1904 London to Edinburgh Run
Note: This is a sub-section of London to Edinburgh Run
Held 20-21st May. First running of the event organised by the Motor Cycling Club. 46 started, 22 completed (one later disqualified) and 24 retired.
1904 'The London to Edinburgh motor-cycle ride, arranged by the London Motor-Cycle Club, excited considerable interest in the Scottish capital, and there was a largo gathering at the General Post Office on Saturday evening to witness the finish. The riders, to the number of 46, started at 10 o’clock on Friday night, and gold medals were offered to those who succeeded in reaching Edinburgh within 24 hours. Shortly before S o’clock nine riders arrived in a bunch, having completed the journey within 22 hours from the start. Others put in an appearance at intervals until 10 o’clock, the number qualifying for the gold medal being 22. While travelling south to meet the riders a motor-car ran over a child a few miles out of Edinburgh and caused fatal injuries. News also arrived of an accident to Leonard Jones.[1]
London to Edinburgh Motor Cycle Ride.[2]
Twenty-two of the forty-six competitors who started from the General Post Office, London, ten o’clock on Friday night succeeded in their attempt reach the Edinburgh General Post Office in twenty-four hours and thus gain gold medals of the Motor Cycling Club. Nine riders covered the distance in 22 hours and thirteen in 23 hours.
The successful competitors (22) were -
- E. H. Arnott. 3 h.p. Werner
- C. E. Bell, 3 h.p. Quadrant
- C. W. Brown. 2.75 h.p. F.N.
- D. Elyard Brown. 3 h.p. Ormonde
- A. Candler, 3 h.p. Quadrant
- H. E. Cowles. 2.75 h.p. Minerva
- J. F. Crundall, 2.75 h.p. Humber
- H. J. Densham. 2.75 h.p. No. 1 Anglian
- Chester Fox, 2.75 h.p. Vindec Special
- C. W. Hacking, 3 h.p. Ormonde
- J. van Hooydonk, 3.5 h.p. Phoenix Trimo
- Theodore Hooydonk, 3.5 h.p. Ariel
- F. Hulbert, 2.74 h.p. Hulbert-Bramley - later disqualified
- H. P. Maffert, 2.75 h.p. Bat
- W. J. Milligan, 2.75 Bradbury
- J. H. Reeves, Jehu or R. and P.
- W. A. Sale, 2 h.p. Quadrant
- T. Silver, 4.5 h.p. Quadrant Tricar
- W. H. Wells, 2.75 h.p. Vindec Special
- H. Williamson. 3.25 h.p. Rex
- A. C. Wright, 3 h.p. Roc
- L. H. Young, 2.75 h.p. Werner.
Fine weather favoured the riders, but the roads places were rough.
Other motorcycle competitors (30)[3]
- V. F. Feeney - Ariel
- Frank Fowler - Ariel
- A. Hoffman - Ariel
- J. A. Jackson - Bradbury
- James Hall - Bradbury
- E. W. Ashworth - Centaur
- Leonard Jones - F.N.
- S. Bramley Moore - Hulbert-Bramley
- E. March - Humber
- A. H. D'Aeth - Humber
- E. F. Johnson - Humber
- F. J. Jenkins - Imperial Rover
- Charles Clayton - Jehu
- J. D. Clayton - Kerry
- A. J. Brooke - Lagonda
- Wilbur Gunn - Lagonda
- A. S. Wilson - Ormonde
- Powis Pindar - Ormonde
- Eric William Goslett - Ormonde
- A. F. Ilsley - Phoenix
- F. R. Johns - Phoenix
- T. F. Eggleton - Rigid
- J. Platt Betts - Rover
- F. J. Caton - Sheen
- E. Perman - Torpedo
- M. J. Tuchmann - Trimo
- H. P. Mays - Vinco
- G. E. Roberts - Werner
- J. Liscombe, Jun. - Werner