New-York tribune., 1908-04-20
THE TRIBUNE SHOWS THE WAY
AUTOMOBILE RACES ACROSS JERSEY AND BEATS lfLL
OTHER NEW YORK EASTER NEWSPAPERS
TO ATLANTIC CITY.
THE WAY
Photos by l.. f. ShattuckA !

ing. In answer to the bell a mans head appeared
beneath upraised sash.
This is Englishtown," said he Lakewood is
twenty miles away" Adding directions about the
number Of turns in the route to Freehold, he dis
appeared from sight, and the Tribune special
ploughed on in the dark. 1t was 4:CJ when the
pulled up in the public square at Freehold and
TOOK another draft Of water. this time from the
horse trough. The first faint streaks of dawn ap-
peared IN the east. That eleven miles of road
from Freehold to Lakewood was one Of the best
stretches encountered on the whole trip. and the
car did 1t in thirty-nine minutes. leaving Freehold
at 4I0 and landing in Lakewood at 4:49. The early
Tlsers among the hotel employees that resort
gaped curiously at the mud spattered machine it
swept through the Lakewood streets.
The other half of the trip, from Lakewood down,
was much easier than the first. for the greater
part of it lay along the fine boulevard which fol-
lows the line of the coast. AT Toms River a big
speed, eight miles per hour sign loomed up be
side the roadway. but the driver happened to be
looking the other way. 1t was 522 when the car
on TWO wheels swept round the curve before the
ocean House in Toms River and settled down TO
long stretch of straight road. At Cedar Creek
woman washing waved welcome, and at $40 the
racer tore through the little village of Forked
River
1t seemed as if the machine frettng over the
DELAY OF the forepart of the night. would tear
llSei l" bits In the endeayor to make up time
the way through the various small hamlets and
at New Gretna for the road to Atlantic City the
trouble began. The road differed from the
other in that 1t was high in the middle and COW
cred with a thin coating of mud which made it
extremely dangerous 1t was when making q
sharp turn at Gretna that the car slowed sharply
10 the right. escaping collision with telegraph
pole only by the fraction of an inch. At Port Re
public this same dangerous mud coated road came
near turning mishap into a fatality. Rounding
a sharp turn the Slowed to the left. For just
a second it poised in air wheels and in
that second Baller, of the drivers was hurled
from his seat like shot from a gun He landed
in the ditch squarely on his head and shoulders
and for moment his seemed a for an un-
dertaker but after moment he his feet
complaining of nothing worse than a severe jolt
ing, for as luck would have it he had landed i'll
mound of soft earth ploughed up by the
When the Atlantic city boulevard was reached
The Tribune special again showed what it could
do. The wheels seemed to touch the ground here
and there. but that all \ minute more and
The Tribune special had poked its across the
last bridge and bowling into Atlantic City.
In less time than it takes to tell it the boys
selling the streets the first bona hdc New York
Sunday paper to reach the resort Easter morn
ing and it might be added that they sold every
they could get hold of, so, perhaps after ALL
the midnight flight of The Tribune's automobile
special not in vain.