Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-12
DO THOSE AUTO
RECORDS HOLD?
A New York Authority on the
Subject Entertains Grave
Doubts
WETH0D USED IS QUESTIONED.
F. A. La Roche Protests Against AL.
lowing the Mark Of 80 rs to
Stand as Official.

81 have noticed from time to time that
certain manufacturers and automobile
drivers are making records, the publIca-
ton OF which appear to me as an injus-
uce TO the public and those interested In
the sport" said f. A. la. Roche In New
York the other day.
"The average person will look upon
these so.called records made at different
times and with only few friends present
ms something wonderful There Is one
record that | wish to speak Of In parucu-
lar and that Is the one claimed by Mr..
Ford to have been made on Jan. 70, at
New Baltimore. Mich, on Lake st. Clair
~ notice a newspaper article states
that a man was hanging on In front and
feeding the gasoline In the carburelter also
that the snow was removed from the Ice,
and ashes strewn on the patch, aud the
so.called Q99 machine made record OF
q mile In 30 20 seconds, ] do not count
this as record under these conditions.
II have the utmost confidence In the
gentlemen who participated In It, but II
Is subject 10 error In many respects; first
Of an, 1t Is difficult thing 10 get six
Watches-nO matter how accurate--to
~
six were compared and then Is minutes
after the time OF being compared this
wonderful record was made
ut seems strange that this record
should happen TO be shade under 10 Sec
onds. because that was the time estimat-
ed. and which many papers published,
would be made I'm Florida, and II seems
quite natural Z any time was made at
all II would make under ~ seconds. real
ly believe that n mistake has been made
and that the gentlemen participating In
this were entirely sincere and honest, but
II was no way 70 make a record.
Il for one protest against the A. A. a.
allowing this record 10 stand. for the rea-
son that very few people can take advan-
tage Of having frozen water course, re-
move the snow, prepare path and make
these runs and especially to get q few
spectators. | do not believe that the A.
A. A. should give any sanction for any
records made In private, and should only
be- given 10 properly organized clubs, In
gloi standing and where their sanction
Is given II should be public meet and
properly advertised,
u also protest the record made by the
Packard Gray Wolf in Florida recently,
This car was driven by Charles Schmidt,
and It was claimed that he made a mile
In A. 20 seconds | think this IL lmprob-
able and unreasonable for the reason
that have raced against this particular
machine throughout the whole OF last
summer and IL was never able TO beat
NY machine. IL was generally from FIVE
lo ten seconds slower under all conditions
and al all times, and | am sure and con-
lident that my machine cannot make
nile In " 20 seconds, and ! also know
that NJ ear with only "a horsepower can
accomplish this feat.
Strange TO say, the Gray Wolf from
what have heard. has no engagements
Whatsoever fer any races that are to take
place at Daytona. Fla. during the week
Of the 18th 10 M Slst of January Why
does It not walt there and enter in the
regular races which are 10 have the sane
tion Of the ~ A. A., and have II entered
tn same rs any other contestant
Woull simply add that II the as
ISOLATION vii lglNe sanction 10 anyone and
give II on sLOr' notice, as | Knlw II
hd' been done ,rom time TO time Il will
only BE- WnCsllop OF time when II will
put automobile I; eng in bad reD He. az I
have Lee , atOt %, bed by many persons
anl heard many Qirlons on this subject
81 plomlsoneusly snnR sanction 10 any
one ASKING Cor II