New-York tribune., 1904-08-10
Ii ROCHE FINISHES RUN.
Ends Trip to and From st. Louis
7cith Engine Running.
RECORD MAY NOT BE ALLOWED.

AEOOEO NAL NOl BE ALLON Ell.
r. a La Roche driving his l5-hor~e power Dar-
race car. arrived at the Automobile Club or amer
lea, yesterday. and at I:H g. m. stopped the en-
Eue OF his car, which had been going continuously
Tor fifteen days and Two hours, and had travelled
800 miles. The tto of 3Ir La Rocle was from
this city TO St Louis and return over some ot the
rougkest roads n the country
Although the distance covered by the La Roche
car 81 its nonstop run IS 1883 miles further than
the record OF 2.o17 miles. made by L Neize.. nf
England, last July. A r Pardlngton. chairman ~
the American Automobile Association Racing Board.
said last night that the Americans pers9rmaroe
would not be recognized as "a new record hT tF-
association. Contrary 10 what had been generally
supposed. no sanction had been made for an at
tempt on The record he said, and uo silaal o'seI'-
crs had been appointed
A large crowd gathered in front OF the club. az
Nr. La Roche drove up looking remarkably IresA
after mis- trying journey, and he received an en-
trusIastic welcome when lie SHUT OF the IRE or ms
engine IN the machine with him were Lieutenant
4 lie Blanc United States Engineers who had
driven the car with La Roche on the journey 10 ~
Louis and return: samuel Shaw, %. PhllaeelilLA.
II Everett oc this city. and Robert DrcbeckeT TIE
president Of the Columbia Fishing Cub OF Staten
Island The machine withstOOd the journey re-
/ ruarkabIy well only the mud OF the machine and
the torn and tattered flags showed marks OF the
long tourney. -Four American flags, one on each
corner OF the car, and q t-icoor banner Of France
had been given the automobiles by the French
Commissioner AT the Exposition.
LA ROCHE DRIVES TO THE FINISH
Not until he stopped the engine IN front Ok the
club did NJ. La Roche leave the car TO the care
OF other hands. After a few minutes stop al The
club he climbed into the drivers seat again. and
drove the car tbs Darracq companys place IN
West TEirty-sixth-st.
Nr Ia Roche said tha; with Few slight altera-
t!ons the machine would be 1t 10 go hve thousand
Ia Roche started N the trip two weeks ago lAst
Monday al s:44 a n. with the st Louis tour he'd
under the auspiceg OF the American Automobile
Association His entTy nGL2eI, ,ogr u IA " " vas a
strung on both sides OF the car wnen ne arrived
Li5any. Bu1aio. cleveland and Chicago. St Louis
was reached at midnight on Jly - -, go ~ d ~ - @
National Highway 10 Wheeling W. Va. and thence
! 10 Pitts1urs and Philadelphia TO this city
he reached the quaker city SeSterd2y and wa, was
cordially welcomed 6y ne Is+3ogiL i ors % sc slored
+ him out Of the city Tuesday evening. .
I taking things slowly he had 10 wait there unu!
9rnag 10 get over the IgFy yarfeTed S G d ror ne o
casion. This was made necessary 6y the ne law W. tAaJ
r9I5es s1ies 5ef54e gong on ferry 5oats
La Roche left Perth AHboy al GO a. m anu
picfuresque clubhouse Of the coluHl62iia Fishing
dinner 10 La Roche and the party that had gone
70 Perth Amboy 70 meet g3an; 4 s-aieI sl5PS To-
This city he stopped Tor a snort time Gown l9Wn
The route was up Broadway 70 Twenty-third-st.
The rres were punctured few times; and -Iie re
way often led through heaps Of mud and sand
Il II Everett and Morris N. Mason were the OBJ
servers La Roche did most q the driV!Es
himself lie and Lieutenant lie Blanc slept IN the
tonreau for part OF the Journey, and when not
getting rest IN this way one travelled on sleeping
while the other drove
La Roche had many stories 70 tel o. MS ex-
rerisnces He was held up by a hIghWa man "a
fev miles from Toledo as already told in The
Tribune He said that lantern was swung across
the road and when he came 70 a stop a man
iInsu-d II. front Of the machine and pointed a
shotgun AZ him. and Mr. Mason. VINO was IN me me
ce- ~ The time. While Mr. Mason. ne sara, vas
hunting in his pocket and had pulled out a gr1eL -
hack be leaned over and threw on fUll sPeed. tils
sudden start Of the startled the nlsLN ma
su6 Ia a f-fv the machine was some distance
sv,sx The vyouid-be robber fired a shot after
thcal but his aim was not true Al Ja'as Ct4p. S
trz we claw was 81 soft that q track OF l@ll.t
rails had 10 be placed in parts Of the roaa. a.
another point in Ohio the car backed int a = r ~
Co-e~ed we'll so that the body was suppJIlr- Hy
the torneau. and again j. became necessary To- '~e
fau~o rails tracks