Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-23

American car in the New York to Paris
race arrived at this city at I 40 a. m. today
from Bal!eriot The run was $50 miles.
The car will leave for San Francisco to-
day.
MOJAVE, Cal. March 23.-The Ameri-
can car, leading the race from New York
to Paris under the auspices Of the Paris
Matin and the New York Times. arrived
at As o'clock this afternoon and started
an hour later on the northern route TO
San Francisco. This route is shorter than
the road along the coast line by 15S miles.
1t Is possible for the car to arrive in San
Francisco by tonight. To complete the
Bakersfield last night although he had
run more than 800 miles during the day.
The days run will amount to 401 miles.
The run through Death Valley, on which
the car started Saturday night. was fin-
ished Sunday morning. Brinker then de-
termined to save a part of the distance
to Mojave by taking the mountain road.
which is moro precipitous and Is usually
snow covered, but the chance OF saving
time appealed to the American driver. He
made the trip successfully and got the
best days run out Of his car that has
been made in the contest.
The arrival in Mojave was unexpected.
Every one was expecting the car to come
through by the way of the Santa Fe and
San Pedro lines. AS nothing had been
heard along either. there were fears that
some accident might have befallen It.
and that 1t was stalled somewhere in
Death Valley or in the Mojave desert.
Brinker did not wish to delay at all. but
he was induced to stop for an hour for
dinner. and to proceed In the evening to
Bakersfield. The road beyond runs
through Fresno and Stockton into San
Francisco.
from Cobre to Goldfield in Nevada, and
saves 15S miles in California. reducing the
| total distance to San Francisco to 3,s32
miles. The route originally outlined called
for 400 miles.
Each driver was instructed to depart
from the outlined route at will as long
as he continued under his own power on
the roads.
Zust Car Leaves Ogden.
OGDEN, Utah. March 23.-The Italian
car Zust pulled out Of Ogden at II o'clock
yesterday and made a rapid run to Kel-
ton. Utah. eighty miles away. 1t arrived
in Kelton at a late hour in the evening
and tied up for the night. The road be-
tween Ogden and Kelton is in good con-
dition. The car was to start early in the
morning for the Nevada line, which is
only a few miles out OF Kelton. The
Italians expect to make fast run across
the sagebrush state.
The italian crew left Ogden with the
United States flag and that Of Italy fly
ing in the mountain breezes OF a clear
day. accompanied by four automobiles
filled with Italians. Among them was
Jesse Frazzini. Italian consul. The
Nichols Band Of Ogden played both Amer
lean and Italian airs as the car sped out
into the desert at a ffty-mile an hour clip.
Sirtori was at the wheel, with his Italian
friends, who have accompanied him all
the way from New York. aboard.
Fully 200 persons witnessed the depart
ure. The Italians left feeling. that they
had been we'll received.
The car arrived in Ogden at 80 o. clock
Saturday afternoon. 1t was kept in a
local garage until II o'clock next day for
cleaning and repairing. new front axle
was put on the car and other slight re-
good condition. All of the crew were
feeling in the best of spirits and we're in
the best of physical condition for the
journey across the western country.
C.. .. Wheat was taken as guide. He
is a resident of Ogden. and has made a
number of trips across the country, so
that he Is familiar with the roads over
which the car will have to pass. This
man was Of the pony express crew in the
early days OF the west. and assisted in
making the survey for the Union Pacific
railroad across the mountains. He will
accompany the Italians as far west as
Cobre. New, whence Mr.. Pierce. a western
machinist and autoist Of Ogden, will act
as guide to the coast.
Germans at Laramie.
LARAMIE, Wyo., March 23.-The Ger
man Protos car arrived at O'Clock last
evening the last of the New York-to-
Paris racers to cross the continental
divide It left Cheyenne in charge Of
Lieut. koeppen at 2:15 O'Clock yesterday
morning and began the climb up to the
highest summit of the Rockies which the
automobiles have to mount In the journey
to San Francisco.
It was storrning hard. a typical western
snowstorm, so travelling was anything
but comfortable. On the unprotected
tableland at Sherman. with the tremen-
dous wind sweeping in every direction, the
travelling was specially trying.
The car covered the tifty-seven miles
beween the two points In a little better
than six hours. taking the slippery road
west of the summit Singerly and without
haste Lieut.. koeppen expects to start
tomorrow morning in pursuit OF the
French car. which passed through Lara
mie Saturday on its way west.