LOCOMOBILE - OCT. 3, 1903 - EMPIRE CITY TRACK - GASOLINE POWERED LOCOMOBILE - FIRST PRIZE TROPHY - ARCHIE MCNEIL, JR.

PICTURED ABOVE IS THE -- FIRST PRIZE -- EMPIRE CITY TRACK -- AUTOMOBILE MEET -- OCTOBER 3, 1903 -- SPECIAL CLASS 16 H.P. LOCOMOBILES -- 5 MILES -- WON BY -- "ARCHIE McNEIL JR." -- TIME 7-19 2/5 -- THIS TROPHY WAS MANUFACTURED BY -- SIMPSON H.M. & CO. -- # 01221 -------- THE ABOVE SILVER TROPHY CUP HAS "3" HANDLES ---VS --- A "2" HANDLE TROPHY --- THE HANDLE ON THE BACK SIDE IS LONGER AND LARGER THAN THE 2 HANDLES ON EACH SIDE --- PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS, 11 INCHES TALL, 6.25 INCH TOP OPENING, 5 INCH BASE DIAMETER, 8 INCHES OUTER LEFT TO OUTER RIGHT HANDLE, 4.5 POUNDS APPROX. WEIGHT -------- VALUED AT $100.00 IN 1903. THIS "FIRST PLACE" TROPHY IS NOW --- 113 YEARS OLD --- THE AUTOMOBILE "THE GRAY GEM" HAD THE DISTINCTION OF WINNING 2 RACES IN ONE DAY. THIS GASOLINE POWERED 'LOCOMOBILE' WAS MADE BY THE 'LOCOMOBILE CONNIANV OF AMERICA', --- AND --- WAS ONE OF THE FIRST LOCOMOBILES POWERED WITH A GASOLINE ENGINE VS THE STEAM POWERED ENGINE -------------------------------- THIS RACE WAS THE FIRST RACE WHERE "MATHMATICAL HANDICAPING" WAS USED. ---( LAST RESIDENCE OF ARCHIE MCNEIL, JR. WAS 6 LAGOMAR ROAD, PALM BEACH, FLORIDA )---- THIS ITEM IS UNDER RESEARCH ---- WHLONG --- whlong2715@gmail.com