DUEL ON WHEELS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 460, 29 December 1930, Page 10

DUEL ON WHEELS

PISTOLS AND CARS FOR TWO MOTORISTS EXCHANGE SHOTS A thrilling running duel iu motorcars recently took place, it is said, in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris. A young man of leisure and a writer who is better known for his fortune than fur his literary success were the knights on wheels. Having a quarrel to settle, they met at daybreak by arrangement in their cars. Each took up a position on a long stretch of straight road. At a signal —the dropping of a flag —they drove at full speed toward one another. As the cars came abreast their drivers, keeping one hand on the wheel, opened lire on each at the other with 'revolvers. Each succeeded in sending bullets into his adversary’s car as it drew near, flashed past, and speeded away. Neither, however, managed to hit the target —the driver. That was only the first bout, however. The 'cars were turned round, the weapons were reloaded, and once more the combatants charged. Again the glades of the bois resounded to the roar of automobiles and the detonations of revolver shots. Neither was hit, and honour was declared satisfied without the shedding of blood. The seconds declared both men victors, and they shook hands. No passers-by, adds the report, had been injured.