The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-06

net still sealed and on its arrival in New
York will have completed this itinerary:
Newark, N. Y, to New York. 1856 miles:
A. c. A. sealed bonnet contest. 600 miles;
New York to Chicago, 1,04 miles; Chicago
Motor Club sealed bonnet contest, lis
miles; Chicago to New York, 1.044 miles.
Total, 3,219 miles.
A new feature that created more than
usual interest in the Chicago endurance
and reliability run June rs was the team
contest. Among the teams that came In
for a big bunch of applause was the
Premier. Two of these cars were entered
as a team, both making all controls on
time and finishing with perfect scores.
The same car won the new worlds nom
stop mileage record at Bridgeport, Conn.,,
| only four days previously, while in the
New York to Albany mud run June 6 1t
was among the first eight out of twenty
seven starters to finish, beating fourteen
| higher-priced cars. Having also won equal
distinction in the Berkshire blizzard and
numerous other strenuous tryouts, four
| cylinder devotees are everywhere viewing
the Premier with great favor as a leading
| candidate for their confidence and patron
age.
The Aerocar is doing things, not only in
the East, but as far West as California.
The newest is the breaking of a noted
climbing record. 1t is the thirty-four miles
between Porterville and Deer Creek Hot
Springs. The road between the two places
is up a mountain that is so steep that
only W cars had ever mad the trip be-
fore on their own power. This is not the
fact, because others have not tried, fer
every ~well-known make of car that IS
sold in California has at some time at
tempted the ascent and failed. The first
car to make the climb did it in two hours
and thirty minutes. This record remained,
as the second car that went up did not ar
rive in near the time. The third was the
Aerocar,s which carried five persons all the
way up in two hours and sixteen minutes
The low speed was not used on the entire
trip, only the intermediate and high gear.
1t has caused a great deal of interest In
the Aerocar line in the West, as climbing
is one OF the difficulties of motoring IN
that section.
Many people who followed the auto
mobile shows closely last year have
been wondering lately what had pc
come of the Golden Dragon the
brass-copper runabout which was
christened at the New York how In
Grand Central Palace, in December
and which made a continuous line OF
sensations in various cities through
out the winter and spring. Some oil
them have been surprised to near tha'
the car is still running and is being
used by the Dragon Company as 8
show car, it's latest appearance being
at Wildwood, on July 4, when 1T par
ticipated in an automobile carnival
held at that summer resort. TIT
Golden Dragon was fitted out witt
Its harness OF parti-colored electro
lights as 1t was equipped in the Phila
delphia night parade this spring. whei
1t won the trophy for the best decorat
ed r%unabout, and again it was tn
i, feature of interest at wildwood, ant
. with it's shiny metal body and gaily
decorated frame was the centre of at
: traction in another parade OF consid
cradle magnitude.
Johnson Quinn has presented a cur
valued at $3.50. for a free-for-all roa'
run, under the auspices of the City an
Country Motor Club, from the Emplr
Hotel in New York city to the Lonl
Beach Hotel at Long Beach, L. I. MI
Quinn suggests tina the race TAX
! place about July 20. A special meet
$ ing of the members of the City an
: Country Motor III has been calle
3 for. Tuesday night, at the New 1orl
. clubhouse. vt that time the matte
of the race for the Quinn trophy an
other matters of Importance will b
. discussed.