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 by M. L. Renault, 

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

 machines took the first live places in the motor cycle class, and the 

 average 1 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 different categories are as follows: G6rdon- 

 Bennett cup race — Girardot, 24-horsepower Panhard, 8 h 51"' 59 s . Paris- 

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

 20-horsepower Mors, 6 h ll m 14 s ; Maurice Farman, 24-horsepower 

 Panhard, 6" 41'" I s ; Voigt, 24-horsepower Panhard, 7" 16 ,n 11 s ; Pin- 

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

 Panhard, 7 h 47"' 17 s ; Gilles Hourgieres, 28-horsepower Mors, 8 h 

 37'" 39 s ; Henry Farman, Panhard, 8 h 53"'; De Crawhez, Panhard, 

 8" 55 m 34 s ; Berteaux, Panhard, ll h K>'"; Leon Lefebvre, Bolide, 11" 

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

 4S S ; Baras, 28-horsepower Darracq, N" 42'" 52 s ; Edmond, 28-horse- 

 power Darracq, 10 u 25"'; Beconnais, Beconnais carriage, 10 h 41"' 25 s ; 

 Thery, Decauville, 11" 11"'; Sanz, Boyer, ll h 12'"; Rudeaux, Darracq, 

 11" 49'"; Ulhman, Decauville, 12 h 18 m ; Filtz, Turgan et Foy, 13" 57 m ; 

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

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

 9 h 4(} m 14 s. Oury, Renault Freres, 9" 46"' 50 s ; Griis, Renault Freres, 

 9 h 52"'; Lot, Liberia, 16" 4 ra . Motor cycles: Teste, De Dion, 8 h l m ; 

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

 Dion, 9" 11"'; Bardin, De Dion, 10" 30 ra ; Gaste, Liberator, 10" 32 m ; 

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

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



THE FINISH OF THE CUP AND THE PARIS-BORDEAUX RACE. 



On the off 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 staff, and the writer, who journeyed as far afield as the finish, 

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

 week may 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. 0. of France, and subsequently at the Hotel Brighton, where 

 the majority of the A. C. G. B. party were staying, and where we 

 found Mr. MarkMa}^hew and the Hon. C. S. Rolls, we learned that the 



