers at all times.---Tourist .’Hatoi' C <>.. Ltd., -ol? agents .lor Trimr.ph mid B.S.A. motor cycl-.s- V/ airaia 1 >i i. Hawke’s and I’overty buy."