Evening star., 1915-05-30
SETS NEW AUTO RECORD
FROM N. Y. TO CAPITAL
Ed B. Terry Negotiates the $40
Miles in 8 Hours SO
/. Minutes.
Mark Established on Third Day Of
Six-Hundred-M Mile Trip
by Motor

Clipping seventeen minutes off the
former New York Washington automo-
bile record. Ed &. Terry, plotting a
1915 six-cylinder Apperson Jack Rab-
bit touring car. negotiated the 240
miles in eight hours and fifty-two min
utes. He was accompanied by Howard
g. Fisk, automobile editor of The Star,
and d. Edward Clarke. as official OBJ
servers on the run. The former record
was held by David S. HenGrick. who
drove six-cylinder Franklin touring
car over the same route April is last in
nine hours and nine minutes
The record was established on the
third day of u 60O-mile motor trip,
which started sunday morning at 2:30
O'Clock. on the trip to New York the
members of the party motored to Will
mlngton, where the ferry was taken to
Penns Grove, n j.. from which place
the run was continued to Atlantic City
and thence up the coast to New York.
Old Route Is Followed.
The route was the same as that fol-
lowed when the record was first estab-
Hshed by Samuel a. Luttrell. May l.
i9il, IN Packard touring ear, in eleven
hours and forty-one minutes The
weather conditions were perfect aud
the roads in good shape the entire dis
tance. The greater portion of the run
was made after dark, and while for a
few hours the moon aided the electric
headlights in Illuminating the road,
later the moon disappeared behind the
clouds and all was darkness during the
last leg of the journey.
The start was made the run
tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock from
the Erie slip at Jersey City, passage
from New York having been made via
the Cortlandt street ferry. Two min
utes We're lost by the draw bridge being
open beyond Jersey City. From Jersey
City the route was through Newark
avenue into the Hudson boulevard to
Newark, which was reached at 4:02
O'Clock. Turning nito Elizabeth avenue.
ed to West Elizabeth and Elizabeth, ar
riving at the latter place at Ala
O'Clock. Next came Railway, Iselin
Metuchen and New Brunswick which
was reached at 4:55 O'Clock. on the out
skirts of New Brunswick the oiling ma
chine had been at work on the road
and for several miles in the direction
OF Monmouth Junction this condition
existed About five miles beyond Mon
mouth Junction a stop was made for
water and two minutes lost. At SAT
the motorists pulled up in front of the
courthouse at Trenton, \. j. A train
blockaded the crossing at Glenlake.
about eight miles out from Trenton.
where another minute was lost until
the gates were raised.
Stop at Philadelphia.
The route from this point on to Phila-
delphia was via Langhorne. Oxford and
Bustleton. where a good road led all
the way into Philadelphia. which was
reached at 6:44 O'Clock. where stop of
six minutes was made for gasoline and
water The entrance to the Quaker
city was via Rising Sun avenue into
North Broad, departing via 33d street
and Woodlawn avenue to Darby, Ches-
ter and into Wilmington. which was
reached at sos o'clock. The car check
ed in at Elkton at o'clock and the
gasoline tank filled up for the final run
to the National Capital. Fourteen min
utes were lost at E1kton, Md.
Passing through Elsmere Junction
Marshallton, the arriving time at New
ark, Del, was S:46 o'clock. The next
towns on the itinerary included North
east, where the new concrete road has
been completed through the center of
the town: Charlestown. Principle and
into Perryville, where toll was paid and
the bridge crossed over the Susquehan-
ma river to Havre de Grace. Next came
Churchvil.e. Bel4ir. Kingsvile pulling
into Baltimore over the new Belair
pike via North avenue.
Journey From Baltimore.
After a brief stop in Baltimore the
journey was resumed. the departing
time being 1l:03 o'clock The Co
lurbia avenue entrance to the boule-
vard at Gwynns Falls was taken, pass
ing through Elkridge. Laurel. Belts
willie, Hyattsville and Biadensburg. en-
route to the National Capital, which
was entered via 18th and H streets
northeast, checking in at the District
building at 1922 O'Clock Wednesday
morning. The total time for stops was
forty-one minutes. making the actual
running time eight hours and eleven
minutes. No stops were made for
meals, a light luncheon having been
prepared prior to the departure of the
party from New York. No trouble de-
veloped with the tires on the car. which