Hunt, riding a Norton_ machine at fan average speed of 74 miles an' Rout, over a tortuous 262, miles course, won the Junior, Tourist Trophy race for motor eyeies under B1G: e.e. Guthrie, on another Norton machine, was second, and Notts, on a Rudge machine, was third, The race was one of the most flexeely contested on record, 'There wore fifty starters, representing many parts of the World, although all chose to ride British made machines. Wireless through' Reuter.
London, June 19.
The world's greatest battle of speed on motor cycles was decided the Isle of Man to-day when 53 ders careered round the mountain-fouls roads of the island seven fo complete the course of 201 miles The race, which was for the Senior Tourist Trophy, was marred by} tragedy, one of the most fam British yiders, F. Hicks, crashing into a stone pillar and breaking h e many other spills and several miraculous escapes. Simpson, when leading and travelling at 90 imiies an hour, was flung over, lobars og his back wheel escaped with only Only 14 out of the 56 riders fini shed the course.
Hunt won at an average speed of 77.9 miles an hour in three hours, 23 minutes, 28 seconds.
The winner, second, and third all rode Nortons, British machines.—Through Reuter.
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