The San Francisco call., 1910-08-13

cago branch.
Driving from Warren. Pa, to Detroit
and return, c. w. Jameson of Warren
last week broke
Stearns / the Cleveland-To-
Necoro rum 8 hours and As
minutes in his 80
so horsepower shaft drive Stearns run
about, setting the new mark at hours
and 80 minutes. The former record was
held by Mrs K. r. Otis, the famous
woman driver. She set her mark in
Stearns, also.
Jameson was on a business trip to
Detroit, and had no idea of breaking
records, and in fact did not know what
Thursday. July IS, and reached Toledo
ing Detroit at 1880 o'clock After
transacting his business in Detroit he
started on the return trip, going by
way of Adrian on account of the bad
road between Toledo and Detroit. 1t
was necessary for him to stop four
hours on the Detroit-Toledo trip. as
his aeetylene gas gave out midway
again at daybreak and arrived in To-
ledo at o'clock a. m. Leaving there
at 7:30 o'clock. Cleveland was. reached
at 11:30 o'clock the same morning.
The distance covered was sos miles,
the actual running time being 20 hours
and 10 minutes. an average of almost
80 miles an hour. IT is thought that
this establishes a new record between
Cleveland and Detroit, as well as be-
tween Cleveland and Toledo.
Jameson was accompanied by Charles
c. Jones, a business friend, of Cleve-
land.
H E. Doty, assistant Pacific coast
manager of the White company, re-
ports that George
/ Wires for Brackett of Port
White Gas Car Wired e an an order nds Iuso to
the San Francisco
branch for 1911 model White gasoline
car The machine is to have speci-
ally constructed torpedo body finished
in blue and cream.
Barney Oldfeld seems to be stirring
things up on eastern tracks. Nearly
every day brings
oIdsaeId.' Knox word Of continued
Wins More Races sEceesSSs W. MitE ms
stock car. G.. S.
Richardson, mana ger of the Reliance
autoMobile company, local agents for
the Knox, has just received telegraphic
advice of another victory won by Bar
ney in his Knox on the track at Wor-
cester, Mass. where. he captured the
field. and, as Barney put IL. with the
Knox running as fine as silk"
/. ]. Fleming of Los Angeles in the
course of a 500 mile trip to Owens
river aqueduct and
PaImer-singer 6aS BACK made fs rec
Captures Record tazaIe ett tIofr Los
in a Palmer and
Singer six-sixty. covering SIS miles in
phenomenal time, and twice crossing
Death valley On the return trim
through the desert the car made prob
ably the best time that has ever been
made for the district, including some
OF the worst stretches in the. west
Among the cars entered in the Santa
monica road race TO date are, in the big
car event: Column
May and May Not ola, Loz1er, Teddy
Hold Road Race Ietz!an dr1V
Buick, Knox. Joe
Nikrent driver; Ap-
person, Harris Hanshue driver. In the
medium car race Buick and in the
small car race Chalmers Detroit Bert
Dingley driver, Regal. r. Anthony
driver: Buick, Louis Nikrent driver.
and Franklin with Guy Irwin at the
wheel: AS the event does not take place
until September "a there is a possibfIfty
that number of other entries will be
made before the closing of the lists
The race committee is composed of p
II. Greer, chairman pro tenn; Earle C.
Anthony, chairman; P. A. Renton. a.
NJ Young and Louis SchWaehe