New-York tribune., 1909-04-27
CARS SPEED UP HILL
pPOWN CLOSE TO RECORD.
Bic CrO1cd Enjoys Opening Con-
tests of automobile CarniUaI.

r,e+ueen FIVE and six thousand persons forgot the
LID bleak wind which blew half gale off the
15,5sor River yesterday in watching the thrilling
5asbes Of high powered automobiles up Fort
c-oo-se hill at Dyckman street. The contests
srked the opening of the second annual auto
-obile carnival, and while the crowd not quite
w bjg as a year ago, it made up in enthusiasm
ba- # lacked in numbers.
rsvi5 Bruce Brown earned the speed honors OF
.+ dsv He drove his 12O-horsepower Benz
:, the steep incline in 2S a. seconds. which
o1l, three-ffths of second behind the record for
.be bill made by Leland in a Stearns car in
I,e,sf 1891 No accidents marred the contests,
- the only disappointment for the onloOkers
-. failure of Mrs Joan y. Cuneo TO make trial
.gaiDst tire. Mrs. Cuneo at the starting line
ond anxious drive, but the officials decided at
+be last minute declare the exhibition off. under
: -,ue Of the American Automobile Association
sbich bars women drivers from competition
Mrs Cuneo indignant, and said she would
60, out an injunction. IL necessary, to prevent the
o4ciaIs keeping her out of the straightaway races
st Jamaica to-day
The crowd cheered and applauded when Mr.
Brown came sputtering up the hill like Kansas
cyclone in the same that finished second in
,be Grand Prize race at Savannah last Thanks
irving Day. ana which made such remarkable time
IN the recent Florida beach races. The machine
IS entered in the free-for-aI against nine
other fast cars. and Won by about three seconds.
The next best time of the day made in the
sane event by a Panhsrd car of 120-horsepower.
driven by H. Walter Webb. II rushed UP the in
Zine in g. 3 seconds A eo-horsepower National
Vss third in IS 3-5 seconds and Knox fourth in
g - seconds
The steep incline measured 1900 feet and the
cars had 10 make two rather sharp turns The
machines were divided into classes. according 10
ther selling price. 4 FSsss@sSS&
Some time before the time announced for the
ontests 10 begin the crowd began arrive. but II
was an orderly one. and the police had little trou-
be Heavy overcoats and wraps were appreciated.
and the wind was biting. Souvenir venders with
carnival flags were out in numbers and did -four
ishing business.
A noticeable feature Of the contests was that not
g car Of the same make won in more than one
event. Buick car driven by Burman VIC
torious IN Class D for selling from S1,150 %
s. 00O by climbing the hill IN 40 2-5 seconds
than six seconds ahead of its nearest competitor.
In the class preceding this. for cars selling from
1851 10 s1.250, Buick cars. driven by Jones and
Finch finished second and third. Besides making
the third best time the day in the freefOr-all
class Aitken won IN his 60-horsepower National
car in contest G. open TO six-cylinder cars selling
for over $4,000, in 81 2-5 seconds He finished
second in Class E. for cars selling from SS,100 n
$4,000. which was won by Lescault in a 60-horse-
power Palmer & Singer machine. Aitken in this
race drove a 35-horsepower
The carnival schedule to-day calls for straight
which are announced to begin at ? o'clock in the
afternoon
The summary of the hill climb follows: