The San Francisco call., 1909-06-01

carrying No. 3. was penalized p points
for a change being made in the spark
plug This change was made in search
Of ignition trouble, which was found
to be a broken wire under the coil box.
which had been broken by the foot Of
the observer This. y II had been pro-
tested undoubtedly would have given
the Mitchell a perfect score, as wei
as that OF the big car. The EMF lost
four points for adjusting OF the car
buretor This was an c,4ceedingly hard
luck story. for the csrburetor was put
out Of business until il was drained
by small particles OF rubber, that came
from the feed pipe of the supply wagon
In fact the gasoline was responsible
for the Withdrawal Of the Speedwell
early in the game, as Driver Gordon
also had his carburetor choked up with
refuse. Technically. the EMF did not
make a perfect score, as the officials
Of the contest were not responsible
for the gasoline used. Morally. the
EMF should be considered with the
other FIVE winners.
BAD JUDGMENT CASE
The studebaker go was another
car to finish on time. but was penal
lied for a piece of bad Judgment Of the
driver. who allowed his engine TO be
stalled on one Of the rounds near the
Mission san Jose. For this piece Of
bad driving he was counted out.
OF the other cars. the Winton got
into trouble by the driver allowing
the car to run out Of gasoline, then.
when under way again. in the hard
drive to make UP the lost time, and in
taking chances over the rough parts
OF the road. a spring was broken. and
Il lost all chances. He. however, had
completed II rounds. The little Buick
White Streak had more than its
share of trouble. In the ten rounds
tnat il made 1t had nine punctures.
and finally. on the tenth round gave
up The Auburn on the first round
broke its fan and was out Of the con-
test. The Durocsrs oiler "froze' in
the first round. After several hours
work 1t was put into shape again and
was kept going over the course until
the finish. The Studebaker 40 horse
power. owned and entered by NJ. Levy,
a private owner was making gooo
time when II ran out of water in its
radiator. This penalized the car to
such an extent that the owner consid-
cred il not worth while TO finish the
contest.
GOOD WORK AT WHEEL
While the motor cars displayed q
wonderful amount OF endurance. yet il
remained for the drivers to be the star
feature Of the contest Gordon Muir
rv who was at the wheel of the
Inter State. drove beautiful contest
Tor "a hours lie never left the seal
behind the wheel. and when it is con-
sidered that he never drove an Inter
state car until last friday, il speak:
well both for the driver and the car
Murry was one OF the drivers who
won the Pelton cup in the speed rec
ord runs around the bay. When Muir,
raw crossed the line the spectators
crowding the finishing point. gave hin
an ovation that had never beer
equaled IN this section OF California
Murry who was not expecting th'
applause. was perceptibly affected. i
was q fitting tribute 10 as fne a piec'
Of driving as has ever been seer
since the automobile came int
existence.
William Powers. at the wheel of tn.
Buick touring car. carried of th'
honors for making the fastest lap. HI
covered the course in ] hour % minutes
"a seconds When il is considered tha
at least ten minutes was lost eacI
round in taking on gasoline and oil
it can be seen that the car must hav'
been over the mile minute mark a
times during the round.
The second best time was made b,
the EMF when IT covered the cours
in ] hour % minutes Al seconds.
EMERY IN THE OIL
George Middleton Of the Middleton
motor car company. which had entere,
the Acme the same car that made tn,
record run at the Santa Rosa roas
race. reported after r'e contest meai
trick that some one tried 70 play o.
this car, which made a perfect score
Adi1Gleton reported that when the ca