AUTOMOBILE RACES. 603 



minutes until Axt completed his long journey in good style, and Giraud 

 had a great success with the splendid performance of his light Panhard 

 carriage. His average was 39.7 miles an hour. The only cup arrival, 

 Girardot, finished eighth, his average being 37 miles an hour. The 4 

 Renault voiturettes ran with remarkable regularity, and finished close 

 together, the winning car in this category, driven b}^ M. L. Renault, 

 making an average of 36.16 miles an hour. The De Dion-Bouton 

 machines took the first five places in the motor cj^cle class, and the 

 average speed of the winner (Teste) was 40.7 miles an hour. Alto- 

 gether, 36 vehicles reached Bordeaux before the control was closed. 



The results of the difl'erent categories are as follows: Gordon- 

 Bennett cup race — Girardot, 24:-horsepower Panhard, 8'' 51™ 59^ Paris- 

 Bordeaux race — cars weighing more than 650 kilos: Henri Fournier, 

 20-horsepower Mors, 6^ 11'" 44''; Maurice Farman, 24-liorsepower 

 Panhard, 6*^ 41"" V; Voigt, 24-horsepower Panhard, 7'^ 16"^ 11'; Pin- 

 son, 24-horsepower Panhard, 7" 46'" 51**; Andre Axt, 20-horsepower 

 Panhard, 7'^ 47"' 17"; Gilles Hourgieres. 28-horsepower Mors, 8'^ 

 37"" 39^; Henry Farman, Panhard, 8*^ 53""; De Crawhez, Panhard, 

 8"^ 55"' 34=^; Berteaux, Panhard, 11" 10'"; Leon Lefebvre, Bolide, 11" 

 53™. Light carriages of 400 to 650 kilos: Giraud, Panhard, 8" 9'" 

 48'; Baras, 28-horsepower Darracq, 8" 42™ 52'; Edmond, 28-horse- 

 power Darracq, 10" 25™; Beconnais, Beconnais carriage, 10" 41™ 25'; 

 Thery, Decauville, 11" 11™; Sanz, Boyer, 11" 12™; Rudeaux, Darracq, 

 11" 49™; rihman, Decauville, 12" 18™; Filtz, Turgan et Foy, 13" 57™; 

 Chabrieres, Decauville, 14" 5™. Voiturettes of 250 to 400 kilos:. 

 L. Renault, Renault Freres, 9" 32™ 27'; M. Renault, Renault Freres, 

 9" 40™ 14'; Oury. Renault Freres, 9" 46™ 50'; Griis, Renault Freres, 

 9" 52™; Lot, Liberia, 16" 4™. Motor cycles: Teste, De Dion, 8" 1™; 

 Osmont, De Dion, 8". 3™; Bordeaux, De Dion, 8" 54™; Collignon, De 

 Dion, 9" 11™; Bardin, De Dion, 10" 30™; Gaste, Liberator, 10" 32™; 

 Holley, De Dion, 10" 33™; Cormier, De Dion, 11" 34™; Rivierre, 

 Werner bicycle, 12" 30™; Bucquet, Werner bicycle, 12" 47™. 



THE FINISH UK THE CUP AND THE PARIS-BOKDEACX RACE. 



On the ofi' chance that an English car might start in, and the still 

 more remote chance might win, the Gordon-Bennett cup race, we 

 resolved to be represented at both ends of the course by members of 

 our stafi", and the writer, who journeyed as far afield as the finish, 

 considers that a few words in supplement to the brief telegram last 

 week ma}' be of interest. We crossed on Whit-Monday in company 

 with Mr. Worby-Beaumont, who could not deny himself the pleasure 

 of witnessing the start, and after calling at the handsome quarters of 

 the A. C. of France, and subsequenth' at the Hotel Brighton, where 

 the majority of the A. C. G. B. part}' were staying, and where we 

 found Mr. Mark May hew and the Hon. C. S. Rolls, we learned that the 



