The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-29
AUTOISTS HOLD
GOOD CONTESTS
Over Seventy Machines Gather
At kapioIani Park to
Watch Events.

The automobile contests, which took
place yesterday morning at Kapiolani
park. turned out to be the most sue
cessful of all the public exhibitions that
have been given by the Honolulu Au-
tomobile Club There were nearly sew
enty machines on the grounds shortly
after nine clock, when the first event,
mile race in which the contestants
tried to come as close to four miles for
the distance as possible, was started.
Besides those present in automobiles
there were many there who had taken
the Rapid Transit cars and a number
of others came to the scene of the
contests Ola horseback. The day was
perfect for the plans that had been
made and a breeze kept the onlookers
from becoming too warm.
The first contest proved to be com
plete surprise 1t was expected that
some of the large machines, which can
be regulated in their speed to a de-
gree, would take away the first honors,
but c. H. Mcbride, the private Sec
rotary of Governor Frear. in a little
Orient blackboard carried off the palm.
Though he had no speedometer or watch
by which he might regulate the speed
at which his machine was travelling,
Mcbride guaged the rate at which be
went so well, that he made the dis
tanee in three minutes and ffty-elght
seconds, only two seconds away from
the time for which he was striving.
The rate at which the machine travelled
was that allowed by the county ordi-
nances and the fact that the machines
seemed to hardly crawl around the
track was noticed by all
Gus Schaefer made an enviable rec
ord in his Maxwell runabout, making
the mile in three minutes and fifty
six seconds, taking second place, while
Allan Lowrey was only two seconds be-
hind him for third place.
The seventy five-yard dash, made
from a standing start, with engine kill
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wheel between two lines three feet
apart, was the only real speed contest
of the day. 1t was very interesting
but the fastest of the cars could not
be controlled by their drivers well
enough to make the desired stop. The
event was won by Allan Lowrey in
eighteen and a half seconds with Fred
Damon, second, and George Denlson,
third.
fitting at rings was the longest con-
test of the day, and was very inter
esting though so long drawn out that
it became a little tiresome towards the
end. Three standards, set about sew
enty-fve yards apart, covering alto
gether a distance of 200 yards, held the
rings, about an inch and half in
diameter. The contestants were fur
nished with poles about six feet long,
with which they attempted to pick off
the rings as they passed in their ma
chimes. They were required to make
the distance in less than one minute.
At first the contestants started at
high speed and tried to pick off the
rings while moving quickly, but they
soon found that the man who moved
slowest had the best chance and chang
ed their tactics. Then more rings be-
gan to be taken away and when a
contestant was lucky enough to carry
off all three rings in his course he was
greeted with loud applause.
Each contestant was allowed three
trials at the rings. Will Young was the
most fortunate of all, taking seven out
of the nine rings. Bruce Kennedy
came second with six and Stanley Ken
nedy, Alfred Along, Fred Damon and
W. \. Patten tied for third place with
FIVE. In the toss for the prize Along
won.
The slow race on high gear was a
closely contested event. The machines
were allowed ffteen-yard start and
then were compelled to travel seventy
five yards on high gear. 1t looked at
first as if Wilhelmina Tenney, in her
father big six cylinder Stevens, would
have the event at her mercy, and she
was certainly the favorite with those
present on account of the clever man
ner in which she handled the car, but
her record was tied shortly after by
little Jimmy McCandless. The winner
of the event. Clarence Cooke, was one
of the last to try. He ran his Ford run
about so slowly that it seemed certain
that the machine engine would die, buz
managed to cross the line after max
ing the distance in thirty-four ami 9.
half seconds. In the run off of the
tie for second place the Tenney ma
chine won out easily.
The seesaw, or balancing contest, was
very amusing. There were many en-
tries and the contestants were supposed
to run their machines on the big see
saw that had been built for the pur-
pose and balanee,s with both ends of
the contrivanee off the ground. Among
those to attempt this contest was Judge
:. N. Ballou. His efforts TO hold his
machine on the balance proved extreme
" amusing. This event was won by
Bruce Kennedy who balanced his ma
chine. in twenty seconds. ]. T Warren
took second place, in twenty nine see
ends. and Gus Schaefer took third, in
thirty-four seconds.