New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-25
CLIMBING RECORDS GO.
". q. BERNIN Il WINNER.
Loscers Figures Made by ". A.
Vanderbilt. Jr.. at Eagle Rock.

rs-,in driving the sixty-horsepower Renaut car Vi
w Gould Brokaw, which he operated IN .he -
,serhilt Cup race. made new record Up the f@asie
Rock FIiu here to-day. going UP the steep incline
IN l.aa This beats the record made by Nllilam ~
Vanderbilt IT.. last year by 1864 SECONDS. BERN"
res mai the only one TO break aNnderbts previous
-eoo-din contest No. 3 Class A for cars Weighing
rom / az TO 22o4 pounds. William K Vanderbilt
n went up the only three-hfths of second De-
hind Fernin. He drove his new ninety -hoTseI'o"el
Mercedes and was easily the favorite with the
crowd There were five other riders in this contest
who broke the old record. They were PAU Sar-
tori In Alfred 6. Vanderbilts ninety-horsepoWer
Fiat whose time was y is; Webb Jay. in a ht-
teen-horsepower White steamer, in l2S S-5: William
Wallace in Il ninety-horsepower Fiat. in rs; Hol-
lander g. Tangeman IN a sixty horsepower Fiat,
driven by Emanuel Cedrino. in 129 1-5. and George
H Finn in a sixty-horsepower Mercedes. in l:5S 10
The old record of Vanderbilts first to fall in
the contest that preceded thisNo. S, for gasolene
cars costing more than $500. Wallace got first
place in l.2S As. and Sartori second in l:24l-
Third time, 1:24 As. went 10 Cedrino and van
derblt was fourth in I:2s 3-5. Vanderbilt lost AT
least two seconds by his car swerVing on the sec
ond turn in this trial. Frank H: Croker. in his
seventy five horsepower Simplex who came next
received q second trial account of a puncture
in the first. His time was l:29 20 All these times
also eat the former record.
The contest the fourth meeting held by the
Automobile Club of New-Jersey. The first two con-
tests were rather small. and no fast time was made
III those years
bill at It's SteepesL grace Is - per cent near
the top with q average grade of about Z Per cent
There are two extremely bad turns in the road, be-
sides few others which not so dangerous al
though several of the drivers had hair-Tais!nS es
capes on the hill yesterday, especially Sartori.
whose machine skidded one of The turns. If it
were not for his clever handling of the he would
undoubtedly have met with serious injury One
OF the oficiaIs and a few newspaper men who were
standing at the had narrow escape from
beng injured.
Although the morning did not promise a good day
for the sport. soon after o'clock when the first
car Up ths Hill. the dark clouds that
lowered in the sky cleared away, and the weather
Tor the remainder of the day was enjoyable, al
though a trihe cold. Considering The ,aIge number
Of cars that entered in the meet there were few
that had drop out through going wrong
In nearly every class records were broken. In
contest No for steam vehicles. Webb Jay in his
l5-horsepower White. went the distance in S:c63S.
The Prescott Automobile Manufacturing Company's
71z-horsepower Prescott was second in 1925. The
former record 242. In contest for sasolene
stock cars costing $3.50 and under George Paddock's
s-horsepower Oldsmobe in S:L635. The pre-
vious record was 3.19. In contest for gasoene
stock cars costing $50 and not more than $3.50,
three cars that competed. all made better time
than the former record OF 4:l3is- The winner
IL J. hoehler's 22-horsepoweT Burck in 2l6-s Harry
= Houpts 40-horsepower Thomas flyer the
only competitor contest No. g. for gasolene stock
II won N Z:4z+s against $40 me previous record
-Four machines got ahead OF the record ol 30 IN
and not more ihsn 5000. The one 10 get nrst
pace was The Water Automobile Company 2i-oO-
horsepower Walter. driven ny ". Waller in Lois.
in tAe electric class Tor al prices the Torpenseu
Solamba e,ecITic car or " F Brady was second
the summaries:
conies, 30. Dor electric stock cars all rIieeslNon
5y IopelSe '5eai -i-lst power eLIie @-Oo" weight
\. r. Bs-dys =. tsalIapia, driven by II. ". EwoaaA,
c6aiest 10 : Dor steam stock cars. all prioss,awon
,seisnt. - poanos omen BY owner Time. I:2o -
er9 TIM - s. lsin snutt!eworthg iohSrss
1y cyyner. :nlrd Iilre - 3-5.
coI5es ~ aoT sssosne sJosh cars st DFee $3.50
driven ly owner. Tine. so6 10 Chester & Henry $
hoF5epose5 SAa1ej fTes Se "els' 4Vo POui1S
ass Mo- No., Sr , sssoens so2 e s P Kosh GTs
- Horsepower Brick, price 81 200 weight Loo pounds
Gorsepose. DaTye4 prlce Si2o0: weight 800 pounds;
thiop & Wisters l5-ho.sepower Elmore pElcs $1.O5o,
c5ntest No 5 lGr gaso.ene stock carr over
Sl250 and not more tLan 5000 on ny E!sc 4ln
weight 1900 pounds. driven BY H. ". Alden Time
Weight 100 pounds driven by arthur GaFdne second,
Price $l.25o; weight lc'o pounds driven by owner
s2GSo ana than s8ooo)Non by HaE 3 oo s
eisht 800 po'hds driven b2 NJ Time
E o stock cars /, MsI RsieeA 0Esl
mobile comPanys "a to 8ghq5seP2f5 "2 @r PFC
feo; %esa too efssI 9 Pope 900 pro $500
weight. 2.3ov. driven by owner: second lIne los
price 5000 yf.sh' 5sG Tita 6mRany 30 to IS
GendaIL Time. 2:53>s E. q. Grays SpeeG "as Iline
x.O9 DesbeTon Motor Car COMPANY %S-AoTs s e
Ps.ssT sn 8His' i Ssg' 4 zSs' O Das' '.,s
s5.050,Won by william Wallace,s "o-hoIsepoger ElaJ
PINE Afrea { VaHdeTbiifs 9ohorsepoTer Fiat
price $1,000 weight 22J4 driven ~ Iaui Sarso sec
power Fat price SlSs2g9' VEGA -o X yaI5er
~ EIa1e1 ssa hi t Die $1,000 weight 20
rounds; fourth. Time, l--ofs Ffahi
Il Cookers 5-horsepower Simplex; GOO; ~egat
George n Fints 0-horsepowev, Mercedes: weight 200
fsTeeses 80 aoseIo~er Meroeaes price $1,000 drive
contest 30 Glass 4. for weighing from l49
pounds 20 2 O4 poundsj-Won by ". Gould Broka",
gs,nGn Time 10 MILAN NandertiIts aU-horse
power Mercedes price. $4,000 weight 2o3: driven b
pau sartor third, TINE I;22ls e5b Jays ihorse
owner. fourth Time. 1:2sA William Malaees 80
owner. nth. Time, :2s HolandeF & Tansemans 60
horsepower Fat price $500 Weight 900 driven :
e0-horsepo~er Mercedes; weight 1000 driven by owner
Mefoedes price ST 900 driven b, cWns eishtS Tim.
ss@s c ". Hunters "a horsepower Pope Toledo prlc
Motor Car Compsny's 30-horsepower Desberon: pric,
So 300 weight, goo; driven by S 7. Stnzing, tentf
Contest No, 10 Cclafs B, cor cars weighing s.
o1npenyS 8orePogser Deeau,ie: w@sni rir
by Guy " yaughsn Time. 1:$7'5 Prescott AqJomoDl
weight. 1000; driven. ~ E J Foley second TIM
weight. l,4l3; driven by Owner. laird Time Is
Contest No II Class g for cars weighing from 3;
500. dTiSer Nv ~ p winchesier Tine 2.2s flya
weight 700 driven by F. p. Cameron, second Tim