Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18
line after eight hours forty-eight minutes
of strange clatter and anemic putting.
Ordered Off Boulevard,


In driving the car to the starting point.
Mr.. Mueller was stopped by South Park
policeman and ordered off the boulevard.
He sought a roundabout way and report
ed late to the officials. Just to prove to
skeptical throng that his car would
move he drove the wonder-buggy around
the Washington Park track. which the
summer before was in the limelight when
Joe Patchen defeated John r. Gentry in
205L The record of the famous PAGER
was not even threatened. the Mueller
car making the mile in about An minutes
The following descriptions OF the me-
chanical snails are quotations from
Chicago newspaper:
The Mueller is an imported car. made
by the Benz people of Mannheim; Ger
many. 1t lis equipped with s. 3i-hoTse-
power motor consumes a gallon OF gaso-
line an hour. has three speeds and is
capable of being stopped and started
very quickly When stopping for a
short time the operators do not attempt
to shut off the motor power The belt is
just shifted on a loose pulley. This is
done on account Of the difficulty OF
starting a gas engine. which neces-
states a man getting off the vehicle. The
and by shifting the belt.
THE gasoline is heated by the exhaust
from the cylinder of the engine. which
gives a gas almost equal in power to
gas. The gas admitted to the cylinder Is
fired by means of an electric spark pro-
duced by a storage battery and electric
coil. The Mueller wagon has wooden
wheels fitted with solid rubber tires
Planted Supply Stations.
The Duryea looked much like single
seated road or speed wagon.
ut uses ordinary store gasoline the
IL 90
land has a carrying capacity of eight
gallons. 1t will run from 100 to 200
miles without refilling, and can speed
forward and backward 1t has four
speeds. FIVE. ten and twenty miles for
ward and three miles backward. l: is
three horsepower and weighs 100 pounds.
Some of the incidents of that startling
contest Of November 2 are worthy Of re-
calling now. few days before the race
the Muellers, father and sons. went over
the route and distributed tanks of gaso-
line and cakes of ice at different points
along the course. When stops were made
at these supply stations for fuel the day
of the contest chunks of broken ice
were put in a receptacle on the motor to
cool the engine
In the consolation race the Duryea
broke chain, and In repairing the driv-
ing apparatus lost the lead and forty
eight precious minutes. Finally the Dur
yea driver was forced to pull over into a
ditch to avoid a collision with a road hog.
This accident put it entirely out of com
mission.
The Duryea scored a belated triumph
Thanksgiving day. November %. 1893,
when it defeated five other starters in the
postponed Neutrality-suspicious. race and
averaged seven and a half miles an hour
over fifty-four-mile course The judges
of this contest were Harry Thinker. then
president of the National Association Of
Carriage Builders; Gen. Herrette. repre-
senting the United States Army, and Prof.
Barrett Chicago electrician. Weather
conditions were anything but ideal The
roads were covered with deep snow, on
which rain had fallen and frozen. In
some places the snow and ice were strong
enough to carry mans weight.
List of Prizes.
At the close Of the contest it was inn
possible for the judges to make a deci-
sion, as 1t was claimed that all the COM
petitors had violated the rules. After a
weeks elaboration the following awards
were announced:
Medal-Morris & Salem electric cab, for
| best showing in test for absence of noise
| vibration. heat or odor and cleanliness.
Two thousand dollars-Duryea, for the
best performance for speed and pull.
One thousand five hundred dollars
| Mueller & Co. second in operation.
| Five hundred dollars-Macy & Co., gen.
eral showing.
! Five hundred dollars-Sturgis, general
| showing.