The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-27
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,..t.ua toat. which was open to Ill a~asolens
t1rr.rerIra, which wcte required 20 he travel
10. ,u thr high ecar before finishing Each
1rrr.r ,u' carried a pail filed With water for
,p, ,,ri.. aud the car splitting the least amount
OF Nii.r vas declared the winner. Thr
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ar floor selected by the contestant. some OF
them putting the pan In front, while othefs
used tho tonueau floor.
Ernest kceler won with n 1928 horse power
oldsmohile. splitting IS OF an inch Of water.
+ Hansen. with n IS horsepower Gobron-
Brittle. vas second. having. spilled as Of an
inch NJ vatcr. and 4. l., kull was third with a
" horse power Wayne. having spilled 7-io
OF an inch Of water. The traction test was the
peGt event, and in this each car pulled a dead
weight Of 80 pounds for 200 yards.
The weight was sand and 10 was placed in
o hurriedly built sled Of pine boards which
wssdragged along the track surface by means
Of a rope attached 10 the rear axle Of the car.
because the driver stopped a few yards short
Of the taps where Two OF the officials were
STANDING.
JF. Brown. driving a "a horsepower Auto
car, did the task Quickest in rs rs seconds.
Frank Lawwall. driving a "a horsepower
lrayer-Milier. took ~ IS seconds, and J.
Russell Parker was ~ AS seconds driving an
is horsepower White steamer. The prizes
were TO be- awarded for the best performance
nmittee was too busy to figure out the winner
yesterday, but will attend TO it some time next
week.
The obstacle race for cars over 100 inches.
which was postponed from Friday. was run
yesterday aternoon in connection with the
obstacle race for cars under 100 inches wheel
knaa h r m Fln q 10 n 4 n1 fhnN arrnla
s5seies would be placed on the track. but
The p5ope cS man n1 %Hs} have pa b Joined DsSn the union nnm.
nittee. were the obstacles. used. Louis Il.
Smith. an amateur who drove a, 70 horse
bis tradesmen opponents. He made the
fastest time for either class. covering the
tortuous course In, ie seconds. without touch
class for cars Of more than 100 inches wheel
base, A. L.. Kull. IA horsepower. Wayne.
was second In 10 Is seconds. and j. r Brown,
100 inches wheel base Peter Fogarty won
q. f. Hight was second In is as seconds With
10 horsepower Cadillac. The tug of war.
schedaled ioE T5idSy' but postponed to yester
The final contest was for tho touring car
best equipped for a thirty days tour. Points
accommodations. accommodations in case OF
stormy Weather. for, touring, for complete
tools in case OF breakdown and for equipment
two entries, but after the occupants of Ezra II.
Fitch's White steamer had gone through
their stunt the other car did not show up. Mr.;
young men when he drove out on the track and
halted IN. front OF the grand stand. Under
Mr.. Fltch's direction the three passengers got
very busy with various ca nvas covered hun
dies attached to parts of the car. II was not
very long before they had erected two tents
on the track and had set up a complete, cook
ing outfit and u dining table surrounded by
folding chairs. Mr.. Fitch said the outfit was
his choice for touring. the selections being
Msiue With two other White steamers
lmrromptm mStehes for one, tw v, or three
living Easter, u horsepower Franklin. and
A, Cummings, 80 horsepower Marmon. had
from ! mile 1TGsh; Ef bsfore 'G rhs t dTst p fa9n "w WAY
reached and led into the stretch by IS yards.
Hi1 engine went wrong in me last eighth Of a
ute y rs seconds. There was a three mile
match between two 1928 horsepower Odds
mobiles and two Is horse-power Ardsleys!
Blakely was second and f. W. Walsh was
third, both driving Ardsleys; Two 10 horse
gers, raced for a mile and o. 4. Light car
won in minutes, 40 seconds; Ernest Keller.
X Xmsr EiiI dr rSi. the the on, 9lds ySndspb JHee cpn in ro the
bad a brush with Malcolm Strauss in which
he thought he was the victor. Keller drove
an Qldsmobile and Strauss an s.. Il NJ. Simplex.
both cars being fitted with semi-racing bodies.
Keller took the lead as soon as the starting
gun was fired and led by 80 yards at the end
Of one mile. He shut of power then. as he
understood 1t was a mile race. Strauss
kept on, however, and of course led at two
miles, which he asserted was the distance.
An English wrinkle Is a pneumatic foot
cushion designed to do away with the
vibration incident to a long drive In a fast
car. II is an oblong box with q ~slanting
top containing an air cushion. The box Is
well made OF polished teak and highly An
ished. The air cushion is fitted with a valve
which enables II to be inflated with an ordinary
tire pump. The top being hinged converts
Che frame into a useful tool box.
Should there be a loss Of power in the
engine the following points should be ex-
anined for the cause: Leakage at either
exhaust or inlet valves, sparkling plug. or
piston rings, weak accumulators. dirty
sparkling. plug. imperfect contact. at the
contact breaker, caused by a weak spring
ln the contact arm or by carbonized oil on
the fibre disk and contact pieces or burning
q the platinums on the trembler OF the In:
duction coil. The last may be. cleaned
| by removing the screw and trembler blade
and dressing up the contact pieces perfectly
square to insure good contact when replaced.
Put on the switch. put the contact breaker
n position to close the circuit. then adjust
the screw TO the blade till the most violent
vibration Of the trembler Is attained. Lock
the screw In position by means OF the locking