The Paris-Bordeaux motor-car race, held on Wednesday reduced the record
for the 348 miles by nearly three hours. M. Fournier, the winner, who left Paris at 4.25 a.m. on a 60 h.p. Mors car, covered the distance in 6 hr. 7 min. 44 sec. " net " time-2 hr. 37 min. being deducted for passing through towns and villages, where the speed is restricted to 12 kilometres an hour—which gives an average speed of 56f miles an hour, Mr. Maurice Farman, an Englishman, driving a French Pan- hard car, finished second with a " net " speed of 521 miles an hour, and three other competitors, all driving Panhard cars. averaged more than 40 miles an hour. M. Fournier, in an inter view published in Friday's Daily Mail, stated that his maxi- mum speed was two kilometres a minute, and admitted that the excitement and strain were intense. But it is worthy of note that although sixty-four cars took part in the contests, not a single serious accident occurred.
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