Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

Two hundred dollars-G. W. Lewis. for
| friction disk and brake
| One hundred and fifty dollars-Haynes
| & Apperson. for plan 70. the prevention
! OF vibration by balance of driving en-
| CINE.
One hundred dollars-Max Hurtel, for
| device for starting motor from the seat.
| Fifty doliars-De Layergn. for counter
balance on engine.
/ Col. LudinEton OF the United States
J Army opposed any reward for model as
! mo vehicle showed any distinct improve
ments.
Commenting on the result. the Times
! Herald said, editorially:
| The American type of motor cycle has
not yet been produced. This is not in
DISBURSEMENT of the many excellent de-
signs exhibited, but Is plain fact the
| truth of which will be admitted by any
mechanical engineer whose opinion is
! worthy of consideration
The paper then sought to apologize to
! the manufacturer by stating that in
four months not much is accomplished"
Two Cars Finished.
eleven confident starters out OF the orig
inal entrants. but on the morning Of the
contest there were only six cars at the
starting line Two of these-the Duryea
and Mueller-finished. The conditions
were broad. The motor power could be
either electricity. steam. air. gasoline or
oil. For testing the wagons stand had
been provided on which pulling power.
cost of operation, capacity and power of
! endurance were demonstrated
In the role of referee / did not dress
| like the modern race official. In knicker-
bockers, puttees and Norfolk coat. | wore
heavy arctic rubbers extra ear muffiers.
heavy wraps and gloves. In each of the
/ Side nOCketS I
| wich for an emergency. Impatient, mad
and terribly enthusiastic. I was up be-
| fore the break of day and at the start
| ing point.
Although not a motor car manufacturer
| in 1895, 1 was a motor enthusiast eighteen
years ago. I became interested in the
Max Hurte1 wagon because it could turn
in ten feet, started from the seat and
buy this car. At frequent intervals for
several months 1 visited Hurtel in the
loft OF west side barn where he was
trying to get his wagon to move. To the
closer to moving than it was on the
day Of the race, when 1t suffered up to
| the starting point and then refused to
bulge an inch.
Performance Of Locomobile.
| In the mentime I had visited a friend
in Washington who owned a steam loco
| mobile This car really would move. We
had several night rides, but many We're
| the times we pushed 1t home. The per-
Torrance of the locomobile changed my
| idea of a horseless carriage, and l de-
cided to purchase steam car. / was in
fiuenced to buy the Milwaukee, and this
/ operated several years.
After disposing of my Milwaukee
| car l contracted for a Haynes-Apper-
son at the Buffalo exposition in 1901.
This was changed later to the Apper-
son Brothers car and was, l think,
| about the third machine they built.
| don't believe they tried to sell me
as much as I tried to buy, and l must
have had the bug" quite badly at
| that time. The cara two-cylinder
model-was to be delivered to me in
! the spring. but I got 1t in the fall
! When I told Edgar and Elmer Apper-
son that 1 intended to drive the car
myself. in answer to their inquiry as
to whom I had engaged as chauffeur.
| they informed me that 1 could not
operate the machine, although l had