THE SCHNEIDER CUP.
fOUB NATIONS TO COMPETE. (am imi assocuTnw—•« x&scaao nwitw -coftbhmw.) LONDON, January 1. TV United States eatarad the Mm Her Gup teaplano race fey cableBus a few minutes before the closing «f entries, of which there are now ten: Franc*. Italy, and Britain, each three HThinr i and thd United States one.— Australian Press Association. [The Schneider Cop « worth 1000 guasas and was presented by Mlaognes Schneider, ao enthusiastic l>— li sportsman and pioneer of aviatk*, to the Aero Club of France in 1912 far seaplane racing. It becomes the property of the nation which wins it three times. Since 1913 the Cup ■M bssn won as follows: —ltaly, three *om: Great Britain, three times; Aaertca, twice; France, once. FlightTiiHtoniiit Webster was the last winMr, his spaed for 46 minutes' flying tang 281.48 miles an hour. \Yh«n Ifctvest, IVaaoe, won it in 1913 the qptd attained was 44.7 miles an hour.]
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19508, 3 January 1929, Page 9
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154THE SCHNEIDER CUP. Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19508, 3 January 1929, Page 9
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