The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-30
SIXTEEN AUTOS
RACE FOR CUPS
Hill Climbing Contest Is Run Off
Without Serious AC-
Cident.
NEWHOUSE HAS BEST CAR
!. S. TRANSPORTS MACHINE
TAKES THREE CUPS.

The automobile hill-climbing contest
proved an attraction yesterday for hun
dreds who lined the course from Sew
enth East and South Temple street TO
the finish a mile and a half away. But
sixteen of the fifty-six entries respond
ed TO the starters signal, and several
of the events had but two starters.
Samuel NewhOuse's Packard runabout
was undoubtedly the fastest machine
upon the course, taking the steep climb
easily, and scoring the first and sec
ond fastest times of the day, besides
taking two cups. In the sixth race for
the jacobson cup, MIR. Newhouse rode
in his car with Bert Fuller, his chauf-
feur His time was 10 seconds faster
than :. Sharman'S REQ. and captured
the cup. The NeWhOusc trophy i'm the
free-fOr-al was also won by the donor,
Fuller clipping seven seconds off his
previous record. !. S. Bransford won
three cups, including his own cOntri-
button. with Il single car.
No injuries marked the races, due
probably to the common sense of the
crowds, which remained at q respectful
distance from the course. IN many in
stances the city policemen and the tenn
poTaTy guards were too much interest
ed in the races to watch the crowds,
and several accidents were narrowly
averted. At the hill. the crowds were
allowed to line both sides of the en-
bankment. and had any of the drivers
lost control while making the climb
fatalities could not have been aVerted
The costly work of the city authori-
ties in order to smooth the course was
noticeab bic. For several days the city
has been grading and scraping Brig
ham street from the point where the
pavement stops to TIE hill, and it was
smooth enough for the racers yester-
day.
Expecting to see fifty-six cars skid
ding and whizzing along the course
many of the crowd became impatient
at the long delay between cars and left
before the races were over. The Off
Gals of the meet, however. did their
work well, and little or no complaint
was heard from the contestants. Sew
eral cars were ditched at the hill. but
no accidents of a serious nature were
reported.
The races were scheduled to begin at
? O'Clock. but it was much later when
Starter Frank Gardner sent the first
machine or its way. Wallace Brans-
ford was. referee of the meet and had
with him as judges, Frank Knox, W. S
Mccormick, Thomas Kearns, Samuel
Newhouse, Brigham H. Roberts, OrsOn
H Hewlett, Ezra Thompson, David
Keith and Windsor V. Rice.
Nine trophies were offered for the
different classes. All races were made
against time. In the first, third and
eighth races but two contestants ap-
peared. Most of the applause given was
accorded the Newhouse car during its
test trials and during the races Bert
Fuller seemed to have the car under
good control at all times. and with the
big machine was able to take the hill
and its turns easily.
The results:
First race-"Bob'' NichoTI CUP. for
runabouts costing 81 600 and under: H
D. Niles, Ford runabout (Shirb). Time
$50 10. E. r. Whelon, Ford.
Ditched
Second race, Henry Catrow cup.
touring cars costing s.. 900 or under
l. Z. Ritter, jr., Pope Hartford. q. s
Moore. Time-2:26 2-5. Tom Botterill.
Pope-Hartford. IF. BotterilL Time
2:53. II. Tyree, Pierce Great Arrow,
III. z. Valid. Time-3:O4. Tony Jacob
son, Winston (King). Time-3:13 %.
p. J. Moran, Pierce Great Arrow (Sav-
age). Ditched.
Third race. John Bransford cup, tour
ing cars costing 81 800 and uDder.-J. 5.
Bransford, Tourist (McGuage). Time
2:5f is. :. Sharman, REQ EuiotO.
Time-5:55 f-5.
Fourth race. touring cars costing
s2.Oo0 and under. NJ. H Walker cup
J. 5. BransfOrd. Tourist CMcGuage).
(BCVeTidge). Time-3:27 Is. s Shar-
man. REQ G1lliotD. Time-3:42
Fifth race, Wallace Bransford cup,
touring cars costing $1,000 and under
L. f. Ritter, jr., POpe-HartfOrd IL. &.
MoOre(. Time-2:30 1-5. c. w. Freed,
Wayne (E. Freed. Time-2:51 ID. T
BotteriH Pope-Hartford Of. BotterilD.
Time-2:5S
Sixth racee, Tony jacobson cup.
stripped touring cars costing $4,000 and
under-Samuel Newhouse, Packard
rruabout, Bert Fuller. Time-2:O7.
Keith Clarke, Pope Hartford O<aar).
Time-2:17. Ray Walker. Pope-Toledo
Oh. f. Vail. Thne-3:13 SIS.
Seventh race, Don Porter cup,
stripped touring or runabOuts costins
81 500 or under. s. Bransford, Tourist
(McGuage). Tjme-2:33 9-5. S. shar-
man. REQ EllotD. Time-3:92 Is. Il.
c. Pye. REQ Pye). Time-3:27 %.
Eighth race. Telegram cup. stripped
Clarke, Pope-Hartford (Kaar). Time
2:10 A-5. George T. Odell, Knox Water
less Gippey). Time-3:06.
Ninth race. Newhcuse trophy, free
for-aH class.-Samuel NeThouse. Pack
ard runabout (Fullcr). ~Time-2:00 10.
Keith Clarke, Pope Hartford Q<aaD.
Tme-2:O9 3-5. p. J. Moran, Pierce
Great Arrow (Savage). Time-2:22.
Much adverse comment was caused
by the failUre<of the program to iden-
tify the different racers. The numbers
were not given out until just before the
first race. and the crowds upon the
course for the most part were at loss
to identity the different machines or To
know what race was going on. Condi-
lions for the race were ideal, the
weather being almost perfect and the
course in good condition.