CYCLING AND MOTORING NOTES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 79, 23 May 1911, Page 5

CYCLING AND MOTORING NOTES.

„ M hito, void left Fremantle at P o.m. on April 4th •io endeavour to lower h. Bil lies’ overland cycle .i ecord to Sydney, succeeded in his task, out by a very sinail margin - for a .ride of that doscriptinii. White arrived ;n oyOuey on Wednesday (May 10th) “f P rn -) .his, time for the trip, about 3350 miles—allowing two hours lor tlio difference in time between Perth and Syd ncy—being 33 'days 13 hours 3 minutes, as against Birth's’ 36 days 17 hours. At Adelaide it looked as if White would fail, but ho was coached and paced from there to Sydney (1100 miles), and this gave him the record. Had, White coma through unpaced from A del.tide Billies had no pacing assistance he must have failed. White, for a. now rider, showed plenty of grit and detoimunition, ami he deserves cw-rv praise for his fine rid--'. Birthm st,o < A r.s soon as he has returned from his cinematograph picture expedition into Central Australia he will make an attempt on the now figures, which ho is confident he can reduce to 30 days. This seems a. lig cur, but Parties, had just recovered from a sc,-' ■ rcriF.oirTushvebvil ndo, which was •tacked ’on "to the end. of a gruHiiag 10,300 ; miles’ trip aroujni Austral kg tWWjS/Pfdrfcher, as ho. knocked some pre-i four, record. there ;ms.is. : j'.o, gieat- nerd to iorco matte* a fiaiish.. In view of liirrlos’ At a tem|m his next attempt v. ill bo JVJt.Vhc.d Jvith interest. “) Wales Motor Cvrlo ugeided to oil ;.r a-gold ihed-tcLgiTCc:-amateur mater cyclist who - stAblLhpij a 'continuous riding record between Aielhcuyuo and Sydney (575 miles). . There has so far only boon one attempt to establish a motor cycle record between the two capitals.

and that failed through the rider fellr’u>_ and smashing ins machine'; but if is believed there will he several attempts made both by Svdirev and Melbourne motor cyclists next spring. •he fastest inn-, ye r recorded c i or tkrs route—but irov continuous, s - tion being covered In conscccth o lays—is about 25 hours recorded in the Mol I )ou r n o-Sy d ncy Reliability Motor Cycle Contest held last CkrisTnti’.s. A straight-out run over this course :s an entirely different matter - , and one that will prove a severe ordeal for the tangliest of our motor f.pecdsmcn. The motor car record in l!) hours -17 minutes, established in April, 1910, bv tiro Adelaide motorist, Mr (!. G. White. The well-known transcontinental cyclist, Francis Bulk's, left . Sydney l ist Saturday on another of his cycling expedition,-; into the centre of the cnr tint-ill:. On’ this occasion !c ;? a. or. record-hunting, for ho is I, ung .'ccompanied by an expert cinematograph operator, whoso object will he to obtain films of aboriginal life, buffalo, kangaroo ar-1 alligator hunting, etc., in Central Northern Australia. With the knowledge that Birth's Iras of this country, some splendid pictures should result. This is lire first occasion anything of the kind Iras boon attempted in Australia. A valuable outfit, valued at H 350. is being taken-—including romo 10,000 feet of film—and ail told 21 cwt. will ire carried by Dirties and R. Primmer (the operator) on their Dun-lop-shod Culver srl bicycles. Billies has chosen bievi lea in preference to I'oi'sra or camels far the trip as front experience ho has found that faster travelling can in most instances be made on the bicyci \ even when heavily i aided. Birdies anticipates being away some eight dr nine months, durinig which period he proposes covering some 8000 miles. liis intention is to first make for B.ouike and then strike north through Australia to Port Darwin. Tin National Cycling Association of America lr is accepted E. T. Keefe’s 100 miles unpriced road record of 5 hours 2 minutes which tiro Tasmanian road crack established last January at bar, Augok;; (California). It will Ire remembered .that Keefe — who is at present on a-visit to America—endeavoured to capture the £2O offered by the Dunlop -Rubber Co. to lire first Australasian cyclist who betters L. Meredith's Euglirh uupaerd 100 miles am! home road record of ! hours 52 minutes 51 4-o seconds — and Ire put up buy far the irost porfor.uaace yet recorded by any Australasian rider. i!m Tasmanian crack has also made a claim lor .ho inxerri'cdiate 25, 50, anil o> Ainorio.m road records, and there will a no probably be passed and accepted aft-?” the times and distances have been vo J cd. A motor show on a large scale he held in Sydney next October, poo venue will be lire Agricultural Grounds, and already twenty firms engaged in the motor and allied trades have signified their intention of exhibiting'. In other - pa.rtsyof the world motor sh.ows are now an important annual fixture of great interest to the public, and assistance to the trade, and there is no doubt that ihne is room for similiar exhibitions in this country.