1.
SCU PAN CAR NO. 7 LEON-BOLLEE 1896 AT HYDE PARK
0.09

2.
SCU PAN CAR NO. 111 RAMBLER 1902 FROM DENMARK
0.13

3.
CU NO. 255 PEUGEOT 1904 FROM HOLLAND
0.18

4.
CU SIGN "START"
0.19

5.
SV CARS LEAVE HYDE PARK
0.29

6.
LV CARS OVER WESTMINSTER BRIDGE
0.32

7.
TR. SHOT PAST CROWD
0.35

8.
SV PAN CAR NO. 44 GARDNER SERPOLLET STEAMER 1900
0.40

9.
SV NO. 201 HUMBER 1904 OLYMPIA TANDEM ON ROUTE
0.44

10.
SV NO. 178 WOLSELEY 1903 FOLLOWED BY NO. 246 VAUXHALL 1904
0.58

11.
CAR NO. 146 M.M.C. 1903 WAGONETTE BROKEN DOWN ON HILL
1.01

12.
SV MAN PUMPS TYRES
1.03

13.
CAR NO. 41 DE DION BOUTON 1900 OF FRANCE ON ROUTE (2 SHOTS)
1.12

14.
SCU TWO VINTAGE CARS PASS CAMERA
1.16

15.
TGV PROMINADE AT BRIGHTON
1.18

16.
CU PAN FIRST CAR TO ARRIVE NO.94 CENTURY TANDEM 1902 PASSES CAMERA
1.44

17.
CU SIGN "FINISH"
1.25

18.
SV CAR NO. 23 BENZ 1899 ARRIVES
1.28

19.
SV PEOPLE ON BALCONY
1.30

20.
SV PAN MORE CARS ARRIVE
1.37



Initials AK/V/JF/PN


SPORT: CAR RACING

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Background: NOVEMBER MIST FAILED TO DETER MANY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM TURNING OUT TO WATCH THE ANNUAL LONDON BRIGHTON RUN OF VETERAN CARS... THE "OLD CROCKS RACE". AT BRIGHTON, BRILLIANT SUNSHINE WELCOMED THE DRIVERS AFTER WHAT WAS GENERALLY AGREED TO BE AN EASY RUN.

NEARLY 250 CARS STARTED THE 53-MILE (85 KILOMETRES) RUN FROM HYDE PARK. THE YOUNGEST CAR WAS SIXTY YEARS OLD BUT MANY OF THE VEHICLES WERE BUILT BEFORE THE TURN OF THE CENTURY.

PRIDE OF PLACE AT THE START WENT AN 1892 BREMER - BRITAIN'S OLDEST EXISTING CAR. UNTIL LAST YEAR THE CAR HAD NOT BEEN ON THE ROAD SINCE 1903. BUT WITH LESS THAN A QUARTER OF THE JOURNEY COMPLETED, IT WAS FORCED TO RETIRE WITH A BROKEN CRANKSHAFT.

A LOW TRAILER HAD FOLLOWED THIS GALLANT OLD CAR, AND IT WAS TAKEN TO BRIGHTON TO SHOW THE MOTORING ENTHUSIASTS THERE ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING VEHICLES OF ITS TYPE.

FIRST OVER THE LINE AT BRIGHTON WAS A 1904 CENTURY TANDEM DRIVEN BY MR. BASIL DAVENPORT OF CHESHIRE. HE BOUGHT THE CAR TEN YEARS AGO FOR FIFTY SHILLINGS AFTER IT HAD BEEN RUSTING FOR YEARS IN THE GARDEN BEHIND A SMALL RESTAURANT.