CYCLING AND MOTOR NOTES.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XV, Issue 872, 22 November 1906, Page 13

CYCLING AND MOTOR NOTES.

A cable states that the Dunlop six days’ Reliability Trial has been won by a 12 h.p. Daracq car, which covered 1011 miles in 40 hours 38 minnutes. This car belongs to Mr. O. Campshin, and was entered in Class C for multi-cylinder cars, with cylinder capacity of from 130 to 200 cubic inches. In all 27 cars were entered, from a 6 h.p. De Dion to a 40 h.p.

Napier. The rough roads were all against the heavy cars, and the me-dium-powered cars secured the best results. The cars were of numerous makes, including De Dion (8), Talbot (3), Clement-Bayard, Clement-Talbot (2), Beeston-Humber (2), Tarrant (2), Darracq (4), Coventry Humber (2), Argyll, Napier, and Decauville. Saturday, December 8, is the date of the second Reynolds’ ten-mile road race for novices. Mr. A. Cleave, hon. sec. Auckland Automobile Association, is on a short visit to Wellington. » » ♦ » Entries for the N.Z. Exhibition meeting at Christchurch close on November 24. A strong body of Australians intend coming over, including Farley, Brook, and Plunkett. * * * * Members of the A.A.A. intend taking the inmates of the Blind Asylum out for a run, probably next Saturday. * « * * According to the Melbourne representative of the “ Referee,” the 80 h.p. racing Napier car that was imported a couple of weeks ago has done some sensational speed work since it landed, both road and racing track at Aspendale. It has put up an average of 61 miles between Warrnambool and Melbourne, with Messrs. Kellow and H. James on board, and it ran very smoothly, which speaks volumes for the road as well as the car. The car has been sold to Mr. Sol Green, the well-known bookmaker, the price, it is said, being somewhere near to £3OOO. * * « « Particulars of the tourist trophy motor contest, the premier event of its kind in Great Britain, are to hand. It was decided on the Isle of Man, the victor, as we learnt by cable, being the Hon. C. S. Rolls, who handled a Rolls-Royce 22 h.p. car. All the vehicles were of the touring class, and weighted up to touring conditions, sand-bag ballast being used for this purpose. Still, the pace was good, the winner averaging 39.29 miles per hour throughout. The second car averaged over four miles an hour less. Compared with last year’s pace there

is an improvement, as then 33.9 miles was the best. The course was not exactly the same, however, it had been made somewhat safer. Perhaps the most satisfactory result of this year’s event was the increased mileage per gallon of fuel. This was one of the tests of the competition, and an 18 h.p. Siddeley car showed the best, its mileage per gallon of petrol used being a shade over 29% miles. The Rolls-Royce car had four forward speeds, with ia direct drive in the third, and live axle-transmisison. Owing to the exacting conditions only nine of the 29 cars that started finished. Many of the motors were placed hors de combat through running out of fuel; other withdrawals were due to accidents or breakdowns.