The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-03

showed tnlfty-Inree ana a HdI miieS PEI
gallon, up hill and down dale, despite the
fact that according to European rules a
15~-horsepower Machine is called a touring
car and must carry four passengers. The
Ford came through the four days test
with a perfect score, having made a non
stop throughout.
The much Wanted superiority of foreign
made cars over the American has become
furnished OF late and 1t is beginning to
dawn on the motorist that the big mileage
scores, the fuel economy figures n the
reliability records made In Europe were
due not so much to the quality of the
machine as to the excellence OF the road
conditions-in comparison with the aver
age of which our boulevards are rough
and our ordinary country roads impassable.
That the rules which govern foreign events
are more stringent and their enforcement
more rigid there can be no doubt, and
this but serves to show the American car
to better advantage. For example. there
is a rule which compels a ear OF l5-horse-
power or over to compete in the touring
car class-so much power being considered
excessive for a runabout. Hence a Ford
r%unabout Is compelled to put on an extra
seat and carry four passengers In all tests,
ribbons is the best standard OF comparl-
son between foreign and American cars
In the recent Scottish reliability trials the
Ford duplicated its splendid performance
In the English and In the irish contests'
The report shows that the Ford won inc
hill climb OH the fourth day, and that IT
was second the fifth day TO a hiBh-priced
English car which won three OF the nVe
climbs. Two non-motor stop runs are
also credited to the Ford. An English eX-
pert who viewed the Ford performance
saws: THE climb was a distance or LOW
yards, with a total of 3l feet, equal 10 an
average gradient of l In I.9. these rang
ing, as a matter of fact, from IN I 10
l In q. Last year a 9-lO-horsepoWer swirl,
a l4--horsepower Vulcan, and a l6-2O-horse-
power Beeston Humber distinguished
themselves at Trinafour. This time the
fastest cars in their respective classes
proved to be the 15-horsepower Ford, which
made a capital showing throughout the
trial; the 1S-horsepower Mass; the ~
horsepower C. c. c., and a A-horsepower
Mass"
The first entry received for the twenty
four hour race at Brighton Beach was that
of n SO-35-horse power StudebalSer. j. A.
Holm is named as the principal driver,
but as yet his team mate has not been
selected. The debut Of the Studebaker
in the field of automobile competition was
made In the Sealed Bonnet. It's second
appearance was in the endurance contest
of the Bay State Automobile Association
and in both contests the Studebaker made
a perfect score. The great value or COM
petltive events Is well Illustrated by the
action of the Studebaker Brothers Com
many. the w~ell-known concern which until
recentlv abstained from demonstrating the
worth of their product in open contests
Six B. l.. NJ. cars will participate in the
N--.G- Ttf aaNf Uyoo in-l
Guiding the racing ear built to compete
for a place in the American team in the
last Vanderbilt Cup race, but not COM
pleted in time to start In the elimination
trials. The B. l.. NJ. racing a Is re-
ported to be very fast, and 1t is more
than possible that 1t will turn out a Win
ner at Atlantic City. Arthur Moulton VIII
drive It. unless the services of a salts
factory professional pilot are secured.
Much OF the interest in the Atlantic City
Automobile Carnival is conferred in the
entry OF n 60-horsepower Matheson, TO
be driven by Frank Lescault, because OF
the great performance made by a-ear OF
this make, plotted by the late
Tom Cooper IN the last race meet on the
Ventnor beach. On this occasion the
Matheson carried seven passengers one
mile In 5ols seconds, a worlds stock car
record which still stands. Lescault pc
lieves that his 1907 Matheson is a faster
car than the 1906 model driven by Cooper
and is therefore confident of lettering the
of 5oJz seconds, which is at the rate
of seventy miles an hour. A Matheson
car of the same model that Cooper made
his record In will be driven at Atlantic
City b. F. B. Ryall, of Newark.
Strong efforts have been made to get the
first Colt %runabout through the factory IN
time to participate in the racing, winch
will be the leading feature Of the Attain
tic City carnival. 1t now seems certain
that these efforts have been successful
and that this latest addition to the list OF
cars on the American market will make
its debut to the public at the contests on
Ventnor Beach on Monday. While definite
ARRANGEMENTS have not been made 1t Is
likely that Eddie Bald, the former bicycle
racer and now one OF the best drivers IN
the automobile game. will pilot the Colt
runabout.
Time was when the proper caper for
demonstrating hill cllmbing ability was to
make the grade on the high gear and at
the greatest speed possible. The advent
of the six-cyliedsr car, will It's ability to
get down and dig and pull has changed
all this. A typical six-cyllnder hill-ciimh-
ing demonstration was made by the Ford
agent at Milwaukee the other day In n
match contest with another make of car,
The Ford man insisted that a slow elm
on high should be one Of the items on
the program. as the contest was TO settle
the question OF ''fexlbility' ia the six
versus the four. The Hill was Dot one
quarter OF q mile long, very steep, and
there were several sharp turns, with one
switchback. The rival car failed 10 make
1t on the high gear at all, but the Ford SIX
covered the distance in just thirty seconds.
Then 10 show what the six is really capa-
BILE Of. Goulder. the driver, returned TO the
bottom of the hill, and, starting from a
stand on high gear, made The same dis
tauce in two minutes and fofty-hve Sec
ond, his speed meter showing as low as zen
miles an hour at the turns.
Three thousand miles in twenty days is
the record-touring trip just completed by
ID. e. Levy. the well-known New York
broker. To maintain an average OF lou
miles a day for twenty days is a notable
performance for a private owner driving
his own car and accompanied by a party
Of friends. Mr.. Levy travelled in his
Matheson from New York to Chicago by
the way Of Albany. Buffalo and Cleveland
and returned over the same route taken
bv the Glidden tourists o week before him.
He encountered a great deal of stormy
weather and found the roads in wretched
condition.
Somewhere on the road between New
York and Clyde. O.. is the Gilmore car.
which went through the Glidden tour with
its mechanism sealed. When las heard
From, thtu car and tic nlucLv crew were