SF Edge in a Napier Size:L: 80 x 60cm Overhead a hot air balloon

Overhead a hot air balloon passes

watchmen and horned individuals surround him and there are pictures on the wall of Horn Fair and The Sultan's favourite

The byline reads 'Let yourself go on a Lambretta'

1932 - November 30

in the centre

SF Edge in a Napier Size:L: 80 x 60cm Overhead a hot air balloonSelwyn 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