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A mystery in the One Thousand Mile Trail
From the 23rd of April until the 12th of May 1900 the Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland organised the One Thousand Mile Trail. All automobiles left from Grosvenor Place in London and drove through Bristol, Birmingham, Derby, Manchester, Kendal, Carlisle, Edinburgh, Newcastle, York, Leeds, Sheffield, Lincoln, Nottingham, Leicester, Northampton and back to London. The photograph we see here was taken on the road from Kendal to Windermere on Tuesday the 1st of May 1900. The hill you see in the background is also known as Alice Howe.
Bill sent us this picture with the question if we could help him identify the car.
We did some research ourselves about this One Thousand Mile Trail and found out that there were 83 entries, of which 65 actually started. At Edinburgh 51 were still running and 35 vehicles made it back to London. Daimler and Panhard were well-represented amongst the participants.
Is there anyone who can answer Bill's question and tell us more about the automobile we see in the picture?
Words by the editor. Photograph sent in by Bill Coates.
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Montag September 2nd, 2019
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A. Bos
02 September 2019, 22:34
Third time's the charm seems to be an English proverb. And that is definitely true in this case as I found an image of Peugeot A29. Not a very clear one, as it is a magnification from a not very sharp photograph, but clear enough. Behind the little De Dion with nr. 16 it is visible: a similar type 17 as Mr. Lord's car, but with vis-à-vis seats and clearly in a darker colour. The photo was made during the exhibition in the Royal Botanical Gardens in Manchester on April 28th.
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A. Bos
02 September 2019, 22:02
I must make a correction. Another Peugeot was in the Trial, but as a non-competing car. It was the 7 hp Peugeot driven and owned by Mr Lord, accompanied by Mr. Swindley. A photo is shown on p.199 in the book Thousand Miles Trial by Elizabeth Bennett (2000), clearly showing the same front arrangement of luggage and petrol cans. This mystery solved, but the search for A29 continues ...
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A. Bos
02 September 2019, 10:30
This must be the Peugeot owned by Mark Mayhew and driven by D. Haxton. It was entered as a private entry with number A29, but in the excellent book by Elizabeth Bennett on the Trial an image is lacking. For unknown reasons Mr. Haxton had to withdraw in sight of the finish after 976 miles. The car appears to be a 7 hp type 17 and interesting are the two petrol cans at the front: not a real safe place in the case of an accident!
The only other Peugeot in the Trial was driven by Mr. Friswell in the trade section and was very different in appearance. It made it to the finish and received a prize of £10.
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The only other Peugeot in the Trial was driven by Mr. Friswell in the trade section and was very different in appearance. It made it to the finish and received a prize of £10.