The San Francisco call., 1910-03-26
FAST TIME MADE
OVER HILL COURSE
Contestants Show Speed During
Tryout on Nineteenth Avenue
Endurance Route
By R. R. L'HoMMEDIEU

Automobile row has been taking a
day off. 1t has been hard for a Gus
toner to get any of the dealers to
talk the good points of their cars. But
just mention hill climb and all the men
start doping" the winners. From the
tryout up to yesterday morning the
wise ones had the winners picked
But Harris Hanshue with his big
Apperson Jackrabbit," is one of the
added entries. as well as the trans
continental Stearns car.
Z Tony Nichols was out on the course
yesterday and gave a lot of them a
chance to go over the course catching
them with the electric timer.
The Corbin went the distance in
1:12 2-5, the Knox in lis. the Stearns
in Ill 1-5 and the Apperson in III.
Hanshue was using his big sprocket,
which he may change for a hill climb
ing gear.
]. E. Adams has invited number of
the automobile dealers along the row
= to al b u S h d
Be Entertained 4 Adams ranch. which I;
Alto and Saratoga.
will leave the city at 3 p. m. today.
going directly to the ranch. where they
will put up. for the night. Tomorrow
at 10 a. m. they will sit down to break
fast. 1t is planned to leave in time to
attend the hill climb.
George P. Moore. representative of
the New York lubricating company,
manufacturers of
Moore Is Now the Monogram oil,
in the North hortb%w.t is now inott5 in the e
over the agencies.
He is distributing depots for the oil in
Portland, Seattle. Salt Lake, Denver.
He has also established depot in Los
Angeles. The trip north is for the
purpose of dividing up the territory. as
within the last year many new gar
have been opened. In Montana and
months IS new garages have been es-
tablished. Arizona is particularly act
i've in the motor line and as soon as
Moore returns from the northwest he
Will proceed south to eSta abliSh diStrib-
utors for Monogram oil in Arizona.
for nearly year, covering $500 miles.
and during the
Good Mileage in summer months IS
Winton Car mile mileage g covered I'VE @ Is as
4 that are none too
good" writes w. A. Jackson of Buffalo
to the Diamond rubber company. A
copy of his letter has been forwarded
to C. E. Mathewson. Pacific coast man
ager for the company. 1t continues: Il
have used Diamond tires exclusively for
three years. None of the original six
purchased when the car went into COM
mission are out of business. In fact
their appearance satisfies me that there
is still plenty of mileage in them"
One Of the most interesting electric
vehicles ever built is the Studebaker
electric truck and
studebaker as staiIed staiId rec1py bv tba New e
used by that institution for carrying
theatrical scenery, and, according to
the theater managers and the Stude-
baker company, has proven itself a
valuable asset. The platform of the
truck is 20 feet by s feet, with the
drivers seat Offset to one. side so as
to permit the projection of pieces of
scenery both aft and fore. The top is
so constructed that 1T carries within
itself top with side curtains for the
protection of the trailer when needed.
This top may be removed to accommo-
date larger pieces of scenery. The trail
er is 20 feet long, giving with the
truck q total length of 40 feet. De-
spite the length of this combination
vehicle, the New theater people have
experienced no difficulty in operating
the truck.