The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-01

Amid scenes OF great enthusiasm the
grand sweepstakes prize IN the Frank
A Munsey reliability contest from
Washington TO Boston and return was
awarded 10 Frank Hardart, OF Phila-
delphia- who entered his EImore car.
The machine was driven throughout
the run by Frank Hardart, jr. one OF
the best-known amateur drivers OF
Pennsylvania, who has won prizes re-
pestedly IN the events in which he has
been entered.
His driving II. the reliability contest.
pitted as It was. against some OF the
bes- professionals in the country. at
tracted wide attention He was the
hero Of the evening at the smoker given
in the New Willard. where the prizes
were awarded at midnight
Wins Division Prize.
The EImOre car Of Hardart also won
the prize for its division. No. I. having
pitted against It eight other cars. nearly
al Of which had fine scores, and sew
eral of which had perfect marks for
the greater part Of the journey. Di-
vision No. included all the cars whose
prices ranged from S2,0Ol to 5000.
The first prize In Division No. 1.
which included cars costing $3.50 and
under, was won by the Ford. The win
ming machine was entered by Charles
E. Miller & Bro. OF washington. and
was driven by Charles Miller
The prize in Division No. was won
by the Maxwell. Division No. ? includ-
ed cars costing from Ss5l TO 1880 The
winning car was entered by the Lam
bert Automobile Company. Of Baltimore,
and was driven by T E. Lambert.
Third Division In Doubt.
The prize in Division No. was awarded
last night to the Crawford. entered by c.
f. Eckenrode. of Baltimore. and driven
by Abel A Miller. but the discovery this
morning Of a lost record disqualified the
Crawford as the winner. The trophy.
therefore, was awarded 70 the No. Z
Pullman entered by the York Motor
Company. Of York. Pa. the car was
driven by Mr.. O'Connor. Division No.
included cars costing from N.z51 TO
5000.
The prize in' Division No. was won
by the American-Simplex. which was
entered by the Simplex Motor Car Com
psny. OF Mishawaka. Ind, and was driy-
en- by W. A. Wood. Division No. In
cluded all the cars costing from sSOol
to 1900.
The prize in Division No. 5 was von
by the RenaGlt. which was entered by
L. h Shaab. Of Baltimore. and was
driven by L. II. Snaab. The ears IN
Division No. included all those cost
ing from s4OOl UP.
EarToun Protests.
Roy W HarroUn. driver OF No. 81
Msrmon. this morning protested the
awarding OF the trophy in Division 1
and the sweepstakes prize TO No. ),
Elmore. FIarroun has hled his protest
with Referee Trego.
The grounds for the protest. as SCI
forth bv NIr. Harroun, are as follows:
The penalizations against the Mar
mnn. in my opinion. were on technical
tiles. which should have been consid-
cred negligible. considering the amount
of leeway. given all contestants. The
Elmore. In ny opinion, finished the con-
test with detective brakes. which vas
demonstrated by the fact that this car
ran into the Marmon when approaching
washington. During the excitement o.
the moment the driver OF the Elmore
made the remark that he had no
brakes as his excuse for the incident.
Furthermore. the Elmore had a very
noticeable dish in the LETT front wheel.