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406 6-h.-p. Panhard (Mr. T. R. Browne), 8-h.-p. Napier (Mr. E. Kennard), 12-h.-p. Daimler (Hon. J. Scott-Montagu, M.P.), 12-h.-p. Panhard (Hon. C. S. Rolls), and 12-h.-p. Daimler (Mr. J. A. Holder).

In a speed trial at Welbeck Park the following were the best times for the mean of two tests over a mile course: Mr. Rolls's 12-h.-p. Panhard, 37·63 miles per hour; Mr. Kennard's 8-h.-p. Napier, 29·6; Mr. Mark Mayhew's 8-h.-p. Panhard, 29·6; Ariel tricycle with trailer, 29·45; Mr. Holder's Daimler, 26·23.

Four hill-climbing competitions were held during the trial. At Teddington the following ascended at 12 miles per hour or over: Ariel tricyle (Mr. A. J. Wilson), 12-h.p. Panhard (Hon. C. S. Rolls), Ariel quadricycle, Ariel tricycle with trailer, 8-h.-p. Napier (Mr. E. Kennard), and 12-h.-p. 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. Numerous prizes were awarded at the conclusion of the trials, the gold medal for the best car in any class being bestowed on Mr. Rolls's Panhard.

Less ambitious in respect of distance, but more practical in other ways, were the Glasgow Trials of September 2 to 6, 1901. Every car had an official observer throughout, so that each stoppage was recorded, save those for punctures. The following cars gained the daily maximum possible of 300 marks:—Class A (250l. or under), Argyll voiturette; Class C (350l. to 500l.), 8-h.-p. Arrol-Johnston; Class D (over 500l.), 9-h.-p. Napier. A considerable number of other cars came very near the maximum. In the compulsory hill-climbing trials at Fintry and Gleneagles the highest awards of marks were as follows: Section I., Class A, 7-h.-p. New Orleans, 341 marks; Class B (250l. to 35Ol.), 6-h.-p. M.M.C., 183 marks; Class C, M.C.C. 6-seated car, 321 marks; Class D, 16-h.-p. Milnes, 159 marks. Section II., Mr. William Exe's 7-h.-p. New Orleans, 349 marks. The highest totals in respect of trustworthiness and hill-climbing were as follows: Section I., Class A, 7-h.-p. New Orleans, 1,807 marks; Class B, 6-h.-p. M.M.C., 1,675 5 Class C, M.M.C. car, 1,814; Class D, 16-h.-p. Milnes, 1,657. Section II., Mr. Willam Exe's New Orleans, 1,836.

Other points as to which no marks were published, were taken into consideration by the judges, and the gold medals were