The San Francisco call., 1908-07-11
RELIABILITY RUN
NEXT AUTO Event
Dealers Association Announces
Contest, With Del Monte
as Destination
Five Miles Around Track at
High Speed to Be Part
of Competition

The board of directors of the Auto
mobile dealers association yesterday
decided to hold reliability run to
Del Monte on July 25 and 26. The
general plan will be the same as that
carried out on the "a hour race, each
carrying an observer, with penalties
for adjustments. The finishing line
will be at the entrance to the track at
Del Monte, and the pace will be one
that will be interesting to every own
er. On finishing at the entrance to
the track, the cars will proceed to
make five miles more around the track,
at pace that will be 10 per cent
lower than their advertised speed. Aft
er the finish of the fifth mile they
slowing up and turning into the in
ner paddock. Max Rosenfeld, in
speaking OF the event, said yesterday
that this five miles on the track would
not be racing event, as the direc-
tors at the meeting expressed them
selves decidedly against track racing.
If the cars arrive at Del Monte in
| time to permit on the afternoon of
the Gath, gymkhana games will be
held, but If they arrive too late the
games will be on the morning of the
10th in front of the hotel.
The interest taken in the Hartford tires by
automobile owners has made it possible for the
Chanslor & Lyons motor supply company TO open
a number of agencies. A string OF them has
been opened in the Salinas valley.
| Dr. NJ. F. Gabbs is on his way into Yosemite
valley. The doctor drove his REQ as far as
Crockers, where machines have to be put up,
| the rest of the distance being made by stage.
DR.. Gabbs reports that the car was called upon
to do some tall hill climbing.
| J. W. Coombs of Vallejo YESTERDAY purchased
| a % horsepower four cylinder Buick touring car
from the Howard automobile company. The COM
pany also sold runabout Of the same power
Buick agent at Chico yesterday ordered two of
| the Is horsepower four cylinder Buick White
| Streaks. Waterman Brothers Of Fresno pur-
| chased 40 horsepower four cylinder touring
car.
[. H. Bill of the local house of Thomas B.
| Jefery & Co. received the following telegram
| from Denver, dated July Z "In Rocky noun
tain endurance contest of 800 miles the 80 horse
power four cylinder Rambler won the roadster
cup; also covered penalization over all cars in
the contest
Fl. B. Rector of the White company is in
| receipt Of a communication which contains the
| following interesting note: ''In the annual con
test run Of the Automobile dealers association Of
southern California, held over the fourth Of July
about a score of cars took part. One Of the
most notable machines one Of the original
eight years, and which gave a good account OF
! itself. 1t was made in the days before the
steering wheel came into and when the
touring car OF today practically unknown.
The horsepower engine was matched in this
contest against cars of high as 40 horsepower
and yet, for all practical purposes, did just
rs we'll This was picked up by the white
garage in Los Angeles a few days before the
run for the sum Of $12o. The only fault to
fashioned. On account OF the careful workman
ship on the White steamers these cars do not
Of the last eight years models may be seen
on the street OF any large city today"