The Washington times., 1908-07-12
Eight RunaboutS Maintain
Clean Record in Hover
Trophy Race.
YESTERDAYS GOING
WORST OF THE RUN
Glidden Tourists Heavily Penaliz-
ed After 353 Miles of l,7OO-
Mile Run.

BEDFORD SPRINGS. Pa, July II
After completing $50 miles OF the LOO
mile route. seven teams have perfect
scores in the 1905 contest for the GIidden
Trophy, and eight runabouts still have
clean records in the Hover trophy race
Chicago teams No. ! and No 2, and
the MarmOn crew from Cleveland have
been the victims OF penalizatiOn in the
team event. OF the latter teams one
Garford was put out of the running
yesterday after breaking a rear wheel
skidding into the curb The second
member OF the team Of three replaced
a rear axle today.
Chicago team No. / received its pen
atty today. Frank Nuts Haynes using
a forbidden extra part Team No. =
was penaliZed yesterday when two oak
lands failen TO arrive at the finish mark
on time. This leaves in the contest the
following seven cars still with perfect
records: Buffalo Pierce. Buffalo Owen,
Rochester Studebaker. Rochester mixed
team, Bay State Marmon, Columbus
Peerless, Syracuse Franklin. There are
also two Stevens Duryea's with clean
scores for Glidden certificates. In the
Tunabout event for Hover Cup. the
Gearless was withdrawn the first day
after smashing into a telegraph pole,
the Stoddard Dayton on the same day
was withdrawn and today an Overland
broke a rear axle and loses all chance
for the event
Stoddard Dayton on Fire.
A StOddard Dayton today had a small
hre, and was late getting in, while a
second Overland, driven by Mrs. W.
W. Shirley, was pena iized nine points.
the GyrOscope has not been heard from
at late hour tonight. so IS out Of the
running. This leaves stHI with perfect
scores for the Hover. Pierce, a REQ. a
Moline, Premier. a Franklin. a Stod-
dard Dayton. and an Overland.
The lo5-mile journey over the ALE
ghenies today from Prtsburg 10 this
point was the machine breaking day OF
the journey. Il was probably the hard
est which will encountered in the ,709-
mile trip. and the penalizations. while
rather heavy. do not indicate the num-
Der of cars which were really in
jured- These later machines may go on
for several days without penaIization.
but they can never finish al Saratoga
Springs. July q. with perfect scores.
Today was the test, next week viii be
the time Of reckoning.
Hard er Than Last Year
The route today was a much more
severe one than that Of last summer,
which will be remembered by all on
the tour as the most severe and the
most costly. Apparently the course was
laid over the most severe possible 10
reach this point. as at every fork pass
ed on the trip the worst road was
taken. The big cars had their innings
and after the first half Of the course
the hiEh-pOwered machines were al
ways out in front. and Il was the little
ones that struggled in late this after
noon
The start at Pittsburg was made with
out incident, the Stevens Duryea's as
usual, being the first contesting cars
sent away. Il was a case of up the
worst side Of the Aueghenies by gradual
and circular ascent over roads OF all
sorts and conditions. and then down the
east side in the same manner. with an
occasional temporary ascent until the
springs were reached.
The big reception today was at Johns
town famous in history for its flood
but today dust took the place OF water.
There was no speed limit for the Gay,
lined with thousands OF spectators who
gave the dirty crowd rOusing vel
GOme.