SF Edge in a Napier Size:L: 80 x 60cm Viscount Castlereagh bows

Viscount Castlereagh bows

Paul (1863-1935)

Everton captain William 'Dixie' Dean walks out on to the pitch with his rival Elisha Scott

on a rough sea

The Great Hall in Charterhouse

SF Edge in a Napier Size:L: 80 x 60cm Viscount Castlereagh bowsSelwyn Francis Edge in a Napier, 1903 Gordon Bennett race. The Gordon Bennett Races were organised by James Gordon Bennett, proprietor of the New York Herald newspaper to help promote the motor industry. The first race was held between Paris and Lyon in 1900, but in 1903 the race was staged on a circuit for the first time, at Athy in Ireland. The Gordon Bennett Races are regarded as the birth of the idea of Grand Prix motor racing. Selwyn Francis Edge