Casualties now seemed to increase, valve troubles being the dominant cause. Harry Bashall stopped to clean oil off his driving belt, while his brother still led after fifty two laps with Moorhouse now in second place-having completed forty eight laps. Fate now caught up with Bizzy, when on the Byfleet Banking, a valve broke and its head dropped into the cylinder. This misfortune let Moor�house (49 laps) and Franklin (46 laps) into first and second spots on their Indians. At this juncture Gwynne's front tyre burst and almost caused a mass pile up of riders and machines, but with great skill he managed to save the situation and pulled up safely. The race finished shortly after 7. 05 pm with Harold Bowen just scraping into second place despite his engine failure. Arthur Moorhouse rode in an easy winner 24 min 54 sec ahead of Bowen, to a highly popular victory. The single cylinder race resulted in yet another win for Frank McNab.
Result:
BROOKLANDS 60-LAP TT RACE (1910 10M TT Regulations) over 163 miles 103 yd. Fork start and finish.
Class Speed (mph)
Multi's (up to 670 cc)
1. A. J. Moorhouse (639 Indian) 56.72
2. H. H. Bowen (666 BAT-JAP) 49.56
3. C. B. Franklin (639 Indian) 49.01
Singles (up to 500 cc)
1. F. A. McNab (488 Trump-JAP) 53.71
2. J. Marshall (499 Triumph) 52.66
3. A. R. Abbott (499 Rex) completed 54 laps
The fourth finisher in the Multi-Cylinder Race, was E. C. W. FitzHerbert (448 FN four-cylinder) who averaged 43.34 mph.
In the course of the racing a number of long-distance records were set up, including a new Class D (750 cc) one-hour record by J. T. (Bizzy) Bashall at 62.74 mph.
Clearly many lessons had been learnt from this event by competitors and officials alike. Snags to be avoided in the organisation of similar events, and the tuning requirements for high-speed reliability, were becoming clearer. Taken over all the event was judged a great success.
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