The San Francisco call., 1908-03-07
Hill Climbing TO Be
Feature of Show
Dealers at the Exposition Report
Marked Increase in Sales
of Autos
by r. r. rHornmedIeu

The main topic Of conversation at
hill climbing contest. which will take
place today at D. m. some OF the
most powerful cars in this city have
been entered in the event and the keen
interest displayed by the friends Of the
contestants has brought out rivalry
that has surpassed anything in the
automobile line previously held in Call
fornia. Many private wagers have
been made on the contest. and IL
would not be surprising to see records
set for the distance that will not be
surpassed for some time TO come. The
contestants have been tuning up their
cars for the last 4S hours The start
will be in front OF the Coliseum and
the race can be witnessed by the gen.
eral public all along the route
The dealers in the show reported
yesterday an increase in sales all along
the line The attendance was larger
than any previous day. The out OF
town agents who have come TO the city
TO see that none OF their prospective
customers purchase other makes OF
cars than the ones they represent have
had a busy time. Most Of the country
visitors have come to the city for the
purpose OF buying automobiles. and Il
was their purchases that increased the
sales OF motor cars yesterday.
The motor cycle hill climbing contest.
which was to take place today on the
Buena Vista hill, has been postponed
until Sunday morning at IL o'clock.
owing to the fact that the roads were
not In the best OF shape and that sun
y he a 20 ha
motor cycle riders There will be two
events. one motor cycle az horsepower
and under and the other an open event
for motor cycles of any horsepower.
w. G.. Collins of the Los Angeles motor
cycle club has come up to take part
in the events He is one of the best
known motor cyclists in the southern
part OF the state and holder of many
records. c. c. Hopkins, the representa-
tive of the federation Of American
motor cyclists, has given his sanction
for the event. There is considerable
talk going on as to whether the motor
cycles will beat the fastest time made
by automobiles over the same course.
All contestants desiring TO enter and
those who have entered are requested
to report to Frank E. Carroll Sunday
at 1O:30 a. m. at the Coliseum Fol-
lowing is list of the entries:
E. Ernst. Torpedo motor cycle. "a
horsepower e. peterson. INDIAN "a
horsepower; c. G. Thompson. TorpedO.
2H horsepower; F. E. Karslake. Cur
tiss, 2 cylinder: w. A. Shipe. Duck; E.
]. Weinman, Torpedo, IA horsepower,
w. Dreyer, Indian. 2 cylinder Ross
Main. Indian, "a horsepower; c. C.
Hopkins. Indian, 2 cylinder; A Schnu-
tenhaus, Harley Davidson; A. Chelini.
Indian, cylinder: W. c. Collins. In
dian, cylinder; D. F. Ryan. Geer. ,
cylinder, horsepower: Charles Hopp,
Torpedo. IA horsepower George Peter
son, U. S. ", horsepower; W. Dreyer,
Indian, pa horsepower.
Wednesday evening at the automo-
bile show. after all the models had
been placed on exhibition. represen-
tative of the Diamond tire and rubber
company made a canvass TO determine
the number OF sets of tires made by
it on the show cars 1t was found
that there were 30A sets of Diamond
tires. which is 40 per cent of the entire
exhibit.