GREAT MOTOR RACE.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9131, 2 July 1908, Page 5

GREAT MOTOR RACE.

CABLE NEWS.

United Press Association —Hy Klectric Telegraph Goiiyri>;ht.

NEW YORK TU PARIS

AMERICAN AND GERMAN

CARS LEADING

Received July 1, 8.15 a.m. LONDON, June 30

In the New York to Parii motorrace, which started early in February of this year, and the participants in which have had some lively experiences, the American and German cars are well ahead of,the others.

The car driven by Antonio Scafaglio, a Brixb Zust, with Dr. von Muller as a passenger, is in Siberia.

All the cars went west of the extensive Lake JBaikal, Eastern Siberia.

In February six,automobiles' started from New York, on the 20,000 miles' race to Paris. The race will take the form of a circuit round the Northern Hemisphere, and will embrace a run through no less than three continents before it terminates at Paris. The course will be from New York to Chicago, thence to Siberia, via the Behring Straits, then to Moscow, iand afram that .on to the French capital. The competition is organised "by "Le Matin," a Parisian newspaper, the proprietors of which offer a cup calied La Coupe du Monde to the winner. It was the same journal which promoted the .great PekingParis event held last year. Ten entries were received for the competition, including four French, one German, two American, two Portuguese, and one Italian. The lUlian is Prince Borghese, who, it will be remembered, finished first in an Itala car in the Peking-Paris contest. Though tne event which the Prince won was considered to be an exceptionally for a motor car, there is little doubt tnat the present contest will, if ever completed, prove to be the most stupendous aaad difficult task, ever attempted. As the , greater part <ol the journey to be traversed will foe through extremely ; cold districts, with abundance of: snow and ice, unusual attention has : been paid to clothiaag by the competi-: tors. Each car is provided with ; elaborate cooking .utensils, and as the motorists carry firearms, they hope to replenish tbeir stock of provisions by shooting reindeer, seals, white partridges, bears, etc. It was intended that the vehicles should go from New York to Seattle, thence by water to Skagway, from which point, they were to travel through Kloridyke, and Alaska to Prince of Wales Cape. Crossing the Behring Straits the competitors will land at East Cape before the thaw sets in, and will tra/el across the hard frozen snow until they reach the Russian post road, and eventually join Ihe road chat was followed in the Peking-Paris run.