The San Francisco call., 1910-04-17
PEERLESS RECORDS
RECENTLY BROKEN
Fast Work of High Grade Car
Has Stood for Over Five
Years

When Ralph de Palma drove the Fiat
cyclone five miles in 3 minutes 1852
seconds at the Motordrome track last
week, and then continued on to the 1C
and Is mile marks, dividing the honors
with George Robertson, the Peerless
Green Dragon records were broken for
The first time in five years. The sensa-
tional races at the board course drew
thousands OF people. Barney Oldfelds
marks made in the Peerless at Fresno
and Los Angeles, were broken by the
Benz and the Fiat.
Il. O. Harrison, representative for
Peerless and Everitt cars in California.
watched with keen interest the ac-
counts Of the Motordrome races. He
knew the Peerless records must fall on
the fastest circular track in the world.
lie was satisfied that they should be
broken by cars that cost all the way
from $4,000 to $4,000 to build.
i have no kick coming" said Har-
rison. We are not building racing
cars, but IL simply goes to show that
when the Peerless factory was in the
racing business ii built cars that could
go The Peerless Green Ora gon was
the fastest car on earth while it was
in the racing game, and it is still in
working order, and recently turned a
fast mile at Memphis Tenn.
Barney Oldfeld made a name for
himself with that car, and he would not
have sold il had he not determined to
go out Of the racing game. He de-
teated all cOmerS and established all
records from one 10 so miles with the
Peerless. These records, or at least a
number of them, were not broken until
last week in Los Angeles at the Motor
drome races. ] should be satisfied with
that"
Barney Oldfeld also pays tribute to
the Peerless Green Dragon While
speaking of his record breaking trials
at Los Angeles Wednesday, he said:
That Peerless of mine was the fast
est car 1 ever drove outside Of the
Benz. That motor was worth a for
tune To me and I loved that car in the
same way that a driver loves his horse.
II never failed me. 1t was always
ready 10 go and you bet 1 never had TO
take anybody's dust OF course, the
Benz IS the fastest car on earth, but
the Peerless was one Of the greatest
cars ] ever had.r
/. L. DuBroy. manager of the San
Francisco house Of II. O. Harrison &
Co., returned last week from an eX-
tended trip through the northwest in
behalf Of the Everitt cars. DuBrOy is
one of The most conservative dealers
on the coast, but was more than enthu-
iastic over the automobile outlook in
the northwest. In speaking of what he
saw there, he said that already every
dealer has disposed Of the cars that he
contracted for at the beginning of the
season, with many still clamoring for
automobiles. The demand is so great
that even the most experienced men
of the trade. who have been conver-
SAINT with the conditions in the north
west ever since the motor car made
its first appearance, are unable to es-
innate what the demand is going TO
be for this season
There seems TO be no limit to the
buying public Many dealers have never
left their office TO cover their terri
tory, having been able to sell all the
cars they could get right in their own
salesrooms. Ia speaking Of the Everitt
sales DuBroy says that he has sold all
the. cars that he could promise delivery
on. He opened an agency in Seattle
with parties who viii handle the Ever
lit in that section.