[Collection Jules Beau. Photographie sportive] : T. 9. Année 1899 / Jules Beau : F. 24. [Fête sportive de l Écho de Paris, Bois de Boulogne]; Départ du Championnat des chauffeuses
Français : Troisième Championnat des chauffeuses pour motocycles (dames), organisé par le quotidien parisien L'Écho de Paris à proximité et autour de l'hippodrome de Longchamp dans le cadre de l'évenement ou meeting sportif exclusivement féminin, dit Fête sportive de L'Écho de Paris ou de Longchamp; épreuve en deux séries de 3,500 m (1 tour de Longchamp); finale de 7 kilomètres (2 tours de Longchamp); qualité d'artiste non requise. La presse cite parmi les concurrentes: Mmes Merry Djo, Angèle Magnier et Léa Lemoine (la gagnante de 1898).[1]
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Previous public domain rationale, no longer applicable