Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-27
WINNERS IN RICHMOND
RUN RECEIVE PRIZES
A. Gary Carter Protests Com
mittee's Award of Sweep
stakes Trophy.

The winners in the automobile endur
ance run to Richmond, Va, and return,
which ended in this city last Tuesday
afternoon, were presented with prizes last
evening at the Automobile Club of Wash
ington on Georgia avenue. The sweep
stakes trophy was awarded to Harry
Walls, driver of No. 9 Maxwell car, who
also captured the prize in his class-3A
A protest against the committees de-
cision was filed Immediately by A. Gary
Carter. president of the Carter Motor
Car Corporation and driver of Washing
ton car. No. ), who finished with the best
road score of any of the entrants-only
one point against his car for a stalled
motor The protest is based on the
ground that the technical committee PEN
allied him too heavily for a broken strut
rod. Mr.. Walls final score was IL points
and Mr.. Carriers 81, of which % was for
the broken rod.
President W. s. DuvaA announced the
winners in the various classes and as
each stepped forward he was presented
with silver cup. The winning drivers
were: Glass Ia, Bert Robertson, Maxwell
No 8; class "a, Stanley Mortimer Buick,
No 3; class "a, Harry Walls, Maxwell,
NO. y; class A. w. d. Arrison, Washing
ton. No. g; class "a. H. G. Wagner, CO.
lumbia. No. 4; sweepstakes, Harry Walls,
Maxwell, No. Q.
Harry Walls Success.
Mr.. Walls has piloted Maxwell cars
to victory has piloted every event in which
ne has ever competed. His work in the
Glidden tours has been especially note
worthy. The first points marked against
him in the recent run were on the fourth
day out. when he stalled his motor while
crossing the Big Indian ford, costing
him 3 points he technical penalties
amounted to 10 points. making a total
of IL against him.
Bert Robertson, who drove a Baby
Maxwell. had a road sore of points
and technical score of ;3, total Of IL
Stanley Mortimer cleaned up the run
in his Buick model 10 with 81 points
demerit on the road and for time host,
and on the final examination 81. making
total Of 30 points.
w. D. Arrsson. winner of the cup in
his class, had road penalties amounting
to only points. one for stalling his
motor and the other for Tightening a
nut on the mud guard OF his car. The
technical committee penalized him %
points, making total Of 22 points against
him.
H. C. Wagner had road score of %
points and 1S9 on the final examination,
a total of 211 points.
Ward Angle. driving Buick Bug, re-
ceived a total penalizatioH of 107 points.
OF which were for the road. He put up
a game fight against Robertson in his
little Jar.
Two Accidents.
l. e. Barber. at the wheel of Parry
car No. II. ran into barrcade on the
road just outside OF Richmond, damaging
his machine. for which he was severely
being J62. Otherwise the car made a
creditable showing. Griffin Halstead
also met with an unfortunate accident,
the axle of Washington car No
II. when he ran into deep hole while
taking a hill near Purce1ville Va. He
was penalized 81 points. most of which
were for time lost while Awaiting a new
axle. He Joined the other contestants
later, and on the final examination was
Denaliaed only Is points.
Willis CrOnkite acted as pilot on the
run in his Buick car. starting at day
break and always finishing ahead of the
cars, never being headed on the
entire run of 800 miles. Another Wash !
Ington car. used by the starter, who is
always the last to leave a control, was
driven by Jacob Bauman, who brought
his car through without a mishap He
averaged twenty miles an hour on the
run OF five days.
The technical committee, consisting of
r. B. Cayerly, w. ]. c. Jones and w. D. |
West, completed its examination of the
cars and turned them over to the own
they figured out the scores of the different