Miscellany, January 2000
The famous ex-Joyce/Aked racing AC, so well known in the 1920s, was due to appear at the AC works near the Track in December, as its owner, R Smith, after…
FLEET STREET AND THE OUTBOARD.
THE first close-up pictures of the boat race crews after the race were taken from, and delivered by, a Watermota-powered speed dinghy. The photographer was run down the Thames at full speed and the complete camera thrown to a motor cyclist on the embankment. The latter completed the journey to Fleet Street. There has always been great rivalry over the boat race pictures, and it will be interesting to see if the outboard motorboat will become a regular feature of this classic Mortlake—Fleet Street marathon.