Evening journal., 1908-09-28
AUTO RUN WAS A
GREAT SUCCESS
ocontinued From FIrsl go

j. IT, thompson, 4ols a. kotnscullu afts
c. w. Matthews. 455 1-2; Eugene e. du
Pont. A49. Mrs. Eugene dupont, 4.5l Chas.
c. Kurtz. 45S 1-2; William L. Hammond,
45f; r. r. Banks. 455 IL; T. c. Bradford,
500; r. T. Elliott. 500 3-4; George A. FL
lott SIG 1-2; Joseph Bancroft, 5,25.
Entrants IN addition TO the winners
finished in this order closest TO the time
limits George A. Elliott. IA minutes: A..
Rothschild. 16 minutes: r. r. Banks, 10
minutes; Eugene DUPONT, p minutes; r.
Elliott p minutes; ]. I. Thompson, p
minutes Henry p. Scott. "A minutes; DR..
J. c. Fahey, 25 minutes John J. Raskob
q minutes: Allen Hnles. 2S minute~-
Mrs. Eugene DUPONT. 80 minutes. q. ".
Matthews, 80 minutes; John Bancroft, 80
minutes; Robert S. Glover, "a minutes; T..
@. Bradford. 40 minutes.
The Franklin car which was driven by
Mr.. Kurtz and won second prize, made
the run on three gallons Of gasoline. 1t
was Mr.. Kutrz's third race. In the recent
run Of the club to Valley Forge. Mr..
Kurtz drove car No. 1s. lie finished thir-
teenth.
Motorcycle Trip.
Joseph Simmons, on motorcycle,
went over the entire route Mr. Sim
mons was covered with dust from head
TO foot when he arrived In Wilmington
after plugging over hills and down
dales. There goes Bill Taft some
body shouted as Mr.. Simmons went
through Coatesville. He had to stop at
lParkesbury for gasoline.
Aside from the accident to the car
of Robert S. Baird there was no mis-
HAP OF note during the entire run. The
route was through picturesque coun-
try. slirting the Brandywine a part
of the way, and the scenic effects Of
autumn through the woods roads were
beautiful
T. c. Bradford in his REQ car was
unlucky regarding tire trouble, for he
had TO stop twice within a short dis
tance A Rothschild's Rainier car had
trouble with spring that necessitated
a stop of a few minutes, but proceeded
and finished in good time.
Accident Near Chatham.
The accident to Mr.. Baird's car oc-
CURED while descending a hill near
Chatham, Pa. The car had mounted a
hill at a good clip and in going over
the summit and starting down the
grade it pulled aside to pass a hay
wagon. and kept to the left to pass
the car of Mr.. Rothschild, a short dis
ltance ahead Of whom was Eugene
dupont in his Stoddard- Dayton run
about In passing along the left side
of the road and through a cloud of
dust, Mr. Bairds car struck a deep
gully that had been made there re-
lcently by men repairing the road. The
lresult was that the ear which was run
ming about fifteen or sixteen miles an
hour. began TO skid. as the wheels
would not take a firm hold on the
Isloping embankment.
Leonard Cooper, the chauffeur. who
is careful driver, threw out the clutch
and clapped on the emergency brake
as soon as the car began to slide down
- the embankment The left front wheel
however, struck a telephone pole with
such force a sto snap off the pole and
!. throw the front wheels about, thus
stopping the car suddenly. The inn
pact of this collision hurled Mr.. Baird
who was. In a front seat. out of the
car. and he brought up Violently
against a fence post. which his heaC
struck with a whack At the sam,
time his body became entangled il
, four strands of barb wire fencing. Gil
bert S Jones was thrown bodily from
the tonneau and went sprawlinl
through the barb wire fence and rolled
: along in a field beyond Cooper, th'
chaffeur, was pitched across the steer.
ing wheel and had the breath knocked
out of him, while Clement b. Hallan
remained in the tonneau, although
shaken up by being thrown agains
the front seat.
The clothing of Mr.. Baird and Mr.
> Jones We're shredded by the barbs OF
the wire. Mr.. Baird was seriously Gu
; about the ear and about the body
and his trousers were literally tori
from him Mr. Jones also was Gu
about the head and arms and both meI
; were bruised. DR.. Wherry of Chatham
, rushed 20 the place in his automobile
and attended the injured men. Th
accident occurred at 3.45 o'clock.a
Notwithstanding that the collision
p was so violent as to break a telephone
pole, the only damage to Br. Baird
car was the collapsing of the from
, wheel that struck the pole. and tn
breaking of a lamp. Shortly befor'
eight o'clock Frank s. Garret and Rob
ert S. Glover brought out a new whee
II from Wilmington for Mr.. Bairds car
which completed the course but ther
was nobody to check it in at 9.3
o'clock.
tainted When Crash Came.
Albert Rogers, station agent .
Chatham station, witnessed the cras
Of the Baird automobile and he pro
ceeded 20 faint on the platform Of tn
station. The residents Of Chathar
were very kind in their offers Of assist
ance. ana every contestant in the rae
stopped and Offered 10 do whatever
possible to aid Mr.. Baird and hi
party. 81 of which was greatly an
preciatai Mr. Hammond, wir.ner O.
the contest. stopped FOR four or fv
minutes before resuming his wa
reluctantly.
Michael Conners, of Chatham, wa
particularly kind in his efforts to assis
the stranded party, and several res
dent invited Mr.. Baird and his party (
supper. There was n laughable II
cident when Miss Mary Darlington
school teacher at Chatham. drove alon
with her pretty black mare. "She
not afraid of we'll automobiles. but
don't know whot she might do in meei
ing a sick one." said Miss Darlington
laughingly. as she had her horse le
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