The San Francisco call., 1907-06-04
LEVITT MAKES RUN
INTO THE YOSEMITE
Sends Word That His REQ
Has a Clean Score
for the Trip
BY r. r. I'rfornrnedieu

80.
President J. w Leavitt arrived In the
Yosemite valley yesterday in his REQ
car He sent a message to his ONCE
in this city to the effect that he had
made the trip from Stockton with
perfect score; that the roads were
rough and steep and Afforded nard
test for car With President Leayitt
was Walter Hansel of Stockton From
the tone of Leavitt's dispatch 1T is GER
tain that he will advocate the Yo-
semitic route for an automobile run on
his return to this city. From all tnat
can be ascertained OF the trip, 1t is one
Of the hardest that has even been at
tempted in California.
The studebaker Brothers report the
sale of Studebaker automobile iau-
daulette to c. II. Beauchamp.
The Howard automobile company un-
loaded from the freight cars, set up
and delivered to customers "a Bucks
last week.
Two Wayne cars. one the new 1907
runabout. have arrived for the motor
Car Agencies company They VIII %
on the floor of the salesroom today.
Ex-Commodore j. A. Leonard OF the
Encinal yacht club took an interesting
trip last Sunday in his new Buick auto
mobile. He lefUthe city by the MIS-
sion road, going as far as Gonna, Wnere
he branched off toward Half Moon bay
passing through Brighton Beach. He
continued on to 'Spanishtown, where a
stop was made, and then retraced his
course as far as Colma and went down
the county road to San Jose. He re-
turned home by way OF OAKLAND
Leonard's family made the trip Win
him.
A Thomas Forty has been doing
stunts in Denver, having captured
track record. The following telegram
was received by the Pioneer automobile
company yesterday:
Lowered world stock car 80 mile record cir
cular track yesterday with Thomas Az Iime'
% A''''ss - LYNN MArHEwsoN-
A. Alpers and family toured TO San
Jose and Alum Rock Sunday in Alper's
Moon car.
The owners of Mitchell cars are pre-
pairing for three days of sport at the
end Of this week. On Friday tney
are to have hill climbing contest TOT
touring cars and runabouts on the nil
at Alum Rock beginning at p. m.
Il
make a run to Del Monte Tor luncheon
The afternoon will be given over to a
ride over the Ii mile drive. Some OF
the owners will return home on Satur-
day, while others will come home on
Sunday night and Monday morning
The contests at Alum Rock hill will
be for cups offered by the home COM
pany through the local agents, Osen
& Hunter, who have charge of the
contest.
D.Arcy, Scott & Co. will deliver a
Dragon touring car to t. e. Bailey of
Livermore today.
The Carmichael-Bray company has
received an Elmore runabout. The car
is now being exhibited by the company.
1t is three cylinder, two cycle car of
moderate power, being good for SO
miles on the road.
Nat Goodwin, the comedian. is hav-
ing a big Welch car shipped to the
coast by express He expects to give,
some OF the fast cars little dust
along the roads.
J. w Leavitt and company report
the following sales of REQ cars during
the last seven days: Runabouts, Alback
& Mayer, Joseph Steiger of Napa and
an automobile company at Santa Rosa,
touring cars, Robert Bancroft of Mer-
ced, Robert Corbett and the automo-
bile company at Santa Rosa. The COM
pany received nine new runabouts this
week. They came dressed In black,
with bright red running gear These
colors are big Improvement over the
cars of green.
| The E. r. Thomas company of Buff
| falo has wired to the coast the follow
| ing telegram:
w. c. Hood, with a Thomas Flyer. on the
Bennings track on May 80 broke the worlds
record for 100 miles. Time, hours ~ min
utes and 50 seconds He defeated six other cars
Previous record. hours is minutes.
| Roy Mauvais of the Mauvais motor
| car company returned yesterday from
trip to his mothers summer home at
| Glen Ellen He had a delightful time
! and reported the roads to be in splen-
| did condition He will start this after
noon for his ranch at Fresno, to be
gone until the end of the week. After
his return to this city he will make a
| trip through LakI county.
| G. " Rogers. secretary of the
cine, wis, arrived last night from San
Jose with Mr. Hunter of Osen &
! Hunter, who are the local agents for
the Mitchell car. He will attend the
| hill climbing contest on Friday at
Alum Rock. He said last night:
have made sort of vacation run west to at
tend the first event for Mitchell cars to be held
west of Chicago have had delightful time