r driven by Szisz, which made the round of 680 kilometres in two
days at the average rate of speed of 108 kilometres an hour, has
elated all connected with the French automobile industry. It was a
victory for removable rims also, as had Szisz not been able to
replace his tattered tires almost instanteously with others already
blown up, he would certainly have been overtaken by one or more of
the Brazier cars, which suffered greatly from tire troubles.

In 1906 another event was organized in France by the _Matin_. It was
hardly in the nature of a race, but a trial of over six thousand
kilometres, an extended _tour de France_.

Forty-two automobiles of all ranks left the Place de la Concorde at
Paris on the 2d of August, and thirty-three arrived at Paris on the
28th of the same month, twenty of them without penalization of any
sort. No such reliability trial was ever held previously, and it
showed that the worth of the comparatively tiny eight and ten horse
machines for the work was quite as great as that of the forty and
sixty horse monsters.

The following tables show plainly the value of this great trial.

COUPE DU MATIN
LIST OF AUTOMOBILES ENGAGED

CLASS "ROUES" (SPRING WHEELS AND ANTI-SKIDS)
1. Antiderapant Neron de Deitrich
2. " Vulcain I. de Dion-Bouton
3. " Vulcain II. Corre
33. Roues Elastiques Soleil Rochet-Schneider
38. " " Garchey I. de Dion-Bouton
39. " " Garchey II. Mieusset
42. " " E. L. Delauney-Belleville

CLASS ENDURANCE
1st Category
Motocyclettes, vitesse maxima, 25 kilometres a l'heure
35. Motocycletto Lurquin-Coudert
64. " Albatross (Motor Buchet)
67. " Rene Gillet

2d Category
Tri-cars, vitesse maxima, 25 kilometres a l'heure
4. Mototri Contal I. 5. Mototri Contal II.

3d Category
Voiturette 1 cylindre, alesage maximum 110 millimetres
6. Fouillaron 34. Voiturette Darracq II.
8. De Dion-Bouton et Cie I. 47. Voiturette Lacoste &
9. Darracq et Cie Battmann I.
12. De Dion-Bouton et Cie II. 48. Voiturette Lacoste &
18. Cottereau I. Battmann II.
25. Voiturette Roy 49. Voiturette Lacoste &
30. Voiturette G. R. A. R. Battmanu III.
59. Voiturette Alcyon

4th Category
Voitures 2 cylindres, ale