, 1908-03-23

Interest at This Time.
The German car, Protos, the last Ct
the five in the race between New York
and Paris to reach here, although the
fourth in the race, arrived at sos last
evening, nearly six hours on the way
from Cheyenne to Laramie. Accord
ing to special dispatches to The Repub.
lican, and ISSUED in the form of bulle-
tins during the afternoon, the Germans
left Cheyenne at 2:10 and were due
here between 5 and 6 o'clock. The
party consisted of Herr Schneider,
of Chicago, who joined the car in In.
diana, when the remainder of the crew
deserted on account of u~nfavorable
weather conditions and adverse treat
ment by the people of that state alons
the route chosen by the route commit
tee of the race, and Lieutenant Won
Koeppen of Berlin who owns the car
who is making the trip for pure
pleasure. The car had a hard time of
it getting across the mountains.
Heard from at Buford.
1t was spoken" at Buford at .
o'clock, and the date set for its arrival
at Laramie was moved up TO $50, and
by that time scores of people were in
and about che Lovejoy garage, where
the car intended to spend the night.
Mr.. Lovejoy went with a party to es-
cort the Teutons to the city and he
was joined by Mr.. Lohlein and party,
Mr.. Winslow and party, Mr.. Hansen
and party, Mr.. Greenwood and party,
Mr.. Lockwood Inc party and Mr.. Sy-
mons a Mr.. Lovejoy went as far as
Tie Siding, meeting the German there,
but leaving 1t and returning to the
ton committee of the Laramie Maen-
nerchor, Prof. William Marquardt, ia
cob Berner, Mr.. Roesseler, Henry May
and Mr.. Matthias, met the party at Rel
Buttes. The German was then speed
ing toward the city at a fairly good clip
toward the city at a fairly good clip.
The Germans had had some difficulty
about the roads coming up the eastern
slope Of the mountains, being without
a pilot, and had made rather poor time
on tnat account.
Tire Blows Up.
At Red Buttes, after a brief confer
ence between the visitors and the COM
mittee from the singing society, Mr..
Winslow pulled, ahead, and just as he
had passed the foreign car the tire on
the rear left wheel of the latter eX.
ploded, a great rent appearing, and let
ting the rim of the wheel to the ground.
1t was found impossible to make re-
pairs at that time, and as there was
no other tire on the car, the driver
perforce was compelled to come TO the
city on the rim of the wheel. He NOV
ed very slowly, the ~escorting cars leay.
ing him and coming on in. The last
to arrive was about 7:15, and from that
time until sos, when the German car
was driven into the garage, there was
considerable interest and speculation.
Looks Like Army Wagon.
The garage was crowded with people
when the car arrived and it was soon
surrounded by a curiosity seeking an.
dfence of two or three hundred people.
The car is a stranger" in these paris
indeed. 1t is not like any of the others
and closly resembles some of the old
army wagons so familiar here an |
around here when Fort Saunders was
a military post. 1t Is covered with
canvas, which is travel stained, and
which has become an autograph album
for hundreds OF people along the long
route of the car. Supplies are packed
in the tonneau and extra wheels and
parts of wheels are tied to he sides
of the car. A nav set of tires was await,
ing the arrival of the party at Raw
Inns, having been shipped to that point
some days ago and back here this
morning two of them having been plac-
ed on the wheels before leaving for
Medicine Bow.
A Shaft-Driven Machine.
The Protos is a long car, with four
cylinders and shaft drive, unlike the
chain driven cars of the others in the
rae Some believe this is an advan-
tage, while others believe it is a disad-
vantage. The German is making not
very good time, but this is largely due
to the fact that the driver is not in .
hurry, having reasons of his own which
will be given further along in this ar.
ticle.
Reception by M~aennerchor.
Upon arrival here the car was taken
in charge by Mr.. Lovejoy and the Ger
mans by the committee from the Lara.
ME Maennerchor, the oldest and best
known German singing society in the
state. Supper vas provided at the Ia,
ion Pacific and afterwards the visitors