[29] Loan of Mrs. Robert E. Peary (acc. 177710, cat. 46014), Division of Naval History, USNM. [30] Gift of Lincoln Isham (acc. 227132.1), Division of Political History, USNM. [31] Gift of Mrs. James R. Mann (acc. 70676, cats. 34113-14), Division of Political History, USNM. [32] The cup (acc. 66168, cat. 30852) was deposited in the United States National Museum (Division of Political History) by the Honorable John. H. Small, who was chairman of the group of traveling Congressmen. [33] Gift of Harriot Stanton Blatch (acc. 127776, cat. 38762), Division of Political History, USNM. [34] Gift of Harriot Stanton Blatch (acc. 127776, cat. 38763), Division of Political History, USNM. [35] Gift of National American Woman Suffrage Association (acc. 64601, cat. 26162), Division of Political History, USNM. [36] MARY GRAY PECK, _Carrie Chapman Catt_ (New York: H. W. Wilson Co., 1944), pp. 121-122. [37] Gift of National American Woman Suffrage Association (acc. 147840, cat. 42083), Division of Political History, USNM. [38] PECK, op. cit., pp. 220-232. [39] Gift of National American Woman Suffrage Association (acc. 147840, cat. 42084), Division of Political History, USNM. [40] PECK, op. cit., pp. 457-458. [41] Gift of National American Woman Suffrage Association (acc. 147840, cat. 42085), Division of Political History, USNM. [42] Gift of Mrs. Charles Duryea (acc. 144429, cat. 311338), Division of Transportation, USNM. [43] Statistics on the cup for the races held from 1904 to 1916 are an interesting record of the development of the automobile. For instance, the winning speed increased from 52.2 miles per hour in 1904 to 86.99 miles per hour in 1916. [44] These trophies were received as a transfer from the Department of Defense (acc. 83961). [45] Gift of the Misses Simpson (acc. 104604), Division of Political History, USNM. [46] (Acc. 138182, cat. 311087), Division of Transportation, USNM. * * * * * Transcriber's note: All footnotes were moved to the end of the text. Some illustrations have been moved. A List of Illustrations was added. Archaic and variable spelling is preserved. The author's punctuation style is preserved. The following changes were made to the original text: Page 92: =silverplated= standardized to =silver-plated= (by the Meriden Britannia Company for its high-grade, =silver-plated= hollow-ware made on a base of silver nickel.) Page 92: =old-English= standardized to =old English= (and has the initials "J R M" in =old English= letters engraved on the side.)