Italian castles and country seats . he hotel to-night but PrincePotenziani, who with the Princess has come for theraces. As we have to start very early to-morrow morn-ing, in spite of my protests, I shall not write moreto-night. T. Palermo, April My dear M: The automobile race was what I suppose all auto-mobile races would be for me, rather left early this morning, and rode to the little townof Buonfornello in the special train that carried allthe automobile enthusiasts who had not departed onthe 3 train before. In our compartment was thedirector of the Itala manufactory
Italian castles and country seats . he hotel to-night but PrincePotenziani, who with the Princess has come for theraces. As we have to start very early to-morrow morn-ing, in spite of my protests, I shall not write moreto-night. T. Palermo, April My dear M: The automobile race was what I suppose all auto-mobile races would be for me, rather left early this morning, and rode to the little townof Buonfornello in the special train that carried allthe automobile enthusiasts who had not departed onthe 3 train before. In our compartment was thedirector of the Itala manufactory in Turin. He worea tiny automobile in diamonds in his cravat, andMadame pinned her elaborate automobile veil with alarge diamond motor. He told us a good deal thatwas interesting of his work for the success of the Italamachine. Everything about the Targa Florio was very wellarranged. On the arrival of the train, we were alldirected up and over a bridge which prevented any-ones crossing the course. So far as we could see the[ 472 ]. DONNA FRANCA FLORIOLady-oj-the-Palace of H. M. Queen E I e 7i a AND COUNTRY SEATS road was very fine, but in many places back in themountains there were sharp and dangerous turns, andgiddy heights to be traversed up and down. Withfaith in my Antonio I fully believed the FIATwould win, and it did, though it had worthy com-petitors in the Itala, Mercedes, Renault, Napier —all good machines. There seemed to be a superfluityof boxes in the grandstand, and while I was searchingfor the number of the one for which we were supposedto have paid, Signor Tito Ricordi came up to me, andexplained that I could take the one that pleased mebest. He joined us for our picnic luncheon, and wepassed a pleasant day watching the various cars lit-erally skim past the grandstand. On the oppositeside of the road were Donna Franca and the PrincessTrabia, who came down in their motor, but there wasnot much time for visiting, and certainly it was impos-sible to safely cross
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