The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-19
CLIMB TO CLOUDS RECORD.
william IIiliiard Drives Up ut. Warrington
In ~ Minutes - To Seconds.

william IIiiiiard Drives UP NJ. Warrington
In no Minutes - TIC Seconds.
MOUNT WARRINGTON. N. H., july 49,.
Record breaking characterized the second
day 8 climb to the clouds Weather conditions
| to-day were much better than yesterday.
though there were two thunc erstorms near
the summit. But n oonsi6," y" portion OF
the roadway was dry and " are part Of the
going good for n r.,"s "p tl.e mountain
| side
The palm Of Wet ,r vent to William HillIard
driving u so horse power Napier car. who
drove the biz racer w the side Of the noun
tain In 20 minutes So -5 seconds. This
knocks Harkness's record OF last year to
smIthercrns. Narkness drove a 90 horse
| power Mercedes last year In "a minutes 81 10
seconds. and 1t was beloved that his record
would never be broken
The Napier car WAS tho second 10 start
and had ideal conditions all the way up. In
fact II was the only car which had an actually
crear course unobscured by clouds. liliard
said after II was over that he had been de-
laycd for two minutes by wiring troubles.
his assistant, Frank Townsend, making q
repair fully as wonderful as the climb.
billiard said he knew he could make the
Iu'umit in 10 minutes.
The next best time aside from that made
by motorcycle was made by the New Stan
ley steamer rated at is horse po wer.
which was driven by Bert Holland and which.
In spite OF having been obstructed. was able
to make the comm endable figures Of % min
utcs II as seconds. The Stanley car was built
very light with elastic spring and seemed
fairly to dance along the road as It approached
the summit. The crowd on the mountain
top divided It's attention between a mag
nfcent view Of the nearby peaks and the
tiny section Of roadway near the Ave mile
post which is visible from the hotel.
AS the little bouncing steamer came into
view at that point much interest was shown
by the visitors. The steamer really got
greater ovation than the big Napier. Com
mendable work was done by the Richard
Brasier car. driven by H. A. Vantine. which
made 20 minutes 2s 2-5 seconds. through
binding cloud. The Pope-Toledo car had
exceedingly hard luck. starting twice and
suffering breakages each time.
co otto Nestman. WITH the st, stevens ni Dusyea
trouble with hot bearings, so that he never
start at the Glen House and was anxious to
attempt the climb. but the officials refused to
A feature Of the day was the work Of the
motorcycles. Three times the record was
to this osns held by
machine r @h % omSd BED a., Year
u Us seconds. Early to-day Stanley and
Kellogg in ~ horsepower Indian motor
Later in the morning Oscar Hedstrom. with
horsr-pow-r Indian machine, lowered the
tho az e. %nO ksss sef9s ed as sna e1s
sam" make. His time was 20 minutes soi-5
than the time made by the so horsepower
Napier;
i = Tsso9Ss fhs sS5k q ths little s}sSsS
@ las "A only a soipsed BY the Napier
record breaking trip,
The various ri trans brought visto1. to the
People on he rocks Waiting t The ~ cers
arrive: This is considerably more than the
Cog Railway did rushing business Several
special trains were run, the last at 80 o clock
CARRYING away the weary ofticials. The only
ated the return trip down the mountain
Th fhSG S Cd the s Of hill
ompang's 10 herss power steamer Webb Jay.
pany's 20 horse power stevens .Dufyea. Otto Nest,
mao For st es4s Over ss syn %lfRHs
SSiys! rs a$ Pope asnnt.esusins comp "i,sT;
FoI Car. ws!sh1s From Isl 10 ssl Pounds
.y.i BY Pope Toledo Sreakdown,; crawf sas
Auto compsnys 10 h1rss power Crawford,
Stanley Motor Carriage cotnpanys 10 horse power
For Cars Weighing From ISL to 1882 Pounds
Stanley Motor Carriage Companys Is horse power
Stanley steamer, r. f. Stanley driver 27i7 as;
] c, Stevens Arms and Tool companys 20 horse.
power Stevens. buryca. Otto Nestman. driver.
broke down Maxwell Bfiscoe Motor Company's
horse power. Maxwell. c. W. Kelsey. driver.
,li 35: Marion Auto Company's 10 horse power
Marion. F. II. Peabody, driver. 1907 SIS.
. For Cars Weighing From l,4s, to 2.2A Pounds
White Sewing Machine Company's is horse power
White steamer. Web Tey. driver 1892
Free For All-Napier Motor Company Of Amen-
ca's 406 horse power Napier. William II. Hiard
driver, 20 s2.5 Stanley Motor Carriage Compsny's
IS horse power steamer. Bert Holland, driver |
f217 IS; j. c. stevens Arms and Tool Company's
20 horse power Stevens -Duryea. Otto Eestman,
driver. broke down at half way house.
Any Weight GasCne-Pope Manufacturing Com
pany's IS horse power Pope Toledo, George Soules,
driver 472i I S.
For Motor Bicycles. not over 2 horse power. a,
10 pounds-S'ancy T. Keogg's ~ horse power
For Motor Bicycles over horse power and under
indian. owner driving. 2242 Stanley T. kclogg's
Gnecial Two Cylinder Gasoline Class-Rlec,rc
Vehicle Companys 10 horse power Columbia,
Hiram p. Maxim. driver. broke down: Buick Auto.
mobile Company's 81 horse power Buick. Kochler,
river. stopped: same companys % horse power
Buick, WclSScr, driver, 1925 As