The Washington herald., 1921-04-24

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On the Sunday Afternoon before
the run, October 10. they finally got
II on the foad and felt gratihed to
md everything functionins smooth
ly. The only trouble encountered
was a leaky carbureter. This was
not serious but. unfortunately. could
not be repaired before the start, and,
OF course, no records were made for
low gasoline Consumption.
The car went through in sensa
tional fashion. finishing second 10
yauxhall. ~ expensive English
machine considerebly larger than
Templar. being a rs H. n com
pared with Tempiar's 1s.5>and list
ing at f1.l5o.
| Despite tke fact the Templar
chassis was taken from the bost
only four days prior to the contest
and. consequently. did not receive
the necessary running in and tun.
ing UP. II was one Of the very few
! entered that won full points for
reliability.
We quote from an article appear.
ing in Australian Motorist OF No
| vember /:
The condition for the interstate
reliability touring contest from
sydney to Brisbane were very much
along the lines of previous contests
of this kind. The route chosen was
over bad roads. generally, and in
cluded heavy mountain climbing.
Thirty-two cars actually partici-
pated in the contest, which took
place on Monday, October IL. Tues
day, October 10. Wednesday. Octo-
ber 20. and finished Thursday, oc-
tober 81:
Fifst day. starting october Is
Sidney to Singleton. 142 miles.
| Second day. starting October IS
Singleton to Armidale, 1sS miles.
Third day, starting October 20
Armidale to Warwick, 1875 miles.
| Fourth day, starting October 2l--
Warwick to Brisbane, 1o7 miles.
| Total $40 miles.
| Competing cars were allotted the
1 following average speeds:
Cars under 16 II. P.-Sixteen
miles per hour.
Cars of 1s II. p. and under 20 H.
| P.-Eighteen miles per hour.
Cars OF 20 H. p. and over-Twen-
| ty miles per hour.
From the Queensland border. the
| course lay via Stanthrope. Dalveen,
| Cherry Gully. Warwick and Spicers
| Gap, along which directing signs
| were placed for guidance of the con-
testants.
Each contestant was credited at
the start with 700 points, repre-
senting: 500 for reliability, 100 for
gasoline consumption. SO each for
, two-timed hill climbs.
| AT the conclusion OF the run,
| points lost in any section were deb
tied against the car and driver,
| and the contestant finishing with
the greatest number OF points to
his credit was absolute winner OF
| climbing and gasoline Consumption
| formulae were used.
| Each car carried an official OBJ.
| server. appointed by the commit
tee. Single-seat cars carried al
| cars at least four persons, includ'
ing in each case entrant and OBJ,
| server.
| Following were the entries: V. H
Evans (Mathis). A. V. Turner, (Ma-
this). Alick Mcneil IF. /. A. IT,, ],
MEG. williams IF. I. A. IT,, w. G.
Webb (Overland), E. G. Jacob (over-
land). F. z. Eager (Overland), H
Garratt (overland), F. c. Rigney
IF. I. A. IT,, c. o. Sherwood (Arm-
strong -whitworth). p. Cambourn
(Scripps-Booth), H. NJ. Hart (Es-
sex). d. A. Shaw (Chevrolet), DR..
r. c. Miller (Essex). w. T. Kelly
| (Chevrolet, v. W. erosion (Hup-
| mobile). A. d. Foley (Hupmobile)
r. c. Clark (Cleveland), Reg. G.
Todman (Rolls Royce), II. s. Simp-
son (Templar), Boyd Edkins (vaux.
halD, ]. X. Purves (Austin), S. H
Barnes Hincoln), A. w. Jones
dincoln), ]. Cantor (Chalmers)
w. ]. Stuart (Chalmers), p. A
Morris (Mercer), ]. Fielding
(Buick). william Stuart (Buick)
J. C. .Humphries (Buick), s. c. OF.
toway (VauxhalD, c. E. Mcintosh
(Buiek), p. A. Mcintosh (Buick)
w. E. Arnott (Hudson), Fred walsh
(Chandler). A. Fenton (Hudson)
A. Wynyard Joss (Studebaker), F
c. Gsgliardi (Cole).
From Singleton came the FIRST
days news:
Boyd Edkins in his vauxhall ar.
rived at 3:5s p. m.
! 'Templar arrived in ninth place, al
4:51 II p. m, the others following al
irregular intervals, until the las,
man had checked in at 7:0s p. m.
The only contestant in seriou:
trouble was A. Fenton, whose Hud.
son came to grief over its circulat.
ing pump. causing him to fall out
near Broke.
''Messrs. G. Meg. williams and A
v. Turner lost 20 and 6 points re.
spectively.
The thirty-one left Singleton
Tuesday morning, October 10. with
]. X. Purves (Austin) fifty-eight
minutes behind the rest. owing t.
spark plug troubles. C. Gagliard
(Cole) and Boyd Edkins (vauxhall)
arrived at Armidale together. thre,
hours ahead OF schedule.
THE contestants spent the nigh
at Armidale, and on wednesda, T,
morning. October 20. headed fol
Warwick.
''On Thursday, October 81, the las,
lap was completed. all except two
finishing between and s p. m. IL
Albert Square, Brisbane. includine
Fenton tHudson), who dropped out
at Broke (near Singleton), and A: v
Turner (Mathis) near Maryvale, In
the vicinity of Warwick. A large
crowd assembled to witness the
finish.