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404 Panhard. No other competitor came anywhere near de Knyffs time; the Comte Bozon de Périgord was second in 5 h. 33 m. 52$2⁄5$s.

The Nice to Marseilles race was won by de Knyff on a Panhard, at an average rate of 36·6 miles per hour for the 125 miles, two other Panhards being close up. Levegh, however, on a Mors, won the La Turbie hill-climbing race (10$1⁄2$ miles) at 33·1 miles per hour, the mile race at 36$1⁄2$ miles per hour, and the flying kilometre at 46$1⁄2$ miles per hour.

Levegh did another remarkable performance in the Bordeaux-Perigueux-Bordeaux race (195$1⁄2$ miles), covering the distance in 4 h. 1 m. 45 s. The first stage of this race (72 miles) was accomplished in 1 h. 24 m. 35 s., equal to 51 miles an hour.

The first race for the Gordon-Bennett or International Cup was run from Paris to Lyons (353$3⁄4$ miles), and France had it all her own way. Charron won in 9 h. 9 m. on a Panhard, his speed averaging 38·45 miles an hour. Girardot was the only other competitor to finish, de Knyff breaking his fourth speed. Winton (America) and Jenatzy (Belgium) abandoned the race.

An exceedingly unfortunate race was that from Paris to Toulouse and back; it was run in three stages during a heat wave, and tyre troubles were numerous. Levegh on his Mors covered the distance of 838·08 miles, excluding controls, in 20 h. 50 m. 9 s., an average of 40 miles an hour. Pinson was second in 22 h. 11 m. 1 s., and Voigt third in 22 h. 11 m. 51 s., each driving a Panhard.

The Pau meeting of 1901 produced a good performance by Maurice Farman, who won the Grand Prix de Pau race (205 miles) in 4 h. 28 m. 20 s. on a 24-h.-p. Panhard, thus averaging 46 miles per hour.

At Nice the Nice-Salon-Nice race (244 miles without controls) was won by Baron Henri de Rothschild (35-h.-p. Mercédès) in 6 h. 45 m. 48 s. In the Coupe de Rothschild flying kilometre, a Serpollet car made the remarkable time of 35$4⁄5$ seconds, or 62$2⁄3$ miles per hour. Four Mercédès cars came next in order, the best time being 41$4⁄5$ seconds. In the La Turbie hill-climb the fastest car was Baron de Rothschild's Mercédès, its time being 18 m. 6$4⁄5$ s., or 31$1⁄8$ miles per hour. The Serpollet's time was 24 m. 11$3⁄5$ s.

The Gordon-Bennett and Paris-Bordeaux races were run on the same day, and over the same course, in 1901. In the first-named Girardot won on a 4O-h.-p. Panhard in 8h. 50 m. 59 s., or 37 miles per hour. No one else finished. A much more interesting affair was the Paris-Bordeaux race, which was won by Fournier on a