1900 One Thousand Mile Trial

The great Thousand Miles Trial of 1900 extended from April 23 to May 12.

See also -

• List of Judges
• Trade Entries
• Private Entries
• The Route and Report by F. H. Butler
• Awards Section 1 - (Trade Entries)
• Awards Section 2 - (Private Entries)

Reports.

1900 April 23rd. Organised by the Automobile Club it started from London and went through Bristol, Birmingham, Derby, Manchester, Kendal, Carlisle, Edinburgh, Newcastle, York, Leeds, Sheffield, Lincoln, Nottingham, Leicester, Northampton and back to London.

It left from Grosvenor Place, London and there were 83 entries of whom 65 actually started. By Edinburgh 51 were still running. 35 vehicles made it back to London.

Eleven of the Daimlers took awards.

The following maintained a speed of not less than the legal limit throughout:—

Four hill-climbing competitions were held during the trial. At Taddington the following ascended at 12 miles per hour or over:

• Ariel tricycle (Mr. A. J. Wilson),
• 12-h.p. Panhard (Hon. C. S. Rolls),
• Ariel quadricycle,
• Ariel tricycle with trailer,
• 8-hp Napier ( Mr. E. Kennard), and
• 12-hp Daimler (Mr. J. A. Holder).

At the steep portion of Shap Fell the Empress tricycle and Mr. Rolls's Panhard were the most successful.

On Dunmail Raise the Napier, Empress tricycle, and Mr. Rolls's Panhard were 'up to the limit,' while on Birkhill the Ariel quadricycle, Ariel tricycle with trailer, Enfield quadricycle, and Mr. Rolls's Panhard achieved the same result.

Listed finishers

• C. S. Rolls - Panhard
• J. S. Montague - Daimler
• Mark Mayhew - Panhard
• Holder - Daimler
• Mayhew - Peugeot
• Butler - Panhard
• Browne - Panhard
• Kennard - Napier
• Pinnan - Daimler
• Cordingley - MMC
• Gregson - Daimler
• Siddeley - Daimler
• Exe - Daimler
• Bazalgette - Benz
• Phillips - Mors
• Ashby - Tricycle
• Iliffe - Quadricycle

See Also

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Sources of Information

• Vital to the Life of the Nation. Published 1946.
• The Early History of Motoring by Claude Johnson
• Autocar 1900/01/13