1900 One Thousand Mile Trial: Awards Section 2 - (Private Entries)
Note: This is a sub-section of 1900 One Thousand Mile Trial
Judges Report: Section 2 (Private Entries)[1]
It is recommended that—
The gold medal for the vehicle which, in the opinion of the judges, is the most meritorious irrespective of class (the owner having accompanied the vehicle throughout, and having driven and steered at least half the distance), should be awarded in respect of vehicle No. A 17, a 12 H.P. Panhard car, owned by the Hon. C. S. Rolls.
The silver medal for vehicles which have successfully accomplished the trial (the owners having accompanied their vehicles throughout, and driven and steered at least half the distance), should be awarded in respect of the following vehicles:—
- Class A.— No. A 25, Mrs. Bazalgette’s Benz Ideal.
- Class B.— No. A 24, Mr. Robert Phillips’s Mors voiturette.
- Class C.— No. A 2, Mr. Frank H. Butler’s 6 H.P. Panhard; No. A 3, Mr. T. B. Browne’s 6 H.P. Panhard; No. A 21, Mr. Ernest Pitman’s 6 H.P. Daimler; No. A 26, Mr. C. K. Gregson’s 6 H.P. Daimler; No. A 30, Mr. J. D. Siddeley’s 6 H.P. Daimler; No. A 31, Mr. Wm. Exe’s 6 H.P. Daimler.
- Class D.— No. A 22, Mr. J. A. Holder’s 12 H.P. Daimler; No. A 28, Mr. E. M. Iliffe’s Enfield quadricycle.
Bronze medals for vehicles which successfully accomplished the trial, and in respect of which neither a gold or silver medal has been awarded, should be given in respect of the following vehicles:—
- Class C.— No. A 7, Mr. Alfred Harmsworth’s 6 H.P. Daimler, driven throughout by Mr. H. R. Langrishe; No. A 10, Mr. Edward Kennard’s 8 H.P. Napier, driven throughout by Mr. S. F. Edge; No. A 12, Mr. H. Edmunds’s 6 H.P. Daimler.
- Class D.— No. A 11, the Hon. John Scott Montagu’s 12 H.P. Daimler.
The Judges’ Committee have decided that the following are the first and second in order of merit of their classes in Section II:—
- Class A (vehicles declared at a selling price of £200 or less).— No award.
- Class B (vehicles declared at a selling price of more than £200, and not more than £300).— 1st. No. A 24, Mr. Robert Phillips’s Mors voiturette.
- Class C (vehicles declared at a selling price of more than £300, but not mere than £500).— 1st. No. A 10, Mr. Kennard’s 8 H.P. Napier; 2nd. No. A 30, Mr. Siddeley’s 6 H.P. Daimler, and No. A 3, Mr. T. B. Browne’s 6 H.P. Panhard. Mr. W. Exe’s car (No. A 31) was withdrawn from competition for a place.
- Class D (vehicles declared at a selling price of more than £500).— 1st. No. A 17, the Hon. C. S. Rolls’s 12 H.P. Panhard; 2nd. No. A 22, [[|Mr. Holder’s 12 H.P. Daimler.
- Class E (a) (motor cycles carrying one person only).— 1st. No award ; 2nd. No. A 20, Mr. Ashby’s Empress motor tricycle.
- Class E (b) (motor cycles carrying two persons). — 1st. No. A 28, Mr. Iliffe’s Enfield quadricycle ; 2nd. No award.
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