CYCLING AND MOTOR NOTES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 97, 24 December 1913, Page 2

CYCLING AND MOTOR NOTES.

Australian Hour Record. At last “Plugger Bill" Ala: tin’s .velve-year-old one lionr Australian rack record of 31 miles 1425 yards, as keen beaten, the successful rider being C. Wilson, of Newcastle (N.S.W.) The new figures are 34 miles, 263 yards, ;id were established on the Newcastle .rack Ifehirid motor cycle pace. Con- • idering the track, Wilson’s performance is a good one. The first five miles ~cre covered in 8 minutes'. 50 secs; 10 riles in 17mins lOsecs,, 20 miles in 3lining 27secs; and 25 miles in 44min '.Usees. The 20 and 25 miles figures .. ere both new Australian records. The English record is 45 miles 210 yards,, by T. Hall in 1905, whilst P. Guignard I.olds the world’s best, his mileage being 63 miles, 255yds.

Ladies’ Hill-climbihg Contest; That lady motorists are keen on nnpetition events was very apparent at the Automobile Chib of Victoria’s Hill Climbing Contest, held at Wildwood. Out of fifteen entrants, fourteen faced the starter, and with one or two exceptions they handled their cars

with jiist as much skill as the inert, andwth’at is saying a lot, for the hill was a very tricky one for fast pace, as two bad turns had to be negotiated. In obe instance the wife of a contestant established better time in. the ladies’ ■ unpetition than her husband did in ‘j; fclass, the condition-and weight ert ‘ .on occasion h&tng the same. The .access of the ladies’ competition u'd i doubt lead to other automobile lubs including, similar events, in tharr ..ill climbing programmes.

The Anti-Clare Cap. Cyclists are at times inconvenienced by glaring head-lights on motor ars ? due to the fact that for a few ..oirients after pas'sih'g these lights ~ie is plunged into the defisest gloom, „iid if there happens to bfe an obstacle in the way a collision is likely to result. The danger-can be obviated to some extent by pulling the peak ,f one’s cajf wbll’down oter the eyes, with g, distinct set to' the right haful side, and then keeping one's eyes fixed .n the side of the road about eight ,):• fjeii yards ahead. To look at the advancing light,',ii. t fatal. ( Riders who, sufSnf inpouvbnjepce in this direction ,v. : l|l|ddhtere.sted to learn ihnt |Mr If.' St til f bey, probably >thb’,; befit known cycliiig and motoring; expert 'in ’Fing- : iftiidijlia's iilvoiUedia x-tii) tiirtt plWriisev rei iefi It ,consist of f , screen,, whicji Is j fixed ,jysjk, ,aUbve ; jijhb) peak (of the' cap,'iandl cam be. atioince pulled ‘dUwtf i ph he apprciicll'of a cSr.e fli’is sci-ebri 1 is' mddeMdf a 1 cblored ma■lb rial, |wjii.cb intercepts’ 'ihe >, Vibifent , a'ys, i an.d pqffsequpiltly, the|,rider, nap. gaze pifrltt aiiead at the ilamps iof lan approaching car without being' temporarily blinded. No doubt this useful contrivance, which is to he known as the ‘‘Anti-Glare’.^" v cap Avift f soon find its way into this country, and should appeal to all cyclists and motor cvclists . who-have' much night riding io dbi^oi{pi , bnibtbl ), 'c , at/ i t.'affi«! i i [mi »;! Anuiv Tn