The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-28
AMONG THB AUTOMOBILES
NEW AMERICAN RECORD PRE-
DICTED ~ GRAND PRIZE RACE.
Ralph milford. winner Of National stock
championship ~ Elgin. says New
Course IL . wonder ami Expects the
victor win Better 30 Miles an Hour.

victor VIII better 10 Niies IN houF'
Ralph milford. the LoIisr racing driver.
and &. A. kmise. manager OF the LoElsr
racing team. sitter having Inspected the
circuit AZ savannah over which the second
International race for the Automobile Club
Of Americas Grand Prize gold CUP will be
run on November u. are frnly convinced
that a nsE American speed record Stil Dc
made They are certain the savannah
average o. sSii miles an hour and Oran;'s
slightly better average in this years Van
derbilt Cup race will be bettered and will
even be surprised II NAzyaro'- worlds
record average OF 7S3 miles an hour IL not
beaten milford comments on the subject
a. folloNs
This new course ~ a wonder ana . new
worlds record will be sst or We have missed
our guess Il Is from ~ TO eight miles
an hour faster than formerly on accoGnt
81 the elimination OF tho Isle Of Hope and
Thunder bolt turns With tho improvement
in the speed Of cars n the last two years the
old say annah time Of sSII miles an hour
viii bs badly broken
n my Io2ier stock car. With which !
Non tho national stock chassis champion
ship At Elsin. finished ann IN the Wander oilt
and was only beaten by !sss than SIX seconds
in the Fairmognt Park race. IL able 10 go
the route IL should average seventy miles
an houT. ana tho big foreign racing cars
ought TO beat my stock car time at least
four or Eve miles an hour
While no formal entries for the Grand
Prize race have yet been made nv the loSier
Motor ompany II 10 evident that The con
,ers nave been engaged AZ savannah TIE
LoZi-r Grand Prize camp IL 90 he at the
Caslno at IhYndsrbolt; a PictntsS-an .,, .Po'
NJ 'e' rm 18.n nu ltsT norSn aEi Inc me.
chances LEFT for Atlanta. where milford and
u .nf net
on November 8. ami 5
The ono ron GraboNssv power wagon
made is high speed run from De'roit 10
this city IN good condition after completing
,Ss s srS.dni. In. machin. Vas in charge
81 sidney ! West ~ Detroit and Nas driven
by william Mul,tay II New York William
lH'omobiie Int u Detroit. Who made the
entire trio On the ar
The car carried not only ~ tul load
caparUV and three men. but had con
siderable overload The trip was nur'
poseIy y strenuous. dce. in order 90 demon.
nrduons tasks "a vel ~ the regular w3ts
required " business motor Neh,cl- The
test was NOT good -oId. Journey a. ,he
exception ~ about 700 miles great
deal ~ mud was encountered. and IN one
place IN ontario the crew was tor'ed e"
i,ut tine chains on the wheels IN order 20
get the machine ont "f \ III idhoIe under Us
own power
roads made the car plunge and rock like =
boat on storm tossed sea. bu- The ma hne
keri M n steady pace IN spite ~ the dim
cultie- " Niagara Falls the 'n'ci states
customs Officers stopped the machine Tor
an Inspection ~ the load Although Mr.
West assured them that the hag- and box 80
~ sand contained no -nuEgled articles
nothing hut an examination would Hatl@t
them Tina took lot of time and u was
10 o'ClorE " edne-dAN night before me
GrAbowskv got into buffalo
deiegAtion 81 Users Of traboN%kN
Trucks met the machine ~ Niagara Fall.
and Escorted ~ into FuNalu numhNr ~
Bunalo hFma were omu~h Interested IN the
showing 81 the power wagon that u was Kept
IN Buffalo for han a dav, during Nh''h nine
similar Vehicles we're sold to CommeTc tai
concerns 81 that CttN
The roads from Ruhalo 10 Rochester were
good but after le1vtng tho latter cuy the
highway conditions wore almost A. h1d
az theV mad heen N Canada Through tn"
NonteIuma mar~h and aI"nK the roads
parallsitns The Ere canal fINv Ioo miles
we're covered on low scar Running down
/ the Hudson more bad roads we're found
and the machine went through narrow
lane near \ closed road AZ Hriarclth The
/ GrAboW.ky pulled ave touring cars out Of
the mire IN the lane
According 10 the Topte books tho dis
tance from Detroit 80 New York IL as7 miles.
bat unexpected d~toHr- forced the ira
running time Wa 81 hours and minutes
averaging - 9 miles an hour The machine
used ~ gallons 81 gas"lene, 10 pints OF oil
and pounds II grease No repairs were
/ made. and 'he unl" replacement va. a de.
3 70 ap9Th plug