Cycling And Motor Notes

Otago Witness, Issue 2685, 30 August 1905, Page 55

Cycling And Motor Notes

BY DEHON.

FIXTURE. TiiHaru-to-Christchurch Eoad Eace—September 2. « \ : ' ' 3 ] l . • i + j : s T c \ , i i l V - c : i j i i

The limit man in the Timaru-Cbrist-church race of 112 miles leaves the staiting posi at Timaru at 9.45 a.m. sharp. No rider must accept pace from any person other than a contestant under the penalty of disqualification. Competitors will be provided with refreshments at different parts of the row .3. Mr Tom Christie, of tha Taieri Cycling Club, who is to represent Otago in the Dunlop Timaru to Christohurch Road Race,, left for Timaru in Monday's expz - es». Christie informs me that he has been doin^ a good dfal of road work, and intends <o traverse the Tirnaru-Christchurch course both i ways this week, so as to get a full knowledge of the correct route. Taking a glance at the handicaps compiled for 'the Timaru to Chrifitehurch Road Race I cannot admit that fche handicappers have treated the Otago men in any too lenient a fashion, and there are one or two discrepancies in the compilation under notice which I should like to see explained. For instance, Christie defeated MAuley in our Otago race from Henley to Lovell's Flat and back for fastest time by 45 seconds, and the latter rider rode the last two miles of the contest on his back rim. In my opinion, but for this mishap MAuley would , have put up the fastest time. In the Timaru race Christie gets 12 minutes and MAuley 23, a difference of 11 minutes in MAuleys favour. Anyway, Christie has done nothing to only receive 12 minutes from a rider with J. Arnst's record. F. Cassidy, of Waipahi, who would undoubtedly have been on the scratch mark in our Otago race if he had started, which he was debarred from doing- owing to lm nomination being -received too late, gets 42 minutes in the race in question — eight minutes, off the limit! If Cassidy is the rider I take him to be. and he meets with nc mishaps on the road, he will make tilings very lively for the roar division — he has been training hard, and is the stamp of a first-class road rider. In the light of the flattering handicap received in the bioroad race I imagine Cassidy will congratulate himself on the refusal of his nomination by the Otago Centre, as if he had started in the Otago race he- would no ■doubt have had to come back with the other Otago men. Ido not wish, however, to throw blame on the haxidicappers, but 1 think th© Dunlop Tyre Company p.hould try to formulate some scheme whereby the handieappers would get a better knowledge of ' outside riders' abilities than they at present appear to possess. R. Drummond. of Waipahi, who intended to ride in the Timaru to Chrißtchurch race, 'had the badi luck the other day to get struck in th-e eye by a piece of wood which he was chopping flying up. • As a consequence Drummond is now on the sick list, and is at present in Dunedin. He says he does not think h.l'3 eye •will >bs permanently in jjurecl, and I sincerely hope it will not, andj

that he will soon be sufficiently recovered to return to his southern home. 1 was waircd on Jast week by a raoior cyclist with the complaint that he had received an anonymous typewritten letter, in which he was accused of having ridden through Csversham on a Sunday morning at such a fast rate that he had , nearly run over a child, and warning him ! against riding i» such a reckless manner again. I have 'much pleasure in informing the anonymous writer that the motorist in question assures me that he has never been on a motor on a Sunday in his life, so no doubt, another , anonymous typewrit^ en apology would not.be put of- place. The day of the amaleul* cycle racer 'has apparently departed, judging by remarks al Ihc annual meeting of" the Pioneer Club last week. "Amateur rac'ug ia as dead as a, door nail," said the secretary (Mr J. E. Green), an-d Le was supported by tho following paragraph in the annual report, "Amateur cycling, so fax as Ihis club is concerned, is in a moribund condition, there being not more than halfa dozen racing members on " the roll " "The public don't care whether there is amateur racing- or not; t-hey don't want to see it," added Mr Green.In this connection "Demon" must agreo with the remarks of Mr Green. I don't know whether wo 'have one amateur racing • man in Dunedin. Bicycle racing men must have the cash to pay their many expenses when training and racing, such as a trainer and a first-class racing- machine, etc.. and judging from my experience of rac- ' mc; and racing men I must pay ihat tr.e oash ' ridel's always had incomparably the faster men, and provided the more exciting sport — which is what tho public pay to sou Likewise the fields competing in cash races are always fai* larger. Thfn, again, are amateur prizes of the value they are represented as bsing? "Demon" remembers ■finishing' second in a bicycle vaoe at an a-ma-tsur meeting at Carisbrook one Saturday some years ago. avxl received an order for goods valued at £1 Is — which was all right. ,Tho first man, however, was p^sonted on thd ground 1 with a cup valued at two guineas. However, he priced it in a jeweller's shop first thing on Monday morning and was informed by the firm inquired of that they could place him similar cups at 12s 6d each ! 1 'hold no brief for the cash rider — there are many evils bcin.i? introduced by theso men in the way of cutting up prize mouoy. vtc , —Wit of -this T am sure: whereas a good crowd of spectato-s svill always be found ready to roll up to witness a cvole meeting at which only casn men are riding, on the other hand very f&w would turn out to see a meeting run solely in the interests of amateur racing men. Owing to the Warrnambool-Mol-bourne contest heing held some four or five weeks later this year the rklsrs on the outmarks will have the advantage of start- . in<r in daylight, which will enable the men on big marks to take full advantage of ' their handicaps. The moust?r motor and cycle rim, j to be held in ChrioLohurch on 'Duniop '< Day," September 2, should be a big success, j It is the intention of the promoters to dis- • tribute a numbered ticket to every cyclist ; and motorist taking part, and prizes to the ■ value of £19 will hs ballotted for at tho i smoke concert to be held in the Canterbury j Hall the same evening". The first prize, ' value £8 Bs. will be a handsome travelling . bag and dressing case, presented by Messrs j S. Manning and Co., Ltd. ; second nrizc, =ilvor afternoon tea set. presented by j Messrs F. T. Pannell and Co. : third prize, ladies' dressing case, presented by Messrs j J. Ballantyne and Co. ; fourth prize, case , carvers, silver mounted. presented by j Messrs J. Bates and Or. ,• fifth prize, presented by Messrs Jones and Sons. ' { Competitors in tho Dunlop Road c Raoe are already arriving- from outside dis v ;ricts, and four from the West Coast have f started to ride over the course, so as to ' ;horoughly know the condition of the roads. { Mr James, the Dunlop Company's mai'aisor, j las just visited Timaru, Temuka, Geial- a line, Rang'itata, Ashburton, and Chertsey, v o confer with the officials in these places. s md no stone has been left unturned and ;, 10 effort spared to make everything pa=s a )ff smoothly. The roads arc in splendid >rder, and will improve considerably should n ■he fine weather continue. It is also re- j< >oirfced tihat over 60 cyclists passed through ] ( on training 1 ben£ one day thU a re-ek. It is anticipated that over 200 oom- ;, >Gtitors will fac& the starter. —-—The report of the Christchurch a Cycling and Motor Club for the year end- J ncr July 31, 1905, showed 1 that the mem- w •ership has increased from 172 to 192. Tho 1 esult of the year's working was a net +i U'Ofit Of £32 12s Id. The assets of the a

club ?.rc £C 69 11s 10J in excess of tho liabilities. Iver Law. c on, w riting from Salt Lake City (U.S.) to Mr M'Tnto<?h. of the Now South Wales League, says he will arrive in Sydney towards the end of September. Lawson seems to have regained champion form once more, and has raced stirce«sfu!ly of lato in the* States. In a twomile handicap, in which his closest competi tors were W. E. Samu-elson and N. C, Hopper, of Sydney Thousand fame lie 1101 only won it. but put up a world's record for the distance in competition, covorincr i; m 3min 5* 4-s^c. (;un.>i«!v onoi.-jp Samuelson was the previous holder, his rim* being one second longer. -,r,77~ Ch ' e^ Brit ain's output cf bicycles for 1906 ,s estimate at from 280.000 to 300,000 Io Coventry i o assigned 180,000 of the-.e and 60,000 to Birmingham. WoKcrhamplon Recklitch, and Noitin^ha n The South road on Sunday carriec more than the usual amount of traffic. There were ordinary cyclists, motor cyclists, motor cars, and ordinary horse-drawu vehicles in large numbers." Despite what may be said against Sunday jaunts, quite a large number appear to believe thai there is very little wron» with the enjoyment of a little fresh air on that day after being confined indoors all week. One motor 'cyclist loft Dunedin jiftei 10 a.m., motored down to Milton, and wa< back at Henley again for lunch at the usual time, besides finding time to repair a puncture en route. This motorist has a rather good idea for a two-speed gear. He carries two round driving belts, but one is much thicker than the other. To negotiate the heavy hills near Dunedin the small belt is used. The T groove of the -engine pulley is very deep, and through the smaller belt sinking much deeper into the groovea considerably lower gear is thus effected. Immediately Saddle Hi!! is over it is only a moment's work to change belts. A rather unfortunate accident occuncd to a motor car and party on the - South road near Allanton on Sunday. When Mr Hayward's 7 h.p. Oldsmobile car waspassing a bugcy. which ie had overtaken, the horss suddenly pulled aeros the road. ' foicing the motor car, to avoid a collision, to leave the track. ,The- suddenness an;) the depth of the ruts wrenched the fleering tiller from the driver's hands, Resulting in the car and occupants (four in number) being precipitated down a steep bank. The car hapened to be going fairly fast, bin theoccupants were fortunately thrown clear of the car, which overturned several times. Mrs Hay ward, who was one of the r avengers, got rather a severe shaking, but the others were practically unhurt. The front wheel spindles were twisted slightly, thus upsetting the steering, otherwise the car was quite undamaged. Mr Hayward's other car went but to bring ths party home. It was expected that a team of 'horses would be required 'to drag the car up the bank ' again, but its own engine propelled ii up the steep incline as soon as the car wa* " turned up on to its wheels. There is no doubt but thai overv • motor cycle should have two brakes. On: Sunday one motorist found, when pulling- ; up gently, that his one brake, which he- * had hitherto great faith in, absolutely failed - him — he had to let the machine rim. ,its • course-. Luckily, in this case it did . r.pt matter, but not many minutes after (tho- .. brake being repaired in the meantime) this^ v motorist, vrken travelling fast, suddenly , - on a flock of sheep which hac! beeivpbscured from his view till he was right on viem — ' " only a yard or two io pu!l up in ;— but th» brake held. If it hadn't "there must have been a motor for sale cheap, a limited quantity of muiton ditto, ond a motori'sc feeling very bruisod. Moral : Save j cur reck and have .two brake-. The question th°n ari.=es, which sort of brakes to have? Rim brakes are a nuisance when repairing punctures; so perhaps tho most satisfactory are the band brakes — the front wheel one worked by a. lever, and the back wheel one by a Bawd-en wire. Mr T TVetherilt was on one of Mr W. Melville's 1\ h.p. Rover motor cycles, and although I expected a lot of this 'ittle machine it surpassed my expectations. The twin Clements had to go all out to beat it. This machine is light, yet strong, very low eet, and very well finished. I predict agood future for this handsome and powerful little machine. Mr Cooke was riding a new and exceedingly nice model of a 2 h.p. Clement. Messrs Cooke and Boot had tyre trouble- and returned to town earlier than the others. 1 bslieve Mr R. Murie, wlia is at present in England, has sent out a shipment of motors to Invercargill. There are several petrol motor cars, one steam ear, one fourcylinder F.N. motor cycle, and some shirkcylindered motor cycles. Tho four-eyiin-dered motor cycle would show to greater advantage on Dunedin hllip than on the fairly level roads to be met with about Invercargill. At a meeting of motori>rs held in the Invercargill Cycling- Rooms on Tuesday, August 22, it was unanimously agreed ro form a local Motor Association to oncotir- • . age, facilitate, and promote louring, and generally to watch and safeguard the interests of motorists on the road. The following office-bearers wore elected: — President, Mr G. W. Edwards; vice-presidents— Dr Hogg, Dr Sale, Messrs T. D. A. Moffctt, M. Mefczger, and M. Thomson : captain, Dr Sale; deputy-captain, Mr M. Metzgcr; General Committee— Messrs E. B. M'Kay, W. D. Hunt, A. E. Smith, W. Johnston, and Joseph Homlyn. The club is now negotiating for centra-1 rooms and garage, which should prove of great convenience Io members. A significant- fact has already been made manifest in London in connection with the growing motor omnibus traffic. I* has been proved that to make motor 'busse pay they must be of the dcuble-deckei variety. The single-decked 'busses in Lon don are now being doublo-decked with s dew of carrying more pas enters at prac L ically little extra cost. Now that the motoi 'bus is about to take an important part in he transportation of passengers in the loading colonial cities it behoves the importers md builders of motor omnibuses to procure ap-to-dats 'busses, and not the obsolete iingle-deck form of vehicles, which in mo^t nstances where used in London have proved! i Unancial failure. In some parts of Austria the bombardment of motorists with brickbars and things s reckoned merry sport by the country outs — except where they happen to catch i tartar, who makes them sec tho matter n quite another light. Not mpiij- days ago lie A .rehdiike Eugcn of Austria undertook l little trip from Colling to his Palace of Hohenwerfcn, and on the way was saluted? vi'h a "one ps hia; a? the archducal &>.] Hie missile landed nol on hU Grace, but o^ he toe of his mechanic. In a triro tlie ( ' Irchduk-c had stopped the car and \uv

sprinting after the assailant, whom he ran down, collared, and dragged like a sack of potatoes into the car. On arrival at Goll~ing the Archduke delivered his unwilling passenger into the hands of the local representatives of justice. __ The Moniteur de Puy de Dome esti- " Ttoate^g that not less than 80,000 people [visited Clermont-Ferrand (France) during (Gordon Bennett week, and that there were fully 5000 mofor cars in the town. The fact that the race, notwithstanding tho : 'difficult course, was carried through with- " .tout accident speaks much for the reliability of the cars, the skill of the drivers, and the thoroughness of the precautions taken - by the various authorities. 1 '.Tha Deutsche Automobilwoche on August 27 was to see Prince Henry of Prussia start in three competitions. His . Royal Highness was to participate in the ' ->peed contests in Forstenrieder Park, as well tos in the Kesselberg hill-climb and the . - fclunich-Baden-Nureniberg' reliability run, . steering- his 4-0 h.p. Benz on each occasion In the touring trip th& Prince will lead the .\vay. 1 In answer to a request from a reader .Xve append ' a few particulars of tho -(Richard -Brasier car on which Thery jwon the Gordon Bennett race. The •frame is "of pressed steel construction, " "and" the axles of nicldc steel. The engine, nominally rated at 96 horsepower, comprises four cylinders cast in pairs, 160 mm. bore by 140 mm. stroke. -, -,Th.c ignition is by Simms-Bosch magneto. -/Three speeds and a reverse are provided "— ny'a. gear box, the shafts of" which run on ' ft-all bearings'. From the_ differential shaft - }the po.wer is conveyed to the rear road /wheels by side chains. Iho artillery wheels are 075 mni. by. 105 mm. at the front and 880 mm. by 120 mm. at the back. The car "iias a wheel base of 9ft 4in. 1 - — — The first appearance on the streets t 6f Melbourne of the steam . motor omnibus - -manufactured at the Victorian Railways ((Workshops, Newport, on an imported Chehnsford~ Chassis uncles-carriage, a few days ago, attracted a very large share of ':' public attention, ,and the opinion was uni- "' jversally expressed by thft onlookers on the -pathway that this branch of the Government passenger-parrying- business will, when - " it is- started going, -represent an important '.development "in more ways than one, and produce not' only profits to ' the Goyern- - ment, 'out a very large share of convenience . jfco the public in the suourbs, where these gOmniboses will p]y for hire. Six of these -/vehicles and two petrol cars of the MilnesJDaimler type' will shortly be put upon the -reads and used j as feeders to the various, ' suburban railway services where most required. A large nuniber of members of (Parliament took a trial ride in the 'bus ~ on the occasion under notice, and they jinere all loud in thqir praises of it «a a vehicle. It. ran 'smoothly during the • 'journey^ and- was found to be under perfect control and in every, way delightful. Recent .court proceedings in- Christ.church. dealt with a- "charge of burglary 'against T. Busst and another. It wasita ted that Busst's accomplice had broken V^ato'a bootmaker's premise?" and' Stolen a' - v "%iair*- of 'boots,- vrliich Busst received.*' The Tcx-champion of Australia, the incomparable '. lof the high 'Bicycle, was * committed for trial at the next sittings ■of the Supreme teourt. ' " - ' --=— ; -^George Farley, the Australian cycling.' " -'champion, now on a racing visit' to turope" „^ll company with Jilegaarct and Rutt; .has 'madehis first "public appearance in France." ."^Writing >"to a. ', representative of the 'Sjdney Daily 'Telegraph, under' date June fiV,- he states that he had a very rough -.trit across, and after a tedious railway journey arived in l J avia on the same day , *as the "King of Spain. He was met at the 'station by Mr Robert Coquelle, one of the promoters, ,_ who had . given him **ome good engagements, and escorted him " "Jo a boarding . establishment in the Etoile, ■ a district of Paris. Walter Rutt, the German champion, tvlio. was returning from >|iis Australian trip, and his wife .stayed afc- - She same place. Ellegaard >nd his wife - only remained in Paris three days, being Wxious to get to their homes in Denmark ' 'after their long trip to Australia. Farley 'started to train the day after his arrival, ~ fond found the Parisian tracks very difn- - cult to negotiate after the Australian jtracks. The banking on the Continental " jtracks is very steep, the angle being 42deg. 1 On June 19 the Australian, Rutt, and ■ (Frank Kramer took train to Antwerp, and Jode a three-cornered ' match race over 'three heats of a mile, decided on points. Parley gives a description of the racing. _jln the first heat ho took the pace, which ■jnras withdrawn, at the hell, leaving the '-; Australian in the lead, he being defeated J ln. the run home -by, both Kramer andJRutt.- in the -second heat Kramer was forced, to accept -the pace, and in the- last' lap w»s challenged by Farley and Rutt. - ffhe' American, ' however, won again ; but "Tonly defeated Farley by half a wheel, with. Hutt third. In- the third heat three starts . - were made, as none of the riders wouldfaccept the pacer's wheel. Eventually 'Rutt took it, with Kramer second and 1 SFarley last. Half a lap from home Kramer went round Rutt and defeated the German by half a length, with Farley the Same distance off, third. Kramer won easily on points from Rutt, with the Australian lasi. The Continental papers, howtever, gave Farley great praise for his good Showing and fa3t sprinting so soon after a jong journey. Farley's- second engagement was at Senoa, in Switzerland, where he had been , tengaged to race against Eilegaard. Rutt, 3?iard, and other Continental celebrities; n_nd the race had not been ridden at the time of writing. The Australian-champion states that the promoters who had engaged - him- were so satisfied with his showing . against Kramer and Rutt that they have given him a special match against the three best men in Europe — viz., Henri Mayer, Kramer, and Poulain, — and the event wa3 scheduled for early in July. ■Farley states that the food on the Continent is very oily, and takes a lot of getting tsed to. He is still riding his Australianbuilt machine, which meets with praise on - J.U sides. The sport, he states, is well attended all over the Continent, and it is |t common sight to see 25,000 spectators jpresent at a big match race. Kramer, he states, is very anxious to visit Australia for a racing trip next season, and the 'American champion wishes to secure such %n engagement. A Melbourne writer says : " The Now Zealand cracks make no secret of the fact that they intend making a bold bid for me Australasian Road Blue Riband, which if. Arnst won for New Zealand in 1903, which was subsequently (in 1904) won by T. Larcombe, of New South Wales, ii'om E- Arnst bj a very small margin,.

Ilie New Zealand representative team for the lorthcoming Warrniimbool road race promiaos to be a voiy warm one." - — ]t is cabled that a lioy«i Commission has been appointed to inquire into the and Keguiations governing the tramc of motor oars. Viscount Selby (Mr William Court Gully) is the chairman. In England thd methods of some motorists have aroused great indignation among those who tvoquent the Highways on less speedy conveyances, and in order to provide adequate punishment for drivers who infringe vie provisions of the Motor Car Act ot 1903, Mr Soares introduced an amending bill into the House of Commons. He said the bill was the outcome of a debate which I took place in that House a short time ago, when every speaker on both sides agreed that something should be dene to checK the "road-hog." Experience had proved that lines were no deterrent of dangerous driving. He desired to amend the law in one particular only. The present law gave a magistrate power to impose a penalty up to £20 for a first offence, and he proposed to empower a magistrate to inflict dither a fine of £20 or a month's imprisonment for a first offence. — (Hear, hear.) That was the whole bill. It did not affect the speed limit. Experience had shown that ■while motorists did not mind running the risk of a fine, they hesitated long before risking imprisonment. This was in no sense an "anti-motor" bill, as it was backed by six gentlemen who owned tbctors. He hoped the Government would render some assistance and not shelter oehind the Local Government Board Com* rniikee, ivhich sonic members suspected was only set up for the purposes of delay. The American Sun is responsible for the following paragraph, which is said to illustrate in a very striking manner tho qualities of a well-made bicycle ball: — A" small boy placed one of the ordinary steel balls, as used for the hub bearing of a safety, on one of the Great Eastern railway lines, expecting, no doubV to find it Battened out in the form of a disc when a heavy locomotive and ten or twelve '"coaches" had passed over it. The train approached, reached the ball, ran over n, and passed away. The small boy ran eagerly forward; but, alas! he never saw that ball again. And if he ever does want to see it he must ask to be allowed to inspect the tyre of the engine wheel which first passed over it, for there, embedded in the soft steel of the tyre, will that ball be found;- perfectly spherical and as true and sound as on the 'day it left the maker's shop. CYCLING EOAD CHAMPIONSHIP. - A Sydney cable states that the cycling Dtmlop Individual Road Champion ship of ~Nevr South Wales was won by V. Maclean, of the Western Suburbs Club. THE USE OF PEDAL STRAPS. A correspondent draws attention to th« prevailing' practice of racers, on both road and track, strapping their feet to 'the pedals,- which foe submits is a dangerousand unnecessary habit. There is some "truth in what he says (says " Fortis," in the Australasian), for we have seen riders after a fall unable to free themselves from their machines, and have dragged them along- the track-, with bad results in some instances. My correspondent says that - whiLe some exponents of the practice might claim it to be indispensable, he quotes the experience of ©racks- of bygone da^s, some of whom even -rode without toe-clips, and by their relatively low gears were compelled to move their feet as rapidly as does the average racer to-day. | In this connection he mentions that A. W. Harris in 1893 rode a mile in 2min 4 l-ssec, using plain -soled boots on rattrap pedals, no toe clips, and a, gear of about btin. A. A. Zimmerman, in the following year, covered the last quarter of a. mile race in 23 3-ssec on a gear of about 65in, also without toe clips. He also com- ■ pares F. J. OsrAond's mile record of 2min 28sec, and W. W. Windle's (America), of 2min 25sec, both made on ordinary machines, [ under 60in in height, with T. Hall's paced mile of lmin 39 l-ssec, with a gear of 145 in. It will be seen that the recordbreaker .of the old days actually pedalled faster than does his prototype of to-day. Harris, Zimmerman, and Osmond are claimed' to have been perfect pedallers: hence their ability to do without tee clip 3 and straps, while it is said, and not without cause, that very fw of the riders nowadays understand the art of pedalling. Notwithstanding 1 all this, a firmer attachment to the pedals is now somewhat necessary, far the feet not merely move in larger circles (with longer cranks), but to. overcome the inertia through a high gear the riders are compelled to pull as well as to push with their feet. The practice of using the straps while roadi racing or even ordinary touring should bs discouraged, because there is not the same need for it, while tine straps have a, tendency to tire and cramp the feet. GORDON-BENNETT CONTEST. The latest English papers bring further particulars of the Gordon-Bennett oontest. The pace was at first terrific, and the ex-"" citement of the spectators was kept at fever heat. Thery completed the 85£ miles of the first round in lhr 4-lmin. Then reports began to arrive from the controls that Lancia, who started fourth, was gaining ground. When he passed the stand, and it was seen that he had already passoJ Earp and 1 Jenatzy, and gained seven minutes, the excitement of the numerous Italians knew no bounds. Away in pursuit of Thery he flew, and the spectators had to keep their feelings pent up for another hour and a-half. Jenatzy, who drove a Mercedes for Geri many, and was expected to make a bold show, was detained for some time in a control owing to a mishap to his tyros. His time for the round was 2hr 9m in 41see. Earp took lfil- 54-min Ilsec aail Rolls 2hr 3mm. Half-past 9 arrived, and Thery appeare 1, going in splendid style. He was sped on by another round of applause. "Lancia! Lancia!" was the Italian cry, and soon the F.I.A.T. appeared, going even better than before. "Two rounds and 13 minutes gained," said the delighted [Italians; "the oup is ours l /' And at that moment there seemed every prospect that ifc was to be so. Lancia was "going very smoothly, and looked' cool and confident. But the cup was not for him. Half-way alon» the third round his radiator burst, and Thery, driving in magnificent style, went on unassailable. He completed the third round in shr 18min, with the other Italian, Cagno, as his nearest opponent. From the moment of Lancia's accident

the Cup contest as a race was over. At the conclusion of the race Thery inrl Madame Thery were oaoh presented with i wreath, whilst M. Brasier, the designer of the car, was carried shoulder high. . Thery has declared that he has now don 1 with motor racing for ever. -■. ■ I