MOTOR CYCLE NOTES.

The New York Times
4 October 1914

Another American motor cycle which has just been commandeered by the Belgians is that of H. G. Gault of Steubenville, Ohio, who was touring in Europe. When his machine was confiscated Gault joined the Red Cross relief corps.

Four days and a half. That's the time it took Carl H. Swartz and Harley Burchell to ride their motor cycles from Freeport, Ill., to New York City.

It is said that seventy-two motor cycles were included in the British expeditionary force.

F. C. Van Olsen, who recently made a cross-continental motor cycle trip to New York, has started back to California. He is making the return trip over the Southern route.

Jimmie Walker of Bridgeport, Conn., has just returned from a motor cycle tour covering thirty-two States. Walker traveled in the interest of the concern by which he is employed, and has been on the road since May 19.

A party of Kentucky motor cyclists, headed by W. T. Davis of Maysville, are making a tour to Denver.

A recent Government report shows 16,000 motor cyclists registered in Italy.

Miss Hattie Eccles was one of the most enthusiastic participants in the recent endurance run of the Yonkers, N. Y., Motor Cycle Club, and although the course was one of the worst imaginable she declares that she is ready to enter the next contest.

Motor cycle dealers of Cincinnati, Ohio, are planning exhibits in connection with the automobile show which is to be held Oct. 3 to 10.

B. G. Brown of Boston, Mass., spent his vacation on a motor cycle tour through Nova Scotia.

In an effort to lower the transcontinental motor cycle record held by E. G. Baker of Indianapolis, Harry Mead of Denver has started on a cross-continental dash from Venice, Cal., to New York. Mead is well prepared for the hardships of the trip, having been almost constantly in the saddle during the Summer. He has covered 15,000 miles awheel in the last four months.

“The motor cycle is surely the means for making long distances seem short and uniting points that are otherwise widely separated,” says an enthusiast of Campello, Mass., who recently rode his two-wheeler 800 miles to Philadelphia in thirty hours' continuous riding. He says he had no mechanical trouble of any kind on the trip.

Almost six miles up the sides of Mount Hood A. Kildahl rode his motor cycle to an elevation of 7,600 feet. It is believed that he is the first motor cyclist to actually ride to such a high elevation on the mountain. About a dozen cyclists started the ascent with Kildahl, but none of them reached the height which he attained.

Johnnie Ellis, who won the recent Tri-State century motor cycle meet at Indianapolis, not only crossed the tape ahead of the other contestants, but also lowered the local track record held by E. G. Baker from 95:07 1-5 to 94:03, an average of 63.97 miles per hour.