MOTOR RACE.
WON BY GERMAN,
By Telegraph—Pleas Association—Copyright London, July 3. Tho distanco traversed in tho GordonBflnnett motor raco in Ireland was 371} ' miles. The maximum speed attained was 80 miles an hour. Edge was compelled to repair a tyre.. l Jarrott’s car snapped in halves, owing to defective steering gear. The driver’s collarbone was broken. , Five o£ the contesting cars finished. Jenatzy, a German, with a Mercedes v oar, was first, covering the distance in 10 * hours 15 minutes, boating the Chevalier de Knyff, of Franco, cm a Panhard car, by 10} <» minutes. The latter lost time through r taking a wrong' turning. ■ - Farman, of France, was 1} minutes behind Knyff, and Gabriel fourth.
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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 934, 6 July 1903, Page 3
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115MOTOR RACE. Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 934, 6 July 1903, Page 3
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