The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-20

ing a very fast schedule for the mountain
trip through Pennsylvania There should
be three or four cars tied for the Hover
trophy. and present conditions point to the
winning of the Glidden trophy by the Buff
falo Club. which is represented by high
powered cars 10 the hands of capable
drivers.
Hotel accommodations nave been much
better than last year, and there is consid-
cradle more system. for which credit should
be given to Chairman Hover and Seere-
tary Lewis of the touring committee. The
main complaint has been against the fast
schedule and Of racing on the roads. This
is being regulated somewhat by Mr.. Hover
himself. acting as pncemaker. starting half
an hour ahead OF the first car, and by
giving a number to each contestant as he
leaves, d%enoting his position In line.
THE present trip proves that next year
there must be observers to properly salts
fy everyone and, moreover, there must be
some plan permitting the use of new parts.
To show how severe a test the present af-
fair is. one must consider that the cars
are driven at almost top speed for seven
to nine hours each day; that they must be
oiled aud adjustments made during that
running time. to say nothing of repairing
tires. and Mt the finish each night they
are many times left out In the rain. At
all times they are caked with mud and are
treated in a thoroughly reckless fashion.
No car viii be washed during the entire
trip. Some of the contestants are using
as much as five gallons of oil In a car a
day. Should a spring break or a bearing get
hot and IL such part was not originally
inventoried and carried, the car is fmme-
dlatelv disqualified for putting in the new
part.
THE whole tour shows that motors are
almost perfect. There has been very few
spark plugs put in, and comparatively no
motor troubles of any Importance. The only
trouble have been in running gears. par
ticularly In the matter of springs, bear
ings and wheels. About thirty of the cars
were originally equipped with shock abb
sorbers and these had no spring trouble.
Chairman Hover ruled that shock alb
sorbers were not accessories, but were a
part Of the springs. and any requirements
on them would involve disqualification. An
effort TO have him change the ruling so
that shock absorbers could be put on the
cars after they reached Chicago failed, SO
that those which did not originally have
the equipment have to go without them"
There is lust one car in the tour that has
been in every tour. This is the No. Al
Maxwell. entered by I. C. KlrlSham. In
az seu - ~. ti"pus WIN
Der in the tour every year.
VIZ 49,
,ha c,,adaa on h.lie c"I ~
~ = : peihoauAns the lac'
.NHe q senue heaf' uuu heiplhs mann leahs
70 penai'ation' Last Ahursoay' curing Inc
run from Ioiedo TO south Bend, he
testants out of the mud. In doing this he
lost time and he later remarked 'I Sinntv
would not. risk the lives of nv p-assenpArs
in an effort to make M lost time" srbe
car Is In parfect condition and was f,lIv
canah,e If arriving on time ~ Mr. NFa.rs
hod corad m rislr tho cor ana 40 na.son.
gers, lives bv braaking Tho snead ioxvs ~
ONO.
r. -on, ,u,n 49, a.. -
eue y a rIahcisco
D" ioaus, d reeriess Gar was one
OF three 10 make a perfect score. AFTER
following day won several races on the
Del Monte track. 1t was first in the trials
and the final race for the Del Monte Gun.
Max L. Rosenfeld. the driver sta fed that
- ino run Tue car over d year. ana that
twenty ihles OF 'ne race was run at a
speed OF hIty-slx miles an hour. AS tnis
race was on a circular race track the rate
OF gong was extremely good.
Charles Gldden, the giobe-gfrdling mo-
torist and donor of the trophy for which
the touring cars are competing, is riding
o,al comro,ttoa o. NJ 49,. 49, - T.
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