Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-09
NEW RECORD SET
BY AUBURN CAR
FAST TIME MADE BY LOCAL
DRIVER
COMES FROM SAN FRANCISCO IN
20 HOURS, So MINUTES
Sjioht Tire Trouble Causes Party
Delay on Trip, but Machine
Arrives Safely in
Good Shape

Four minutes under twenty-one hours
is the new record set for two-cylinder
cars by r. L. Forsyth with an Auburn.
Leaving San Francisco at O'CLOCK
Friday morning, he made the run TO
San Jose in one hour and thlrty-three
minutes. This was equal to the record
of the White. To Gilroy the tlme>Was
two hours and twenty-nine minutes
which was only nine minutes less imam
Nelson's White made it ana -FOUR
minutes slower than the time OF Harrl-
sons Oldsmobile. -.
T,eaving San Luis Obispo he was TWO
hours and two minutes behind tne
schedule. but when the car rolled lIIo
Santa Barbara it was on time AGAIN:
Tire trouble was the principal cause %
delay, but fourteen minutes were los'
by getting off the road. .,,o
The entire time lost amounted TO IVY
hours and fifty minutes, which Woulu
have brought the car into Los Anseies
if no trouble had been experienced OH d
schedule Of eighteen hours.
AS it is the record OF tWenty-oL I
hours is creditable to the car, especially
in view of the fact that only two drivers
were used and Forsyth did most of the
work at the wheel. He drove from san
.Tuan to San Luis Obispo, where A. k
Davis took the wheel to santa Bar
bara. -, A.
At Santa Barbara Forsyth took the
wheel again and drove to Los AhgeieS
C. Leroy and Forsyth came all OF tlle
way through from San Francisco.
Harold Stone acted as pilot all OF the
way down, and considering the 1act
that Forsyth has never been over tne
road before the time was remarkable.
when the car rolled in it was APP
narently in as good condition as When
it left.
Three blowouts en- one of the rear
tires were experienced. rms LOOK up !"
large part of the time lost. The blow
outs were due to taking the turns at
high speed and pulling the tires off the
rim. The first accident broke three OF
the Tugs in the wheel that lost the tlTe'
and after that it was hard TO make the
tires hold on. All the tire trouble came
within a distance of about fifty miles
and was all ascribed to the same cause
-skidding because of too high speed on
the turns After the turns were taken
at a safe speed there was no more
trouble. ard the same set of q. d. j.
tires were used all of the way down
and showed little or no wear.
The engine was running just as
smoothly at the end as when it began
IT'S fast run, and other than losing
connection on the water line and an
other on the gasoline supply pipe there
was no trouble with the mechanism.
The Auburn is rated at 24-horse
power but has made a record that has
been beaten by only two cars, the
White Steamer and the Columbia, both
of them driven by relays of four drivers
thoroughly familiar with the roads and
after the cars had been sent over the
road a few times to faminarlze the
crew with the road conditions.
In the case of the Auburn it was
strictly STOCK and successfully accom-
nIished a test that has proven too much
for several four-cylinder cars that sell
for several times the money that Is
asked for the Auburn, and finished the
race in fine shape, while some of the
cars that have gone after the same
record failed to finish at all, having 10
be sent to the repair shop before the
tourney could be completed at all.
Mr.. Forsyths claim that he is giving
the most car for the money is well
borne out by the very creditable show.
ing the car made in its run.