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Cycling and motoring notes from Victorian period sports page
Weather and road problems marred the Traders 10 Road Race with Brown clocking 6 hours 27 minutes 40 seconds for 100 miles, fastest on record, while Tamme and Bagot followed. Protests over pace and form emerged as Spears’s European success prompts fresh interest. a Rolls Royce cover for Ford owners and a 24 hour road reliability trial attract big entries. A weight chart in the English six days shows rising machine heft across brands from Triumph to Indian and Zenith.
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Sekiom
Yoetee
Mark Man
Brown
E. Tamme
J.C. Bagot
Tamne
Ko Spears
Europe
Spears Bes
Baty
England
Pavey
France
Rolls-Royce
America
Ford
Australia
Maxwell
Chevrolet
Overland
Victorian Motor Cycle Club
Medourne
Warrnambool
Maryborough
Castlemaine
Ashe
Atart Point
Triumph
Mitthe
Norton
Tha
Rover
Ariet
Harley Dawson
Wills
Ijthe Scott
Zenith
Xeet
Enfeld
Wright