The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-07
AMONG The AUTOMOBILISTS
FAST FINE AND THRILLING RACES
AT ATLANTIC CITY.
Roberts vim Free for An FINAL ~ less
Than 70 Feet IN 80 z.S seconds -TOur-
lnx ear Record HrOk en- by Leland. who
Covers Mile In - seconds -GOss,p.

Than TO Feet IN go x.S seconds Tour
Ing ear Record Hrok en- by Leland. who
Covers Mile I'm - Seconds -COsslp.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. j.. Aug. O. Favored by q
ten knot wind that blow st their backs over a
track that from the taksor 10 the finish was a.
smooth ~ a dancing floor. contestants In six
speed events gave n large crowd OF spectators
an exhibition Of spectacular driving on the
Ventnor Beach course this morning at the
second days session Of the annual Alta mite
City auto tournament.
The record for tqpring cars was broken by a
high powered Stearns car. driven by W v.
Leland who covered the mile stretch In ~
seconds. The best time Of the day was made
In the flying start free for all championship.
when Montag que Roberts drove the 100 horse
power Thomas car a mile In 40 2-5 seconds.
This speed was still o rs seconds away from
Christie's record for the beach. but nearly
three seconds better than the Thomas per
Torrance last wear.
The steady breezs from the south west
helped the drivers considerably. while the
sand gullies that handicapped the cars at
the start yesterday had dlsa ppeared under
the effects OF the tide and waves. and the
beach was never before In more superb con-
dition for fast time.
superstition cropped out in = resume OF
the days programme when II was discovered
'''"N V ~ t"t oN.f
drivers refused to put their cars in this class
because OF its numerical symbol Of supposed
III luck. Later in the day efforts TO dispose
Of the No. ~ among post entries for the
time handicap event caused n stampede OF
drivers. One Of the first cars 10 refuse raced
under another number and met with the only
accident OF the day In blowing out it's fuses
just al the finish Of the contest.
Spectators looking for excitement met with
no disappointment in the contes t. to-day.
There we're none OF the easy victories which
marked the races yesterday. and several OF
the finishes brought victory to the winners
by only half a length. The greatest interest
centred In the free for all championship. in
which the cars got away with a Tying start.
The Thomas. dr ven by Roberts. won a fast
heat from the Stearns and y. l.. NJ. in ~ s-5
seconds. p. J. Robinson. az the wheel. drove
the Stevens Durye8 so horsepower to victory
IN the second heat in so lis seconds. out
dist ancing the Matheson. a 20 horsepower
car.
TIT final proved the beat contest ever wit
messed on this beach. The Thomas. the
Stearns and the Stevens. Duryea had qualified
and despite the great burst Of speed obtained
by the. flying start scarcely q cars length
separated the cars AT the half mile post. The
Stearns then forged Nightly ahead. but less
than 200 yards from the finish Roberts forced
the Thomas to it's best attachments and
crossed the line leading by less than twenty
feet.
The G~entlemen's roadster handicap proved
a thrilling event and brought out a surprise
when Will am McIlvrid scored a close victory
with the 30 horsepower Thomas car, which
had a handicap OF 10 seconds, and beat out the
Stoddard- Dayton, 30 horsepower with nine
with Ave seconds to the good. Twelve cars
came down the stretch to sether in the spec
ocular race Of the time handicap class .,
had established n record of iI0 or better on
the beach. Summaries:
Touring Gers GasO!sne; s. 80 or less; resSlsEly
son Auto Company; driver. W; j. Hayes Secopd;
driver ~ ss: = r n%s'e , p %i"ui, f sas 5 ses %aae,s' owner anu
Prize Handicop -G;asolene. 5000. regularly
c%Ss'p sssand 'f ir n"rn 81" 500 p Vsss In price 0' %oG y
f. oldsmob!le. IS horse power. Motor shop; phiis
nst ton, 30 horse power. hamilton AUTO Com
pany; L. J.. Lelnbach. driver. Third Jackson.
smI nSI't dr pSMff' fourth SSSriN0 Maven naS% Ho% 3 morse J power,
Maxwell Briscoe COMPANY; Charles Fleming,
Free For III Chsmplonshlp Gasolene cars, one
mile. nying start First heat- Won by Thomas.
Roberts, driver, Second stGerns. u horse power.
7. p. Stearns Company; l.. W Leland. driver.
second Heat" Won by stevens Duryes. 50 horse.
power, stevens pSrysa COMPANY 2 >; Robinson
son Company; driver, } H. Ryan. Time, 30 l5
Final Won by Thomas, l2O horse power; second.
Stearns. IS horse power: third. stevens Dury ga,
;" I hGrse pOH tp,s Tune GnD oDe5 Sc Smsr,c,r touring
cars Of % horse power or less: regularly equipped:
SoaIdd.ssmnnoSSIIneI c 81 horse power r. " Berger: second.
Stoddard Dayton. so horse power 7 y Rockett.
fourth, Packard. "a horse power. Ernest Lash.
Time. ! minute - ) seconds
10 1880; 5000 scratch; one second for each 500
less In price: owners to drve..Won by Thomas ~
o1ds; second, s,oddsrd baytsh. bors. power.
7: I" LeInbach, handicap; Q seconds: ,hird. 2 !. NJ.
s seconds; fourth, stesrns. 10 horse power, a. j.
Pacard, scratch. Time. I minute u = S seconds.
Do n% Gas "a Is s S.sa1., 1om w , ~ !. S%s' " I1,sn q d hqT:s
handicap. ! seconds: second. stanley steamer. IS
S aoF.s pp SsHa,'s &s,se. ssSo% Scmp ss1rp, s= %assssSs, =
feo & TSo ISSs'e Company ni ny tsGmissi Mel pSrsi 6 4Swer
handicap. u seconds. Time; nlny,e7 2 sseconds,
Crawford, r. $. Crawford driver, ! minute SSS
seconds,
Major G.. J. =. Miller Of the Automobile
Club Of America. who was q very. prominent
figure In track racing when the Morris Park
runabout which he had built according 20
his own ideas at his home In franklin. IA.
racing under the present conditions hut
that when cars we're CLASSIFIED according To
piston displacement he thought ~ very
\ simple time "a yer tnat might mpre often
he used is a screwdriver. slot in boil heads
There are many cases where a bolt needs TO
be held against turning while the nut IL zoos
ened with n wrench. and many others in which
q bolt IL threaded into a port and simply
locked by the nut. In these latter cases after
the nut has been started with a wrench the
bolt can be withdrawn much more quickly
by a screwdriver than by a wrench. The
same principle applies also to cap screws
wherever they are used.
The ofnci ais Of the Automobile Club or
California AZ San Francisco are n present
engaged in preparing a. set Of road maps
/ OF the central portion Of California. When
the maps are completed the clnbmen will
begin the work ~ posting direction and dan
ger signs along the roads included In the
touring directions. .
DeIegat es representing the national au-
tomobile clubs Of Italy. France. Germany,