The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-21
NINTH DAY OF AUTO TOUR
No PERFECT SCORE NOW IN glib
DEN TEAM CONTEST.
Pittsburg Tumbies From the Lead In Run
From Home city to Bedford Springs
Buffalo Now I'm FIRST Place -Indi,I,.
mails Lose Points In short nun.

? BEDFORD SPRINGS, Pa, July 20. -Pttsburgs
pride was humbled to-day. for the team ~
the Pittsburg Automobile Club tumbled oul
of the perfect score division In the tourney
Of o.. two miles from Pittsburg to Bedford
Springs in the ninth days run of the fourth
annual tour Of the American Aulomobil.
Association. To the grief of the Pittshurr
delegation the fall of their team was hard
enough 10 not only take them out Of the
perfect score class but to put them in second
place with the Automobile Club Of Buffalo
occupying the top rung on the percentage
ladder.
The Pittsburg man to lose point, vas
Thomas =. Jones. whose l0-4o horse-power
Pierce lost 30 points to-day for arriving IN
hour and n half late at the checking IN station.
Not the least interesting point in connection
with Mr.. Jones being tardy to-dny il tho tact
that he was one of those who insisted last
night at the meeting OF contestants IN Puts
burg that eight hours was plenty Of lime Tor
to-day's Journey,
Nlr. Jones's ~lateness caused mis- club team
TO lose 22I points. which gives the lead 10 the
Bun alo clubs team, which has only lost is Is
points TO date.
competition for the Hover prize by drivers
of rDnabouts were spoiled to-day, a. Archie
i; Hughes of the Rhode Island Au,onobils
u. o. Smith of the Indianapolis Automobile
Club could not send his Premier runabou'
away from the Hotel .Schenlcy this morning
because his dri yer. Harry Hammond, was
too. sick to leave the hotel.
MIR Hughes worked like n Trojan With his
90 Is horsepower Pierce rnnabout to-day. but
simply could not make the schedule time Of
eight hours and one-half with II. tie sai1
that he had been forced TO stop by one pune.
lenc. but had lost a LOT Of time trying IA. ~
his sliding gears. into which some! hinr had
fallen that caused him lots of trouble.
The first car Ia aTTiN We AT the Bedford Snrinrs
Hotel to-day was the noncontesiing 80 horse
power Thomas of George VI. Davis Of the
Automobile club of Buffalo. which made the
run from Pittsburg with six. Passengers IN
3 hours and 80 minutes actual running time
MI; Davis S,, e es Msa b .iHe nv %S SSr iW 9oITs %
minutes by the pilot car OF the competing
cars.
arrived first trailing Mr.. Davis up to the
hotel. Mr.. Jervis's car made the run In .
hours and 40 minutes, ana the mex best run
Hallowell's Thomas, which made The run In
Q hours.
man. who has won great praise by The manner
he has kept his Pennsylvania Tunabout going.
came 10 grief this afternoon. about ninety
miles from here when one OF the arms Of
the steering gear broke. He started to-
night TO drive back in n wagon, TO where he
had left his car. he borrowed some parts
from q. \. Fleming. driver Of one OF the
MaXwelis, and hopes to AZ up his Pennsyl.
vania At a blacksmith shop so he can con
tinue.
day, as the six cylinder Pierce he rides In
had carbureter trouble. and about . dozen
cars had arrived here before Mr.. Hover
appeared on the scene. j. W. MearS o.
BROOKLYN withdrew his Acme to-day ~ a
contestant for the Glidden trophy as II menu
her of the New York Motor Clubs team.
He bent an axle on Friday and had straight
ened out to-day. He Is expected To con-
tinue a. a non-contestant.
Sid Black of Cincinnati. who has been one
Of the Cleveland Automobile clubs team
with a 30 horsepower loZier. did not check
out from Pittsburg with IL to-day, though last
night he was one of the strenuous onrs who
voted for an eight hour schedule for to-day's
run.
The i0-45 horsepower Columbia entered
nv +. T.. Dayton Of the Chicago Automobile
club got into difficulties about thirty miles
from here and the passengers came IN on
other cars. A. l.. Peterson Of Bet:endorf, IA,
who has been one Of the Cleveland Automobile
Clubs team. Withdrew his SO horsepower
Meteor from the Glidden contest to-day.
Orrel A. Parker of the Automobile CLUB
" America. who withdrew his Royal as a
Glidden contestant. has been continuing nsa
n0n-contestant and to-day assumed the role
Of the official tour census taker. He was aided
in his work by his bride. and they counted M
less than I .s63 water breaks and thank 'emans
between Pittsburg and the hotel here.