CYCLING AND MOTOR NOTES.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XIX, Issue 1065, 4 August 1910, Page 11

CYCLING AND MOTOR NOTES.

The Beverley-Perth Road Race (116 miles), which is held annually for the purpose of selecting the West Australian representative for the Dunlop Co.’s “Warrnambool,” will this year be held on September 3rd, which date allows ample time for West Australian riders to reach Melbourne and recover from the sea-trip. Arrangements are also in hand for the holding of the annual HobartLaunceston Test Race-

Further world’s records have recently been established on the fine speed track at Los Angeles (California), by J. Derosier, who raised the world’s motor cycle record from 71 miles 620 yards to 74 miles 667. yards. Derosier also secured the 25-miles record in 19mins- 29secs; 50 miles in 39mins. 13 l-3rd secs; 75 miles in 61mins. 29secs; and 100 miles in lhr. 26mins. 14 4-sth secs, and these figures would have been some minutes less but that Derosier ran out of petrol in the 99th mile, and rather than waste time refilling the petrol tank he pushed his 7-h-p. Indian machine to the finish- The car record for the century is lhr. 6min 53 2-ssec, established by C- M. Smith at Brooklands last year, whilst the hour figures are 89 miles 892 yards by the same driver.

Word is to hand from America that the Australian champion, A. J. Clark, is riding in .brilliant form since his return to America from Europe. His most recent performance include two world’s records, a competition handicap mile in lmin 46sec from, scratch, and a 4-Miles Scratch in Bmin 16sec. Clark must be “flying” to accomplish these fast times.

The growth of the use of the motor car in Victoria has been very rapid of recent years- Ten years ago there were only five or six cars m the State, to-day there are well over 1 600 cars registered in Victoria, to ’ nothing of 1,200 motor cycles, of a total value of about £700,000. The "licensing fees paid this year for, cars and motor cycles have contributed about £2,200 to the Victorian Treasury; over 3,000 driving licenses have been taken out.