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1914
1914 - 0622.PDF
I/O GHT JUNE 12, 1914. Sealed Handicap for "Shell" Trophy and 100 Sovs. 2nd Prize : 75 Sovs. 3rd Prize : 25 Sovs. Handicaps : m. s. Birchenough 48 21 Carr Bjorkland... 40 51 Strange Verrier ... 36 51 Noel Alcock ... 34 Si Brock Result. 1. W. L. Brock ... 2. R. H. Carr ... 3. P. Verrier m. - 33 ... 29 ... 20 ... 20 s. m. s. 34 Carbery ... 17 6 46 Pixton ... 6 20 54 Barnwell ... scratch 24 Handicap Time. h. m. s. 0 58 30 1 12 53 1 12 59 ® ® ® ® The London-Manchester-London Race. ARRANGEMENTS are now well in hand for this event, which is to take place on Saturday, 20th inst. The total distance to be flown is 324 miles, and there are compulsory stops amounting to two hours. The course is :— Start.—Hendon Aerodrome. 1st Stop.— Birmingham, Castle Bromwich Playing Fields. 92 miles from start. 30 mins. stop. 2nd Stop.—Manchester, Trafford Park. 162 miles. 1 hour's stop. 3rd Stop.—Birmingham, Castle Bromwich Playing Fields. 232 miles. 30 mins. stop. Finish.—Hendon Aerodrome. 324 miles. The first competitor will start from Hendon Aerodrome at 8 a.m., and the winner is expected back about 5 p.m. The competitors are expected to be arriving at and departing from the Birmingham control between 9.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. ; while at Manchester, where there will also be public enclosures, the pilots are expected to be arriving and departing between 11 a m. and 3.30 p.m. If no competitor has completed the course by 10 p.m. the promoters of the contest have the right to extend the period or to declare the race off. The entries already received are : W. L. Brock (80 h.p. Gnome- Morane), R. H. Carr (80 h.p. Bleriot or 80 h.p. H. Farman), P. Verrier (80 h.p. H. Farman), L. Noel (80 h.p. Gnome-Morane), Lord Carbery (80 h.p. Rhone-Morane), J. Lillywhite (50 h.p. Grahame-White). The pilot who completes the whole course in the fastest time will be awarded the Daily Mail gold trophy and ^400. In addition there will be a first prize—"Pratt's" trophy and ^250—and a second prize of ,£100 for a handicap in connection with the race. The cash prizes are presented by the Anglo-American Oil Company The first man to return to Hendon Aerodrome in the Aerial Derby.—Louis Noel on his Morane. —the distributors of Pratt's Motor Spirit —in commemoration of the Anglo-American Peace Centenary. Entries close at noon on Monday, and should be sent to the Secretary, Hendon Aerodrome, N.W. " Flight!" Copyright. THE START FOR THE AERIAL DERBY AT HENDON AERODROME.—Filip Bjorkland running his engine on his Bleriot just prior to getting away. 622
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