The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-07
HUDSON CAR Is
A GOOD CAMEL
DECLARES A. n. PATTERSON. A
TRANS-coNTiNENTAI GREAT
DESERT DRIVER
Barney oidfeid Waves Frer, Train az
PHO, Who Pio~s Throush
Lake % Sand

A n. Patterson. the stockton. Cal.
rans-continental driver. who recently
plotted a Hudson from Detroit 70 san
Francisco in reoord-breskinE time.
says the car l. camel We went
seven days without water says Pat
terson. and 65i miles OF this was
over the Great Desert" Patterson.
who IL the Stockton. Ca distributor
Tor Hudson cars. makes the tour par
tally az a vacation trip and also Tor
the purpose OF demonstrating TO a
prospective purchaser. DR.. II. b. Smith
OF Sonora. Cal. the quality Of the
hudson. Besides making one OF the
fastest trips on record ever the LIN
coin Highway between Detroit ana
san Francisco. Patterson succeeded IN
closing the sale Of 1916 car at the
hnish OF the journey. Travelling Tor
several days through muddy roads
and stormy weather in the middle
western section Of the United States.
Mr.. Patterson drove his car al a
pace. The longest
mileage made in one day was 6Us
miles. Patterson drove on this oc-
easion practically the entire twenty
TOUR hours with scarcely a stop.
In describing the tour Patterson
said:
The route followed was Detroit 20
Peru. III. 3s5 miles. drst day: Peru
TO Des Molnes. ESQ miles. second
day. Dies Moines TO Fremont. Nebr,
$50 miles. third day; Fremont 10
Grand Island. Nebr.. 146 miles, fourth
day, then blowing through the deep
mud from Grand Island to Sidney.
Nebr.. 200 miles on the hfth and sixth
days. The latter half OF the trip was
made IN much better time. via. Chey-
enne. Laramie. Granger, Salt Lake
and Reno
Probably the most remarkable days
run and unquestionably the most ex-
citing. was that from Sidney, Neb.,
TO Laramie, Wyo.. when the Overland
Limited was raced all day long. We
left Sidney at the same time as dId
the train. and beat the time OF the
train into Laramie. also into Chey-
enc, where they waited az the station
until the train pulled up.
oldteld on Train.
Barney Oldheld was one Of the
many excited passengers on the train.
and waved encouragement TO the oc-
cupants OF the car many times during
the day. The more remarkable was
this days run owing 10 the elevation
reached at the summit. which is s.O2O
feet.
An especially good hun was also
made over the desert from Salt Lake
10 Reno. a distance of 65l miles in
less than one day and a half. The
last lap between Reno and stockton
was made in sixteen and one-halr
hours.
Two punctures we're the only tire
trouble on the whole trip, and as two
spare tires were carried which re.
placed the punctured ones. the car
arrived In Stockton with Michigan
climate in all four tires.
Inc road conditions throuEhous
iowa and Nebraska will continue TO
improve from now on and the auto
tourists headed this way in July and
August should End the Lincoln High
way In excellent condition. with a
good chance OF making the trim IN
about three weeks running time
Motorists who have been over the
route look upon this record run in a
STOCK car as really wonderful. and nav
many compliments 10 the sturdin.ss
o fthe popular Hudson. While no al
tempt was made to break a record
other than TO put the car through 10
a good severe endurance test, the per.
romance would do credit to a hirn
powered racing car stripped and made
ready Tor the long drive.
The Hudson car, with pIentv M
iowa and Nebraska soil still clinrinr
20 It's wheels and tenders. was eX
nlblted Tor some time at the Hudson
DOOM IN the Palace OF Transportation
at the Panama-Pacific Exposition.