COACH COMPETITION RESULTS.
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THE prizes in The Commercial Motor competition for coach drivers have been awarded as follow:— First Prize of £10 to Cecil V. Clarke, Tan House, Lombard Street, Stourport, Worcestershire.
Second Prize of 15 to J. Pullin, Victoria Garage, Susans Road, Eastbourne. , Third Prize of £3 to Richard Rainford, 18, Botany Brow, Chorley, Lancashire.
Consolation Prizes of £1 each to :—
A. S. Berry, 24, Scarlett's Road, Colchester, T. Welshman, 31, Halstow Road, East Greenwich.
Augustus East, 56, Elmwood Road, Herne Hill, S.E.21.
Norman Willy, 27, Fernhill, Newquay, Cornwall. John H. Hodge, 54, Park Road, Blackpool. Benjamin Preston Mill Moor Road, MeItham, near Huddersfield.
John Smith, 34, Parkfield Road, Failsworth, New Moston, Manchester. George T. Pedrick, 13, Taff' Street, Perth, Rhondda Valley, Glam. A. Handley, 19, Birks Hall Terrace, Pellon, Halifax.
Henry Atkinson, 12, Halifax Road, , Littleborough.
The judging of the many contributions to the Coach Competition has been a difficult task. As the summary of suggestions received, which we shall publish shortly, will show, a good many entrants hit upon similar ideas, as was inevitable and it has not been easy to decide between them an. Most of the winners of consolation prizes have run the second and third prize winners very close.
We awarded the first prize to Mr. Cecil V. Clarke because his letter, though not containing perhaps such a variety of suggestions as did some others, gives evidence of greater imagination, freshness of outlook, and an ability to look well ahead. His ideas may not be practicable at the present moment, but it is by no means uncertain that future development may not be found feasible somewhat on the lines he has suggested.
Mr. J. Pullin gets the second prize by reason Of the variety of his suggestions, and because he has made a practical proposal as regards the hood difficulty. One or two other competitors have also tackled this, and will get credit for their suggestions in our summaries in future issues.
The third prize winner gets his position on account of the variety and number of the suggestions he puts forward. Some of these rather lose their value by reason of the fact that, on many modern coaches, the difficulties they relate to have already been overcome. Mr. Rainford, however, wrote in regard to a particular vehicle of which he had experience, and, therefore, his ideas hold good. We do not agree with some of theni, but we think he deserves his prize. The consolation prize winners' contributions' are all good, and Contain some excellent suggestions. We shall endeavour to summarize and ilIustrate some of these in future issues.