CROWDS FOR SCHNEIDER CUP

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 710, 9 July 1929, Page 2

CROWDS FOR SCHNEIDER CUP

MEN FLYING LIKE BULLETS THE THRILL OF THE YEAR Record crowds are expected at Spithead this year to watch what promises to be the most thrilling race for the Schneider Trophy has ever been held. The course chosen by the Admiralty provides miles of natural grandstand along the Isle of Wight coast fro® Cowes to Seaview', while excellent views may be had of the race from Lee-on-Solent, Gosport, Southsea Co®* mon, and the southern part of Hayling Island. . So great is the crowd expected that even this will be far short of tne accommodation required, and a number of steamship companies have arranged to employ several big liners as floating grandstands. . , With France, Italy, and the United States striving to wrest the tropny from Great Britain, this year’s ra# will be an outstanding event internationally. The keen competition o. the best engineering brains of fo®* countries is expected to result in nomenal speeds, and Britain is s* l( J to be preparing a machine capable c* travelling at seven miles a minute,« 420 miles an hour. The race which takes place on September 7 will be a whirlwind conclusion to an outstanding London season* The fascination of seeing men bu ling through the air in machines t* travel like bullets has drawn from all over the world to take tn ** holiday in England this year. Thousands of Americans are comin over to see their champions’ gain the trophy, while iiiQUiries tro all over the Continent for 1)00X1 show the keen interest that our nea neighbours and rivals are taking this contest of four nation*.