La Course Paris-Marseille-Paris – Le Sport Universel Illustré -15 October 1896
Le Sport Universel Illustré was a sport magazine that principally wrote about equestrial events. Logical, as in those days, the only real motive power was the horse. In the issue, the Paris-Marseille-Paris race of September 1896, organised by the young Automobile Club de France is highlighted. It started in Versailles, took about four days and […]
The Paris-Dieppe Race – The Automotor – 18 August 1897
The 1897 Paris-Dieppe race of July here was reported by the young automotive magazine The Automotor and Horseless Vehicle Journal, in its second year and seated in London. Started reporting the newly City-to-City races on public roads. Although, in similarity to the US The Horseless Age, she reported and discussed mainly technical issues, race events […]
The Paris-Amsterdam Race – The Automotor – 15 June 1898
The 1898, the new and young automotive magazine The Automotor and Horseless Vehicle Journal, seated in London, started reporting the newly city-to-city races on public roads. Although, in similarity to the US The Horseless Age, she reported and discussed mainly technical issues, race events also came into her scope. This is an short announvement for […]
The Paris-Amsterdam-Paris Moto-Vehicle Competition – The Automotor – 15 August 1898
The 1898, the young automotive magazine The Automotor and Horseless Vehicle Journal, in its second year and seated in London, started reporting the newly City-to-City races on public roads. Although, in similarity to the US The Horseless Age, she reported and discussed mainly technical issues, race events also came into her scope. This description of […]
Paris-Marseille-Paris, Part II – The Horseless Age – October 1896
The 1896 Paris-Marseille-Paris ran for 10 days, thereby covering some 1.700 kilometers of public roads. During the course, particpants also faced terrible weather that caused numerous crashes an breakdowns. This article in the new motor magazine The Horseless Age is one of the very long kind, taking 14 pages including twelve tables: one for each […]
Paris-Marseille-Paris, Part I – The Horseless Age – October 1896
The 1896 Paris-Marseille-Paris ran for 10 days, thereby covering some 1.700 kilometers of public roads. During the course, particpants also faced terrible weather that caused numerous crashes an breakdowns. This article in the new motor magazine The Horseless Age is one of the very long kind, taking 14 pages including twelve tables: one for each […]
Voitures sans Chevaux, Première Journée du Concours, Translation – Le Petit Journal – 20 July 1894
IThe first day of the complete event, July 19th 1894, saw the first of three elimination events. It must have been quite an astonishing view for inhabitants of the towns and villages, that the sans-chevaux’s were traveling through. All kinds of festivities were organised the welcome the new era of transport and “locomotion”. Out of […]
Voitures sans Chevaux, Première Journée du Concours – Le Petit Journal – 20 July 1894
The first day of the complete event, July 19th 1894, saw the first of three elimination events. It must have been quite an astonishing view for inhabitants of the towns and villages, that the sans-chevaux’s were traveling through. All kinds of festivities were organised the welcome the new era of transport and “locomotion”. Out of […]
Voitures sans Chevaux, Deuxiéme Journée – Le Petit Journal – 21 July 1894
Here, the results of the second elimination trial are briefly discussed. Although some twelve carriages applied for the trial, only six participants went along in this elimination. After the trial of this second day, all six were admitted to participate in the concours. For tomorrow Saturday, the last elimination day, seven vehicles have applied. (Translation […]
Voitures sans Chevaux, Troisième Journée – Le Petit Journal – 22 July 1894
In this article, the results of the last elimination trials are briefly discussed. Logically, then there were not much vehicles left now, with the exception of Mrs. Vacheron and de Bourmont. Both were allowed to participate. Second part of the report shows the list with the twenty-one participants for the concours sans chevaux 1894. (Translation […]