The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-28
.GLIOOEN TROPHY.
Not Awarded Owing to q Dis
pute at the End.
Penalization for Tire Adjust
ment Is the Cause Given.
RACE WAS LOO MILES.
OF the So Starters No Fewer
Than % Had Perfect Scores.
They Covered Six States and
Crossed Five Mountains.

Chicago. July 28.-while the Chi
cago Motor club will not hold the Gid
den trophy for the ensuing year, the
local organization has the satisfaction
of knowing that its team, composed OF
two Haynes cars and an Oldsmobile.
ran into tie with the three Pierces
of Buffalo and the three Peerless ma
chimes of Columbus-as good as a vic
tory for an eleventh hour team, such
as was the Motor club aggregation
The Glidden scheme this year worked
out well, although at the finish there
was a squabble that threw sort OF
cloud upon the results, occasioned by
the Peerless protest of the Pierce and
the refusal of the latter to accept
walkover which returned the trophy to
the touring board and left no winner.
There were 80 cars in the Glidden COM
petition, two out for certificates only
and IA roadsters in the Hover, total
of 46 cars. OF this lot Fl of the Gid
den cars went through with perfect
scores. both the certificate cars lodged
penalties, while five of the roadsters
ran a dead heat, as it were making 2S
out of 46 cars to make a Journey OF
100 miles without penalization, which
is regarded as the best sort of teSti-
monial of the prowess of the American
car. Mixed UP in this lot were cars
listing as low as $1,000 and running up
to five times that amount, yet one ana
all conquered the road difficulties that
faced them in manner that cannot
help but win praise for the workman
ship of the American builders.
GIidden Roll of Honor.
The Glidden roll of honor shows clean
scores for three Pierce Arrows on the
Buffalo team; two Hayneses, and an
Oldsmobile on the Chicago team; ana
three Peerlesses representing Columbus
while IL others on the other seven
teams survived, as follows: REQ, Pre-
mier, Rainier. Oakland. Gueth, Thomas,
two Studebakers, Marmon, Garforo,
and two Franklins- In addition, there
were two Stevens Duryea's In the GER
tificate class.
Getting down to the Hover, the re-
suits show that of the IA that started
from Buffalo two Pierce Arrows, two
Stoddard Daytcns, and Premier
withstood the road shocks and were
listed with perfect scores and put INTO
the runoff of the tie-
Basis OF the ''Kick."
II seems that the "kick' was based
upon the fact that Mcguire Of the
| Buffalo team had checked out three
| minutes late the last day. Inc three
minutes should have been added TO ms
running time, but MCGUIRE was not IN.
formed of this and he checked In nan
a minute ahead of time at Saratoga.
AS he was there half an hour before
that Hover refused to act In the mat
ter, whereupon Columbus refused TO
take part in the runoff, leaving the
three Pierce Arrows to have WalkoVer
for the trophy. This the flerce coli-
pany declined to do.
Glidden's Summing Up.
Charles J. GHdden's summing up OF
the 1908 tour is as follows:
"Out of the original 50 cars winch
checked out of Buffalo, no fewer than
q of the actual 4S contestants 1or the
Gudden. Hover and certificate hunt-
ing class came through with perIecs
scores, and the same may be SAID OF
the ten noncontestant press. tire ana
official cars, which did not nave u run
on schedule time. -oo
THAT is to say, after running 1''oo
miles in IL days, covering SIX states
and crossing five mountain ranges anu
ploughing for the most part over roush
mountain or country roads, interspers-
ed with little meadow, no rese osa
so per cent of the contestants Came
through with clean scores, as asalnst
20 per cent last year over an easier
route when no observers were carrleu
which shows a wonderful Improvement
in cars during the past year
MANY of the cars which were Penai
lied were thrown out Of the contest
through no fault of the car Itself, put
through accident, notably StuuS
baker a Garford and Premier, Wnlcn
smashed wheels through skidding into
rocks or curbs. In the Gidden coz
test. which was open to teams OF tnlee
cars each. no less than 20 of the cars
srisbed with perfect scores, including
threa Peerless, three Pierces. two
Studebakers, two Haynes, two rem
iers two Franklins, together with
Reo Gaeth, Thomas. Garford KAN
Ter Marmon, and two SteVens-Dur
yeas, which were contestins Tor GER