[1][2] William H. Sharp had a photography studio and a Mitchell car dealership at the corner of South Clinton Avenue and Beatty Street in Trenton.

In 1908 he built a racing machine which he entered in a number of East Coast events, including the Long Island Sweepstakes where he won his class.

William Sharp was joined by his brother Fred, who was also race mechanic, and local businessmen A. N. Yetter, F. W. Bennett and J. R.

[1] In early 1910 word of the car had reached W. Burnett Easton, president of the International Boiler Company in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.

This tragedy was preceded by the death of W. Burnett Easton of the International Boiler Company who was killed in a train accident on November 5.