Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09
MOTOR CARS AND MEN
WHO DRIVE THEM
NJ. V. KELLEY.

In wrestling the 1,0OO-mile record from
Charles G. Wridgway Guy Vaughan piieo
nm some statistics which are full of meat
~ every user of an automobile His won
derful work at Yonkers, N. Y, is sum-
married. as follows: Elapsed time for l,ooo
miles, % hours 80 minutes and 70 SECONDS
Distance covered in "a hours, lob miles
q fur,ongs Total number of stops MADE,
fourteen Total time lost In stops, L hour
a. minutes and seconds. Average Speed
including all stops, 411a miles per hour
Average rate of speed per mile, 1.23. Time
of fastest mile, 1.03 20 Former record for
| 600 miles beaten by 2 hours 10 minutes
and II seconds. Former record for 1,o0o
miles 25 hours so minutes and l second.
Former 24-hour record, 943 miles, which
was made by c. G.. Wridgway at Brighton
Beach May 8. 1905. Number of punctures,
& Number of tire requirements, B. Time
lost through tire troubles, Is minutes and
IA seconds.
Although this wonderful record was made
on a circular track, which had been placed
in special order for the event, the possibili-
ties indicated upon good highways are none
| the less apparent. Mr.. Wridgway was an
| interested spectator, and warmly congratu-
| lated the maker of the new record. He re-
| marked as he shook hands that he was
| very glad to see the new record established,
| as 1t would give him something TO go AFTER.
| He is having new car built and VIII I'M
dertake to lower Vaughans record before
the snow flies. 1t remains to be seen, how
| ever, whether this is possible
| In reviewing the cross-continental race
Huss, the winner of the $1,000 prize, stated
that in the whole journey from New York
| to Portland Oregon, neither machine
| caused an accident to a horse-drawn vehi-
| Gle.
| On the trip the riders found the best
roads east of Chicago, with Idaho and
Oregon ranking second. A solid two weeks
| rain before Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska
| were reached made fearful running through
| those states, and some very bad roads
| were also found in Ohio, where the trip
across the state was virtually run in the
| rain for the entire distance.
| The record for the greatest number OF
| automobiles on any stage at the same time
| doubtless is now held by Cleveland. At a
| charitable benefit given by local organ
| ization feature of the entertainment was
| a series of dances typical of different ma
| tionalities. These were given by fourteen
| young ladies and gentlemen, who made
their entrance upon the stage in seven
| electrics. Pretty white costumes were worn
by the dancers, and the contrast with the
| dark bodied machines Is SAID TO nave ere
| ated beautiful picture, which brought
out repeated rounds of applause. The au-
| tomobilists were well-known society lead
| ers of the forest city.
In oredr to secure a course that shall
| avoid all towns in the forthcoming Van
derbilt cup race on Long Island careful
| survey has been made to find a suitable
route 1t is the intention of the managers
to obviate any necessity for controls. and
1t is believed that the course now under
| consideration will permit such action. The
new course which it is probable will be
agreed to by the supervisors of Nassau
county, Is to the north OF the old one in
the direction of Oyster Bay at the eastern
and Roslyn at the western end of the quad
| rila-eral AS it is twenty-five miles in
length fourteen laps will be required to
| bring Ii up to the minimum of 800 miles.
| In the matter of breadth of road and
straightaway stretches, the old course was
undoubtedly. the better one. On the new
4 course there are about fourteen miles that
i will admit of high speed, and afford suffi-
Client room for machines to pass with safe
ty. The remaining eight miles " not only