HILL CLIMBING EXTRAORDINARY.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 17756, 17 September 1927, Page 11

HILL CLIMBING EXTRAORDINARY.

The Mulder’s Drift hill climb of tho Transvaal Automobile Club the outstanding: meet among a African automobile spotting iix u ~ , »d t” m~rt. ... u» 1>»;. chow that ChrysVr cars ianiy .swept, the boards, landing five hrst p' three seconds, two thirds two omtlis, one fifth and one sixth. Chrysler won every event in wlue.i they could entu Four of the live first prizes went to George Harper an amateur driver nho.so victories in last vear s hill climb h«d already brought him so close to Immanent possession of the handsome ti op'hieoffered m these annual tna that this year lie was able to clinch his title to two of them. Harper’s ear this yeai was a Chrysler “70” wine. had uea n 20.000 miles on its speedometei, and tho reports from South Africa add the interesting information that apait Lorn carbon removal it has never llc edoc mechanical attention of any kind, official score sheets record the entry ot a hir"P number of cars both European and American make in the contests. AVhile Chrysler stands out 11s the leading name among tho winners it is noticeable that in not a single event ot the. day was anything but an American ear recorded in the first three places, and only one JCuropean entry was able to finish as far up as fourth. ...