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u AUGUST P, 1925 WHO IS WINNING ? : View of the Enclosures at Lympne. victory in the present meeting (the Cranwell in the single-seater race, the " Hurricane " in the Grosvenor Cup), and the other five were distinctly anti-Lympne. But two atleast of the machines had attracted the attention of the public before. The Sopwith monoplane was once stunted byH. G. Hawker at Hendon, in 1920, and the yellow Martinsyde was flown into second place by Raynham in the first King'sCup race in 1922. The race itself does not call for much description. Itconsisted of four laps of the course, and resulted in a pro- cession. In the third lap the Martinsyde passed the Sopwithwhich was taking its corners very wide and almost flat. There was no other change of position. Chick flew high ashe had been doing throughout the meeting, and, as the wind had dropped almost entirely, his machine was not upset by these tactics. Comper drove his new stylish parasolmonoplane hard after the veteran mount of the flying doctor, but the latter kept his place and was accounted third afterSoden's " Whippet " had been declared second. The Farn- borough Club thus secured its second win in the meeting,and well deserved its success. But we offer especially cordial congratulations to the second and third, as Mr. Soden and Dr.Whitehead Reid are private owners in the fullest sense of the word, and the latter is a professional man, not a member ofthe Royal Air Force. It is that type of owner-pilot which we wish to see increase in numbers, and we only regret thatno third prize was offered in this race. The flying times of the first three over the 50-mile coursewere :— Chick, 36-47 ; Soden, 37-6 ; Reid, 36-3. GOODBYE LYMPNE: The Parnall "Pixie III," waiting for the Southern Railway. 510
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