CYCLING & MOTORING.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14393, 7 January 1911, Page 2 (Supplement)

CYCLING & MOTORING.

VAIUOUh) NOTJfiS. Tiiroo 111010 ridors will probubly Ui«JC# 1111 attempt ut au uurty UuM u» witt'Ui* £2O uiiiatHj ny tnu vuuU/y JHulibw Colo tiio )irnt AusUaiiutuw oyulwv J»J><l belters jUeioUiUi's liiUiUroU nolo UU« puoeil out iui<J koiiiu J!jngu»U load luuoixl ot 41ir, ton, il 4-oiwu. I'M tureo uanuiuatua mr jocuiu lwmiui* are J, iweoweeuey, the >V«*rt< Australian nuer wtto put up suoU a Hiw IKjrlotrmanoe in tiio luil "VV Wliinuioool," running scoond and losing i#»test time by tno suiiUl mul'Kiu jtf' liv* seconds, A. Jioiciior, another W.A, ru preventative, and it. J. AluiNtimorSy u> craek N.S.VV. toad rider. 'J'ho iwo former cyclist* will probably make tboir attempts on on out und homo CO niilas' course up near Kckuoa whilst MaoNamara will clioOM • OOIIW* in New. South .Wales, Francis Uirtleft ere lliitt is in- print will liavo finished his sslMmposcdUsk of creating new figures lor the l'srth to bydney cycle record. .When passing through Melbourtio recehtly Ito ststeu that the present tfip IiOWH* frbfo .West to East was nwtjMiiiUfchstl under eon- , ditions moro favourable than. in any of liin three previous tPipd, 'Jlie weather l'of olio tlli!l|i IVU# Itioro fttWUl'ttl) 8, whilst by keeping further north , htt missed a lot 01 tlio licdvy Sttlluy Obutltry that lies along the \iwal telegraph line route. Up to hi# arrival in Mr-1-bourns Birtle* had Mv»wd 8774 toile» fn 31 days 1U liburS, & Rp\wdii pet. formance. tJi>oii tufc wttiylotldh or liis tritt lie will htttfo rlddSlt bfitvteeil 60,000 and 00,000 miles durifltt ttfe loft five years, mostly ovot tlits wilawt Una roughest part* of the Austr&lmti continent, <taßily ft record for trflnteoHtlnental cycling. >Vitli all bis llArdfchil* and continental ridingi llirtks, who by the way hM only Just turned 20 j'Oftis of age, keeps in splendid fettle, und manages to maintain AH twa weight of about 11 em?, Ott lite trips Hlltle* allows himself rtbOllt a piitld of food and about half the sairo weight of water for every ten tnllo# of r6Ui?u bush td b& negotiated) «nd fit tames his Dunlop-sliod Unifelwnl tft]®,,' ln s been loaded up with ttcarly OTOIb <of provisions and eqllipmenti Tlie nde jint included h ill ;*» .«>f last trimsonnwttcrtWl tfip tllot liirtles will ' mttk» ■ |tet cycle. His greatest ttinWtitttt ,i* 4 to master Henoplßtilnß fihfl same tk» fly across the oontlneht ltl tliOWs Itlnrol where spinifax, desert Shha and \vu»it of water hnvo blocked hi*. )>ronre** into tile unkhotfn l'egiohS Cf Austfallfi.

A oia SlioW tffififilaftd), WBS ft Wltwprtjof ■addle, W«S bbpet 01 Whlttli i» 10 WNbMdo a dry seat ettert ill * mucliine lum to b® Ifeffc fcthHtJtttj! In tlw rain. Th® saddle U I under side, tiild frljfeft, Wlft 1 mounts lid Singly «ifea«ll . * mijtt catch at the front and tttfp* »h# back on a Mnge, it with th» wat*rpf(*jf tia® and no wet can get tO 'Uie top.Cyew riders who have to tH all w«atbeni will approotaifctiui toomty. Mi* 0. A. Phwtof, W *« ' years secretary of the Dunlop Itublw Co.. in AustraJlA Is WW relidejit on the Continent, and id Writing to. a MelboUMlß tritSßd ttMMfittlW <m - ;«!• difference in the methods of road Vao. ing in Australia hud ill iVipd racing, lie iuvs, is wwf iwpW,#l>'tb» Continent, not to mli'cu Ift Gdmftfty in* in Italy and Twnee. tli&ttfo Utto* countries spending fiuiiloii* Mini* on cycle circuit road MMfc l#itin(s f.ome cases its long fit eight thy*, M>W>sa over us" many wsttiunn. Most tit tiro big cycle manufacture in I 1 ranee Wid Italy retain special teams nf rtttos-'-in Wilno eases as many as eight t>o ti. ftrnt"*n lu) drt notWng tli3 wholle War bftt train and ride in the luntt distance events. These men arc rtthilied Jol' the Jfear at nboiit £4 a week hnd Pic|)elises. Tliin, lie Siiyß, tends tt) a Very itnlietilUiy brofcssional (one and pln«»i road iw. Wg «tl a very diffeteilt, footintt to Iho tlean altd healthy elans of innd racing that lias been Australnsla. ( One very noticeable feature pf the big Annual Motor Show at the ftijmp'a (London), Mas the l«'eJWHdWnnce. of UHtish-lnado tyres fitted tu. the ear* exhibitod. The totals of Um three leading makes of iyr<» wtre as follon*— Duillops 1008 and 8f slmfrw, M;eh lilin, (158 and 40 Scares, Contiiientnln, SOD and 32 spaiNss. It will thus be seen that tlm Jifigllsll-lniide tyre had a lonq wny- the i best of tiro figures. , Aft !•»- gai-ds the inlmhpr and value of cm h sliown, Englnhd again topjjed Iho list, the British oflrs exbibitej being valued at £161,848 j i'rame fcnmu stHxind ivith £05,870 Ivortli of paw, with Otrtnaiiy tllild svpYf«ri'Kl by nutoiiiobilei worth £16,m2, .flip total Value of ears Hlirtwn was ial'i,769. A most jntonxtinft i'spni in toiinectioii with th!s big nhnnal sliow 1 n» bsen the gradual disappearance ol l|,n clia : n-dl'iTOii cnV. feV Itlll.'l, <(2-,7 ■ |l«r tent, of the ears shown Wi>W driven; in 1004, the llgui** li#(1 trtiwped to 08 per eent.; in 1008, they hud dropped to 88.3 per rettt.j in '.'V (}, to 10.8 per cent., wliilft thi» ;«(»*• 1 ivy were iwactically extinct, only 0 i,er cent, being fittr-d with chain v.ii'iVe, Great Britain is iniporMuit Sir cars to the value of over five litilllolli sterling p;r annum, iuHl eX))(U'ting, «f lier own nmntifaelure, enrly t\Hl find a lijilf ii'il 1 ion'. It i■. cniiKiii'l il ilwi she sells hbout five to six mill OilN ktMing of her own manufacture ih Jief Iwiiw market, «o that tln> hnnib buying pub. lie is absorbing motor fcaW) Mid )wU at tlie rate of nearly 11 milllnn# Mcrling i>et annum, white the total litroveir of the British trade must lo nearly 14 millions per UiihUtti. . tWMMWMItaIMWMWB