Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-20

more stable ground, but the wheels
found no grip on the roadway Finally,
with a powerful wrench of the wheel,
Ruess sent his car far to the side of
the treacherous highway and there
found a toehold for one driving tire.
Like a flash the big Pope-Hartford
shot forward and faded from view In
the sunlit valley of Newhall.
When Ruess reached the point where
the White was wrecked he saw dimly
a crowd of persons beside the course.
But he had seen crowds at every point
and turn and gave no heed. He did
not see the shattered competitor.
Machris, his mechanician, however,
saw a broken and wrenched machine
standing beside a telegraph pole near
the roadway.
Il believe the White is out shouted
the assistant, but no reply came from
Ruess who gave heed only to the
road and drove his steady careful,
consistent race, checking in his mind
the points and the time he knew so
well. On through Newhall, over the
better roads through that town, the
Pope-Hartford sped. 1t was the sched-
ule-his schedule-and the other fell
lows that Bill was studying.
Passes Tracks Between Trains
The Apperson car was most fortu-
nate in its time of crossing the rail-
| road track near Newhall. Hanshue
| crossed virtually between two trains.
One minute would have meant a seri-
Gus delay to him. Hanshue drove a
beautiful race over the smoother roads
and held consistently to a pace that
he knew would put him well 4nder the
wonderful mark set by the White
driven by Captain Ryus last year.
At NeWhall, Ruess was given the in
formation as to how the Apperson-
now the only car ahead of him-was
going and the exact time the Jack
| rabbit was making. Steadily the Pope
Hartford cut down the time of its COM
10titor, showing perfect knowledge Of
the road by Ruess and the marvelously
] close adherence to the schedule he had
made for his individual run, as well as
| a knowledge of what his competitor
had cut out for his time at the several
| points.
! Hanshue was making a desperate eff
fort to win the Badly race. He was
driving his car to it's limit of capacity,
but he was being hindered also by tire
troubles, through six of which changes
! he made remarkable speed, averaging
two minutes to each change, and came
dashing into the finish station in just
3:24:4O, and had cut the time of the
| White Steamer eight full minutes.
AT ACbDtls llOWtNGls INuGSS WllH Ills
racer had gained eighteen minues
on the Jackrabbit, and Ruess cut
away from the schedule he had made
for himself of 2 hours and 80 minutes
and began to ease up on his car.
Leads Apperson's Time
On arrival at Shoemakers a bulletin
board gave him the information he was
leading the Apperson's time more than
| twenty minutes, but a puncture just
above the first named place compelled
change of one tire, which was made
in one minute and half This, with
his leisurely climb Of the mountain,
permitted him to pake the run slower
than he would Otherwise, and his car
landed at the finish line in hours and
seconds, and there met Hanshue,
driver of the Jackrabbit-old and firm
| frlends-and none congratulated Ruess
more heartily than big, good natured
Harris Hanshue.
The White Steam car in last years
race was driven by Capt. H. D. Ryus,
and many believed his record with that
car would not be beaten, but Ruess was
sure and certain with his calculations,
and pulled thirty-two minutes from the
record of Ryus.
| At the finish the Pope Hartford was
in perfect condition, and Ruess openly
offered to run the same race again Sun
day night for $1,000 a side If there We're
any takers.
A sale Of the Pope Hartford racer
was made conditionally last week to be
effective should the car win the race,
and a we'll known business man of Los
Angeles win receive the car during this
week when the car has been restored TO
the condition of Just a common stock
car, such as is sold from the floor of the
| Pope Hartford warerooms at any time,
the car winning yesterdays races being
an ordinary stock car.
! The 100 miles of the run on ths Mount
Baldy course embraces every kind and
! condition of road that an automobile