Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-12
BUSY CROWD .
LETS RAFFLES
i GLIDE AWAY
Goes After Reward
in a SIipshod
Fashion
Sleuths Will Have Still
Another Chance
Today
Fourth and Broadway, Between Noon
and One O'Clock, Is Appoint
ment Made for Today's
Chase
BY THE MYSTERIOUS MIR. RAFFLEs
George Harris DOnOhue)

Hats off to Capt. Ryus and Bill
Reuss.
In the presence of more than 1000
spellbound spectators at Chutes park
last evening Bill Reuss succeeded in
running the big Pope-Hartford touring
car up the steep incline where thous-
ands of pleasure seekers shoot the
chutes, and then in a whirlwind dash
brought the heavy machine down over
the rickety incline without so much as
the slightest sort of a mishap.
Capt. Harmon d. Ryus, manager of
the White garage, to whom 1 issued d
challenge to perform this remarkable
feat, not only accepted the challenge,
but was also game enough to accom-
pany his nervy chauffeur on his dare
devil journey, which was accomplished
amidst a silence almost deathlike in its
intensity.
Just prior to the preliminary arrange
ments for starting the big Pope7Hart-
ford car on it's perilous trip the enor-
nous crowd of spectators was urged by
President Lehigh of Chutes park to re-
frain from making any unnecessary
noise for fear that the attention of
Reuss might be momentarily distract
ed while in the act of guiding the
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Feat Supposed Impossible
The fact that the machine was to
make the ascent from standing start
was regarded as practically impossible
by many of the automobile experts of
this city, goodly number of whom
were present to witness the undoing Of
the Hartford car, as 1t was freely
predicted that after sizing up the dan
gerous risk he was about to undertake
Capt. Ryus would not permit Bill Reuss
to even make the start.
In this end of the program, however,
the autoists were sadly disappointed, as
both Capt. Ryus and Bill Reuss went
about the preliminary arrangements ex-
actly as though they intended making
the trip, and when both men jumped
in the car, followed by two others, ex-
citement was at fever heat.
The next instant Capt. Ryus gave
the signal to go ahead and without any
fireworks Bill Reuss pulled the lever
and the giant machine started up the
steep incline as easily as though 1t were
running along a country road.
The Pope Hartford never faltered in
it's journey to the very top of the in
cline, where, after a few moments de-
lay caused by turning 1t around, the
signal was again given to start, and,
like a shot from cannon, the huge
automobile sped down the incline, only
to stop suddenly when midway to the
bottom, and then start and slowly de-
scend to the end of the chutes, where
all the occupants alighted amid the
rousing cheers of the spectators.
Shows Autos Control
The feat demonstrated conclusively
the remarkable control under which the
Pope Hartford automobile travels. To
stop a machine on such an incline as
that requires the skill of the cleverest
handler of a machine, added to having
under control such a machine as will
stand such a remarkable strain on its
individual bearings.
Thanks to the intense interest which
was centered on the Pope-Hartford
car and it's nervy chauffeur, l had but
little difficulty in maintaining my in
cognito though l had hoped to be able
to bring this game to successtul end
last night.
The crowd was there for my capture
all right, but it went after me in a
slipshod sort of fashion, which never
argues we'll for my speedy capture, par
ticularly when l am even halfway on
to my job
The young chap at the main entrance
who held up nearly every smooth-faced
man in sight might have been success
full had he paid less attention to The
Herald newsboys at the very moment
/ was making my entrance to the
grounds.
How He Entered
l went in directly between two young
men, both of whom are regular mem-
bers OF my downtown crowds. They
We're discussing the probabilities or my
capture even while handing over their
admission tickets AID as 1 jolted the
man ahead a trihe ne turned with the
remark, Hey you Billy. just ease up
there trifie on your showing"
Instead of easing up however, made
another lunge which sent the man