Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-13

was fitted to the tank but for a little
time there was CONSERVATION in the
crew, as the machine began to slow
down and the throttle had no effect.
1t was then that the crew had a few
bad moments, as the trouble might
have come from several causes, some
of which would have been fatal Luck
perched on Harvey's shoulder and re-
fused to be dislodged, and in less than
ten minutes the ear was hitting up the
same high speed and acting in the
same thoroughbred manner that had
characterized its actions for the pre-
ceding part of the run.
When Pomona was reached another
crowd was seen along the road, and
it looked as if everyone was out to
see the semi-annGal circus. On big
motor car was a sign "All is we'll" and
the enthusiastic crowds waved the
crew on to top speed and assured them
of free passage with no limits imposed
for speed other than those set by Har-
vey himself.
1t was from Pomona to Los Angeles
that the crew got the ride of their
lives The road is over thirty miles
long, has many curves and corners, and
is full of ruts and holes. Mud added
to the other troubles, and traffic did
its share Internationally in making the
speed less, but with all of the handi-
caps the time was only AZ minutes.
Highly Pleased
Naturally Harvey and w. Cowan.
the distributor of Ramblers for this
section. are highly pleased with the
performance of the car, and both give
a goodly need of praise to the tires
with which the car was equipped Soon
after the car got in Cowan drove to
the Diamond Rubber company's to
I
The tire record was really remarka-
BILE, as the same set of castings has
been used for several months on the
car and they have been put to some
grueling tests. The car was driven
from San Francisco down here in an
attempt to get the Nelson trophy, and
the car made the run in a trifie over
nineteen hours, being held up near
Paso Robes by a constable, who mulct-
ed the driver of a few dollars for speed
ing.
After the San Francisco trip, several
trial trips were made to San Diego,
and at least two round trips were
made at top speed. On one of the
trips Harvey won the Chanslor & Lyon
trophy from the Great Smith. The
tires had probably had as much as
5000 miles travel before the run was
made yesterday, and the greater part
of the work done has been at high
speed. Harvey was inclined 10 cnange
the tubes for the run, but was dis
suaded, and with the exception of the
one puncture there was not the slight
est trouble.
In taking off the fan it was to get
higher temperature and better COM
bustion. In doing this the fabrication
problem had to be dealt with, but
by using Panhard cylinder oil all trou-
BILE from that source was prevented.
Harvey received the cup last night
from Hamlin, who turned it over with
congratulations to the winner. you
certainly had to go some to make that
time" said Hamlin when he gave Har-
vey the cup, land you deserve all the
credit that can be given. L have just
about completed the sale OF the Grey
hound or I would try to get it back
again; but I will have another six
cylinder Franklin roadster here soon,
and then we will have another try for
it," Hamlin feels confident that with
a little better luck than he had last
time he can trim several minutes off
of the present record, and Harvey is
positive that he can take one of the
09 As horsepower roadsters and set
the record as low as ten hours.