New-York tribune., 1908-07-12
KNOX WINS HILL CLIMB
TAKES FOUk CONTESTS.
Fast Times OUer Dangerous Course
in frro1chead Ascent.

. r,s,nison driving q 4s-horsepower KNOX car
a6e the fastest time in the Arrowheao mn eiiii
...e-sev afternoon. held under the auspices OF Tue
--,,erside Motor Club. by going up the Steep VIM
= .,cli,e in q 2-5 seconds II was IN the olase
nt - al tvnes Of cars and motive power that
~ -soo-5 vas esta hlished. This make OF nachihe
na-.a ,,n prominently the nine contests on the
o.-snoroe nv winning four first prizes.
ss announced that the contests "ouia pe
- .t ! 40 O'Clock. but owing 10 delay IN get
-, .lac-rtc timing apparatus up il was nearly
us me. before the first machine was sent UP uhe
"a, with the exception Of this deiay uhere "@s ho
- .e,,,t The trials were run on IN quick oiuei'
, o. chiefly 10 Harry T. Clinton. OF the racing
- - the American Automobile Association VINO
poais -e.eree and the sport was Of the kind that
=. he onlookers always in excitement
r. srrreclste the performances OF .ne ~ car w
=. the climb trip UP the ihCiiHe - - = -
-,s' hill starts at Riverside avenue anu ,-as
~ -, enisr post was in front or the Arro"hean
eho -. - ton Of the hill There are four hairpin
~ IL - -he course which IS about eighteen leet
'u :, leaving Riverside avenue TO take the mn
-. 5ri1,e-s are compelled TO Tflahe "a 'i-F
% 1ls Immediately on taking it is another.
@1-- - ,-- walking path is on hoth sloes OF 'iie
- s+one wall about two feet hlgh- 1hefe
'o ERA lsmpposts close 10 the curo' "iI0i
no..-sa trouble in case car skloueo. ossides
- ara many small stones on the rosa "a. ~
- :, the hill there is another nairpln iuiil -
'op ..,,a-t y view can be had Of the Hudson RIVER
the FeIsooSS- -, ,coi5ent Of
Tb afternoon passed of without an aceiueIi o ~
l,ra although Stewart H. Eliot' IN 'le ~,
t,,orrsr American, nearly came 10 eiiei "
-. ,i-,s IN the hill. He took the next TO 'iie
- go sbsrrlv and the car skioded across 'ii
- z-or+,,ns-e,v this happened at cross roao-
70 = t7uio+ went on it by great Skill oh "ie
va -. William Bourque in a 5o-horsei'o"e'
= also came near meeting trouble "heIh
~ s,,c I, st 3 furious pace, the BACK "heels
.kiddod against the curb 49,. 49,.
= &c announced that Maurice T. howlet1 the
:, ,o,r-, vrl7ip would tool the four-in-hand oras
-. w the course against the fastest utle rnaoe
-t ,-o-,ohfes at the end of the automobiie
= ..s b,,t he failed appear The other con-
-. = -,bfcb the Knox finished first We're IN
60 n :, an6 F. In % As, % 40 and p 80
,,as respectively. The only stearls car eh
- es : 2n-horsepower driven by K Swan. IN
,~o-,se+ T in which it finished second only ioui
e..,. ~ 2 second behind the winner
1-.,,, TpInneu in a 15-horsepower Ford car
+v. IN Contests and for low price ma
.fs :; % % and 90 2-5 seconds. respectively In
=, x.~-,s- clsss a 12-horsepower Maxwell car,
- ,,v N II Iadd. finished second. The Over
- driven by Miracle Tommy Forbes, mace
80 showing by taking first honors in Contest
p -b.le Contest H open 70 taNfcabs carrying TOUT
sa-rsrs was won ny Keaton car
-o--.e- for electric vehicles aroused consid-
-, 4--ares- and was by H. z. Wagner in
zbo,rk n The fast tine Of Il 2-5 seconds, with
Nv a G Mcintosh, in another Babcock, second In
q seoonos
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