The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-07-31
THE AUlOMOBILISTS.
ONLY THREE CARS HAVE HILL
CLIMBING TRIALS.
Rain nterferes with Breton woods Fixt-
uro and n Fresh Start May BE Made
To-day ERNEST Keller Leaves Tqpr.
lists and PerfOrmI Nonstop Feat.

Rain JnteEfere0 WIN brettOn WOo0e FxN
uro and a Fresh Start May BE Made
To-day ERNEST Keeler Leaves Tour.
lists and PerfOrmi Nonstop Feat.
BRETON WOODS, N. H., July so.-It rained
to-day and as q new experience the tourists
Of the Glidden run welcomed ii. 1t was
another story for W. j. MOI gan and those
interested In the hill climb up Crawford
Notch, 1.42 miles. The climb was post
poned until afternoon. Three cars went up
the measured distance on the hill. They were
In different classes, and there is dissatisfaction
here tonight over the prospect OF some cars
In the same class competing over a slippery
road and the others entered for the class
aving a chance to make the same distance
over dry roads,
F. H. Allen and Dwight Huss went up In
0ldsmobiles. Allen made the run In 4 minutes
"a seconds. Huss got stalled, and his time
was Q minutes 20 seconds. j. H. Jones In a
Knox Waterlessr ran UP In 4 minutes rs seconds.
He was In another class. 1t is possible that
the whole thing will be started anew to-
morrow.
Ernest Keller. who Is to drive the Odds
mobile racer In the American elimination
trials for the Vanderbilt cup race. made his
bow as a nonstop driver yesterday by con-
Guiding the sos mile run from Breton Woods
TO this city without stopping the engine OF
his car. He left there at 1910 o'clock noon
on Sunday, Charles j. Glidden writing the
starting time on one Of his cards. which he
handed to Keller. He arrived at the head
quarters OF the New York Motor Club. Broad
way and Fifty-fourth street. at 22s o'clock
yesterday afternoon. Keeler's nonstop car
was the % horse power Oldsmobile which had
carried No. 81 from Buffalo TO Breton Woods
In the contest for the Glidden trophy and
made a perfect score. He was accompanied
By II. ]. DeBear and B. l.. Graves, who acted
as uiIicial observers.
The entire time consumed for the trip was
20 hours IS minutes and the actual running
time was 81 hours 80 minutes. Perhaps the
most remarkable part Of the performance
Is the fact that Keller drove the car the entire
distance himself. which Is a record in itself.
The first stop was at Plymouth, N. H.. where
fifteen minutes was spent In replenishing
the ~gasolene tank. At Concord a stop Of an
hour was made to secure raincoats. which
were badly needed, as 1t rained for eight
hours Of the time the party was, on the road.
At Nashua q stop Of twenty-three minutes
was made. and Worcester was reached twenty
forty-fve minutes was used up In getting
something to eat and WAKING UP a garage man
so more gasolene could be secured, a stop
Of ten minutes was made at Springfield at
Sis O'Clock in the morning for oil. and Hart
ford was reached at 6;l5 o'clock: 4 stop Of
which was spent in waking up one OF the OBJ
servers. The next stop was at Bridgeport,
where the party remained from 1880 o'clock
until lIos O'Clock to have something to eat.
From Bird geport on no more stops were
made until the car reached its destination.
X eeler was very careful to observe the speed
regulations of the cities and towns he passed
through, but accelerated his pece on roads
where houses were scarce. His average
speed. actual running time. was almost twen-
ty-four miles an hour.
Word comes from Paris that England is
to be represented by two cars In the Wander
bilt cup race on October Q. According to
the report, the Automobile Club Of Great
Britain and Ireland has nominated two Napier
and Walter Clinord-Earp, both Of whom
have competed in the Florida Beach carnivals
at Ormond Beach.
Edmund F. Van Hoesen. Deputy State
Engineer and Surveyor, recently arrived in
struction of improved highways in Erie
county. He said that work on good roads
construction is going forward all over the
State and that contracts have been, let for
work amounting to about -, 0Oo, 900. The
State Engineers force is busy making plans
and estimates for work to be done in 1907.
and parties of sur veyors are now going over
roads which are slated for improvement
In 1908.