The Washington herald., 1908-05-10


and the average distance a day will be
from l25 TO $50 miles.
A stop is 10 be made at Lincoln, Neb.,
the home OF w. J. Bryan, where the Peer
less one will hold reception for the
delegates. The route from Chicago will
be through Dixon, Sterling, and Morrison.
III. crossing the Mississippi River at
clinton, Iowa, and then passing through
Cedar Rapids Des Moines, and Council
BUNS, Iowa, thence 10 Omaha and after
brief stay in Lincoln, 10 Denver, over n
route to be selected later. Tickets will
be issued on the same plan as railroad
tickets, and the fare viii be the same
as that charged by the railroads to those
delegates who prefer 70 travel by rail
The tickets will be countersigned by the
mayors OF the towns through which the
delegates viii travel.
Chairman Ralph M. Sperry and his as
sociates OF the contest committee OF the
Automobile Club OF Bridgeport are rapid
iy concluding arrangements for the clubs
third annual hin-climbing contest on
Sport Hill on Memorial Day The Nc
Murtry electrical timing apparatus will
be used for the contest and Alden l..
McMurtry, the inventor. Will have charge
OF the timing. Capt George r. Hawes.
OF the Fourteenth Company, Coast Artfl-
lery Corps, Connecticut National Guard,
VIII nave charge OF patrolling the course.
lie VIII have forty guardsmen in fun
UNIFORM armed with the regulation rife
VINO VIII be sworn i'm as coustables. and
have fun power In the premises There
VIII also be force OF ten Easton depu-
ties and constables who viii act as sig
nalmen.
IT has been decided by the club 10 build
a iootbridge across the stream at the
start Of the course. in order to leave the
road bridge free TO the cars. Four motor
cyclists have been appointed couriers All
competing cars will be inspected the day
before the events. A l.. Riker will be
referee
When Robert Lee MorreI. chairman OF
the Automobile Club OF America contest
committee, announced last spring that
the club would promote a scaled bonne+
contest there were a great many auto
mopilsts who thought such "A test too
severe to be run successfully The climbs
anair was four-day event with tho
coinpetlhg cars making $50 miles a day.
since then, however. sealed bonnet ar
fairs OF far more rigorous nature have
been conducted in various parts of tho
country both by automobile clubs ana
DS HulFldual motorists, the most notable.
Deing the now famous contest promoted
rate last fan by the Chicago Motor CIub
IN lle later sealed bonnet runs there
nave been several instances where tbe
engines were kept running all the time
SO that inc cars We're not only running
WIN ssaied bonHets, but under nonstop
engine conditions In addition H. y OdelI
or Buffalo. completed a sealed bonnet
nonstop engine run OF 1000 miles a few
days ago. with "A siX-cynder Mora The
run was made under the supervision Of
the Automobile Club of BuffaIo on tbo
good roads near the Bison Citv Tbe
good roads. combined with the evident
friendliness OF the police OF the locality
enabled the 1000 miles to be completed
IN forty-eght hours, or at an average
10 gnff
twenty-one miles an hour
similar run OF more strenuous
nature has just been completed at Seattle
wash by +. f. Folberth, with a four
cylinder Oldsmobilc. Folberth drove his
car 1000 miles without stopping tho en-
gine, and not only was the bonnet sealed.
but the officials i'm charge OF the run
sealed i'm the high speed lever. so that
lhe car had to run on it's high speed
gear during the entire 1000 miles Fol-
berth added to his .laurels by climbing
the famous st. AIMS counter balance hill.
after the cars engine had been running
continuously for twenty-six hours.
Devices designed to help make riding
more comfortable are multiplying rapidly.
and a British concern has just brought
out system OF suspension which re-
sembes closely a Yankee invention of
several years ago, in which the springs
are supported on pneumatic cushions fix
z" 10 hle axle perches In the English
invention the springs are seated on a
rectangular metal box which has a loose
y hitting bottom or piston, carried by
the axle and fixed rigidIy i'm place Be
tween the piston and the shell OF the box
IS rubber bag substantially. the same
section and contour, which is inflated to
q pressure of ten or fifteen pounds. I'm
ike the Yankee device the British ysys-
em is not intended to do away with
inflated tires, but is TO be used TO relieve
he springs OF the shocks they would
otherwise receive when the car was being
driven over rough roads. It is intended
IS a shock absorber to supplement- the
Tres, instead OF a substitute for pneu-