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Show Establishes Now Auto Record. Wl Trlbuno Special Sporting Service. IrIr LONDON, Junu 9. Charles S. Rolls, in- ufoE torvlcwcd regarding his recent run from - nil y; Monte Carlo Iq London, said: h mq'.ut "The account that has appeared of my ti f!.K record from Monto Carlo to London was ,E ff jl.1 Inaccurate by Govcral hundred miles, ow- X Iff p Ing to an error in tho telegram sent I I If hasten to send a nolo of the figures, m t'r which, as a matter of fact, were mado (i VUi from Monte XJarlo to Boulogne, a distance 11 IK I of 771 miles; time, 2S hours. 14 minutes. In- I eluding all stops. B p ''.This was made on a 20-horee-power jti pjfjf Rolls-Royce car, which I drovo through- rjj Lj out the run with three passengers and iTi'S luggage, and which beatn the previous A ' l records made by n 40-horse-powor car bv r .' .j-1'? 3 hours, .21 minutes, an average speed of 1 J, '.j'jl 27.3 miles por hour being maintained, de- K? ITu spite many difficulties encountered, such iil"?fn ns heavy rain throughout tho whole night rt, ' j :? a puncture, losing tho road several times, hI '!' and many delays at "octrois" and level i ( "ji crossings, owing to tho dlfllculty of get- 1 ' ting tho gatekeepers to como out and let 1 us through." |