1. Competitors in the Alexandra Handicap (six laps) awaiting the start. 2. Just before the start of the Epsom Handicap (eight laps), won by P. Coleman (7 h.p. Indian), on the extreme outside). 3. P. COLEMAN, the crack Palmerston North rider, who won the Epsom Handicap (eight laps) and the Great Northern Championship (15 laps). In the latter event he rode 15 miles in 13min. dead, a world’s record for a grass track. 4. R. E. Champtaloup (7 h.p. Harley-Davidson) winning the Side-car Event (seven laps). 5. P. Coleman, the well-known rider of the Indian motor cycle, being introduced to the spectators after his world’s record 15 miles on a grass track. 6. R. E Champtaloup, on his Harley-Davidson, after winning the Side-car Race. 7. A view of the stewards’ stand and birdcage at Takapuna during the progress of the Auckland Provincial Motor Cycle Club’s sports meeting.
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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1551, 15 January 1920, Page 31
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1471. Competitors in the Alexandra Handicap (six laps) awaiting the start. 2. Just before the start of the Epsom Handicap (eight laps), won by P. Coleman (7 h.p. Indian), on the extreme outside). 3. P. COLEMAN, the crack Palmerston North rider, who won the Epsom Handicap (eight laps) and the Great Northern Championship (15 laps). In the latter event he rode 15 miles in 13min. dead, a world’s record for a grass track. 4. R. E. Champtaloup (7 h.p. Harley-Davidson) winning the Side-car Event (seven laps). 5. P. Coleman, the well-known rider of the Indian motor cycle, being introduced to the spectators after his world’s record 15 miles on a grass track. 6. R. E Champtaloup, on his Harley-Davidson, after winning the Side-car Race. 7. A view of the stewards’ stand and birdcage at Takapuna during the progress of the Auckland Provincial Motor Cycle Club’s sports meeting. New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1551, 15 January 1920, Page 31
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