ANNUAL AIR RACE
THE KING'S CUP
WON BY A. HENSHAW
FASTEST TIME YET
United Press Association—By Electric Tele-
graph—Copyright.
LONDON, July 2.
The annual King's Cup air race round England was won by A. Henshaw, flying a Mew Gull, with a handicap of llmin 4sec, and conceding 2hr 38min lsec to the limit man. He averaged 236-| miles an] hour, the fastest time yet established! in the race, for which there is a special prize of £300 in addition to the first prize of £800. Giles Guthrie, also in a Mew Gull, with a handicap of 18min, was second. Flying-Officer Clouston, accompanied by his wife, in a B.A. Eagle, with a handicap of 2hr 46£min, retired at the tenth lap owing to a stoppage in the petrol tank. There were 14 competitors, and the conditions were perfect.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 3, 4 July 1938, Page 9
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