The San Francisco call., 1909-05-12
FAST AUTO TIME
AROUND Tic BAY
Auburn Car Lowered Record for
the Distance Yesterday
Morning
Captures the Tourist Perpetual
Cup Offered by Pelton
and Bogen
By R. r. L'HoMMEDIEU

Another automobile record went
glimmering yesterday. Gordon Murray
and Frank Bryant drove the four
cylinder Auburn around the bay in
successful attempt TO lower Harveys
Rambler record for the Tourist cup
given by Hazlett l. Pelton and Harry
W. Bogen. This racing pair last Sat
urday decided they would like to take
part in the road race at Santa ROSA,
and went to the City of roses hoping
that the officials would allow them 10
start In this they were unsuceessfui.
and, still wishing to try the car out,
made the run around the bay early
yesterday morning.
The car left Oakland at five minutes
past o'clock, and at two minutes past
6 o'clock had reached the checking
station at San Jose. having covered the
distance on the other side of the bay
in 81 minutes About three minutes
were lost after this in taking on oil
and gasoline. Then the trip up this
side of the bay began. and at
7:24:32 1-5 o'clock they reached the
finishing line, making the trip up from
San Jose in 1 hour and 22 minutes
80 Is seconds, or covering the whole
distance in hours 19 minutes 32 TO
seconds.
This beats Harvey's record in the
Rambler for the distance by min
utes IS 40 seconds. and gives pos
session of the Tourist perpetual cup.
until this record is lowered, TO the
Auburn motor car company.
A new car has reached the local mar
ket. 1t is a California production ana
mas more tndn
Durecar the maze an an euoiao1s Ir Ios
...--- A-- Nsn Angeles. where it
was built. The
Duroear has been so popular in the
southern city that it is only until the
present time that the manufacturers
have been able to broaden out their
interest and reach San Francisco The
Durocar Will be. handled by the Duro
auto company of San Francisco. at the
head of which is w. A. Breen and ]. A.
Houlihan The latter is well known
in San Francisco, but lately has been
connected with an ignition house.
Within the next "a hours the full line
OF demonstrators will be on exhibition
at 4Ss Golden Gate avenue
r. NJ Bower, in bringing in the first
Durocar demonstration to San Francisco
YESTERDAY. had IN
Roads Closed excltlng eApeEl-
). o'ec 10 socN,on He left the Slough
city for San Fran
cisco by way OF Tracy late Monday
afternoon. and in trying to reach Tracy
found that the river had broken
through the Ievee and had flooded the
country. and the only bridge by which
wrecked by steam roller going
through the floor. The roads were new
to him and practically all the informa-
ton about the right direction seemed
TO be wrong. for fully a dozen times ne
had to retrace his course. He finally
reached Modesto, where he crossed
and came on up TO san Francisco
having been IA hours at the wheel dur
ing this trying trip. 1t will be fully
week before stockton can be reached
In anything like a direct route.
Don c. MeCord of the willys-over-
land motor ear company reported the
arrival yesterday
Marion Cars Of two caSlosds
Have Have A-rIved " Which, aar'Gn are figs5V, now
at the saIesrooms
He also reports the sale and. delivery
of two Overlands. one of which was
sold to Homer Smith.
Ed Mohrig of Moore motor supply
yesterday received report
So to the effect that
| Mono.rnm oil Rosa " road pad race aes
oil. The Auburn. which broke the rec
ord around the bay yesterday. also
used the same oil.
I. J. Morse. San Francisco manager
of the I4ocomobiie Company of America
:. --... branch, reports
Recent sales the. sale of Loco
| ~ I.oron,o obiIe. mobile cars to the
-.-----.--~ following persons:
J. s. Silverberg,
A. A. Moore and Wellington Gregg. s.
S. southworth. who has taken the
has placed an order for six of
the new shaft drive cars to take care
of the remainder of the season across
the bay