Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-11-29
HORSE ISDOOMED.
Motorcycle Appears To Be Ring
ing His Knell.
TEST OF MACHINES AT CHICAGO.
Race of fSelf-Propelied Vehicles Results in
Victory Cor the Duryea Machine-Fifty-
four Mh.ss Through siusl, Snow and Mud
Dcne in Ten Hours and Twenty-three
Minutes without Turning Hair" on the
Iron Roadster.

Done in Ten Hours and Twenty-three
Minutes Without Turning Hair" on the
Iron Roadster.
CHICAGO, Nov. 29.-The Charles F. Dur
yea gasoline motorcycle finished first in
The Times-Herald motorcycle contest for
prizes amounting to 5000. The contest
in every respect was most novel. and the
performance of the winning vehicle the
most remarkable in the history of motor
vehicle contests. When the race started
the streets were twelve inches deep in
snow, slush and mud. In the face of these
odds six motorcycles made the start, as fol-
lows: The Duryca, Springfield, Mass;
Morris & Salem electrobat, Philadelphia;
II. Mueller. motorcycle, Decatur, Ills; X.
II. Macy, New York; DE IL Vergne, New
York, and Sturgis electric motorcycle,
Chicago. Thousands witnessed the fight
of these vehicles against the fifty-four
miles of slush which constituted the course
from Jackson park to Evanston and re-
turn.
Time Of the Winning Motorcycle.
1t was considered impossible that any
motorcycle would complete the course, and
the prediction was freely made that no
one of the contestants would make five
miles Five of them passed through Lin
coin park, the DE LaVergne quitting at
Sixteenth street. Duryea started at 500
and passed the Auditorium, n distance Of
eight miles, ar hour later, and finished at
7:lS p. m, completing the course in ten
hours and twcnty-thrce minutes. For
II. &I..,I
an almost unbroken field of snow banks
and slush. The Morris & Salem clectrobat
made no attempt to complete the course,
but made n crcditablc run of fifteen miles
and returned to the testing headquarters
in perfect condition.
Made the Run with an Old Machine.
The Sturges machine abandoned the un-
equal fight after a run of twelve miles.
Both these electric motors made a surpris-
ing showing under the circumstances.
r'hc fight for speed honors was between
the Duryea, Mueller and Macy machines.
Duryea is an American inventor and his
motor is a radical departure from the
foreign type used Oh the wagons of his two
competitors. The Duryea carriage which
made the race was manufactured two
years ago. Since then Duryea has made
many improvements, but was unable to
complete work on two new vehicles which
he had entered for the contest. He &C.
| cordir.:y made the run with the old
motorcycle. Prizes will be awarded on the
| showing made in the road race and in
scientific tests which were made under the
| supervision of the best experts in the
| country.
The Vehicle of the Future.
These tests have been in progress for ten
days and have been followed with great
| interests by hundreds of manufacturers
from all parts of the United States. These
tests have proved of great value. The
Paris-Bordeaux race is worthless from a
scientific standpoint, but the contest just
| closed may result liz the establishment OF
reliable data concerning what many con-
slider the vehicle of the future The H.
| Mueller machine finished at $50 O'CLOCK
taking the second prize. The Macy ma
chine did not finish, it breaking down ten
miles fran the finishing point, and after
several hours work it was abandoned
The machine was in the second place when
the accident accident.