The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-20
AMONG The AUTOMOBILES
ROADS Under REPAIR ca SE
TROUBLE FOR TOURISTS.
Five Gliddcnltcs Tumble From Perfect
score Division on nun From Canton tn
Ptttsburg Two Bullets Fired nj ". n.
Tuck er's Gar Nes Darlington. Pa.

Tuckers Car Near Darlington. Pa.
PIrrsPuRG. Pa. July Ie.-The eighth dav
Of the fourth annual tournament Of the Amer.
lean automobile Association ended here " he,
the cars were checked in at the Hotel Schen.
ley after a hard drive over rough roads from
Canton. The last thirty-hve miles of the
route as laid down In the Official tourna-
ment book was changed. and the tourists
declare with emphatic u%nanimity that IL the
abandoned route was any worse than the
one used the only motor vehicle suitable for
travelling over II would be a dirigle balloon.
Some day in the future the roads travelled
from Beaver Falls to this city may he At to
travel over. as several miles are now being
improved. but IL was a severe strain for the
cars 20 make them do the hurdling they had
10 over long stretches Of crushed rock which
had not been packed down by a steam roller
4 number OF the drivers took things easv
on the first part Of the days journey rs they
expected TO have fairly good roads for the
last tbirty-tivs miles and the result was that
they were either forced to drive madly for
the last part Of the trip or he penalized for
being late at the checking in station.
Five cont est ants for the Glidden trophy
tumbled from the perfect score division to-
day. These were Sid Black Of the Cleveland
=, Automobile Club, who lost 81 points with his
20 horsepower Lozier: p. Gaeth of the Clev.-
land Club. who lost thres point.
with his IS horsepower Gaeth: W. J. Howard
Of the New York Motor Club. vhp lost three
! points with his 26-2s horsepower bldsmobile
!. c. Nirkhsin OF the wcstch ester Motor Clab.
Who lost ~ points with his 1890 horse-pover
! Maxwell. and frank n. Mutt Of the Chicago
4 Automobile Club. who lost > points with his
so horsepower HHines.
Charles H.. J. Gliddsn said tonight thai
there were still ffty-four cars remaining In
the party out of the seventy -four that lsn
Cleveland last Wednesd sy morning. out ~
this number are twenty touring cars in the
perfect score class. Ave unahouts trying
for the Hower individual prize in the perfect
score class and one touring car trying for A
certificate of performance mat has no penal
cations, the latte being Gartiot Cabbanne OF
the ST. Louis automobile Club who is drivin {
a 20 hor power American Mors.
The drivers that still have perfect scores In
the team contest for the Gliddeu trophy. With
their clubs and cars, are as follows;
r. D. Garden. New York. Pierce. G. Is
Salzman. Buffalo. Thomas; Montgomery Halo
well. Buffalo. Thomas. Philip s. Flynn. Pitts.
burg. Pierce: r. s. Dey, Buffalo. Pierce.
J. W. Moore. Indianapolis. Premier: Thomas
p. Jones, .Httsburg. Pierce: II. II. Perkins
Pittsburg, Packard: A Kumpf. Buffalo.
Pierce: q. r.. Moore. Pittsburg. Welch.
r. S. Lea. New York. Walter: r. NJ. Owen.
Automobile Club of America, REQ. n. E.
Tillotson. Chicago, Stoddsrd Dayton. Arthur
- v nc Y tOie D'lhfA W. ne n
Cleveland. Royal: Walter c. White. Cleveland.
white; A. }. Sc life. New York. White; Charlie.
n. Burmsn Gle leland. Peerless: w. c. Strsub,
Cleveland. Peerless: Edward Noble. Chicago.
Those who still have perfect scores for the
Hover individual prize for drivers Of run
a. Z. Hughes. Rhode Island. Pierce: H. O..
Smith. Indianapolis. Premier: g; s. Smith.
S 2Sssecrl . city; %bI,e ,Ds Ns1I,os ~ X K SS Ssa.
Cleveland. PeDnRyIyania
.en IL the 'S c9 tSs E f9F S5SS tss%s sAs .s EIsS
second. with q total pensiizstion OF Is Is
PACKARD s,ds'si S yssssrG Esye ' TSs S sS SSc L.; club pS5s Il
America did not lose any points to-day, and
rSt ereyTi2Ss s A sGtsl Bisiea Giab 81 p sss sC diaa
' not I0 sss a 1ss,I pP point. so-d 4Ss; New t YcI Rrs GofSf
80 a.. -S'' The VS,%te IMotor Cub 'H iost
l. Ia points to-day. making it's total $40 ID.
loet. points to-day. but as cars representing
both clubs bad not arrived here when the
we're announced for them ~
news brought II By 3 II: Tucker Of the Clcye:
l%ineton. Pa when the occupants OF the big
were made BY tires Exploding They looked
s snS wb to see II aanIy car were oileSwIns them
ana wnen tney did not see any hopped out
They did nS. ind any exploded tires on
the cars but did find two bullet holes in the
been made BY shots from two different Ore
arms. as the bullets were of different size
the shooter or shooters. but could not dis
cover any one and continued on their Journey
to fhi: city Without iuIthsr adventure
very Marcy and Winding SsiTstck SEioS
we're held UP. on this road by three wagons
Of the mud holes. The only way the wagons
could be pulled through was to hitch all
s turn n SnS hs Un t ssen v. ri ise TO sf harder Ta sSHssc ,n
which Of necessity took a great deal Of time.
during which the cars that wished to get BY
Frank \, Mutt. W. J. Howard and p. Gseth
Of Cleveland were among those who were hello
telt very badly about Il. Mr., NUT might
se sc, t Seen a sar do get In IN on time but for tn,
minutes when he was within a couple Of
!. c. .Kirkbam. who was another who losf
his perfect score. was delayed BY tire trouble
kept going ne drove as fast as any sane man
would have travelled over the route.
rip to-day and added that II he went into any
Dig touring event next year he would have
a car OF at least 100 horsepower.
The springs OF Sid Blacks Lozier were
responsible for his tumble from the perfect
score division. u. =. CONN OF the Automobile
IUuo OF Detroit lost seventy seven points to.
day With his Thomas Forty runabout and
John w Haynes of the Chicago Automobile
club arrived here late. as he had a lot Of troubls
with The fan belt on his - horse power Dragon.
IF; r.. Dayton OF the Chicago Automobile
cub lost 81 points to-day with his 4o-l5 horse
power Columbia w. NJ. Lewis, also OF the
Chicago Club. arrived late to-day, but his
point loss was not announced. A. l.. Peterson
q the Cleveland Club, had not arrived when
the scores were figured out for the day,
\. NJ. Robbins of the New York Motor Club
Withdrew yesterday with his 90 horse-power
Aerco car, Mrs. Cuneo lost 3 points to-dav
with her IS horsepower Rainier. J. w. Mears
OF the New York, Motor Club lost ~ points
or the %esichester Club lost 3 points to-day
with his Maxwell.
Meadow Brook FrccbOOterS win Polo Gup