New-York tribune., 1907-07-23
ONE AUTO RUNS WILD.
CARS REACH BALTIMORE.
Eighteen Machines Haze Perfect
Scores an Glidden Run.
IBy Telegraph TO The Tribune.I

Baltimore July PIP p Jones' OF the Pittsburs
Automobile Club ran wild in to-day's run OF the
American Automobile Association tour from Bed
fcrd Springs. Going at rate, it is said.- OF mile
minute in his Pierce car. he ran into mail cart
at Benevola, seventy-four miles from the start,
taking the front wheel Off and according TO the
postman. breaking Of the horses legs He
then bumped into the rear of an Acme car. driven
by J. W. Mears. slightly damaging II. There was
a tolgate where the accident occurred. and. with
out waiting to learn what harm he had done. Jones
continued his wild flight without waiting TO pay
toll The driver Of the mail cart said that he
would bring the case before the authorities at
Washington.
Another accident which fortunately did not re-
suit fatally occurred to-day. when Mrs Andrew
CUreo. Of Richmond HILL Long Island. driving a So
horsepower Rainier car. smashed into fence and
then into tree. owing to one OF the tires OF her
car exploding while coming down steep grade
at McConnellsburg thirty-four miles from Bedford
Springs The skidded off the road into a
bounded out again and hit tree. Mrs. CuneO's
husband was one of the four passengers in the
car. Nobody was injured. The front axle of the
car was bent, but Mrs. CuneO Will drive the
here and continue in the tour when repairs
made. Her turned turtle In the Of 1905.
Jones was penalized 80 points Saturday for
arriving late which cost the Pittsburg Automobile
Club 221a points The Pittsburg Club team had been
leading with clean score for the Glidden trophy
but this big penalizaton gave the lead the Buff
falO Automobile Club.
The to-day one hundred and forty-two
miles. Ten hours were allowed to cover the dis
tance While the route steep and noun
famous roads, the going not SO hard as on Fri
Viiy anu Salurudy tOr q GOOu part OF tne uBcSnCe
the machines travelled maca dam roads. but
an almost continuous number of high waterbreak-
ers were again encountered. Then there were more
than dozen toll gates. where tolls from three
to twenty-five cents had to be paid. and at some
of these gates a ticket given that had TO bo
punched at a toll gate further on. The official
guide book gave the amount Of the tolls that would
be asked at each place. To avoid delay the driver
had each toll in an envelope and handed 1t to the
tolkeeper as he passed
SgOod going to-day compared with the last few
days OF the tour made it for most of the cars
10 arrive here a few hours before they had to
check in
The Stoddard- Dayton car. which has been run
ming with perfect for the Glidden trophy
penalized to-day 13s points for arriving late
due to transmission trouble. This brings down the
total OF cars with perfect scores for the GEdden
trophy to eighteen. The three runabOuts running
for the Hover cup all had clean scores to-day.
The enthusiastic welcome was extended 10
the tourists in the various towns passed through
to-day, but in Baltimore the visitors were hardly
noticed, which quite contrast 10 the rousirg
interest shown in the other big cities where they
had stopped.
The run tomorrow will be to Philadelphia