Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-19

Evanston, Wyo., the German Protos
car arrived at Ogden at 9 o'clock
Thursday night. The car was in
charge of o. w. Snyder of Chicago,
Lieut.. Koeppen having left 1t at Evans
vile to take train to Salt Lake City
for the purpose of attending to busi-
ness matters and obtaining a few
hours of much-needed rest. The Protos
pulled into Ogden much besmeared
with mud. 1t had wallowed through
mud pretty much all day, but otherwise
was in splendid condition.
At the break of dawn Friday morn
in the Zust car left Bradley, Cal,
where 1t arrived late the night before.
A delegation of San Francisco motor
lists met the car at Bradley and es-
coTted it on its way. In the party of
automobilists to meet the foreigners
were three cars. The Thomas company
sent out one bearing delegation of
the California Auto club, while the
White company sent two cars bearing
the staff of the Italia, the italian news
paper, and committee of the italian
Touring club.
Tho De Dion car left Mojave early
Friday morning and arrived in Bakers
field, Cal, that night. At 10 p. m. the
German Protos car reached Kelton,
Utah, where a stop for the night was
made.
San Francisco was reached by the
Zust car Sunday morning, and the crew
received one of the most enthusiastic
welcomes from the Italian residents of
San Francisco that foreign visitors
ever had. Accompanied by three cars,
containing the italian consul general.
a committee of he italian Touring club
and a committee of the California
Automobile club, the racing machine
crossed the ferry from Oakland and
10 ondad tha San FrQnniGnn side 0f
the bay at 1926 o'clock.
The streets were lined with people to
see the foreigners, while hundreds of
Italians formed in procession ahead and
preceded the car through the Italian
quarter at North Beach. The houses
were draped with Italian flags and
every window was occupied with spec
tators.
Starting from Bakersfield, CAL, early
Saturday morning, the De Dion car
travelled sixty-fiVe miles to Tulare,
when it met with mechanical difficult
ties. The Protos car left Kelton, Utah,
at an early hour Saturday morning.
The Zust crew made good use of it's
time In San Francisco on Sunday to
make some necessary repairs. The
French car De Dion was still disabled
at Tulare, $50 miles away from San
Francisco, and st. Chaffray spent the
day reviewing his experiences in cross
ing the American continent. The Ger
man crew of the Protos car spent Sun
day repairing a broken differential.
Shortly after leaving Kelton, Utah.
Saturday, the accident occurred, and
the car was shipped back to that place
to be mended.
On Monday the only cars in the race
to do any travelling on the road were
the De Dion and the Protos. The for
mer indeed made race of it on that
day. At $3.50 p. m. the car passed
through Fresno and hurried north at
top speed. ST. Chaffray finally finished
his repairs at Tulare, leaving that place
early in the morning. The German car
made it's second start from Kelton early
in the morning, the repair work having
been finished the night before.
The De Dion joined the Zust at San
Francisco on Tuesday, the final run
into the western metropolis being made
without incident. Like their Italian
brethren, the Frenchmen were enthu-
siastically received. Misfortune again
visited the German Protos car on Tues
day. The car went about twenty miles
after it's second start from Kelton, and
another breakdown occurred. Lieuten-
ant Koeppen was not discouraged, how
ever, even though it was found neces-