The New York-Paris Race.

Progress, Volume IV, Issue 1, 2 November 1908, Page 27

The New York-Paris Race.

The latest report received in New York regarding the pi ogress of the remaining contestants in this race is to the effect that the Protos ear, in charge of Lieutenant Koeppen, reached St. Petersburg, Russia, at 7.45 p.m. on Monday, July 20. The whereabouts of the Thomas car at that time were not definitely known, but it was thought to be at Nishni Novgorod, a, little over two days behind. B\ 1 caching St. Petersburg first, Koeppen won a £200 prize offered by the Royal A. C. of Russia. The distance from St Petersburg to Paris is 2,077 miles, and as from that on an average of 200 miles per day can probably be easily maintained,Koeppen must have leached Pans early in August He made the last 300 miles to St Petersburg in seventeen houis All through. Siberia and Russia the German Protos and American Thomas Car have been very nearly on even terms, both having led the way at different stages of the tour Shoitly after leaving Vladivostoek both ears got stuck in the mud. The Protos at once took to the railroad, i mining on tl c ties, and thereby gained a considerable lead ovei the Thomas, which stuck to the roads. The Thomas also was delayed for five days by a break of the steering gear, which enabled the German cai to pull first into Chita and capture the £200 prize offered by that town to the car which, coming from Vladivostoek, reached there first. Having repaired its steering gear the Thomas car began to catch up on its rival, overtaking it near Tomsk, about 3,000 miles from Vladivostoek The Thomas held the lead until the Ural Mountains weie passed, when it broke a gear.