Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-24
WHITE AGAIN
SUCCESSFUL
DOES SOME WONDERFUL HILL
CLIMBING STUNTS
MAKES PERFECT SCORES ON
LONG RUNS
Captain Ryus of White Garage Shows
Beautiful Trophy as Evidence
of Ability of Steam
Car

After William L. Slimmon of San Fran
the top of few more steep mountains
and traversed a few more hills where
no road exists he will have to resort to
a balloon or an airship to get new
set of thrills.
Not so very long ago he set new
record in climbing to the top of Mount
Diablo, sending the big steamer to the
very top, climbing over pile of rocks
to do so. Not content with that ne
tried the car out further by running 1t
over Twin Hills where there is not even
a bride path. The trip is equivalent
to q pleasure jaunt over the hills south
of Garvanza and was no less difficult
than that would be.
His latest exploit was to drive White
up the crookedest railroad in the world
that goes to the summit of Mt. Tamal-
pals. :,
In making this last trip he broke all
previous records and beat the time of
the regular train schedule over the same
road.
The car was driven on the railway a
large part of the distance and notwfth-
standing that it was a most bumpy path
the car made the course safely and rap
idly. The distance from West Point to
the tavern, which is two miles, was
seconds, or one minute faster than the
train makes it.
On the road from the West Point inn
TO the White ranch gate the time was
sixteen and half minutes for the dis
tance of six miles.
The road was in bad condition and
there are Isl turns in it.
In going up the railway at one place
the front wheels jumped the rails, strad-
ding one rail while the rear wheels
straddled the other. The steering was
rather difficult under such conditions,
hut the car was held straight at the
expeuse of the front tires, which wore
through to the fabric before the trip
7 was ended.
Good Road Machine
The White has also demonstrated
again it's reliability as road machine
and won decisively the cup offered for
the endurance run from San Francisco
to Del Monte. The run was made In
September and two Whites and two
Tourists finished with perfect scores.
To settle the tie a run was arranged
from San Francisco bay to Witter
Springs, and once more the cars tied
on this run a special cup was offered
and a Lambert and a Mitchell entered
The Lambert fell out on the trip up,
but the Mitchell made perfect score.
This run was made on November 10
and the cars were left at Witter with
sealed bonnets until November 21. when
the return trip was made by different
rou.e over the worst road possible to
find For the third time the Whites
finished with perfect scores and all Of
the others failed. This not only gave
the Del Monte run cup to the White but
also the special cup offered for the
Witter run.
II. d. Ryus. the local agent of the
White steamer, is proudly displaying the
beautiful Fenner trophy that he won
with the White OF the run to Fenner's
mine on Old Badly mountain. The up
ner part of the medal lis an exact re-
production in relief of the winning White
done in gold taken from the Fenner
mine; from this, suspended by two
chains. is a silver automobile wheel, in
the center of which is a relief of the
mountain, showing the mine and the
steamer on the road. The medal is a
very fine piece of work and is to be held
bv the winner until successful con-
testant can claim title to it.