The San Francisco call., 1909-05-09

in 1.40. The Stearns. in the one mile
race for SIX cylinder cars, over $4,000,
made the distance in SIS lis. and in the
two mile race. for the same class, COY
cred the course in ] 81 g. The honors
Of the one mile race and the two mile
event for four cylinder cars over 81 900
also fell to the Stearns. over the one
mile straightaway the time made by
the Stearns was :53 l-5, and over the
two mile course 1851 3-5. The Buick
came in for the honors in the race for
the smaller cars, winning in the one
mile and in the two mile events for cars
from SI25I TO and including 81 000. The
distance OF one mile was made in :55 by
the Buick and for the two miles in 1852.
in the class for cars sold under S1,250
the EMF won both the one and two
mile events, making the first in 1903 As
and the two miles in 2.22 3-5.
Much concern Is felt by the Lord
motor car company of Los Angeles over
.:.-- -.,. the WHEREABOUTS OF
Motorists n,, neIhe feTrls' tII 81
May BE Lost RswFins; Rs1 RFsie WYe.' tbe bend end
mechaniciau Of the
Lord company, distributors of the Stu
debaker- -Garford in the south The
couple left Los Angeles Thursday, April
- for Rawlins in Ferris Studebaker
Thirty car. Their intentions were TO
travel overland TO Wyoming by way OF
Goldfeld and Salt Lake City. But since
their departure the Lord company has
not been in communication with the
automobiIists. Ferris is a well known
rancher of the middle west kis run
from Los Angeles was TO nave been
made purely for the sport and for the
purpose of making fitting entrance
into his home town after a long alb
sence p A Lord. who is at present
visiting this city. stated yesterday that
unless word was received from the trav-
elers in a day or two invesu CATION
would be made as to their whereabouts
and welfare.
Early this week Greenwich, Conn.
celebrated the arrival of its long
-.::, awaited Locomobile
- 80 chemical fire en-
Fire Enslne F6oIed into the
ascend steep puts nil" with remark
able ease and speed its siren whistle
and big bell sounded and the Whole
town turned out 70 greet the @ en- 1o
horsepower Locomobile chassis and has
a total weight of s, 900 pounds. Although
it carries heavy equipment, II mas sIa deIn-
onstrated its ability to travel SO miles
an hour and climb the steepest hills IN
the state with speed The hre hghting
apparatus consists OF two 80 gallon
inks of chemical solution and 250 feet
of hose II requires four minutes to
exhaust one tank and during THIS IN
terval the other tank can be refilled
and made ready, thus lnsurlng a con-
tinuous stream for an indefinite time.
A large searchlight and regular COM
plement Of hooks, axes and hand eX-
tinguishers are also carried.
It has been the object of the Ameri
can automobile association contest
FC,xs5.. rour tour this year of
uh6aeh 1 greater interest to
ODIee.l ,-e19o-, the a u 0 m b ! e
users in general
than ever before by making il Of more
value as an object lesson This IS TO
he done not by making the contest
moro difficult, but by having tne nuies tss
the cars viii be set forth with fuller
detail because of the improved rules
and motorists everywhere VIII get-a
better line on the possibilities of tour
ing on schedule time. There Will be
fractional points of penalization In
CURED for things not before penailzeo
and while the contest is certain to be
close il is expected in this way to
evolve an Individual winner for each
trophy without any car being dis
credited because of minor adjustments
ordinarily experienced by every one
most enthusiastic letter has been
received by L. IL Bill. head OF the local
:. .:. b c n Of the
a Rambler e9mRSny' CO fbe spiendid tsllind
...--- vfctory Of the
Rambler in the second annual road
ability run Of the Quaker City motor
club. held recently, from Philaoelphia
started The route, by way of Egg
bsrbor and Mays landing. was 6S.2
miles long and the official secret time
was fixed for 3 hours 46 minutes and
40 seconds The winning Rambler
came under the wire at the finishing
lire fust % seconds before the official
limit and was awarded the grand
prize"
There have been so many automo-
bile thefts in Los Angeles that owners
!. =. are p rot c n &
u q m q @ in
TsoarIess every possible way.
. big seven pas
senger Peerless be-
longing to Robert J. Gaylord of Pasa
iena was stolen recently from the
broad daylight The thieves drove into
Death valley and the machine was Ke
covered few days after at Daggett.
strange to say, none the worse for the
hard usage. At Daggett the car was
recognized from description sent
broadcast After all the hard trip and
long journey the car is once more in
the hands of it's owner and is doing
service as usual without hitch.
NOTES or THE AUTO
In order TO get the best results out
of anything it is necessary to thor
Ouehly understand the material of
which the object. instrument or ma
chine is made. the construction and the
cn~rorf ffsc of each Dart as we'll as tho