The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-06-08

srns@' Why. I'm willing Co tst sie the old
vuttl-tup couldn't do the 100 m'le- In y"
hours
-Tl take iha, bet. providing Jones will
h., IN. take her aud man her and start her
Done
tn. colloquy concerned ~"
a. IS which WAS started In The "n"-hun-
drvd -misr. non stop endurance contest oftho
Automobile Club u America that was run
from New York to Southport, Conn and
back on Decoration Day.
10 motor vehicle in question vas ~
snSalmost archaic typ. on. of the earliest
easaleue Affairs turned ont by n German
max, r. n cuinben-omo thing. weighing
?,oo pounds. having ten hor-" power Indi-
Gated and SEATING Xix Trr-an-
II IA vi r~~n service for six years and had
many featur~- - construction about Il
tina, an , now practically obsolete. including
. holt for transmission Of power instead
ola chai , or gs~r. II showed wear IN every
part. II - automobile bclong-d 10 y.
Clarence Jones.
Funny happenings resulted from the
esp~rimss I. Al tn. same time a striking
Lesson WA furnished on the great advance
tina, has = 81 made in automobiles in a few
years and a mother lesson on what ing enuity
aN'N VIZ
Of many " Valuations.
The mae tnc was not quite the last TO
star, on FRI Ly morning, Nav NJ. but there
IL no Official ,scord of its ever having come
hack. IL was checked at Gre-nwich on the
way out and hat l. the last official record
Of u. II wa. h rally reportsi lost"
The hrst ma chine In left ffth avenue
and Fifty-cightl isivs,t al SOl O'Clock Friday
morning and r., uricd at } ~ O'Clock ON the
m AlaFnfakl IN leaf nj A1A m the
morning, csrryii " four passengers. Ed
ward Acker, III" FORMER bicycle racer.
was the operate T. With him we're Fred
Dickerron and ssm Brock, both clever
chauh-urS. and an Observer. Along tho
read two more Ia s~ec gers were taken IN,
What happened hf cr the start is beet told
in the words ~ on uf those who was on
the tnp.
The thing was good when It went.
he said That's are We kerchooked
along pretty well ~ Nor~alk. tn" en-
gine had To t.a wa trhsd and nurSsd all
the time and W. n sde several stops be-
and tinker this and iIat ". didn't mind
that We weren't ws for a NONSTOP run.
but To win the sioo f'T Blank
We thought II !, okcd lik" n otnch 10
keep nursing her a III pull her through
We had "A whole IA, q full ~ tools along
and verr FULL - Oh Sckling when We got
To- Norwalk Then ~ p cir1Is hcgan
The leather tram tnis~ion lelt broke.
You Cuuldn Fix II ~ vi lake mp "" slack
on that "lt machine 40 wa can IN modern
ones The first thing t. do was 10 Ct a
knife and taI-r the t-l for a mend Their"
wasn't a knife in the crowd that was NJ
for the Job on tie htg hai
n crowd od gail si'si about and a
call for a big sharp knSa brought forward
a negro. VINO produced "A razor just
The thing. YOU hst, ami that fellow got a
drink
AT a hardware store half a mile away
the kerI-r ~a- r"i-"i from ia" bosom
II his family and mad. 20 furnish uNets.
In an hour tn" tElt was II! ed.
A mile further IN ths ~ -eemed To IL
some troubkr and W. fO md tha, the l-
hricaiing oil had given cat and the piston
and cylinder mouth wero worn from run
ning dry We weren't getting compression
enough and after tina, vi" walked and
helred the lear old crra,,rr" by pushing up
every hill.
a ride ~ ak mtles Sam brought hack some
lubricating oil. Pushing the good thing
along up hills w. got alIno- To southport
by early dusk, Then ~" got a pnnc'ure,
We couldn't e., the old tiD N tho rim.
IL never had t.ssn IA sin"o the machine
left the factory.
We got kerosene after n chase and
drenched IN. rim to loosen up The rust
II took six - uS To- pull the tire on. Then
We found "" had no patching material
and no cement Another bicycle was
chartered and after another desperate
hun, an old inner tube for patching ana
some cement ven" brought hack.
Il dug the-- uu. We hnI-h-d the lob
by lantern light.
We turn.~i for home ~ Notrhport after
getting a meal thar would lrritai. a VOLTS
stomach l, wasn't long hs'for" IN one OF
our frequent stops Tor lnslr-ctinn "" found
tho g~aSoicr" was getting low Fortunately.
We had more than w. knew. for IN" old
fashioned carburt,.r held about two
gallons
We ran on 10 n grorrv, pounded up
the nd man and asked # he kept sa-ol"nc.
Yep. -ay- I've, cheerfully. and drew several
gallons for ~ IN n went with what
gnsolen. W. had laf We didn' leave the
spot h-tor' "" tumhled 10 " that ~" old
yap had given rs krrp-.ne IL waS a mis-
taxi Ne had gasplcne, but drew from
the wrong tap
The mischief was lone then. for he had
only n little sasnl'n", not enough Tor ~,
We gnt what he had and put ~ in ThIs
MIXTURE exploded - h, but whew' what a
smoks and smell.
Al n drug store "" stopped and got -N
quarts " alcohol. Thus helISd IN" mixture
hv making ,.tt.r combustion ard reducing
IN. smoke and smell. The motor kept
running hot. though. aud We stopped good
and plenty Ia let " cool.
The water In the. Uatpg Jacket kept turning
10 steam and W. KEEP running bow IA water
before we knew n. u was n h0' Cvlind.T
oil Tho wsy hack
'Ou -lick'-t loh arm when We stopped
sa9 fo,r,si tho trr;ahl.r tr"krn 4 wiar
bead produced n pair ~ bicycle nder's
tro,I-er guards, which aT made OF rally
hne steel whether you know ~ or not The
temI.r was tak,.r utn of On" ~ a black
smiih's, u was -irs,glt"r.d out and clipped
and flied until we hal a bully new tremhler
That was The cleVcr-t trck "" dbr. hMt The
aueercr, was vet To- come
A mile flrthe on W. found thai we had
l~; IN. split pin from the intake valve
W. tried several mhke-rhifis and were
b,isy when one - the buys darts mp the
stree, after a woman. He cane hack IN
q iiNy with a halrVin.
Amer u lad ls%n nipiPd N to proper
length !, mad" n first rate split Later ~
needed sonnet hing To help The spring On the
~ra,,il.t that looks tho brake Then w.
found Ia the party a couple uf Ruo-i elastic
Rar,es. They Answered he purpu~'.
when W. got To Gusn~Ich IN" ~ plp-lons
began Ia mis- and Ne mad" up our minds
the batteries were getting weak They
were. We found a power station and al
down and maicls-%-<.A~~-~~ss-s..--.
to pay while tho batteries werr heine
h arg rcd. While si ,ireenwich we all won't
and tel~graphed home. for u was nearly
mtdnisht then. I sent word not 10 wait