4 Camille Jenatzy
Germany
Mercedes

2 René de Knyff
France
Panhard

10 Henry Farman
France
Panhard

Jenatzy wins the fourth Gordon Bennett Race for Germany

The 1903 Gordon-Bennett Cup race, organized by the Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland, was the main race of the year. The Automobile Clubs of England, France, America and Germany each entered three cars to race for 371.8 miles around the Athy circuit in Ireland. Foxhall Keene (Mercedes) led the first lap, followed by Edge (Napier), Farman (Panhard), Jarrott (Napier), Jenatzy (Mercedes), de Knyff (Panhard), de Caters (Mercedes) and Gabriel (Mors). The three American cars were at the very end of the field and Stocks (Napier) crashed. On the second lap Gabriel was fastest around the longer northern circuit, but Jenatzy took the lead ahead of de Knyff, Edge, Gabriel, Farman, de Caters and Keene while Jarrott crashed the Napier, lowering the field to 9 cars. On lap three Jenatzy increased his lead over de Knyff, Farman, de Caters, Gabriel and Keene while Edge fell behind with tire troubles. The race was then between France and Germany. On the fourth lap Jenatzy led de Knyff by nearly ten minutes followed by Farman, de Caters, Gabriel while Foxhall Keene broke his rear axle. With the field down to seven cars, Farman was fastest on lap five, securing his third place after Jenatzy and de Knyff, followed by de Caters, Gabriel and Edge in sixth place while Winton in the Winton-8 caught fire, that's when he retired. After the last American, Owen's Winton, withdrew, just six cars were left. Jenatzy drove the fastest lap on the sixth round with the order the same as before. Jenatzy was again fastest on the seventh lap and won the race over 11 minutes ahead of de Knyff, taking the trophy to Germany. De Knyff was second, Farman third and Gabriel fourth. De Caters retired after his rear axle broke. Edge arrived last to learn that he was disqualified for push-starting when leaving Monasterevan control.

The fourth Gordon Bennett Cup race in 1903 was the first of those events staged outside France. It went to England after Selwyn F. Edge on a Napier had won the Paris-Innsbruck race in 1902. Because the law prohibited motor races on public roads in England, it took a special act by Parliament, after a large enough area was eventually decided on in Ireland. Now, for the first time, a race had to be held especially for the Gordon-Bennett Cup, with teams of not more than three cars from each national automobile club, the cars built entirely in the country they represented and were not to exceed the 1,000 kg weight limit (2205 lb.) and 7 kg (15 lb.) allowed in case of magneto while the minimum weight was 650 kg. Britain would be defending the Gordon Bennett Cup against France and for the first time Germany and again the United States. So, this was judged as the first truly international automobile race where cars had to be painted again in different colors to identify the rival Nations: The American cars were red, the English were green, the French blue and the Germans white.

Circuit: The narrow Athy circuit was located about 40 miles south-west of Dublin, but north of Carlow, shaped like the number eight. The eastern smaller circuit past Carlow had to be driven three times, the western larger circuit through Kildare four times making it seven laps, a total distance of 371.8 mi. The start at the crossroads of Ballyshannon, was just ahead of the soundly built grandstand which had been placed right across the road. The start area was treated with Westrumite, a watery solution with paraffin to avoid dust clouds. The approaches of dangerous corners were handled the same way. From the start the course headed north 3 ½ miles to Kilcullen cross-roads at Old Kilcullen, where it made a sharp right turn heading south for 14 ½ miles to Castledermot Control. The road carried on for 7 miles to Carlow Control, which made a sharp curve round the courthouse, leading north for 12 miles to Athy Control. This formed the center for the race, as the drivers were to pass the town no less than seven times. The cars were stopped for six to ten minutes to prevent the first car reaching the finish before the twelfth car had started. Then, leading further north for 10.4 miles to Ballyshannon finish, completing the first short lap of 47.4 miles. From here still heading north for 4 ½ miles just south of Kilcullen where the course turned sharply left, traveling west for 8 miles to Kildare Control, then south-west for 8 miles to Monasterevan Control, next passing Ballybrittas, then two miles before Maryborough, the road was turning east, a total of 15 ½ miles to Stradbally Control, then south to Ballylynan, thereafter going north 12 miles to Athy Control. From there the course continued back north for 9.4 miles to Ballyshannon finish, completing the longer western circuit of 57.4 miles, and 104.8 mi for both circuits. There were seven Controls, indicated here in bold print. The total distance was 371.8 mi or 598.3 km. At some corners the road was treated with "Westrumite" which kept the dust down.       The common dispute about the circuit length found in publications is unexplainable since the official map showing every single mile was issued beforehand, showing the 47.4 miles small eastern circuit and the western large one of 57.4 miles.

Entries: Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland nominated 1902 Cup winner S.F. Edge with his cousin Cecil Edge as mechanic in the Napier and a second Napier for Charles Jarrot. The A.C.G.B.I. decided that the third car should be determined at Eliminating Trials in a private parc at Welbeck over a flying kilometer and a standing mile, both on an up and down gradient, and made three ascents against the clock at Dashwood hill climb. Three Napiers were driven by C.S. Rolls, J.W. Stocks and Mark Mayhew against one Star car run by Joseph Listle junior. The Trials proved very little, except that the Star was slower than any of the Napiers. The A.C.G.B.I. selected J.W. Stocks, who was the most successful, to drive the third Napier in the race.       Automobile Club de France picked their team in February 1902 without eliminating trials. Panhard made the most powerful racing car at that time, giving 80 hp with a 4-cylinder engine and a capacity of 13.7 liters. René de Knyff and Henry Farman were the drivers. The third car was a Mors making 80 hp obtained from a 11.6-liter engine, driven by the fast Fernand Gabriel, the winner of the shortened Paris-Madrid race.       Automobile Club of America held speed trials on April 14 at Garden City, Long Island in the early morning to determine the second and third car of the team representing America at the international cup race. The day was cold when Percy Owen appeared with the new Winton. Louis Mooers started with last year's 40 hp Peerless for the 5-mile speed test. Harry Harkness broke an axle of his car and did not take part. When a gale started blowing, the rain drenched everybody, and the committee called off the trials until the following morning. On the second day between six and eight a.m. the elimination tests were run over the Westbury-Merrick course on Long Island. Alexander Winton stated that his car was practically the same as that used by Percy Owen. The running of Percy Owen's Winton was creditable. Harry Harkness did not take part. The 80 hp 4-cylinder Peerless of Mooers was utterly unprepared, as the car developed trouble which could not be fixed at that time. The committee soon decided that Winton, Owen and Mooers would represent America.       Deutscher Automobil-Club entered three Mercedes cars. On 10. June six 90 hp Mercedes being prepared for the Gordon Bennett race by D.M.G. were destroyed by a very large factory fire. As a substitute were several 60 hp Mercedes, some that had raced at Nice and Paris-Madrid. The Belgian gentleman driver Baron de Caters had his own 60 hp Mercedes. Another 60 was borrowed from American enthusiast Clarance Dinsmore but his driver Wilhelm Werner was judged by the upper-class D.A.G. committee as poorly qualified as gentleman driver to join the snobbish club. However, Belgian Camille Jenatzy was finally admitted driving the 60 hp Mercedes that belonged to Clarence Dinsmore. The third Mercedes was driven by wealthy American Foxhall Keene, who owned a 60. As the three Mercedes 60s were touring cars, striving to lower their weight below the limit, the cars had to be trimmed down including replacing the heavy axles with lighter ones.

Scrutineering: The event started with scrutineering and weighing on Wednesday morning of 1. July in Naas, a small town 20 miles from Dublin. The road-side was covered all along with tents, stands, and more than 5,000 people were preparing to spend the night in the fields. No one knew how many policemen were there for the control.       The AC de France declared that the German Mercedes had fitted Michelin tires produced in Frankfurt, thus were indeed produced in Germany but the valves used in the tubes were imported from France. Thus, the International Committee forced the Germans to equip the Mercedes cars with Continental tires.       The weighing was done at the Naas Market Square, starting at 11 a.m. An enormous crowd was kept back by the police. The weighing was done by Simpson for England, and Tampier for France, the Marquis de Vogué and the Baron de Zuylen represented the ACF. The maximum weight of 1000 kg (2205 lb.) and 7 kg (15 lb.) allowed in case of a magneto. The weights were calculated in English measurements of 19 cwt 2 qr 20.6 lb. Two small beam balances capable of weighing half a ton were placed opposite one another. Then two lengths of tramway line were adjusted on them, one length to each, to act as guides for the wheels of the automobiles, ramps being provided for running the cars on to the scales. The Napiers and two Mercedes were well inside the limit, but Foxhall Keene's car had to be lightened. Mooers Peerless was 12 lbs. overweight. He removed the silencer and its brackets, the box for tools and batteries was removed, the batteries were now merely held by a strap. The two Panhards were overweight by 19, and Farman's by 31 pounds. De Knyff was surprised and had the weight checked a second time. But there was no change, so both he and Farman began to bring the cars to the weight limit. De Knyff declared he would drive without the hood and subframe. In the afternoon after weight removal, the Panhards appeared again but were still too heavy. Finally, all was all right, Farman's car was the last one leaving the scale at 5 p.m. Using the British Imperial system of hundredweight = 112 lbs, quarter = 28 lbs and pound, the stated weights were as follows: No. Car Driver cwts. qrs. lbs. kg 1 Napier Edge 19 1 20 ¾ 987 5 Napier Jarrott 19 2 20 1000 9 Napier Stocks 19 1 1 ¾ 979 Reserve Napier 100 hp 980 Reserve Napier 45 hp 970 2 Panhard de Knyff 19 3 7 ¼ 1007 6 Mors (magneto) Gabriel 19 3 0 ¾ 1004 10 Panhard Farman 19 3 3 ¾ 1005 Reserve Mors (magneto) Salleron 1000 3 Winton 4-cyl. Owen 19 0 22 ¼ 975 7 Peerless Mooers 19 2 17 998 11 Winton 8-cyl. Winton 19 0 22 ¼ 975 4 Mercedes Jenatzy 19 2 19 999 8 Mercedes de Caters 19 1 24 ½ 989 12 Mercedes Keene 19 3 3 ¾ 1005

Timing and Scoring: Motor Age > The timing of the cars in the race Robert E. Phillips will be in charge, who will depart from the usual method which has heretofore been used. In similar races to this it has been the practice to time the arrival and departure of each car from control and arrive at the allowance to be made from the gross running time by a process of deduction. The factors to be used by Mr. Phillips in determining the ultimate winner will be, first, the sum-total of the periods of time occupied in traversing the various controls, and second, the periods of time which elapse between the finish of the first and subsequent cars. The actual time occupied in completing the course may be regarded as a negligible quantity so far as ascertaining the actual winer is concerned.       The time of each car in a control will be checked and recorded on an independent watch, so that the timing of each car through a control will be separate and independent observation. As there are seven controls, and twelve watches at each control, it will require eighty-four watches. These will be furnished gratuitously to the club by Messrs. Stauffer, Son & Co., of London.       At each control there will be twelve watches and twelve small boxes to contain them. The timekeeper at the entrance of the control will start one of the watches immediately a car arrives at the control and comes to a state of rest in the space allowed. He will then hand it to the head marshal of the control, who will satisfy himself that the watch is started, and will show it to the driver of the car and warn him of the time allowed for passing through the control. The head marshal will indorse a duplicate card with the number of the car, and place both the card and the watch in one of the boxes, and having locked it, will hand it to the cyclist allotted to pilot the car through the control. On reaching the end of the control the cyclist will hand the box to the starter, who will unlock it and show the watch to the driver, telling him how much time remains until he may depart. The starter will indorse the duplicate card with the period-of-time allowed for the control, will place one part of the card in the box on the car provided to receive such cards, and at the expiration of the allotted time, give the driver the signal to depart, and at the same time stop the watch.       The starter will then place the watch and the other half of the duplicate card in the box, lock it and return it by the cyclist to the timekeeper at the entrance of the control. The timekeeper will examine the watch and make a record of the time occupied in the control as shown by the minute recorder. The hands of the watch will then be set back to zero, ready to be used for another car.

Race: On Thursday 2. July 1903 the start took place at 7:00 in the morning. The drivers were released at intervals of seven minutes in the following order:

Start Time No.   Driver   Country embodied Race Car Tires fitted Nationality of Driver 7h00m 1 Edge England Napier Dunlop Australian 7h07m 2 de Knyff France Panhard Michelin Belgian 7h14m 3 Owen America Winton Goodrich American 7h21m 4 Jenatzy Germany Mercedes Continental Belgian 7h28m 5 Jarrott England Napier Dunlop English 7h35m 6 Gabriel France Mors Michelin French 7h42m 7 Mooers America Peerless Goodrich American 7h49m 8 de Caters Germany Mercedes Continental Belgian 7h56m 9 Stocks England Napier Dunlop English 8h03m 10 Farman France Panhard Michelin English 8h10m 11 Winton America Winton-8 Goodrich American 8h17m 12 Keene Germany Mercedes Continental American

Major Lindsay Lloyd set up his starting pistol and after counting down fired a shot exactly at 7:00 when Edge, in a white waterproof coat, left amongst thundering applause. Also, on time followed de Knyff. In third place started Owen with the smaller Winton in place of Alexander Winton with the larger car, since he had developed a fueling problem. Owen got away clearly, followed by Jenatzy who went like a shot from a gun in the Mercedes. A salvo of applause greeted his departure. Jarrott came next and got away somewhat slowly smoking a cigarette. Gabriel made the quickest start up to that moment. Mooers on the Peerless stalled his engine, he had to be push-started by his mechanic and got away slowly. De Caters leapt away but Stocks needed five seconds to take off. Farman lost seventeen seconds to get started as two cylinders were not firing but the defect was fixed quickly. His official race number 10 was not visible but his old Paris-Madrid number 51, was still faintly noticeable on the radiator. Winton's 8-cylinder engine stalled after a few revolutions. He shoved the machine over the starting line at 8:10 and pushed it to the side of the starting edge where he and his mechanic set to work on the engine running problems. He would join later if they were able to make up the repairs, a defect with his carburetor, which took him 40 minutes to put right. Foxhall Keene also stalled his engine and lost seventeen seconds before his departure. 1st lap - eastern circuit             Lap time     47.4 miles   1. Keene (Mercedes) 0h46m03s   2. Edge (Napier) 0h46m23s   3. Farman (Panhard) 0h47m31s   4. Jarrott (Napier) 0h48m14s   5. Jenatzy (Mercedes) 0h48m58s   6. de Knyff (Panhard) 0h49m47s   7. De Caters (Mercedes) 0h52m17s   8. Gabriel (Mors) 0h53m10s   9. Owen (Winton) 0h56m57s 10. Winton (Winton-8) 1h45m24s 11. Mooers (Peerless) 2h01m10s 12. Stocks (Napier) --- Foxhall Keene's Mercedes was fastest with a net lap time of 46m03s. But the first to pass the finish was Edge, who simply flew past at 8:23 after 1h23m23.6s which included the time he had spent at the three controls. But his net time of 46m23s was only announced the following evening. During the race, only the gross times for the passing cars were available, and the very uncertainty as to which of the cars were best detracted from the enthusiastic interest of the various supporters of each nation. De Knyff passed over two minutes later, doing 1h26m47s nearly three and a half minutes slower than Edge. Jarrott took 1h45m14s, Gabriel arrived after 1h30m10s. De Knyff lost time when he took a wrong turn at a sharp corner with a side street that was in line with the main road at Barnhill near Castledermot Control. A small warning sign with an arrow was easily overlooked when approaching at high speed and the thin wire fence was not visible from the distance. So, de Knyff drove into the wire fence but was able to back out his car without injury. The wire fence was again repaired by the two men placed at this turn. About 40 minutes later when J.W. Stocks arrived at that place, he made the same mistake as de Knyff, collided with the barricade catching the loose ends of the wire barrier, and jerked the post out of the ground, which caught his left front wheel, sharply turning the car around, and completely crushed the wheel. Stocks and his mechanic, Arthur MacDonald, were thrown over the front of the Napier, but were not badly hurt. The Americans were showing up very poorly, but Owen in the 4-cylinder Winton passed the stand at 8:49 finishing the first lap. Jarrott passed at 8:54, not going very well. Winton's new "Bullet" finally repaired, started on his first round at 8:58 to the cheers of the masses. Mooers took over two hours on this first lap, he arrived at 10:11. The Peerless created much interest with its immense engine covered by a gauze hood. The car had its exhaust box removed, and the clatter was ear splitting. Water was poured over the tires before he got going. Winton's "Bullet" finished his first lap at 10:30. 2nd lap - western circuit           Lap time       Total time     104.8 miles 1. Jenatzy (Mercedes) 1h01m19s 1h50m17s 2. de Knyff (Panhard) 1h02m31s 1h52m18s 3. Edge (Napier) 1h07m03s 1h53m26s 4. Gabriel (Mors) 1h00m19s 1h53m29s 5. Farman (Panhard) 1h10m27s 1h57m58s 6. De Caters (Mercedes) 1h08m42s 2h00m59s 7. Keene (Mercedes) 1h24m08s 2h10m11s 8. Owen (Winton) 1h15m26s 2h12m23s 9. Winton (Winton-8) 2h34m26s 4h19m50s After the Kildare Control came a three-mile stretch before Monasterevan was reached where some fast running had been seen by Gabriel who was touching 74 mph at one part. Edge arrived at Monasterevan Control at 8:52 and reported that water had escaped from the radiator causing slight overheating and he had tire trouble. De Knyff arrived at about 9:04. When Edge was leaving Monasterevan Control he had trouble restarting the overheated engine. The French attendants protested when Edge was pushed off while outside the control. Jenatzy came in at 9:18 and Owen passed at 9:21 through Monasterevan on his low built Winton, the motor was running well. A couple minutes later Jarrott drove into the Control. All seemed well with his car. De Caters was the next arrival at 9:50 and the Mercedes staff overhauled his car, filling the tanks and testing nuts and tires. At 9:58 Farman drew up and reported about Stocks' accident. AAZ stated that Farman's engine overheated on the open road when the driver stopped to add water, that he took in a nearby field losing valuable minutes. In addition, he had a puncture which also cost him some minutes. Foxhall Keene was next at 10:29, he had punctured one tire a mile from the control while turning a corner. His back axle had broken, but he left the control after a brief survey of his car. Mooers came in at 10:45, and his immense engine without exhaust box, its rattle was ear splitting. Water was poured over his tires before he left, the noise of his engine echoing till it was a mile or so away. Winton passed at 11:09 after experiencing tire and engine troubles, which had delayed him by an hour.       At the end of the second round Gabriel in the streamlined Mors was fastest on the long lap, while Jenatzy and de Knyff had been gaining ground. Edge had taken 1h37m03s, passing the finish at 10:00, de Knyff completed his second round at 10:08. Jenatzy had taken 1h31m19s, arrived at 10:19, Gabriel on his second lap at 10:25 and Foxhall Keene at 10:30, de Caters arrived at 10:55. Jarrott's Napier was eliminated when something had gone wrong with the steering, it did not respond on a perfectly straight stretch at around 60 mph between Stradbally and Athy. Before Jarrott could do anything about it, the car made a sudden right turn, climbed a high grass bank crashed into the hedge on top, turned over and rolled down. The driver was thrown from the car, but Bianchi, Jarrot's mechanic, was underneath the overturned Napier. Jarrott managed to lift the car clear of him before passing out, he suffered a broken collarbone. Fortunately, neither he nor Bianchi was seriously hurt, but heavily bruised. Rumors of their deaths had already reached the grandstand. De Caters came in at Athy Control to reassure people there that Jarrott was not injured. The Peerless overheated and threw covers, causing Mooers to withdraw on his second lap, ahead of Stradbally Control. 3rd lap - eastern circuit           Lap time       Total time     152.2 miles 1. Jenatzy (Mercedes) 0h49m45s 2h40m02s 2. de Knyff (Panhard) 0h50m57s 2h43m15s 3. Farman (Panhard) 0h49m35s 2h49m33s 4. De Caters (Mercedes) 0h51m11s 2h52m10s 5. Gabriel (Mors) 1h02m37s 2h56m33s 6. Keene (Mercedes) 0h51m14s 3h01m25s 7. Edge (Napier) 1h27m59s 3h21m25s 8. Winton (Winton-8) 1h07m37s 5h27m27s 9. Owen (Winton) 4h41m24s 6h53m47s Jenatzy had increased his lead over de Knyff to more than three minutes. Farman made the fastest lap in 49m35s which propelled him into third place. De Knyff arrived at 11:25. Keene at 11:34, and Jenatzy at 11:37. Gabriel's Mors did not perform as expected. The reason for this, the AAZ explained, was only discovered after the race. It was a wrong cover for the fuel tank which was replaced by cork plug. But they forgot to fit vent air tubes into the cork, causing too slow fuel flow into the carburetor, so Gabriel could not develop his full speed. By now it had become clear that the race was between France and Germany, with the best English car of Edge hopelessly fallen behind and the Americans a disaster. Edge had fallen behind when a back tire came off, and running along on the rim dented the latter, which made their task extra difficult. The smaller tires he was using were not holding up to the strain. Owen had broken a wheel of the Winton. When Foxhall Keene took a turn he lost a tire, causing his car to spin up an embankment which damaged the rear axle. But Keene continued and at Athy Control his car was inspected and it was noticed that he was already in a dangerous condition. Despite that, Keene left at 12:38 and drove more than one lap. The American Winton finished his third lap at 3:04 and Owen, in last place, arrived at 3:42. 4th lap - western circuit           Lap time       Total time     209.6 miles 1. Jenatzy (Mercedes) 1h01m52s 3h41m54s 2. de Knyff (Panhard) 1h08m16s 3h51m31s 3. Farman (Panhard) 1h05m55s 3h55m28s 4. De Caters (Mercedes) 1h07m19s 3h59m29s 5. Gabriel (Mors) 1h04m20s 4h00m53s 6. Edge (Napier) 1h24m59s 4h46m24s 7. Winton (Winton-8) 2h15m36s 7h43m03s 8. Owen (Winton) 1h19m40s 8h13m27s On the fourth round Jenatzy drove the fastest lap which increased his lead over de Knyff to ten minutes. At that time, it was raining. After completing the fourth lap, de Knyff passed at 1h03m, Jenatzy at 1h10m, Gabriel at 1h40m, Edge at 1h41m, de Caters at 1h54m, and Farman at 2h02m.       Earlier around midday, at Athy Control, rain came down rather severely. The weather had turned out somewhat upsetting, harsh showers alternating with cold wind, with an occasional interval of warm sunshine. Foxhall Keene turned up at Athy again with his fractured axle to the surprise of everyone, who had no expectation that the car would have lasted so long. After a downpour started at 12:45 and continued till 2:00 p.m. there were no longer dust clouds on the course. The roads were then well lubricated by the rain and cars were seen sliding and skidding. As for Edge, this was not his day, suffering tire problems. 5th lap - eastern circuit           Lap time       Total time     257 miles 1. Jenatzy (Mercedes) 0h53m16s 4h35m10s 2. de Knyff (Panhard) 0h51m40s 4h43m11s 3. Farman (Panhard) 0h50m31s 4h45m59s 4. De Caters (Mercedes) 0h51m21s 4h50m50s 5. Gabriel (Mors) 0h51m04s 4h51m57s 6. Edge (Napier) 1h14m35s 6h00m59s 7. Owen (Winton) 1h05m33s 9h19m00s Jenatzy was leading de Knyff by eight minutes. Fahrman drove the fastest lap, chasing after de Knyff in second place. Gabriel completed the fifth lap at 3:00. De Caters passed at 3:13, followed soon by Farman. Edge completed his fifth circuit at 3:34, he had changed the covers of his Napier no fewer than seven times. AAZ reported that Winton in the Winton-8 drove just before Simon's corner into a hedge when the driver and mechanic were both ejected from the car. Winton injured his shoulder but carried on driving with one hand. At the following corner he left the road and drove into a wire fence. Later, Winton's car caught fire, that's when he retired. 6th lap - western circuit           Lap time       Total time     314.4 miles 1. Jenatzy (Mercedes) 1h01m32s 5h36m42s 2. de Knyff (Panhard) 1h03m39s 5h46m50s 3. Farman (Panhard) 1h02m17s 5h48m16s 4. De Caters (Mercedes) 1h07m16s 5h58m06s 5. Gabriel (Mors) 1h13m58s 6h05m55s 6. Edge (Napier) 1h55m21s 7h56m20s At Athy Control, de Knyff came in at 3:35, Jenatzy arrived at 3:42, Gabriel at 4:18 and de Caters at 4:25. Farman who appeared at 4:30 stopped for water. Edge was now hopelessly in the rear, arriving 66 minutes after Farman. At the Ballyshannon Finish de Knyff completed his sixth lap at 3:57, Jenatzy at 4:02, Gabriel at 4:43, de Caters 4:51, Edge 6:00. Owen on the Winton retired when he was still on his third lap. 7th lap - western circuit           Lap time       Total time     371.8 miles 1. Jenatzy (Mercedes) 1h02m18s 6h39m00s 2. de Knyff (Panhard) 1h03m50s 6h50m40s 3. Farman (Panhard) 1h05m28s 6h51m44s 4. Gabriel (Mors) 1h06m05s 7h11m33s 5. Edge (Napier) 1h22m28s 9h18m39s At Athy Control on the last round de Knyff came in at 5:11 and Jenatzy at 5:14, while de Caters broke down just outside the Control. Gabriel rushed in at 5:58 and Farman about ten minutes later.       At the Ballyshannon Finish, De Knyff who had started the last lap at 3:57 was the first who passed the finish at 5:34, Jenatzy finished at 5:36, Gabriel at 6:20 and Farman at 6:30.       AAZ informed about newspaper reports saying that Jenatzy had run over a child at Kildare Control. What really happened on the last lap was a boy, named Sheridan, ran onto the road at Kildare to watch the vanishing car of de Knyff. At that moment Jenatzy arrived at full speed. He tried to avoid the boy but was already too close and grazed him with the tip of his fender. The shove threw the boy down, who was heavily shaken. He was brought to a pharmacy where he recovered very soon.       At the Ballyshannon Finish De Knyff was the first who completed the seventh lap at 5h34m, Jenatzy arrived at 5h37m, in 10h15m00s gross time, de Knyff 10h25m40s, Farman 10h26m44s, and Gabriel 10h44m33s. De Caters, who had broken his rear axle after touching a bridge at full speed, stopped half a mile before Athy when the car suddenly sat down with a broken axle. Shortly afterwards he came through with a touring car and proceeded on his way to Ballyshannon Finish. Edge struggled reaching the finish and lasted only to learn that he had been disqualified for receiving a push leaving the Monasterevan Control. The gross times without deductions for the Controls were as follows: 1. Jenatzy (Mercedes) 10h15m00.2s 2. de Knyff (Panhard) 10h25m40.2s 3. Farman (Panhard) 10h26m44.4s 4. Gabriel (Mors) 10h44m33.0s 5. Edge (Napier) 12h51m48.0s After the race the cars were weighed again. The drivers drained fluids and grease off the cars, washing off all dust and dirt, then using the British Imperial system of hundredweight = 112 lbs, quarter = 28 lbs and pound. No. Car Driver cwts. qrs. lbs. kg 1 Napier Edge 19 1 20 ¾ 987 2 Panhard de Knyff 19 3 7 ¼ 1007 3 Winton 4-cyl. Owen 17 0 21 ½ 873 4 Mercedes Jenatzy 19 2 19 999 5 Napier Jarrott 19 2 20 1000 6 Mors (magneto) Gabriel 19 3 0 ¾ 1004 7 Peerless Mooers 19 2 17 998 8 Mercedes de Caters   19 1 24 ½ 989 9 Napier Stocks 19 1 1 ¼ 979 10 Panhard Farman 19 3 3 ¾ 1005 11 Winton 8-cyl. Winton 19 0 22 ¼ 975 12 Mercedes Keene 19 3 3 ¾ 1005 On the following day, Friday evening at 7:45, after the International Commission held a meeting, the official classification about the net times of the five finishing cars was made known to the crowd of pressmen who had been waiting all day for the information. The figures ran as follows: Germany: Jenatzy, 6h39m. France: De Knyff 6h50m40s; Farman, 6h51m44s, Gabriel 7h11m33s. England: Edge 9h18m48s. Some drivers made good money and Jenatzy's winnings were reckoned at £8,000. He received 25,000 marks from Continental and was entitled to choose a Mercedes, which was a 90-hp with removable rear tonneau.