The San Francisco call., 1910-12-20


The total distance covered is. greater
than II times the distance around the
earth at the equator.
Each car averaged per contest II, $40
miles, per month, 1904 miles, and per
day 53.4 miles
The average cost for repairs in the
three contests was 43 cents per 1000
miles-an exceptional record.
Especially interesting is the record
OF Butler, who won second money. In
1903 he won ninth prize and in 1909
frst prize, driving the same car in each
OF the three contests. The full three
year record for this car is 41,173 miles.
with total repair expense Of 80 cents.
This annual contest is open to all
employed drivers Of Winton Six cars.
They are required to make monthly
reports of mileage and expense such
reports being attested by the car own
ers At the end of the contest both
drivers and owners are required to sup
ply affidaVgts covering all reports. The
reports are then placed before COM
mittee of Judges, who weigh the evil
dence and award the prizes.
The judges this year were F. E.
Schwarzkopf of the Club Journal of
the Automobile Club of America; John
w. Raper of the Cleveland Press, and
st. Clair ,Couzens of the Cleveland
News.
A. c. Leonard, driver for w r. Bou-
tell of Minneapolis, has been awarded
$1,000 as first prize, in the Winton Six
upkeep contest for 1910. Between
April / and November 80 Leonard drove
Boutell's Winton Six a distance of 21.-
127 miles at a total repair expense of
$40.
Second money. $500, was awarded to
G. w Butler, driver for j. e. Clenny
of Chicago. Butler drove 1905 miles
on a total repair expense of so cents.
Other prizes were awarded as fol-
lows:
Third S250-Won by P w AIulford, driver for
". J. Friedlander of Cincinnati $500 miles; re-
pair expense, 80 cents.
Fourth -s15o-Won by William e. ochsie,
driver for Martin 'Daab Hoboken, N J., IL, 1903
miles; repair expense, none
Fifth. $l00-Won by John ]. Boyce, driver for
Isaac Bacharach of Atlantic City, 1880 miles;
Sixth. S100-Won by Charles a. Rice, chauf-
feur for L. t. Peterson of Youngstown, o., Is,
79o miles repair ,s expense, none; none !, ,,,,,. -,
for w 3. Martin of Cleveland, Il ,S4T miles; re-
Eighth, $ioO-Won by Michael Stone, driver
for H. NJ. Cheney OF Toledo, 1869 miles; repair
ninth. Sioo-wou by william G. Hyatt. driver
for S. S. Boothe of Los Angeles, 1886 miles; re-
p' Tenth. Mt Sioo~Won by Guy c. DSvis. driver for
Horace j. Phipps of Boston, l4,2os miles; repair
The total distance driven by these
10 men was 165,90I.9 miles, and the to-
tai expense was $3.50.
c. c. Hopkins, in speaking of the
esta blishment of the direct branch for
- Indian motorcycles,
G. G. Hopkins said yesterday: we
Tells of Plans are ar nd%a gong fba to 6,y try
proposition in the
west. The San Francisco off1ce will
distribute Indian motorcycles from
Line of parts for all models will also
be carried In the new quarters there
will be q. public repair shop where an
owner of a motorcycle can bring his
machine and work over it if he finds
it necessary. Another innovation viii
be a reception room or headquarters
for owners. 1t will be a place where
they can come and meet one another
and also read all the latest pubIica-
tions, which we viii carry
T.. W. Libby, sales manager of the
Michelin tire company. is visiting the
> city. He Will be
sales Manager in San Francisco
Libby in City LIBBY LIB IS asn1 making meeH, s.
of the coast trade for special report
to the factory.
j. It. Bill has just received the first
of the 1911 models of the Pierce motor
cycles as well as
egeies leEee Received Mes9r. els. Stock is com com
= - =. - ing through. En-
blems will be here
in number about the first of the month
and the Pierce stock about January Is
The Auto supply company is going
to make strong bid for popular favor
the coming season
gu RlocIr II. s. Block. for
Nov MANAGER merly of Fresno
- but more recently
of Los Angeles, has
been appointed manager of the San
Francisco office. Block, who has Just
come up from the south, says that the
company Will shortly put on the market
several new accessories of more than