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Reglement des Times-Herald Contest
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]Copied from the 1895 Motocycle Magazine, Nov.29
July last, H. H. Kohlsaat, proprietor of the Chicago Times-Herald, offered through the medium of that paper, prizes amounting to $5,000.00 to be awarded after a contest or competition, for motor vehicles, to take pace at Chicago, on November 2d. The published offer and the rules laid down for the competition are as follows: With a desire to promote, encourage and stimulate the invention, development, perfection and general adoption of motor vehicles or motocycles, theTimes-Herald offers the following prizes, amounting to $5,000, divided as stated:
First prize—$2,000 and a gold medal, the same being open to competition to the world, Second prize—$1,500 with a stipulation that in the event the first prize is awarded to a vehicle of foreign invention or manufacture, this prize shall go to the most successful American competitor. Third prize^$l,000. Fourth prize—$500. The third and fourth prizes are open to all competitors, foreign and American.
It must not be supposed that in this contest the question of speed is the only requisite to be considered. It would be possible for an ingenious mechanic to construct a machine with which he could easily outstrip all others in this contest, and yet that device would be of no utility, and the outcome of no value to the world from a practical point of view.
It is the earnest desire of this paper, that this contest shall add to the sum of our mechanical knowledge in this, the new branch of the science of transportation. In this spirit, the following rules are laid down for the guidance of all who may desire to enter into the The date of the contest will be on Saturday, Nov. 2, 1895. The judges may postpone the contest if in their judgment the state of the weather or the condition of the roads will not permit a fair trial competition
ROUTE OF THE TIMES-HERALD MOTOCYCLE CONTEST
The contestants will start at the junction of Midway Plaisance and Jackson Park, and at the signal from the judges will take up the following course: West on Midway Plaisance to Washington Park: north-west through Washington Park past the refectory to Garfield Boulevard or Fifty-fifth Street; west on Garfield Boulevard to Western Avenue, which is also a boulevard; north on Western Avenue Boulevard to Thirty-fourth Street, at which point the boulevard is left, and a short turn is made to the west, and the route continues north on Western Avenue proper to Twenty-sixth Street, thence west to the boulevard; north and west on the boulevard to California Avenue; north on California Avenue to Ogden Avenue and Douglas Park; northwest through Douglas Park to Fourteenth Street Boulevard, which turns and leads north to Garfield Park ; through Garfield and Humboldt Parks by the connecting boulevards to the intersection of Humboldt Boulevard and Milwaukee Avenue; north-west on Milwaukee Avenue to Jefferson Park, and thence north-west and north on the Chicago and Milwaukee gravel road, which is a continuation of Milwaukee Avenue; through Niles, Wheeling, Half Day and Libertyville to Gurnee, where the route turns directly east on Grand Avenue to Waukegan. From Waukegan the route proceeds south on an easily followed road through South Waukegan, Lake Bluff, Lake Forest, Fort Sheridan. Highland Park, Ravinia, Glencoe, Winnetka, and Wilmette to Evanston. From Evanston south on Chicago Avenue to Grand Avenue ; east on Grand Avenue to Kenmore Avenue; south on Kenmore Avenue to Lawrence Avenue; east on Lawrence Avenue to the Sheridan Road; south on the Sheridan Road to Grace Street; east on Grace Street to Pine Grove Avenue; south on Pine Grove Avenue to Cornelia Street; east on Cornelia to the Lake Shore Boulevard, and thence south to Lincoln Park, and along the Lake Shore drive to the Grant monument, where the finish will be made.
Two weeks before the contest the following notice will be conspicuously displayed at all points along the route where a turn is made, or where the intersecting roads are such as to render the exact course uncertain:
ROUTE OF THE TIMES-HERALD THE MOTOCYCLE CONTEST.
This is for the guidance of those who desire to familiarize themselves with the route in advance of the day of the contest. On November 2nd, there will be stationed at all such points an officer of the contest with a flag, who will point out the course to the contestants.
In making awards the judges will carefully consider the various points of excellence as displayed by the respective vehicles, and so far as possible select as prize winners those constructions which combine in the highest degree the following features and requisites, rating them of value in the order named:
A. General utility, ease of control and adaptability to the various forms of work which may be demanded of a vehicle motor. In other words, the construction which is in every way will be the most practical.
B. Speed.
C. Cost, The costs includes the original expense of the motor, and its connecting mechanism, and the probable annual item of repair.
D. Economy of operation, in which shall be taken into consideration the average cost per mile of the power required at the various speeds which may be developed.
E. General appearance and excellence of design. While it is desired that competing vehicles present as neat and elegant an appearance as possible, it should be assumed that any skilled carriage-maker can surround a practical motor with a beautiful and even luxuiious frame.
The judges appointed are:—General Merritt, U. S. Army, chief of the department of the Missouri, with Colonel Marshall I. Ludington as coadjutor; Prof. John P. Barrett, city electrician of Chicago, with Leland L. Summers as coadjutor, and Henry Timken, president of the National Carriage Builders Association, with C. P. Kimball as coadjutor.
The following are the official rules of the contest:—The hour of start from the junction of the Midway Plaisance and Jackson Park has been changed from 8 a.m. to 7.30 a.m.
Reglement des Times-Herald Contest
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]Das nachstehende Reglement wurde Motocycle Magazine vom 29. November 1895 (am Tag nach dem Rennen) veröffentlicht.
Art. 1. The contest or race will be international in character, and any vehicle complying with the conditions may compete.
The vehicles shall have three or more running wheels, and shall derive their motive power from within themselves. No vehicle will be admitted to the competition which depends in any way upon muscular exertion except for the purpose of guidance.
Art. 2. The vehicles shall be capable of carrying at least two persons, one of whom shall be an umpire selected by the judges, the other or others may be the representatives of the owner of the vehicle. An umpire must accompany each vehicle over the route.
Art. 3. The route will be from the Midway Plaisance, Chic, via Jefferson Park and Half Day to Waukegan and from Waukegan south through Winnetka to Lincoln Park, following the official course outlined in detail by maps which will be furnished to each contestant. Jefferson Park, Half Day, Waukegan and Winnetka are relay places, at which motive power may be replenished.
Art. 4. There will be stationed at each relay point a timekeeper, who will report the time of arrival and departure, but stoppage at relay stations will be optional with contestants, and no allowance will be made for delays in replenishing.
Art. 5. It is expected that each contestant will make his own arrangements for replenishing motive power, or taking advantage of the relay facilities.
The umpires will be furnished with a correct statement of supplies, furnished at the starting point, at each relay point, and where possible of the amounts remaining after completion of course.
Art. 6. Vehicles will assemble at the junction of the Midway Plaisance and Jackson Park at 7.30 a m., Nov. 2, 1895, and take such positions as may be assigned them by the judges.
Art. 7. Each vehicle entered shall carry a card conspicuously displayed, this consisting of a white card 12 inches square provided with a black letter 6 inches long. Each contestant shall be designated by number. The numbers and order of starting shall be designated by the judges.
Art. 8. The starting point will be the Midway Plaisance and Jackson Park, from which point the vehicles will proceed through Washington Park and the route outlined to the corner of Halsted Street and Garfield Boulevard. Up to this point the carriages will move along without attempting to pass each other, maintaining the order in which they started, and endeavoring as nearly as possible to keep the same distance apart as at the time of starting. No trial of speed will be permitted between the limits of the Park and Halsted Street. At this latter point they will halt and be started by signal from the judges.
Art. 9. Contestants may change conductors at such points as they may desire. The umpire appointed by the judges will remain with the vehicle until it finishes the contest, either by completion of the course or by withdrawal.
Art. 10 Each vehicle shall be provided with three lights. These should be of any of the standard carriage or bicycle pattern; two lights shall be placed in front of the vehicle and one red light in the rear. These lamps shall be lighted not later than 5 p. m.
Art. 11. Each vehicle shall be provided with a trumpet, foghorn or other signal capable of sounding a warning signal of approach.
Art. 12. When two vehicles going in the same direction and at different rates of speed find themselves in proximity the slower one must keep to the right and leave half of the road available. Any vehicle attempting to prevent by maneuver the passage of any other vehicle will be disqualified. The umpire on the vehicle will be expeccted to enforce this condition.
Art. 18. The ordinary rules of the road must be observed by all vehicles, and in meeting ordinary vehicles it is expected that care will be exercised to ensure proper safety to the ordinary transients.
Art. 14. Any civil or penal responsibilities must rest entirely with the contestants who incur them. The judges, umpires or referees assume no responsibility of any nature whatsoever.
Art. 15. If several vehicles arrive together, or successively in front of an obstacle which necessitates the stoppage of the first vehicle, the other vehicles must stop in their order without attempting to pass each other till a distance beyond the obstacle of one hundred yards has been covered.
Art. 16. The umpire of the first vehicle to reach the obstacle shall have the ruling power.
Art. 17. The umpire of each vehicle will take the time of arrival at an obstruction and the time of its removal. This time shall be reported to the judges.
Art. 18. In no case may two vehicles move along abreast of each other in a tri il of speed. A vehicle wishing to maintain its position must do so before proximity necessitates the surrender of right of way as per article 22.
Art. 19. The awards will be made upon the conditions of— first, utility, adaptability, excellence of design, cost and economy of operation. Second, speed.
Art. 20. No vehicle will be admitted to the competition unless the safety of occupants, spectators, and users of the public highways will be insured.
Art. 21. The judges reserve the right at their discretion to debar any vehicle which may contain elements either of danger or from its construction an evidence of weakness or general impracticability.
Art. 22. For the purpose of debarring any vehicle which may in the opinion of the judges contain elements sufficient for its rejection, preliminary trials will be held on October 29, 30, 31. All contestants must present their vehicles for examination in test as specified.
Art. 23. A detailed examination of the vehicle and its mechanism will be made by the judges and such experts as they may select. Tests will be made to determine the economy, efficiency, etc., of the vehicles, and it is expected that owners of the vehicles will offer every facility to the judges for this purpose.
Art. 24. Any vehicle which has taken part in the recent competitions held abroad will be allowed to compete in the contest provided, however, that it shall be optional with the judges as to whether detailed tests upon these vehicles are to be made.
Art. 25. In as much as the preliminary trials may not involve the detailed test of efficiency and economy which would be an important criterion of merit, it is understood that any vehicle which shall compete in the contest shall be placed at the disposal of the judges for subsequent tests should they desire it.
Art 26. The subsequent tests of vehicles may be over such route and at such times as the judges may designate.
Art. 27. Every effort has been made by the judges to define the route, and direction posts have been placed to aid the conductors of vehicles. The conductor of the vehicle will be responsible for not following the route, and no claims will be allowed on account of delays or inconveniences experienced on account of mistaking the route. Conductors will be expected to familiarize themselves in advance, and thus avoid any trouble from these causes.
Art. 28. A time limit of thirteen hours will be set. Any vehicle failing to cover the route in thirteen hours, corrected time, will be disqualified. In computing the corrected time from the time of starting and of finishing, the reports of the umpires will be taken as to legitimate delays experienced upon the route.
Art. 29. Unavoidable obstacles, such as railroad trains at road crossings and other unusual obstructions in the roads, will constitute the only grounds for an allowance of time by the judges.
Art. 30. Delavs, experienced from imperfection of mechanism, break-downs, difficulties in starting, or similar causes, will not constitute grounds for time allowances.
Art. 31. Any repairs which may be required along the road must be executed by the occupants of the vehicle. Outside assistance will not be allowed, the umpires excepted.
Art. 32. Any infraction of these rules may disqualify a vehicle at the option of the judges. The judges also reserve the right to modify or amend these rules.
Vorgesehene und tatsächliche Route
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]Die ausgeschriebene Route war jene, die bereits am Consolation Run gefahren worden war.
Der Start erfolgte an der Kreuzung Midway Plaisance und Jackson Park , and at the signal from the judges will take up the following course: Die Strecke führte westwärts
Die Teilnehmer werden an der Kreuzung von Midway Plaisance und Jackson Park starten und auf Anweisung der Richter den folgende Richtung einschlagen: West auf Midway Plaisance nach Washington Park: Nordwestlich durch Washington Park, vorbei am Refektorium zum Garfield Boulevard oder Fifty fünfte Straße; auf dem Garfield Boulevard nach Westen bis zur Western Avenue, die auch ein Boulevard ist; auf dem Western Avenue Boulevard nach Norden bis zur 34. Straße, an dieser Stelle ist der Boulevard verlassen, und es wird eine kurze Abzweigung nach Westen gemacht, und die Route führt weiter auf der Western Avenue nach Norden bis zur 26. Straße, von dort nach Westen bis zum Boulevard; nach Norden und Westen auf dem Boulevard zur California Avenue; nördlich auf der California Avenue bis zur Ogden Avenue und dem Douglas Park; nordwestlich durch den Douglas Park zum Fourteenth Street Boulevard, der nach Norden zum Garfield Park führt; durch den Garfield- und den Humboldt-Park durch die Verbindungsstraße zur Kreuzung von Humboldt Boulevard und Milwaukee Avenue; nordwestlich auf der Milwaukee Avenue bis zum Jefferson Park und von dort nordwestlich und nördlich auf der Schotterstraße von Chicago und Milwaukee, die eine Fortsetzung der Milwaukee Avenue darstellt; über Niles, Wheeling, Half Day und Libertyville nach Gurnee, wo die Route direkt nach Osten auf der Grand Avenue nach Waukegan abbiegt. Von Waukegan aus führt die Route auf einer leicht zu befolgenden Straße nach Süden durch South Waukegan, Lake Bluff, Lake Forest und Fort Sheridan. Highland Park, Ravinia, Glencoe, Winnetka und Wilmette nach Evanston. Von Evanston nach Süden auf der Chicago Avenue bis zur Grand Avenue; in östlicher Richtung auf der Grand Avenue bis zur Kenmore Avenue; südlich auf der Kenmore Avenue bis zur Lawrence Avenue; in östlicher Richtung auf der Lawrence Avenue bis zur Sheridan Road; südlich auf der Sheridan Road bis zur Grace Street; in östlicher Richtung auf der Grace Street bis zur Pine Grove Avenue; südlich auf der Pine Grove Avenue bis zur Cornelia Street; Fahren Sie auf der Cornelia nach Osten zum Lake Shore Boulevard und von dort nach Süden zum Lincoln Park. Entlang des Lake Shore fahren Sie zum Grant Monument, wo das Ziel erreicht wird.
Nach einer Beratung machte die Jury erneut von ihrem Recht auf Eingriffe in den Ablauf Gebrauch. Offenbar in Übereinstimmung