The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-31

The grand sweepstakes prize in tn,
Munsey historic tour was won by the
Maxwell. No. q. driven by Harry z
Walls. OF Philadelphia.
The machine finished with q perfect
road score, and in the final technical ex-
animation was penalized only three
points. One Of these points was because
the fan bolt was of. and the other two
for a plug cup being out The earFwas
found TO be perfect otherwise and ready
10 start out again on a long trip.
Harry B. Walls is veteran Of many
reliability events. He brought his ma
chine into every noon and night stop
ahead OF his schedule.
The winning machine is a stock touring
car, priced at $3.50, and was entered in
Division "a. including cars costing
from $1.2O1 to $1,000. II was entered by
the Maxwell Briscoe Motor Car Company.
OF Tarrytown, n. Y. II. c. Reeves. con-
test manager Of the United States Motor
Company stated yesterday that the ma
chine would be left with the Washington
agests for disposition.
The trophy in Division IA was won by
Brush No. A. This machine had a total
Of twenty-slx points against It in the final
examination. but finished the tour with
perfect road score. The second car in
this class is also a Brush. being No. l3.
which finished with a total penalization
Of thirty-three points. The other con-
testant in this division was the K-R-I-T.
which was withdrawn because 81 a broken
wheel which collapsed as result Of a
street car accident I'm Portland Me- The
winning Brush was driven by D. r. Nc
Coy. one Of the most skiliful drivers in
the tour.
In Division "a, which included cars cost
ing from $So1 20 Sl,2OO. the Ford car No. "a.
entered by Louis c. Block, Of Philadel-
phia, and driven by James Cherry, won
the trophy The machine Is a stock road
ster. costing SS25. and went through the
entire distance without a penalty in road
work Seven points only were found
against this car on the final technical
examination. Ford No. 8. driven by
Charles Z. Miller. Of Washington. was
second. and Ford No 90 driven by F. II.
tauuAgt u bNHtDut was lulEu.
MnxweIPs Big victory.
In Division No. "a, for cars costing
from S1.2Ol 70 1880. the Maxwell No. 25
won the trophy. and also the grand
sweepstakes prize The Detroit
No 10. Tom Berger driving. finished sec
ond. with only nineteen points registered
against H. The Moon No. 80. driven by
Roy Upton, finished with a total OF 900
points against L. The Staver-C Chicago
was penalized heavily on the road for
being lRte at controls and for having
worked on injuries 20 the car, their to-
tai adverse points being 90
The Crawford No. q, driven by A. A.
Miller. met with a mishap Just outside
OF St Johnsbury. Vt. and the car was
penalized for being late AT the noon con-
troll It's total penalization was sol The
Regal. driven by A. W La Roche. was
withdrawn because Of a broken spring
on the tenth day OF the tour. The Max
well No. Is was withdrawn at Bethlehem,
following injuries. and continued with
the tour as a press car. The Great Yves
tern No. IS, driven by Clarence Ia Mar.
was penallzed heavily when passing
through Vermont because OF Injuries re-
sulting from an accident when Driver
la Mar ran the machine into the side
Of a covered bridge 10 avoid striking a
team driven by a woman on the wrong
side OF the road.
In Division "A, washington No. s.
driven by ". d. Arrison. finished with
only twenty points on the final exami-
nation. while Washington No. s, driven by
A. G. Carter. also finished with a perfect
road score. On the final examination.
this machine was penalized twenty-six
points. The Enger No II, driven by
Harry Frlsch, was third IN this division
with a penalization of fifty-two points
The Ohio No. q. driven by Ross Hen.
wood. finished with a penalization Of lO2.
the Inter State. driven by G. A Covert
with a penalization Of 131. and the Pierce
Racine. driven by Lewis strang. with a
penalization OF JAS points.
Division "a comprised seven cars al
the start. Two OF them withdrew-the
Elmore. driven by Augustus Hardart. be-
cause OF a broken spring. and the Glide
driven by Fred Cassel. because OF IN
Juries sustained at Elizabethtown, n. Y
The Stoddard-Dayton. driven by L. H
Shaab. Of Baltimore, won the trophy
Shaab brought his car through with a
perfect road score. The car was penal
ICED u points on final examination.
The Corbin car. driven by A. T. Bailey
with a penallzation OF 16 points, came
second; the Columbia. No. 2 driven by
G. NJ. Wagner, received 40 points in the
final examination. although it finished
with clean road score. The Cino. No
p, received a penalization Of 46 points
The Kline Kar No. 30. received a peali-
zation OF 80 points.
The big MathesOn car was the only