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Leinster Leader, Saturday 11 July 1903, Last
Edition - Page 5.
ANOTHER MOTOR RACE?
A 250 GUINEAS CUP.
"Motoring Illustrated" makes a spirited offer, which
whether acceptable or not to those who control and maintain
local roads, will be admired for the sporting instinct and enterprise
that prompts it.
A 250 guineas cup is tendered for International competition.
It is proposed that the race should take place over the Gordon-Bennett
course. The conditions would be altered for the better, so as
to make the test not one of high speed, but one of skill in
manufacture.
The project has been accurately described as a kindly and sportsmanlike
attempt to provide Ireland with a yearly motor fixture of the
first magnitude. Unquestionably local opinion would be highly
favourable to the undertaking, provided that prompt and definite
arrangements were guaranteed for the care of the road and the
cost of policing. A special Act of Parliament would again be
necessary, and the difficulty in securing this would not be
small.
The strong point of "Motoring Illustrated's" proposal
is that it would be calculated to concentrate manufacturing
effort and invention on the very qualities of a motor which
most concern the average man - its reliability at moderate speeds
and its general perfection as an "every day" article.
If the motor ever comes into general use, these qualities must
necessarily distinguish the make of machine that will be in
most demand.