The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-09
AMONG THE LUYONOBHISYS
FOUR DRIVERS TIED FOR FIRST
PLACE IN ROAD RUN.
Quartet Of Machines IN Touring Car DivisiOn
Finish with Perfect Scores In tho
TIVE DayB Enduranee Contest OF the
Meter Cub Of HaFFiahuFR -GOaslD,

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Two DayB Enduranee Contest Of the
Meter Cub Of HarFisburg - Gossip
The oficisl iEures for the two DAYS endur-
anoe run conducted by the Motor Club OF Bar-
rfsburR to York and return on Monday and
Tuesday Of this week were announced yes
terday. when It became known that four
drivers were tied for frat honors In the tour
ing car division. these being Z. b. Irwin.
20 horss-ppwer Pullman; 8. X. Hamburger,
90 horsepower Thomas: III +. Rawll. IS
horsepower Pierce and Walter G. White.
so horsepower White steamer. +. G.. Irwin,
whose contestants number was s. was natur-
ally at the finishing line before the three
other perfect score drivers. whose numbers
were IS. 81 and 80 In the order named. The
fact that Mr.. Irwin. was the first OF the four
perfect SCORE drivers TO arrive ut the end OF
the journey led TO the report that he had
won the trophy offered for touring cars. MIR.
Hamburger arrived at the last checking sta
ton before his time and crossed the line
when told TO do so by the checker. but his
protest against penalization was allow ed by
the committee. II was decided TO give gold
medals to the four perfect score drivers and
TO engrave their names on the trophy which
had been offered.
WILKEsBARRE, May S.-The Wilkesbarre
Automobile Club to-day announced the
events In the hill climbing contest TO be held
on May so, entries to close on May 81. The
course varies from a 10 10 a 20 per cent. grade
and is 1000 feet long. The events are: Free
for all. racing and Atripped cars; Quaker City
runa bout class for members OF the Quaker
City Motor Club OF Philadelphia: stock cars
costing $1,000 and under, stock cars costing
" 1900 and under, stock cars costing IS, 500 and
under. Quaker City touring car class for mem
bers Of the Quaker City Motor Club. stock
touring cars, all prices and horsepower
completely equipped as cstalogued. except
mufier. top and glass front; stock cars cost
ing $1,000 to $500, stock cars costing over
$4,000 and motor cycles, free for ell.
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The Royal Automobile Club Of Great Britain
has announced its Intention OF holding a
hill climbing competition OF q rather unusual
sort. entry being limited to members OF the
or organization. The announcement Is In part
as follows: The entrants will be kept In
a state OF pleasing uncertainty as to the
locality OF the hill on which they will be re-
quested to display the hill climbing C apabilf.
ties OF their cars. The hill chosen Is ex-
ceptionally steep and no one will be permitted
to have a trial run. The ma gradient
will, however. be a advertised. and the entry
fee will be limited to one guinea. On the day
fixed the competitors will be invited to meet
at a certain spot and che cars will then travel
In procession to their destina ton"
Recent agitation OF the good roads oues-
tlon In Delaware county, Pa. has set the
populRce Of that section a%-thinking. and
there Is at least u faint indication Of the APP
proach Of the day when some Of the present
muddy and uneven roads will give way to
highways. SO many advantages
are to be seen In the Improvement Of these
thoroughfares that discussion OF the subject
has been aroused among all classes Of people.
but from the farmers view point particularly
the subject has proved q most interesting one.
One wealthy Delaware county farmer In speak
inga about the matter said he was In favor Of the
e expenditure by the State or county. \or both.
OF q SUFFICIENT sum Of money TO put all OF
the more important roadways In that county
In first class condition. Said he;
Life Will become more pleasant for the
and his family the moment we secure
roads. 1t will then be easier for the
horse and more enjoyable to the driver to
q few miles In the buggy on a nice
our horses Will not be worked TO death In
hhsSSiidR s.p heaTS is, m, wagons through mug
sa Wing In the wear and tear on our wagons.
A team OF horses can haul a 30 to so per cent.
greater load on good. smooth roads than It
could be used for most purposes.
Farm products might be carried, to shipping :
PS1os' I or m eoat t IN quicker Soa : r. time ., and At
improvements would be distributed over the
would Of course. BE- lowered T. market Prices
The Quaker City Motor Club of Philadel-
schedule for Decoration day on Monks
hiI. near the Quaker metropolis. and instead
VII eo0perate Nth the Wnkes9aTre Auto
also scheduled for May 80. c. W. Matheson'
representing the Milkesbarre orgenization,
swain and the board Of governors OF the
Quaker, City club and succe eded 90 well in
iPtsfestl3 a,v the PhllHdelphisns that the
run 70 ,Wilkesbarre. on May. 20. returning
Philadelphla on May 81. The Wilkesbarre
S nusi. In oI Etee9 mot9 Of the Sonrtssy Of the
events In the Decoration day Hill climb
ing programmes reserved exclusively for mem
so much enthusiasm over the prospect
having the Quaker City men at the Giants
Despair c~ontests that the Mayor OF Wilkes
to the P~hlladelphians to be present.
There were ~ entries fer the Giants Despair
notere expect more than one hundred entries
'or this years affair.
j. NJ. Duenas Of Havana. Cuba, who ia now
Tlslting this country, states that the Cubans
ire very. much interested in the subject Of
improved highways and that Havana province
his year the other parts OF the island TO also
rave about the same number Of miles OF
roads constructed during the same
>eriod. He says that Havana. with $50, 600
has more than two hundred
registered automobiles and tina the number
g rapidly increasing. MIR. Duenas, who is
Mechanical engineer, has gone into the auto
mobile business In Havana as agent for the
He says that most Of the cara that
rave been sold In Cuba heretofore have been
II the various European makes, but propheslea
great future FOR American cars on the island.
The 1907 ohicial blue book Of the American
Association 10 TO be issued in three
ections instead OF In a ain gle volume ae was
he case last year. Sections ] and 8, which are
low being prepared, will deal respectively
nth New York State and the West, and with
Sew Jersey, Pennsylvania, the South and
Vest. The New England part OF the blue
,ook-section 2-has just been issued, and IA
leather bound. volume Of b34 pages. The
lew England volume 10 prefaced by a special
giving the metropolitan district
this city. Shore line and Hudson River com
into New England. the return and
routes being covered by the CONF
,lete sections In the anne volume. Seventeen
thousand miles Of roads are described and
overed almost entirely by marginal maps.
LmonE the entirely new features are general
nape covering the entire country in miniature.
he special purr9se OF which 10 TO show the ne.
ltion Of one route TO another. The index Of
lacee has been materially enlarged. There
} a chart OF automobile hys, giving in con-
ensed form "details regarding reglstration,
eee, number lamp and speed laws for the
lev I'm gland and Middle 6tates. There ara