A DEMONSTRATION OF COMMERCIAL SIDECARS.
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A Useful Competition Designed to Show the Capabilities of the Different Motorcycle and Sidecar Combinations on the Market.
THE commercial sidecar demonstration now in progress has been organized by the Auto-Cycle Union for the pur-. pose of demonstrating to traders of all deSeriptions the value of the motorcycle and sidecar as an aid to the collection and delivery of goods. In view of the fact that the Rciyal Agricultural Society's Shaw is taking place during this week. Chester is included in the itinerary, although the competing machines will only remain in the city for 2,1 hours, the day of their passage through the city being Friday next.
The event consists of six days' running over main and secondary roads at a speed of 20 m.p.h., each machine having the full load• for which it is designed, together with such spare parts, tools, etc., as may be required. The competitors started from Birmingham at eight o'clock on Monday and travelled 123 miles to Buckingham for the night. To-day they trawl 117 miles, via Cambridge, to Ipswich; to-morrow (Wednesday) their course of 138 miles takes them to Norwia„ King's Lynnand Peterborough; on Thursday they reach Harrogate after travelling 133 miles ; on Friday, after .dining at Chester, they stay at Shrewsbury, having covered 134 miles in the day, whilst on Saturday a short run to Birining,ham over a 50-mile route will bring the total distance covered in the week to 695 miles. The entries are as follow, giving (1) the entrant, (2) the make of engine, (3) the make of sidecar. and (4) the type of body :
(1) Dunford and Elliott (Sheffield), Ltd., 5 h.p. Dunelti Dunelt, fire-engine ; (2) Dunford and Elliott (Sheffield), Ltd., 5 11.p: Dunelt, Dunelt, commercial van ; (3) Dunford and Elliott (Sheffield), Ltd., 5 h.p. Dunelt, Dunelt, truck for churns.; (4) Dunford and Elliott (Sheffield), Ltd., 5 h.p. Dunelt, Dunelt, ice cream and soda fountain ; (5) Thomas Hughes and Son, 4 h.p. Norton, Hughes, tradesman's carrier box ; (6) Butterfields, Ltd., 2.47 h.p. Levis, Levis. box delivery-for generatpurposes ; (7) the Whitinee.Hngineering Co., Ltd., 5 h.p. Arid, Thorpe Dual, patent body for 2-cwt. goods or one passenger ; (8) Mills-Fulford, Ltd., •Rex-Acme,z'Millford, commercial box; (9) Miss A.. Ogilvie, 4.94 h.p. IriS,
, light box for general merchandise ; (10) Arid l Works, Ltd., 5 h.p. Arid, Arid, box body ; (11) the Enfield Cycle Co., Ltd., Royal Enfield, Royal Enfield, tradesman's box for general merchandise; (12) E. A. Randall and Co. Ltd., 2.49 h.p. Radco, Radco, tradesman's box; (13) the Wat-sonian Folding Sidecar Co., Ltd., 4 h.p. Norton, Watsonian, commercial van patent fitting for simple interchange of bodies ; (14) the County Cycle and Motor Co., Ltd., 9.86 h.p. B.S.A„ "County," taxi for two passengers and luggage ; (15) Humphries and Dawes, Ltd., 2.92 O.K. Junior, Hughes, butcher's delivery van ; (16) Humphries and Dawes, Ltd., 2.92 h.p. O.K. Junior, Hughes. greengrocer's delivery van; (17) Humphries and Dawes, Ltd., 2.92 h.p. O.K. Junior, Hughes, baker's delivery van ; (18) W. Montgomery and Co., 2.50 h.p. Montgomery, Montgomery, carrier for domestic trade; (19) H. Collier and Sons, Ltd., 5 h.p. Matchless, Matchless, standard air mail as used by G.P.O.; and (29) H. Collier and Sons, Ltd., 5 h.p. Matchless, Matchless, complete Foamite mobile fire-fighting outfit.
In our next and subsequent issues we propose to deal detail with the demonstration.