New-York tribune., 1908-02-26
AUTOS IN LONG RUN.
ACME CAR FIRST HOME.
-Four Machines Come to Gr7ef IN
Economy Test.

has its exciting intervals. One of the cars IN
the Long Island Automobile Clubs 242-mlie run
from Brooklyn TO Amagansett and back yester-
day lost two wheels in trying to dodge an eH-
press wagon: another got tangled up IN one OF
the ruts that distinguish Long Island roads at
this season. and broken wheels or tires MADE
two other cars drop out When the time limit
expired at midnight these four cars were the
only ones of the twenty-three which started
that had not completed the run.
II c Gibson. in the Buick. had what ne THINKS
Was about the toughest lot of all, for he had
coaxed his 22-horsepower car along on the
smallest amount of fuel and lubricant possible
until he got about three miles past Patchogue
on the home stretch. There he dropped into n
rut and off came q front wheel The car was
not going fast and neither Gibson nor his COM
nanjons were hurt. When he saw that he would
have no chance to get into Brooklyn before mid
night he telephoned to the club and asked them
to have the amount Of fuel used measured any
how. as he thought that the car had used an eN-
ceptionally small amount
The 30-horsepower Haynes car WAS the hrst
10 come to grief W. L. Shuttieworth, who was
driving. struck about the same bad place near
Patchog1le that caused the Buick 10 come 20
grief. There his axle snapped suddenly
and put the out for good
The most serious accident OF the lot, and one
which came near resulting fatally for the driver
Of one of the Lozier cars, David Mahoney, and
his six Messengers was when the 45- horsepower
machine got to Southampton. smooth bit OF
road was giving MahOney a chance to get up
good speed without the expenditure of much
fuel and he was taking advantage of II when an
express wagon got in his way. He tried to
sverve around it, but the machine skidded and
swung into high. hard bank instead, swapping
both left wheels off and damaging the car be-
yond repair
The 10 horsepower Cadillac the lowest pow
cred machine in the test had wheel trouble, too.
As the driver Joseph D. Rourk, was getting to
the end of the eastward stretch he began to
have trouble with his forward wheels Finally,
near Southampton. of them gave way
Ro,lrl1 ran back couple of miles until he found
another Cadillac and promptly borrowed one OF
its wheels He then went on, but did not get
IN before midnight.
The start was made early in the morning, and
| not even the chill wind at daybreak could keep
/ q big crowd away from the clubhouse, in cum
| berland street. There was another crowd in the
| clubhouse when the first car. six cylinder 81
| horsepower Acme, got into the garage From
| that time on the got back with only a couple
| of minutes between them. From what could be
! learned the cars performed we'll and the test
was particularly good one
There was friction delay in getting the
| cars off promptly at o'clock. The cars started
| according to horsepower, the lowest powered
ones going first. The first one off was the 10
| horsepower Cadillac. and twenty-five minutes
! later the big 45-horsepower Lozier started for
| ANA gansett.
| The officials kept in touch with the machines
| through telephone messages from their checkers
at various points. so that at most any time they
could tell almost the exact whereabouts Of each
| and the progress that ii was making Most
of the roads in good condition, and for this
| reason much better time was made than ex-
pected. East Of Amagansett the roads were in
such bad condition that the cars did not GO to
Montauk Point, was planned at first IN
stead, they swung northeast at Easthampton
and then 10 Springs and back to the checking
station AT Amagansett.
The first checking station was at the Sher-
man House In Babylon, and good time u,a c
made by all the cars to that place The fire,
to get there and be checked was a Stevens
Duryea siX-cylinder, which arrived at :. 3o
O'Clock The other cars all reported in the fol-
lowing hour. At Patchogue. the second check
ing statioh the first car to be checked was the
pe-Hartford. which finished the fftv-five
mile stage at 500, the Stevens -Duryea getting
there six minutes later. The Pope Hartford led
all the way TO Amagansett reaching the ,,-n-
ing point at 1929
Although the Pope Hartford forced the .nace
at the start 1t did not finish until four hours
ana half after the Acme. During the first
stage. The run 10 Amagansett. the other cars
Kept the speed down TO economize on gasolene
ana lubricant They all made fair speed, how
ever: most of them, like the Mora and the
Studebaker, being content 10 get along an hour
OF SO behind the leader. The Franklin, which
was one Of the favorites, was the last car for
Hie greater part or the way There was no
racing at any time, speed being no element at
all IN deciding the test
When the first car reached the garage in Gum
oefiahd street IL was placed under guard as no
car could be checked in at the garage before
0 CLOCK Next came the 35-horsepower Stevens
Duryea, driven by Kingsley Swan. Just six
minutes later Then for more than an hour no
car showed up. until the 3O-horsepower Pone
hartford driven by c. G. Arnold. reported at
o:oZ. followed in few minutes by the d.
horsepower Lozer, driven by Harry Michener
me PULLMAN. two Acmes and the Mora got in at
o;39 in close order and then there was another
long wait, until the arrival of the 30-horse-
| power Studebaker, driven by John Holm. which
got In at SO. Then at about ten minute inter
VaIs the other PopeHartford, a Rambler
Maxwell, Winton, a Prayer Miller another
Maxwell and an American Mors arrived. the
last one reporting at $50. The Hol-Tan was
still out on the road at late hour
Three trophies will be given TO the winning
cars The committee worked far into the night
| In measuring the gssolene TO decide the contest.
and the results will be made known this after
noon.