PRELIMINARY ARRANGEMENTS.
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The Seventh Annual Parade of Commercial Motor Vehicles and Tractors, organized by the Commercial Motor Users Association (Incorporated), with the object of encouraging drivers, by means of money prizes and other awards, to take a personal interest in the driving and condition of their vehicles, and to run them without accident, will be held in London on Whit-Monday, 12th May, 1913.
The organization of these Annual Parades, which are supported by the Royal Automobile Club and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, is in the hands of a Special Parade Committee. It is anticipated that a number of makers will contribute donations to a Special Prize Fund, to be divided, at the discretion of the Judges, between the drivers of vehicles of their respective makes, and that allied traders and tire manufacturers will make donations upon a like understanding. The leading owners and users are supporting the Parade, and between 250 and 350 entries are expected to compete for the prizes --about £250 in amount—offered by the Association. Other prizes will probably exceed another £100.
ENTRIES.—Entries (without penalty) close on 1st February, 1913. Late entries will be accepted as follows :—
Up to the 31st March, 1913, on payment of a fine of 10s. 6c1. per vehicle ; from 31st March to 12th April, 1913, on payment of a fine of one guinea per vehicle. Members of the C.M.U.A., whose subscriptions for 1913 have been paid, will be allowed to enter any number of their vehicles or tractors (whether steam or petrol) free, and non-members on payment of a fee of los. per vehicle, on or before the 1st February, 1913. No demonstration or semi-demonstration vehicles will be eligible for the Parade, except as entries for the New Vehicle Prizes (see No 7, p. 90).
INSPECTION.—The vehicles will not be examined on Parade, except in the case of entries for Engineers, Owners and New Vehicle Prizes, but the store-sheds, drivers and vehicles will be previously inspected by an Engineer appointed by the Association. The inspection will commence early in January, 1913, and will consist of one or more unnotified visits to each store-shed, a general viva voce examination of the drivers by the Engineer, and an inspection of the vehicles, logs, records, under working conditions.
MARKINGS.—Marks will be allotted by the Judges, based on the Inspecting Engineer's Reports, prior to the Parade, for each driver's personal qualifications, the total mileage, weekly mileage, and age of machine, the nature of the work, the intensity of the work, and the general condition of the vehicle due to the driver, and not the owner or construction.
PARADE AND PRIZES.—It is the intention of the Association to arrange for the Parade to be held in Grosvenor Road, in the vicinity of the Tate Gallery. The vehicles will muster on the Parade Ground, at 10 a.m., on Whit-Monday, 12th May, 1913, and will
be dispersed about 1 p.m. after the distribution of the following prizes : —
(1) DRIVERS' SPECIAL PRIZES (given by the C.M.U.A.).—Two separate written technical examinations, for drivers of steam and petrol vehicles respectively, will be held on separate evenings. A first prize of £10 and a second prize of Xs will be awarded in each examination to the drivers presenting the best papers. Drivers are eligible to compete in both examinations. These prizes are quite independent of the Drivers' Prizes referred to in the following paragraph, but, to be eligible, drivers and their vehicles must be entered for both Nos. 1 and 2.
(2) DRIVERS' PRIZES (given by the C.M.U.A.).—These prizes, which will amount to about 2()+3 in total value, sub-divided into cash prizes of £2, £1 10s., 21, will be awarded to drivers of steam and petrol vehicles in the ratio of the entries, based on the number of marks awarded on the Inspecting Engineer's Report. (3) DRIVER' PRIZES (given by firms).— These prizes will be awarded by the judges to drivers in charge of vehicles of particular make c r using supplies of particular manufacture.
(4) ENGINEERS' PRIZE. A cup or cups will be offered for competition amongst engineers, for the beat vehicle or group of vehicles. (5) OWNERS' PRIZE. — THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR Challenge Cup will again be offered for competition in the Team Section. The award will be made on the result of the engineer's report, subject to deduction of marks for defective method of presentation and condition of the "team" on Parade. See next column. (6) PARCELCAR PRIZES.—One or more Special Prizes will be awarded to drivers of three or four-wheel Parcelcars, weight not exceeding 7 cwt., unladen.
(7) NE TV VEHICLE PRIZES.—A number of prizes will be awarded for the best appearance on Parade of vehicles delivered from the works not later than 1st April, 1913.
(8) CERTIFICATES AND BADGES.---In addition to the Cash Prizes, a number of Special Certificates of Commendation and a number of Badges may be awarded to drivers.
EXHIBITION.—If arrangements can be made, the drivers will be given tickets for some popular exhibition as near as possible to the Parade Centre. If, such arrangements are impossible, a sum of money will be given to each non-winning driver as consolation.
DRIVERS.—Drivers may be changed after the date of entry up to the 1st April, 1913, provided one week's notice is given to the C.M.U.A. After the 1st April, no change of driver will be allowed, but in the event of a driver being absent—through illness or other cause—on the date of the Parade' his vehicle may be brought to the Parade by another driver, in which circumstances only the man originally named will be eligible for such prizes as he or his vehicle may earn.
THE TEAM SECTION.
The handsome Silver Challenge Cup, which has been presented to the Commercial Motor Users Association (Incorporated), by the proprietors of THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR, will again be awarded to the owner of the successful team of six commercial motor vehicles or tractors entered for the "team" section of the Parade, subject to the conditions set out hereunder. In addition to the cup, the owner will receive a suitable Certificate in relation thereto, and the driver of each machine in the winning team will be given a medal as a souvenir of the event.
I.—Any " team " of six vehicles or six tractors, or of six machines of mixed types and load capacities, is eligible. 11.—Entries must be addressed to the Secretary, The Commercial Motor Users Association (Incorporated), 89, Pall Mall, S.W., on or before the 12th April, 1913.
III.—Bona-fide owners of the machines entered by them, shall state in their letters of entry :
(a) The make, horse-power, type of body, date of delivery, normal load capacity, and approximate total mileage for each machine in the " team " from date of purchase to the 1st March, 1913.
(b) The names and addresses of the six drivers who will parade ; (c) Their willingness to abide by these conditions, and to accept as final the award of the j udges.
No special entry form is required. IV.—Any vehicle or tractor which is admitted in the individual sections of the Parade can also be entered as part of a " team." V.—There will be no examination of the drivers except in the cases of men who are also entered for the 'Drivers Special" and " Drivers" prizes. VI.—No entry from a motor manufacturer will be accepted, except in respect of vehicles which have been upon contract of hiring work.
VII.—The cup will be awarded to the entrant whose "team," in the opinion of the Judges Committee, is in the best condition having regard to the class of work upon which the units are employed, the ages of the machines, and the total distances run by them. The award will be made on the result of the Inspecting Engineer's Report, subject to deduction of marks For defective method of presentation and condition of the "team" on Parade. It will subsequently be delivered to the holder for the year, on the duo comple lion by him of undertakings for its safe custody, its insurance against loss by burglary or fire to a value of 230, and its return to the Association in May, 1914.