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by "Baladeur" "'The Eternal Second.' I wonder in how many races Giradot finished second! He certainly won Paris-Boulogne and the Gordon-Bennett race in 1899, but he finished second in so many more…
The School for the Blind at Swiss Cottage, N.W.3, has announced the result of the word-making competition promoted in aid of the School Funds, advertisements for which appeared in recent issues of MOTOR SPORT. The winning list consisted of forty-eight words, i.e. ANTHER, ARDENT, ARKITE, BANKER, DARKEN, DEARTH, DETAIN, DETRAIN, DINTER, DITHER, HAIRED, HANDER, HANDIER, HANKED, HANKER, HARDEN, HARKED, HARKEN, HART IN, HATRED, HERNIA, HIATED, HINDER, HINTED, HINTER, INTAKE, KERATIN, KINDER, KREATIN, NIT RED. RAINED, RANKED, RANT
ED, REKNIT, RETAIN, RETINA, RINKED, TANKED, TANKER THANKED, THANKER, THENAR THINKER, THREAD, TINDER. TINKER, TIRADE, TRAINED.
Five competitors sent in lists containing the winning words and share the £100 offered in prizes.