The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-02
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Live Gossip of Interest to the
World of the Auto
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mobile.
Even the repairmen. doctors and law
yers. who are the only ones who ever
profit from scorching, do not encourage
A clutch that slips often can be rem
edied by oiling the leather facing of il.
IL this does not do. little dust from
the road will help make IL catch The
clutch spring should be frightened. also
of course.
Mrs. John Cuneo. who was the only
woman driving car i'm the Glidden
tour of this year and who finished the
LOO miles with a perfect score has
placed herself on record as being TIE
only woman driver to finish contest
for the Glidden trophy with perfect
score. At Saratoga, where the tour ter
minated. Mrs. Cuneo was presented
with a silver cup by the other partici-
pants. who admired the skilful little
womans pluck Speaking of the tour
Mrs. Cuneo said: ut has been my am
bition for years 10 make a perfect score
in the Glidden tour, and l am supreme
ly happy now that ! have finished per-.
feet. All along J felt confident of do
Ing so. My car was running every bit
as we'll as if | was putting ii in my
garage at home and having IL locked
up after every night. This is pleasing
because it is a new $3.50 Rainier that ]
bought this spring and il had not been
thoroughly tried out before starting on
the tour
millionaire motorist who recently
gave his chauffeur $500 to quit chewing
tobacco has discovered that the chauf-
feur has acquired several other habits
as bad or worse.
The following was overheard on
Broadway few days ago:
Say. old chap. how about il. will you
loan me your car for the day.
81 will if you'll return the horse and
buggy you borrowed of me last week"
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Mrs Cuneo. who was presented with
flowers at various points along the
route of the Gldden tour. has been
asked to act as pilot from New York IN
Buffalo in the race from coast to coast
and back
The Glidden tour over. interest will
now be centerad in the Vanderbilt cup
race that is to be held on Long Island
this fall. The work on the Long Island
motor parkway is progressing rapidly,
two miles of the road over which the
race is TO be run are already completed.
II is probable that an elimination race
can team. Instead of five cars repre-
senting any country. ten are permitted
this year. 1t is expected that there viii
be large number Of entries. including
several foreign cars.
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Using a hose in washing a car and
playing a stream on the upholstery Is
apt to be followed by regrets, for the
water is almost certain to get through
the cracks and cause the leather TO
rot A wet rag or sponge is better than
douche.
Contrary to expectation held in some
quarters. that the Maxwell challenge
will resolve itself into a mere advertis-
ing stunt the New York-San Francisco
run seems assured. c. w. Kelsey, who
is TO drive the Maxwell challenger. has
lust returned from Chicago. whence he
went in making preparations for the
contest. According to Mr.. Kelsey. the
Model D 24-horsepower Maxwell will
undertake the endurance run even
though none of the Glidden tourists
should accept the challenge. The route
contemplated for the run is as follows;
New York Buffalo. Erie. Cleveland. To-
ledo. South Bend. Ind: Chicago, CEDAR
Rapids Ia. Omaha, Cheyenne. Wyo..
Ogden. Utah. Elko, New. Sacramento.
San Francisco. The entire distance IS
approximately 1900 miles.
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Plans are being quietly laid to hold
big road race I'm New Jersey early next
fall. probably in September. The con-
test as proposed will be a stock car
event for machines Of the Briarclr
type The distance will be 300 miles. or
thereabouts.
The sensational feature of the event
is in the course proposed. This is along
the famous Ocean drive from Seabright
10 AIlenhurst. through Monmouth
Beach. Long Branch. Elberon and Deal.
with return via Norwood avenue 10
Long Branch: thence to Eatontown.
Shrewsh,,rv and Red Bank and bach to
Seabrieht by the beautiful Runson
road The length of fhis circuit is
about twenty-seven miles. and the roads
throughout are like park drives. with
scarcely a grade at any point
In New Jersey. with its rigorous au-
tomobile laws. the obtaining OF such
circuit for an automobile race Wo0t3
seen 70 be out of the question until the
influence of some of the gentlemen in
terested in the project is understood IL
Is said that most of the officers OF the
Elkwood Park. Automobile association
. are back of the proposed great seacoaS'
stock car race. If that be a fact, the
obtaining of the circuit named and the
success of the race over 1t seems as
sured.
No entry in the Glidden tour. which
started from Buffalo on Thursday, July
Q. attracted more universal attention
than the group of four Studebaker
thirty-horsepower cars. Three OF
these cars composed the entry OF the
Rochester Automobile club. Neither
the city of Rochester nor the Stude-
baker car previously had been entered
in the Glidden and nearly hundred
citizens of Rochester came to Bu1alo
70 see the start The fourth Studebak-
err which is a non-contestant used a.
a press car. is the army car which last
March carried war message iron
General Frederick D. Grant in New
York to Colonel Longborough, COM
...nrdant at Fort I.eaYenMOrth.