THE GORDON DENNETT MOTOR RACE.
ITS FOUNDER AND ITS RULES. The Derby of motor-racing was instituted in 1900 Mr. James Gordon Bennett IS the very wealthy proprietor of the New York Herald To encourage the motor industry he in that year offered a trophy to be compotS for by as many countries as eared io Scmitvy has the right to enter three The course averages 350 miles in Sgt,Si"aid in the country of the Since then itSKnSruiF^onceinGe, '" an >'f d TtL Sen over the race . & J 1 ' 6 , longes an in 902, when the trophy distance, 328 nuta& ea lhe mbli . As to size of rSffi Bennett racer is imim weight Jo a Uoi driyer 7cwt ,/, l4l „;accumulators. The maSipetrol, fuel, oi accum 31b . The two mum weight »w» jj b cn or ma Passengers must weigh ILt 6. > up to this by ball*. ■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12955, 26 August 1905, Page 5 (Supplement)
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144THE GORDON DENNETT MOTOR RACE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12955, 26 August 1905, Page 5 (Supplement)
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