It was a short message in the June 29 issue of The Horseless Age, indicating that more and more automotive magazines were in the“ distribution loop“ of one of thelonger lasting cup motorrace series.
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THE HORSELESS AGE – Vol. IV, No. 13, June 29, 1899
Automobile Club of France Offers International Racing Cup.
The New York Herald publishes cable news of a $2,000 cup presented by an American member of the Automobile Club of France to the club as an international trophy to be competed for by the motor vehicle clubs of the world at an annual race, the scene of which is to be in France.
The conditions are as follows:
„(a) Cup to be in keeping of the Automobile Club de France.
“(b) Any club in any country can issue a challenge for it in the name of one of its members.
„(c) Cup to belong for the time being to the winning club, and in case of the dissolution of the club to be passed to the leading club in the country.
„(d) First contest to take place in France. Afterward in the country of the winning club.
„(e) Name to be given to the race and distance to be decided at a future meeting.“