A GREAT MOTOR RACE.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 278, 2 December 1907, Page 2

A GREAT MOTOR RACE.

£20,000 CONTEST.

Mr S. F. Edge's startling offer to race his team of six-cylinder Napier motor cars against any other team for £10,000 a-side has led to a cross; ohallenge from Mr A. Huntley WalMr Walker, in a letter sent to the Daily News, London, states his willingness jto race Mr Edge for one mile and for 1500 miles, the stakes in each race to (be £5000 a-side. "For the one mile race," says Mr Walker, "I believe that Mr Edge has only one really fast car; therefore, lam quite content to race Mr Edge with one car only. If he prefers to have three he can do so, and if any one of his three can beat my one I am quite content to lose. For the race for 500 miles I have only three cars; therefore, I would ask Mr Edge to limit his team to the fastest three card." The whole of the four cars that Mr Walker would put into the contest would be. Darracqs; and he stipulates that the conditions of the race shall be those laid down by the French Automobile Club for the Grand Prix this year or last year. He desires that the races should take place in October, and that the stakes shouli be immediately deposited with Lord Lonsdale, president of the Brooklands Club. When interviewed, Mr S. F. Edge expressed himself quite willinjgto meet Mr Walker. "Of course,'! he.said, "I have not received a challenge from Mr Walker personally, but from the particulars you give me, I may x say !I am quite ready to: race him. My challenge is quite clear: To race a team of six Napiers against a team of six cars of any other make in the world, the distance to be anything the competitor likes up to five hundred miles, and the stakes to be anything up to £10,000. The only condition I impose is that the cubio capacity of the cars shall be equaL''