The Washington times., 1910-08-27
MNUSEY TOURISTS
LEAVE HARRISBURG

HARRISBURG, Pa, Aug. 27.-It was
an enthusiastic crowd of drivers, obser-
vers. and passengers which left this city
al go this morning headed for Wash
ington, the finishing point Of the Nun
sey Historic Tour
Interest in the final road test which
takes place today has reached an in
tense point
Every man who has a perfect score
Is guarding II jealousy Those who
have been penaIized are doing their ut
most TO guard against receiving further
penalizationS- In some classes certain
cars are alone IN holding perfect road
scores having won this position Ey
process Of elimination which has been
going on ever since the machines left
Philadelphia
First one machine would receive some
adverse points for faults developed Is
grinding out the MILEAGE rom day to
DAY. Then others would fall from the
perfect score class until at the present
time there are only thirteen cars with q
perfect road score out of the twenty
eight machines which started from the
Quaker City
Brush Stands Alone
Of the cars IN Division One A. which
includes machines costing $500 and
4
which remains with a perfect score The
Kric was withdrawn or Wednesday last
following the breaking Of its wheel near
Sydney, y. Y. Il continues, however,
IS non-cCntestant- Brush, No. =, car
ries a penalty Of three points These
were the three entries IN this division
which started from Philadelphia.
or the four cars which entered in
Division TWO a, which includes cars
Charles + Miller Of Washington dTlE-
CT, and Ford, No =. James Cherry
OF Philadelphia. driving are perfect
score cars. The Maxwell, No. Is, was
vvItbd-svsf. from this class. and IS con
JinuiCg with the tour as press car.
Ford, No 81, has been penalIzed elShJ
points
In Division Three A. which includes
cars costing from S1-21 10 $3.50 the
Maxwell No -, driven by Harry Walls.
Of Philadelphia is the only machine
which IS running with q perfect score
The WaTTeu-petr0iJ. No. 20, the Great
Western No IS- thu StaveT-C' ElCaCC- No
- the Crawford No - and the Noon,
No - have all been DenaIiZed-
The Great Westerns penalization
came about rs the result Of an accident
in Vermont when Clarence LAMAR Is
driver. rounding q sharp curve ran hs
machine puTDOSeiv into the side Of a
bridge TO avoid striking q woman dTiv-
ing a team who was on the wrong side
OF the road
RegaI-PluggeT withdraw
The ReCal-Plu-zer vas Withdrawn
yesterday following the breaking Of the
right 'front.' springs.
Division Four a. includes cars costing
from S1.6H 10 $500 and IN this class
there are three perfect score cars. The
Washington No ) driven BY A G. Car
ter. Of WASHINGTON che Washington, No.
E. diiven by y. D. Ar-ison. Of Washing
ton. and the Enger. No i, driven BY
ITarrv Frfsch. The Piarce-Racine. the
Ohio. and he Interstate in this class.
have been peualized-
Started in Division Five 4 stil remain
III the perfect score class They are
the Columbia No : driver. 9 N VFaE-
Z neT- the COrb-n- No IL driver A L
Bailey the St0ddard-Dayton, No p.
driver. l. II. Shaab, the CiuO. No y,
driver Walter DO1ueIly- and the Kline
EaT. No. g, driver Q. G. F'airman- The
Tlrn0re car was disqualified because the
manufactures lid not file with tho con
test board Of the American Automobile
Association q certificate showing that
their car was q stock model. The
Glide was Withdrawn following damages
which were sustained At F-hzabethtowTl,
In division Six A. the big six-cylinder
ATathesOn is the only entry and has
come through the tour thus Tar with 4
perfect score each night D a Hall IS
driving the machine
The run yesterday from NilkeSbdTTe.
Pa TO this city was over 1dlrly good
roads and through the beautiful Sus-
Quehanna valley
Two Pena1ized.
One car was withdrawn and two cars
were penaIized IN yesterdays work
The ReEal-PluEEer 70 Is. driven by
a. W. IsaRoche, suffered a broken spring
5I.st outside Of Bloomsbury and was
withdrawn from the tour II continued
The day as q nOncOnteStant and VIII run
70 the finishing point as a nOnCOn-
festant.
This. car had hitherto been running IN
the perfect score division and its with
dTRwaI from the CODtesting cars left
the Maxwell No . as the only machine
n that class which has not received
So7ae penalizaticn while on the tour
The Ohio No q was DeuaIized five
more points last evening. two points
for ignition, and three points for work
on the CarburetOr- The Plerce-Eacine
No Is was given twelve technical penal
izaJions for replacing spring bolt
The Perfect Scores
The number Of machines now holding
a perfect score are thirteen:
1l,a Co;Smbia, No ?, driver, G. NJ
Wagner
The washington. No. ;. driver. A G.
Carter.
me washington, No. s. driver, W. D.
The Ford, No. S, driver, Charles z.
Miller
Inc Corbin- No. II, driver. A T.
bailey.
The Brush, No. Il. driver. D. E. Nc
Coy.
The Enger. No L. driver, Harry
- cino, No % driver, Walter Don
nelly.
The Stoddard-Dayton. No q, driver,
I. H. Shaab.
The Maxwell No . driver. Harry E.
Wells.
IHne-Kar, Nc 81, driver, c. c. Fair
man
The LIatheson, No g driver, D. A.
Hall
The Ford. No g. driver, james Cherry
The welcome accorded the lTunSev
Tourists last evening when the cars
SDeeded into Harrisburg was delightful
The tourists were met a short distance
from the town by Charles Seton w
2 Markley- and II q Dodge, members
OF the Harrisburg Automobile Club and