New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-08
AUTO RUN AT PINE HILL.
Thirty-four Cars Start in Endurance
Test to Pittsburo

Pine Hill. n. Y, Oct. THE au,oro.,,- -,
are making the endurance test of the National AS
ISOLATION of Automobile Manufacturers g., ~
York TO Pittsburg made the run from Weaha -
TO Pine Hill in exceptionally good time co,sdar,,..
the heavy roads encountered All the cars b.,.a &c
far escaped serious accident. several have r,ad
clean record tiat Is they were penalized for
Spreading confetti, at the curves Of the roads
losing their way The ,,f first of the cars in hseon
test reached fln n;, 3dil IN driving storm at
thirtyfour had arrived At o'clock all save four our
under rubber covers for the night were CHARTERED
The endurance run or the National Association
of Automobile Manufacturers to Pittsburg and re-
turn was started yesterday at a m WITH rai
falling. The first vehicle was sent from, Uaabax,-
ken little after o'clock. and the roads pror,ised
to be heavy and muddy An hour later the last of
the machines were sent off. Thirty-four of the
forty-two entries for the run started in the rum
and the showing is considered excellent
Large numbers of spectators as WAS exnactea
hand TO the start. MANY were the
facetious remarks made to some of the drivers of
the machines To the uniformed onlooker it APP
dertake most perilous trip. A young woman ex-
just before the start oh bring Oh me the Sac o
venir." Shall / send the remains back by ex-
The first to leave Weehawken was an Arrow. No
IA, with Charles sheppy in charge There was one
who travelled with her husband on Locomobile
The run from the starting point brought the ma
chimes over a level boulevard, along the Palisades
and to Hackensack they had level macadamized
road, after which 1t was a of sand and rocks
with stretch OF twenty miles of dirt roads to Pine
Hill, the first resting place.
The will last for eight days over a distance
of 797 miles, by way of Buffalo to Cleveland Bert
HolcOmb who was one of the operators on the
Columbia car on its record trip from Chicago to
this city last week, has the car in the present
run. Two transcOhtnental cars were among the
starters, and attracted much attention-the old
Pacific Packard, driven by Tim" Fitch, and the
Oldsmobile No. Il, with Whitman in charge Sew
eral cars escorted the tourists on their tourney
The that failed to start were No / a Co
lumbia: Nos. and S, both Peerless cars; Nos "a
and is, a pair of Stevens Duryea's; No. o. a
Searchmont; No 80. Covert, and No. IS, a
Springer.
The test being primarily intended for the infor-
nation of buyers, the contesting machines all
stock cars, and are classified according to retail
price follows: Glass A, $1,000 and less; Glass b.
sleol to sl50e; Class {. l.5ol to 5000; Class d,
5000 to $500: Class c. over 50 500. The maximum
points attainable 5000 made up of brake test,
250: hill climbing, go; Weight-carrying capacity,
1000; condition at finish, 1890; without stop,
3o0. The rules are that each carry Is
per cent of its weight in passengers, luggage or
ballast Each passenger is rated at $50 pounds.
To-day it is expected that Binghamton, 1851.
miles, will be reached while Friday the con-
testants scheduled TO reach Bath, a distance
of $40 miles On Saturday Buffalo will be the stop
ping place, where the party will rest Sunday.
The rest of the run is scheduled follows Mon
day. Erie 55S miles, Tuesday, Cleveland, 66l miles;
Wednesday, Youngstown. 1891 miles; Thursday,
Pttsburg. 797 miles. There will be hill climbing
contests on Friday and Saturday of next week.