The San Francisco call., 1909-03-16
SETS new MARK
FOR PElTON CUP
Harvey, Accompanied by his
Wife, Makes Fast Time
Around the Bay
Lowers Record for the Kun
Eight Minutes and Twelve
Seconds
By r. x. rHommedien

The round the bay record for the
Pelton cup. which was lowered TO
hours 80 minutes by Gordon Murray
in the Auburn, was smashed yesterday
nv I. r. Harvey in his Rambler runa-
bout known as the ~GaviOta Kid He
lowered the record minutes II sec
onds. starting at a. m, and cross
ing the finishing line on the oouie-
vard AT 9:2s.4S. The car in which he
did the stunt has an interesupg MS
tory. as it also holds the record be
tween Los Angeles and return, DSSiSSs
having attempted to lower the san
Erancisco-Los Angeles record. which
was curtailed by the min1ons OF the
law objecting TO the speed at "nieH
he was driving the car. -,
Harvey made San Jose from Oakland
in 55 minutes. and came up THIS size
NJ the bav in 1 hour % minutes Fo
seconds. He had planned to carry
three passengers, they being MS VIE
and a tire man. The tire man 1alied
70 make his appearance, and Harvey
had to depend on his better hair as
mechanician- That he did not nave ~
stop for tire or mechanical troupls
was his good luck. There undoubtedly
was a bit of sentiment in this run,
inasmuch as if Harvey was TO meet
an untimely end, his wife wished 70
share his lot This appeals 10 the
ideal. but is decidedly a bad prece-
dent for automobile contests Mr*s
Harvey enjoyed the victory as the car
crossed the line even more than her
husband did
BEFORE Harvey was sent away the
Oakland with Driver Macdonald at
the wheel, left the staRting line at
a. m. -Three-quarters OF an hour later
Frank Murray. at the wheel OF the
Buick. started on his record lowering
attempt. The Oakland reached Warm
Springs after the engine had eoughed
and died out. Running the car TO the
side OF the road. Macdonald found that
il was not getting any gasoline, and
il took 1 hour and 35 minutes to ind
out, after discoupling the feed pipe
and carbureter. that the sieve IN the
former had been choked BY deposit
in the gasoline. This put the Oakland
out OF the contest
Murray, in the Buick, after repair
ing a puncture, was in striking dis
tance of the record up to San Jose. and
when speeding through that town In
an attempt to make up lost time. ran
into the arms of the law and was
arrested for speeding BY the time
that he had appeased the chief q
police with deposit of $40 the record
had gone glimmering. and he, like the
driver or the Oakland car lelSurely
returned to San Francisco.
II. l. OWesney. manager OF the local
branch OF the Winton motor car com
pany, has received
Six Cylinders letter from tns
- - s that the WintOn
Six made a great
hit at the Kansas City show. Even the
handicap of balcony space. which was
all that could be secured. did not pre-
vent a great list of sales being made.
The letter states that in a single recent
issue of one of the automobile journals
16 manufacturers featured six cylinder
cars. Four months agQ only seven OF
these IS were making Nsixes- These
facts" writes G. ". Churchill. Winton
sales manager. emphasize the spread
of Ask cylinder interest. But the
strongest evidence is our own order
/ book and the fact that never In our
/ history was our factory buster than
now. and you know we make skies
/ exclusively"