It is to be hoped that motor racing, in this country at all events, received its death blow by the shocking accident which occurred on the Brooklands track on Monday. Two cars in succession while careering at a terrific speed, overturned at precisely the same spot on the track. In the first the two occupants escaped serious injury by a miracle; in the second they were thrown clear over the edge of the embankment into the river, and one was. in a dying condition when taken out. From the point of view of attracting spectators to the Brooklands the motor track has, I believe, been from success. We know now that it is possible for a motor car to travel considerably over a hundred miles an hour on a prepared track; and even if the donger of the performance could be reduced no thi usefal parpose would be accomplished by
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