MOTOR RACING.
THE GORDON BENNETT CONTEST.
*- United Press Association —Per Electric *" flegraph—Copyright. Received 9 a.m., Julv 3rd. LONDON, July 2. In the Gordon Bennett motor race twelve .competitors started. - • /The weather was glorious, ard crowds of -sightseers camped all night along the line ef route, paying huge prices for tents on the edge of the road. The Napier machine led for the first two -rounds, and the speed was terrific. A later report show? that a German •competitor is leading with a Frenchman nqxt,- accidents having stopped the Englisman who first led.
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXIX, Issue 12111, 4 July 1903, Page 3
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92MOTOR RACING. Timaru Herald, Volume LXXIX, Issue 12111, 4 July 1903, Page 3
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