Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-01-22
BREAKS HIS
OWN RECORD FOR
AUTO TRIP TO
THE JEMEZ
He Takes Party to Springs and
Return in Exactly Six
Hours and Twelve Minutes
Winning 5000.
AUTO ROUTE WILL BE
CONSTRUCTED AT ONCE

To Jemez SPRING. and return In six
hours and twelve minutes In an auto
mobile, actual running time.
This was the record established to-
day by Otto Berger. w. l.. Trimble
and j. s. Governing and Mr.. Berger's
chauffeur, George Hottinger, who han
died Mr. Berger's Case 30, machine
like a veteran.
And incidentally Mr.. Berger won q
bet OF 5000 posted by Lew Holtz and
friends. who bet Mr. Rerger that he
could not again make the trip TO the
Jeuloz Springs In his machine
Mr., Berger made the FIRST automo-
bile trip TO the Jemez Springs ON Fri
day, when Hottinger steered the Case
cac there and back in a little over
seven hours without trying TO set O
pace.
a crowd of several hundred people
assembled AZ Second street and Gem
tral avenue az 1854 D. m. today when
the Berger car dashed up to the curb
ing and as the party allghted, the
members we're greeted with n cheer.
Standing IN the tonneau OF the car
Mr. Trimhle announced the results OF
the contest.
The wager had heen made that the
party could not leave this city az
o'clock IN the morning, run 20 JemeZ
Springs and get back by 1880. The
actual distance from this city 10 the
Iomez Springs by government survey
Is CO t-2 miles. By the route followed
bv Mr. Berger the distance Is prob
ably slightly greater To any one who
has ever been over the road the feat
appears remarkable. as the route leads
through a stretch OF sand that is al
most impossible and the mountainous
part of the trail Is anything but suit
able for automobile travel The aver
age person who visits the Jeme2. un-
less he Is IN hurry, takes two days
10 make the trip with wagon and
camps en- route.
Joe Barnett and a party OF friends
and several other autoists went part
OF the way to- Jemez TO meet the auto
lists on their return Tha Berger par
lty. however. left them all FAR behind
and came into the city q couple OF
hours ahead OF the time set By the
wager.
George Hottlnger. the chauffeur who
Ipraise for his part In the feat and the
members Of the Borger party said that
| he put the little car over the route
like veteran driver Of q race on
saucer track.
only four stop7 were made on the
| trip, except a stop 90 about 30 min
utcs az Jcmez. One stop was made
because Of a "blow-out' and new
tire was put IN place In exactly nine
minutes. Another stop was made at
| Alameda, where word was telephoned
To this city that the auto party was
coming In ahead OF the hour fixed
by the bet. Two stops were made to
place chains on the wheels and re-
move them.
Following Is the record on the trip
as kept b. Mr. Trlmble:
Left Albuquerque Z a. m; bridge,
| 90 minutes; sand hills. SO minutes;
top Of hlll. a. minutes; hogback. /
hour 25 minutes: salt Creek hour
/ So mlnutes san Isidro, hours 40
minutes. Jemez pueblo. ? hours 40
minutes; Jemez springs, hours 3
minutes.
| on the return the party left the
springs at 1885 n. M; pueblo of
Jemoz. 1850 a. M: San fsldro. iiif0
a. M, salt Creek. 1l;49 a. m. hog
back, 1877 .. m.; mesa, 1885 p. M;
sand hills. l,u7 b. m. (where Barnett
party was metz bridge, 1880 p. m.
Albuquerque. ga p. m.
| ~ am satisfied that Il Will require
but a small amount OF work On the
road here and there 20 make an auto
route 20 the Springs entirely feasible,
{ said Mr. Berger. NATURALLY. all
parties can NOT make NJ quick time
as we made, buJ the route can be- rec
paired so thai m auto party can go
TO the sprinE0 easily In half dal
without running al high rate of
speed or being 700 danger of accident
I hope that the auto route viii D.,
established, fnI Albuquerque has need
of Just such place for her auto en-
thusiasts 90 goo on sundays and huii'
days for a change of scenery and foi
picnic partie
George Houngcr who drove th'
auto, said
II b. mo- trick az an 10 make IA,
trip ana AZ low road repairs wr'
put in | could top another hour OF
the record Iy While the sands
were more solid al this season Of me
year than durus the summer months
am satisfied That 1 can repeat th'
trip az any limo OF the year and dc
70 ia as shor. a time. barring accl
dents uo tho utchlne.'
~ have Had plenty of eNcitemen
FOR one dag aid Mr. Trimhlo. ~
want to sag Dat We went some an'
autom0hilius er that Jemez trail b
, not pure Jos .lr some OF the place.
are enough make mans nan
stand ON end HoUinger is one u
; the best drN.H I ever saw aud th'
way he put over that route was
revelation o. moe"
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