The sun., 1908-06-28

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patrick Thrills Wlth na11ng Car.
sTRoUDsBus0, June 77.--Ihe nnal day OF
the four days carnival. which has seriously
disturbed the equapimity Of Stroudsburg
and the whole Pocono Mountain districs. coz
sisted OF one OF the best gymkhenas that has
ever been held. The events were held on
half mile track, which ,was In poor condition
and without OIL The chief attraction was
ii. j. Fitzpatrick In the i20 horse-power Hotch-
kiss. Twelve hundred people packed In the
grand stand cheered madly as Harry Levey's
big car made Its appearance. The ticket
sellers at the admission gate were also innbued
with the fever and left their posts. resulting
In an influx Of the .popuiace which cost the
Monroe county automobile associations. sew
eral dollars In admissions. The holes In the
fence we're also well patronized, although the
admission charged was only as cents.
The frst event was race 70 cover $50 feet
In one minute. or at the rate OF ten miles an
hour. The slowness Of a car travelling at
ten. miles an hour did not fail 70 make Its
impression. and two of the County Supervisors
took particularly good notice Of the speed.
This event was won by ]. e. Smith 3 jackson
In the rernarks BILE time Of I minute iat,
20. The next eve mt was potato race. where the
driver had to dismount, find a potato In one
Of six tubs transfer II to another tub. re-
mount and proceed around the track. This
was run In three heats on account Of the num-
Der Of entrants in one Of the heats. Two
Cadillacs gave pretty contest, being neck
and neck after the trabsference Of the harm
less but necessary potato. The winner In the
final heat was the Buick driven BY II. 8. Church.
Church appeared TO have q very speedy
car. being able to defeat all con,ers when
ever there was chance for speed.
The potato was again the butt,in the third
event. This time It was speared and H. D.
Gaines in the Italian Zust speared best. hAv-
ing done 'hese stunts forward. revefses
speedily and gracefully. and its driver re-
shs blue n T9Ssn ,Ss RuHE AZ .S
ever been Witnessed. Snakelike movements
between eight sets Of barrels IN the quick
paper paper umbrella. &c. in and keep the umbrella
open xthopt tearing i q spn9ns n. Il, L nsde z1st
patfrioi. with In stephen Caroasso, his mechanic.
s 9oss %ss' 10 ssr s
He came down the straightaway followed 6y
cloud q dust taking the lower turn I'm a, nnsI Isil
came down the stretch he shot past tie gIand
was marvellous considering the condition Of
the track and the cloud Of dust which re-
fused to settle. He declined to try to better
this time on the ground that the track was TOO
The last event on the programme WAS pro-
posed, seconded and carried byOfficial Starter
Wagner. 1t consisted Of polo game on auto
mobiles. and proved very amusing. The cara
a hockey stick. Rubber balls were also pro-
vided.. The stunt was TO hit the little balls
You thought your ball had gone, trusting to
luck that It was In the general direction of
some barrel goal posts planted 800 yards
winner but no official time was obtainatle,
due TO the fact that the competing cars we're
chasing the timer all over the track.
The success Of the gymkhana insures the
holding Of another event In the fall whe more
ample timc will enable Stroudsburgians 70
give even better time to visiting motorists
than they have had during the last few days.