The Washington times., 1909-05-15
SIX AUTOS IN TEST
REACH WAYNESBORO
Packard No. 4 Becomes
Pilot at Rockville, in Place
of Other Motor.
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The big laugh of the morning was tho
cruel jolt from Fate received by
/ Charles +. Miller in his Ford rUna bout,
one OF the contestants for The Times
trophy. Mr.. Miller had an unusually
light car, one of the lightest in the
city. He must have been assOCiating
with the Washington baseball club.
judging from his luck, for ne drew as
observer DR.. L. n. Mcconnell, who is
30O-pounder or over. and sits as heavily
in an automobile as a mortgage on a
home.
The genial doctor is about as pleas
ant a companion for a long journey as
could be found in nine counties. but he
lacks form as a passenger in a two
seat ruaabout hiking over thank 'ee-
NUNS, and If Charley Miller wins the
race the Ford people should give him
bonus as large as the doctor.
B ties Good Record.
NJ. S. Bates. who drove the Franklin.
in Glass A, IS one OF the four Frank
lin drivers who established The record
for quick driving from San Francisco
to New York, and also the record
from Chicago to New York. Should
any Of the local talent beat out him,
o. W Hoffman, and w. b. McBurney,
It will be a great boost for Washing
ton and vicinity as stamping ground
for high-grade Chauffeurs
Otto jacob who generally figures as
a driver in all of the Washington con-
tests, was not at the wheel this morn
ing. but could not keep out of the ex-
element. Ee and NJ. J. Harman were
passengers in the Columbia driven by
Abe Cohen, one of the private owners
who was taking a crack at the trophies
Will and Jim OTme. who have a thor
oughly developed case of the auto fever
/ both entered MathesOns. their private
property. Jim Orme handled his own
car, and he is there with the goods at
that trick. VIII Orme's car was steered
| by w. 3. McBurney, one of the Mathe-
son corps of expert drivers and demon
strators, who is associated with the
MathesOn offices IN New York. VIII
Orme is a good chauffeur on his own
account, and as both the brothers have
their machines in Glass A Il will be
interesting to see whether Jims driv-
ing outdoes that Of the specialist i'm
ported by VIII.
Hopes To Get Something.
Brownie Spence. of the Pope Auto
Company. had two OIdsmobiIes and the
two Mathesons of the Orme boys, repre-
senting some OF the lines he is selling,
and had high hopes OF landing the Class
A Cup either with VIII Orme's Mathe-
son or the OldsmobiIe driven by o. W.
Hoffman. Brownie was also going to
enter a POpe-Harfford but could not
get 1t ready soon enough. He tested il
this morning by giving the newspaper
men a weird Joy ride through the
country around Washington. Judging
from tho work the machine did on that
excursion he overlooked Il bet by not
taking a chance with it in the reliability
run.
/ Harry g. Ward. The Times auto edi-
/ tor, was passenger with Harrington
| Mills in No. 10. the Oldsmobile which
/ was manipulated by Hoffman. Ward is
/ the leading writer on auto topics In
Washington, and his story of the run
! as IL will be told IN The Sunday Times
lOnnoIIoW Will De Wen wor reading
whether or not you have a bubble
/ buggy
/ Isidor FreUnd is a private owner who
| has a great ambition to capture cups.
! He has been the Victim OF many an
noying but not serious mishaps that
l have put him ont Of the running in
previous events of the kind, but he comes
| back gamely for a change in the luck
/ whenever a contest is proposed.
FTeund On Hand.
He was right there this morning with
a Packard in class A and a tonneau full
| Of friends, who thought it mere waste
| Of valuable mcmen-s for the other fel-
/ lows to compete With Isidor's entry.
| His grit and Persis ,ency entitIe him to
| consideration and nobody will begrudge
him the honor if he is a winner today.
Joe stoddard. of the Cook & Stoddard
Company, was loudly IanlentinE that he
! had not entered his Chinese Mercedes. -
| he explained that the Emperor of China
would not allow the royal chauffeur to
come over to handle the famous ''one-
| lung machine with which StoddarCl
/ made his celebrated dash across the
| country in the last big run held by
/ Warrington eutoists.
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