The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-24
AMONG The AUTOMOBILlSTS
FORD NUMBER . WINS OCEAN
.. To OCEAN CONTEST.

1U O(EAN SUNlIof
Bert Scott and e.. j. Smith arrived ~
seattie Yesterday Afternoon, Cap
turing NJ. Robert GugGenhelm Trophy
The Philadelphia Race Postponed.
Word was received here late yesterday
afternoon that Ford car No. ,. driven by
Bert Scott and c. J. Smith. had won the IN.
ternstional ocean to ocean contest LOT inc
NJ. RobArt Gugsenheim trophy by arriving
at Seattle at II :35 o'clock Western time or
s:ao Eastern time. In addition to the e1-
pensIye trophy offered by Mr.. Guggenheim
the crew of the winning car will receive q
cash prize OF O.. 900.
The contest began from the City Hall In
this city on the afternoon OF June When
Mayor Mcclellan froa the starters soIo
plated pistol at / o'clock. The winning
! Ford and the Ford car No. /. manned oy
Frank Kulick and H. B. Harper, have been
IN the lead most Of the tin since the con-
.~estants left St. Louis. Up TO st. LOUIS the
contestants had to follow q regular schedule
arranged by the contest committee OF the
Automobile Club OF America. which was
enforced by ]. H. Gerrie. who acted as the
of1clal pacemaker from here to st. Louis.
1t was thought yesterday that Ford car
No. 1 would be the second contestant tos
reach Seattle and that the would
follow 1t very closely. he Acme six GYM
der car, which hadbeen delayed by a num-
Der Of minor accidents, is expected to arrive
at Seattle In a day or 30. The ltala,
gh!ch lost iis driver. Gus Lecnieitner, az
Chicago, Is reported as still on the way to
the Pacific coast.
David l.. Bruce-Brown, the young New
Yorker who has come into such prominence
rece ntly as an amateur racing driver. saisd
yesterday on the Adriatic with his mother
and younger brother for an extended auto
mobile trip in Europe. The young man hrst
came Into prominence as q racing orNer
when he made a new worlds amateur record
OF IS 20 seconds for one mile straishtaway
with the late Emanuel Cedrlno's Flat on the
Ormond-Daytona beach In Florida In Febru-
AIRY of-lsst year.
This year he has been driving the 100
horsepower Benz racer viii which Hemery
h n the Au seS1oS club %a 81 Amsitca's grand
+ .sIss Ki,v ,h ef H.0z i. + ,S won ho 3 aq Beach
meet last winter. and has also mace the
fastest time In q NUMBER or NJ! ciimos
held since then. He will drive his mothers
so horsepower Fiat during his trip through
Europe.
A special short term class in sutGamSbiIs
the month q july Classes are to be CON:
Quoted S.ss four 2 IA sf%: .SaH ~ e., md .a iSog evf e Rsd
july july and Mi'1 august. ID" The demands for II:
stsaS'ionH o have tS made b u qee Of shs 80 st tsI e
during the last season were owners
or prospective owners Of cars instruo-
dents each. and ali the, essential fes-
lures OF g~asoleue automobiles are carefully
explained by the instructors The mem.
and night receiving instruction in he opera
ton OF cars on the Vsds and streets
The onacie,. o. the Quaker City, Motor
Club have decided to postpone their dual
twepty-four hour race at the Point bresHe
track until some time next fsl; The .B pi 6na
next Friday afternoon. and for the cars
selling 8, I s o. &; SSi on and F1 GSss :, s2e sfssn 'f fhs
short distance events that had been sched.
uIed for Friday afternoon will be run on
s1t ,s6 %|I.. %.f ss,n to stripe, snd 4 st spse's CLASSES .sss
a gold medal for the winnins, driver. H ,:
a asr1slsFs or new Ls0o ose m asns record wi'' for Dry the
Point Breeze track with the six cylinder
Chadwick that Willie Haupt drove IN the
i Eifna A R"as he cara rs and a dlise4s entered
y, N; Cram Mitchell; vI J., A po Ass1ilsld
ford; james Munyon. Jr. American. and
Harry Willis, American.
must carry lights when on the public nigh.
way, at night. goes into force IN g Jersey
or IS,y N l. :oa s5's STATE shat vii dh'f BE- tine m nes t ssfes
for automobilists who are out at night
with their cars The lay requires that the
IIni Ghe shs( be =. tis lsssa q. ,aat fee. ,e sa and S tSat a
the direction In which the vehicle is travel
ling.
Forman Wilkinson. secretary OF the Auto
mobile Club OF Syracuse. has ordered a mum,
BY the club along the road between SYRIA
cuse and Richheid Springs. The organiza-
ton has erected a great many signs along
will put up more OF them during the summer
The membership Of the club IL growing
rapidly and the of1cials expect 70 nave 500
names on the club rolls within the next few
weeks
Five events for automobiles and two for
motorcycles are scheduled for decision, In
Automobile Club on SATURDAY, June 20,
The .utomobils events are c as IG inoSs IS
piston displacement and less 20, ?, Tor
easolene cars with ioi to $50 cubic inches
ears With f': al to seS cubic EG inches piston dis
placement. No, 4, for gasolene cars with 30l
TO $50 cubic inches piston displacement
No. s. free for all.
The members OF the Automobile Dealers
Association Of Los Angeles have decided to
conduct their two road races on Saturday,
July 10, without asking the. contest board
OF the American AUTOMOBILE Association
10 sanction the events. The motion to ask
for a sanction WAS lost by one vote when
will be run in the morning and the smaller
machines will nave their argument in the
-. afternoon. The entries for the big car event
Ia Locomobile and an Apperson.