Cycling Notes.

Woodville Examiner, Volume XXII, Issue 3680, 28 March 1904, Page 4

Cycling Notes.

Henri Fournier, the crack French motor cur driver, and winner of many great events, has been giving his opinions on motor matters generally He believes that France still leads the world in the automobile field, and thinks the Gordon-Bennett Cup (now held by Germany) will be won this year by a French representative. Fournier himself will drive a Hotchkiss car constructed After his own designs. Respecting american m ofors, Fournier considers they have many weak points, which will have to be corrected before they can hopp to compete with the best French makers. Germany, he thinks, is well in the van. and the honeycombradiator, first adopted by them, has made their influence felt throughout the automobile world this type of radiator being practically universal ou all up-to-date automobiles the world over. The car of the future lies in the simplicity of its mechanism, a reasonable price, and the ability to operate without undergoing a laborious course of instruction. Fournier’s Gordon-Bennett racer is an eighty horse power car, with four cylinders, and he expects it to clip off miles in from 35 to 40 seconds. It is a racer pure and simple with a long sharp prow.