The San Francisco call., 1910-11-21
Big CROWDS At
AUTOMOBILE SHOW
Spectators Divide Time Between
Exhibits and Cars in 48
Hour Grind
By R. R. L'HoMMEDIEU

Ihere was an unusually large at
tendance yesterday at the automobile
show that is being held in Idora park.
From the time the doors were thrown
open until the band played the last
piece stream of enthusiastic motor
lists and spectators came in through
the gates. 1t was a record Sunday for
such an event Those who had gone
out saturday night told their friends
~ the beauties of the show and be-
lore the day was over they went out
10 see Tor themselves The motor hon.
ors OF the day were divided between
the show and the endurance run which
was being held over the course at
san Leandro. Auto owners and their
iriends would go to the Show and then
tney would motor out to the control
at san Leandro and watch the cars
check in.
Inc cars are doing wonderfully well
ana the way they are running is
surprise. Up to the ninth round only
Two cars went down. They were the
Reo and Cartercar. The first was the
Cartercar. which came to grief lust
atter 1T had started the second lit
tie past midnight. In going down the
road toward Hayward it ran into a
sandy patch and skidded into a foot
ditch, completely wrecking one of the
rear wheels. E. c. Collins hurried TO
1dora park and took a wheel off one
OF the cars in the show, ands after
loss of nearly six hours, had the
Cartercar on the road again. running
In the contest
In the fourth round the REQ sud
denly came to a stop and the seal on
the bonnet had to be broken. JJpon
investigation it was found that one of
the lgnltlon wires had been burnt off
by the heat of the exhaust pine This
put the car out of the contest. for
Norman de Vaux figured it would not
pay to wear out the tires not to count
the cost of oil and gasoline to finish
the contest when there was no chance
of making a perfect score
There was considerable tire trouble
at times from .punetures, but as the
time wore on these became fewer
The Winton, Maxwell, Corbin, White,
Moon, Buick, Mitchell. Ford and Velie
finished the first II hours on time and
none of them was penalized. The lit
tie Ford was a surprise to many. as
it was thought that the pace would
be too much for the little fellow. But
1T came plugging in on time every
lap.
last MS III dS Tue ellu Oh lfleD - hours
approached the drivers began to show
the effects of the hard driving. They
took their seats at the wheel with
not as much joy as when they started
out. 1t was beginning to be hard
work and they knew that the worst
part of the driving was at hand. In
the small hours of yesterday morning
there came up a thick fog, through
which the drivers could see only a
few feet At the same time it became
extremely cold, the drivers constantly
having to beat their hands against the
wheel to keep the blood in circulation.
The Moon car was missing at the end
of the twelfth lap and lost it's perfect
score.
The officers of the Oakland automo-
bile dealers association are making
great preparations for the finish which
will be held inside of 1dora park right
in front of the show pavilion This is
on the twenty-fourth lap and ends
the 48 hour grind. The last lap is
a long one and every driver will have
to make allowance for the extra dis
tance.