CYCLING AND MOTORING NOTES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12790, 15 June 1912, Page 2 (Supplement)

CYCLING AND MOTORING NOTES.

> -Particulars' are "to hancf of'a fatal accident to. Arthur J. Moorhouse, onerif the finest speed '"., motor cyclists m England.,' Mborhoiise was competing i)l a motor Cycle race-' at Brooklands,' Englari'd, when - he 'left the track arid crash* e*d..,intoa telegraph post at 70 miles an hour .and was killed instantly. The ac cident seeiris ' to. have occurred through Mborhbrise removing one 'hand from the 'handle- -of -his 7 h.p. machine for the purpose of adjusting some little thing On his engine, the result being that the . machine got but of control and ihot across the track, the machine and rider v; beii*,«i' thrown Avith terrific force irito, a telegraph -post. The -telescoped; machine burst into flames and Avas totally destroyed. ,It was only a 'few. days" previous that. Mobrhouse feet Up snveri new • long di^tarice records, .his 'figures' being :•- r-150i miles, m '2hi*s -16min lSsei-, 200. miles m 3hrs Iroin 54 .2?ssea, 2,50 .riiiles m 3hrs 55min 30sec. In tAvo hours lie covered 130 miles 1020 yds. In Mired* horirs 197 miles 1271 yds. In four hours 250, * iriile3f 1045 yds. In fivo hours , 277 iriiles 950 yds. 'Incidentally he beat -the best American tithes for the three, four arid fivo' v hours. ' After tlie ride the retiord-breaker was ' practically- deaf,' though- he used cotton - r wool m his ears to keep out, the >noise and the. pressure Of the Wind. The '■*■ death of "Moorhouse has cast a ' gloom, over motor cycle facing ii^ England, for the deceased rider aa'Os One of the most popular motor cyclists m the. old country...: : Tlie possibilities of the -present day motor cycle are beginning to be appreciated m this country, and the result is '.&■'' boom -amongst motor cycle, agents -+-rAA r ho,se sole complaint is that Miey can-' riot, get supplied. .The demand for first doss machines is SO great m England that orders from Australasia cannot befitted without delay, and tliis appears to be a state of affairs that, is likely to Hold for some considerable time to. come., Ha firiri like the B.S.A. Company Avould <riily' supply' cknvpWerit i ports^-in ' the saJih'e'* rnannei-'as'they do'Mtheir cycle pai'ts, j of j Avhich 'so 1 , many are built up m this country* . a splendid assembling trade could be started irhiriediately., •'■**..- <•'■ . , .; ■ Hereafter the British Army will- carry a "tail'!' -light,, so, to speak. At least that is the effect of . an. . interesting div-isionaT order which has just been i&shed I,; arid which* requires that when soldiers are "en mardhe. at- night Ton- of the men m the, rear must carry what is styled a ' "reflex"; light attached to the back of his/ belt. •■The- device is riot a lighfr/at* alii, vthoiiglxnit/ serves/all' the purposes of one. ■ It ; is- simply a reflector, Avhich ig designed, to reflect the. light from the, poAverfui head lamps of ' overtaking cars - and • thus Avarn' drivers, of the obstruction inrtherOadv is claimed that the khaki colored* uniforms blend top well- Avith. the scenery at night,- and the ordet is' the direct outcome of "4 previous unfortunate- occideftt m 'which a ■ heaA'y touring; -. car crashed into the of a coluinnwrtli fatal results a British brains. and workmanship again Came but on top at the recent Cham-, pibriship Motbr- Racing ' Carnival ; held at Monaco '(Monte; Carlo). The Duke of Westminster's English . built boat-r-the "Ursula" — again carried off .the; blue riband event, the "Cup of All Nations", winning tins' classic race by* 10 miriutes froni- the nearest competitor. The remarkable speed of nearly 40 . miles an hour avos riiaintained. throughout the 93^ miles course, 'which was covered iri 2hrs 40mins 27secs— wonderful travelling oOrisidering the fact- that .the ; . race Was held around a circuit, which had to be negotiated 24 times. The "Ursula," which AVbn this event last yeai', is fitted with a 24-cylinder 750-h.p. engine, made by- the "Wolseley" car people. > •