The Washington times., 1909-05-16
Winners Will Be Announced
This Afternoon After
Work Is Completed.
CONDITION OF CARS
THAT FINISH RACE
Proper Officials Are Hearing Re.
ports From Observers With
Each Car.
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concerned. Hoffman handled the cal
with Consummate skill. and all banus
in the machine had settled ouck wit,
\ sigh of contentment as the finish line
drew TN sight for the car looked all over
a winner.
The machine was sent from the Pope
saleSrooms 20 the Contest without the
tuning up that Is usually given Ca
cars IN contest of this nature, and its
splendid performance was a revelation
TO many. The car went over the course
without the radiator being rehlled.
which is in itself some stunt
About the happiest man in tho run
vas George Thomas, who piioted the
two-cyiinder REQ roadster, with =. NJ.
Miller as his observer. lie had a per-
feet mechanical score. Thomas made
the REQ negotiate every foot of the way
on schedule time, and the splendid way
in which the car took the clutch and
brake tests at the conclusion OF its run
resulted in a hearty outburst of ap-
plause, which Lester Moore, jr., the REQ
agent, modestly acknowledged.
Perfect Road Score
No. Is Matheson. entered by VIII
Orme and wriven by w. II. McBurney, an
expert pilot from the Matheson factory,
had a perfect road score. 1t also took
all the outdoor brake and clutch tests
cleanly. but suffered a penalty for hav-
ing two bolts shored of.
This was probably due 10 the fact that
an extra passenger had to be taken
from the pilot car. no other car owner
would volunteer to take this passenger
in and rather than see him left on the
road Mr.. Orme took him in and thus
added considerable more weight on his
car, suffering a penalty for his gener-
oSity.
No. Z car. the Columbia, driven by its
owner. A =: Cohen, had perfect foSd
up on the road on several occasions, ar
living at the finish linc on time, the
car was put through the various out
door tests, which it met without pen
atty A loose spring clip was penaiiZed
by the technical committee.
Tyser's Driving.
one OF the sensations OF the run was
the great driving of Frank Tyser in the
No. IS OIdsmobile. He was sixteen
minutes lste- AT the finish. caused by
the casting OF his right front tire. This
happened short distance out Of Olney,
forcing Tyser TO drive twelve miles on
the rim.
This would cause many drivers 10
give up in despair, but Tyser pluckily
held on. and he received a rousing well
come when he pulled up at the nnish.
He went through the brake and clutch
tests without falteriug. and only hard
luck prevented him from getting a per-
feet score all around.
The two Ford entries behaved we'll
No 6, Ford, driven by H G. Machin. an
amateur. made a perfect road score. but
was penalized for having a loose muf-
fer pipe.
Stopped Motor
stopping the motor twice caused four
points to be registered against No. .
Ford, OF which Charles Miller was the
driver. This car had a perfect road
score.
There were two OF the little Brush
ears entered, and while they did not
win prize, they made a c-ejitable
showing, considering their small power
so. 81 Brush. driven by D. w. Bussey,
mad loose nut and was 56 minutes late
at the finish. No. N Brush entered and
driven by r. w. Nichols, had transmits
aion trouble caused By a web for shift
ing the low and reverse gear being
broken fifteen miles this side of Freder-
lex. This made him late at all the
controls and he did not finish until II
O'Clock AT night At this late hour ne
took all the outdoor tests and made
them without penalty.
Delayed BY Tires.
Tire trouble caused No. 15 car. a
Franklin. piloted by n S. Bates. an ex-
pert from the Franklin factory, to be
three minutes late at the finish