The "round the houses" road race for big cars over a course of 230 miles, in fifty laps, was held yesterday in drizzling rain. "The course was slippery and the bends, as a consequence, perilous. Despite weather, 100,000 spectators tume ut to witness the Only three cars finished. The first, man home was the Hon, Brian Lewis, driving an Alfa-Romeo, who took 3 hr. $4' min, 62 sec. to' com-Plete the course, an average of 64.23 miles per hour, Rose Richards, driving a Bugatti, with an average speed of 69.01 miles per hour, wa eon by. Eton na allatomeo, Second, while the third. place was
Three miles separated the frst and miles per. hour.
tecond car the famous British racing motorist, retired during the race owing to a mishap to his car. Reuter.
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