The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-20
THOMAS RECEIVES
HANDSOME TROPHY
American Car Hailed as the
Worlds Champion at Bic
Auto Banquet.
FOUR MANUFACTURERS
ENTERED THE CONTEST
Randall-DOdd Company Has Fa.
mous Car on Exhibition
at ShGN.

r. L. Thomas. the Buffalo inanufac.
turer. whose nerve brought victory 10
the Thomas Flyer in the grca; round
tbc-wcrld contest from New York 10
Paris, which started February II. 1905.
and finished July 30 of the same year,
received the trophy cmblcmatc of tho
victory at banquet held at the Auto
mobile club of America, Fifty-fourth
street New York City. Saturday even
ing. January s. Harry P. BurchelI, rep
reseutiDe the New York Times md Lc
Matin of Paris, made the presentation
! speech
The victory Of tho American car, tho
only American entry, caused world
J wide comment. and was hailed as n
worlds championship. and is SO con
sidcrcd
Just as the bells were ringing in
| Sunday morning $50 Of America s rep
! rcscntative newspaper men sat down
| to one of tho most Impressive bapauets
that has ever been served in New York
City.
The table was in the form Of horse
shoe or magnet with the speakers
table at the open end. The guests sat
on the outer side, facing the guests,
ard fastened TO the back of the table
was mission rail with photos Of the
race from start TO finish, the division
between each table being marked by
mission standards supporting lanterns
which depicted the New York Paris car
winning tho race. The trophy was in
the center Of the horseshoe aud faced
the speakers table.
Tom Moor was the POSTMASTER and
in Introducing Mr.. Thomas, paid glow
ing tribute 10 the good sportsmansbip
of the Buffalo maker VINO alone had
nervo to make an entry in the great
contest The actual running time was
eighty eight days for the supposedly
impossible trip. Among the more
prominent speakers were George Schus-
ter. who drove the winning car; George
Miller his mechanic; Z. R. Thomas,
the cntrant of the car, who was so af-
fected by the credit given him that he
almost shed tears as he arose TO speak;
Alfred Reeves; Robert Lee Morrcli,
chairman of the contest board at the
time of tho starting of the contest;
Colonel George Pope, who paid glowing
tribute 10 Mr.. Thomas; John c, Wet
more. the dean of the newspaper men,
and s. $ Butler. the chairman of the
contest board at the present time
verreault Designs Trophy.
The trophy, designed by George t.
Verreault of Buffalo. for the Gorham
company. is an immense globe OF
bronze, surmouuted by n large bronze
eagle with outsprcad wings IN an at,
green marble brought over from Italy
especially for this trophy Between
! the globe and the base is a sub-base
of pink marble brought from France.
| The bronze in the trophy was brought
| from Germany and the route Is lad
out with American silver; The entire
| trophy stands as a symbol OF the tour
nations that had the courage to enter
| this long grind. Or the four sides OF
| the base are bronze tablets in high re
! lief depicting the start. the finish and
the order in which the cars were
awarded prizes. The main side contains
The inscription of award. The sub-base
contains The coat of arms of the ma
tious competing, France, Germany, Italy
and the United States. The trophy IS
! the largest ever gwen for contest
of any description and stands six feet
| six inches in height and weighs l6oO
pounds.
Phjladelphia, Detroit. Chicago, st,
Louis. Kansas City and Boston shows.
There is a well defined rumor that
the Thomas company intend 10 test out
! their new cars by sending one around
the world. The car will bo driven
bv George Schuster. with George Mil
Ter as mechanic, mechanical expert
accompanying the car to make a thor
oueh and exhaustive record of the trip
from a mechanical standpoint. This
car is on exhibition ar the Utah auto
mobile show, Randall-Dodd Auto COM
pany being the general agents bere.