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THE "TRIUMPH" MAKES GOOD AGAIN. There are athletes and houses, yes, and motor oydles, that have their bad days and theif good days. When all the conditions are. just right they can put up a-very fino performance. With the man and the honso this will always be the oase, but we surely t have a right to expect a little more consistency (from a machine. We claim tha>fc the "Triuuph" is a consistently reliable motor--jyclo, and in proof of that consistency ' wo don't have to go further back or any further afield than the beach races conducted in this district during the season opened a few weeks ago. At every one of these meeting, tihe "Triumph" has to be to the fore, and Saturday's events were no exception to the rule. In the 10 anile ©rent, F. [ Haworth, on a "Triumph," established i a fresh single-cylinder record foa' the distance, traveling at a rate of over 54 miles a.n hour. If the 50 miles event -A. ,J. Fuchs, a 14-«/ bone rider, on a fully equipped roadster "Triumph" weighing 21211)8., was first, and H. E. Douglas, also on a. two and a half years old " Triumph/ 'broke the. 50 mile record by 5 minutes, making the fastest time in the race,, and beaiting .the tbwlacylinder machines and 'running second. We might remark that the* challenge j issued by the well-known " Tiuuanip'h" rider, Mr-G. B. jJrown, some time ago to undertake a nill climbing competition against any machine of any power osn either the Paekakanki Hill ('North Island), or Sunnier Hill (South Island), for £10, the sum to be given to some charity, Iras not yet been accepted. This is an indication that the "Triumph" is just as consistent and reliable on hills as on the flat. The new " Triumph" soils as follows: Fixed engine, £70; free engine, £80; three-speed, £85. Adams, Ltd., the Avenue, Wanganui. The man who knows uses TAN-OL for his footwear because it gives the requisite finishing touch to his appearance. In tins: price, liquid Is, paste od. i When yon see a broken window, thsrsb of Tingey. 'Phono lir»

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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12857, 18 December 1912, Page 4

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