The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-07
AMONG fHE AUYOEOBII4SFS.
NEW RECORD FROM CHICAGO TO
THIS CITY.
six Cylinder Car Makes the "Trip In %
Hours 30 akinutes, Beating Figures
ina stood for Nearly Two Years
III. n. LyttIe's Racer Ready "a Race

Hours - aGinutes, Beating Figures
That stood for Nearly Two Years
III. IT.. Lyttle's Racer Ready "a Race.
What has been termed the will o. the
wisp OF Automobiiing-the ChicagO'to New
York t~ecord-has been conquered after
almost two years by the same crew and
Franklin car that lowered the transcontinental
record to Is days 2 hours II minutes. l.. l..
whitman. who wis In command during the
trip from San Francisco to New York, did
not take an active part In the successful
assault IN the Chlcago-New York record,
the six cylinder, 30 horsepower Franklin
being driven by c. 8. carris. NJ. 8. Bates.
James Daley and c. b. Harris. The record
run began at Chicago on Tuesday morning
at 3 O'Clock. New York TIME, and was finished
at lI:5s O'Clock yesterday morning. placing
the record at SO hours So minutes. h
former record was So hours a. minutes. and
was made in October. 1904. by Bert Holcomb.
Lawrence DUNE and Eddie Bald in a olumbia
IL is likely that Holcomb will make an at
tempt 60 regain the record. as he recently
expressed the opinion that the trip from
Chicago to this city could be made In less
than fifty hours. Carris and bis aasociates
would have made a deeper cut tn the record
but for two serious delays. The first trouble
was when they ran on the road and broke
the fan which cools the motor, considerable
time being required for repairs. Early yes
terday morning they encountered a heavy
fog between Little Falls and Schenectady
which forced them to reduce their rate OF
speed to about six miles an hour. Holcom5
succeeds in lowering their record they will
probably make another trial.
Herbert ~. Lyttle has brought his 100
horsepower Pope Toledo racer to town from
the factory and had IL taken to q BROOKLYN
garage. Bert. Dinghy, winner OF the 1905
Toledo, will act as Lyttle's mechanic this year
and he Ia expected to arrive In a few days.
T TssS will xhsr have W.l t.sip %Hi,e aS %as isst e. f.lI sS and
will make frequent trips over the Nassau
county circuit In a touring car until they VIII
be permitted to use the racer on the course.
until September ~, so as Ia. obey fully the rule
made by the racing board Of the American
Automobile Association, which forbids prac-
trisls o' r HfbeTt i~r Pope Tst" vice-prs.ids1t Of the
Pope firm, drove over the Vanderbilt cup
course yesterday accompanied by Lyttle.
Both Of them expressed the opinion that this
years course is not as fast as the circuit used
last year, Lyttle saying that the road surface
Ia not in as good condition as II was last year.
The racer has a four cylinder motor. the cylin-
with copper water Jackets. There are four
speeds forward and a reverse. which In oper-
ated by a foot pedal. The gasolene tank is
moHntsd on wooden s.sndSr % ro oehhinH thhs
gravity feed. The car weighs 2,2O3 pounds,
one pound less than the Internal iOnal weight
limit.
The two I2S horsepower Hotchkiss racers
which Elliott +. Shepard will use for the Van
derbilt cup race and preliminary PRACTICE
Tuesday on the Kaiser wilhelm der Crosse.
Ma. Shepard IA expected to arrive IN
this country in time TO witness the American
elimination trials on September p.