The Washington herald., 1916-08-13

carefully observed. The Pathfinder mere
y wanted to show that 1t was poss ble
10 cross the country without shlttlng
gears. Two hundred miles a day was the
average running time.
With full stock equipment and transcon-
tinental touring equipment the Path
Under twelve averaged ten and two-tcAtns
miles to a gallon of gasoline and only
gallons of water was used.
The radiator boiled only once, regard
less of the fact that grades to the eX-
tent of "a per cent were encountered ana
made on high Mr.. Wedely Travelled for
five days on the Great Salt Lake desert
with the thermometer every day regis
tering about 100 degrees. and during TINS
time there were eight miles of heavy
sand which came up to the wheel hubs.
A "a per cent grade was encountered. at
Lucky Pass. which is between 4eringer
and Tonopah, New. There were a great
many turns in this long pull OF twelve
miles. Many of them were treacherous'
soft and sandy. TETON Pass, Cal. was
easy, and so was Emigrant Gap in the
Sierra Nevada Mountains.
In Snow Ten Feet Deep.
The steepest grade here was q per
cent, and at the top on Norton Summit.
between Colfax and TruCkee. Cal, the
car had to plough through snow. The
road was cut through a ditch of solid
snow ten feet deep at the summit of
Sierra Nevada Mountains. These were
only some of the difficulties the Path
finder twelve-cylinder. valve-in-the-head
motor had to encounter. At Denver
picture company insisted on the
car going up Mt. Lookout. which is six
miles long and winding road. This
IN and eight
seconds without taking on water. There
is a continuous string of water stations
along this winding road. which is pOpu-
lar with Colorado motorists. Ligonier
and Cove Mountains. in the Allegheny
range in Pennsylvania. were successfully
made and in the middle of Cove Noun
tain the car was stopped. the motor killed
and standing start was made. OF course
on high. and the car accelerated up to
thirty-five miles over the summit.
There were many pleasant features in
the trip such as reception by the gov
ernors of California and Nevada: the
wonderful welcome the car received in
Chicago, where a squad OF motorcycle
policemen escorted It through the streets
at thirty-five miles an hour. and in which
l75 Pathfinder owners Joined: a banquet
by the Chicago Motor Club; the meeting
Lincoln Highway Association in Wyo-
ming. and the congratulations of Ralph
w. Smith. vice president of the American
Association in Denver.
To prove that the car made the entire
trip in high, the Pathfinder Company
made arrangements with the officials of
the Lincoln Highway Association, motor
clubs and newspaper representatives to
escort the car from town to town. In
most cases competitors cars were used.
f. o. Hobbs, automobile editor Of the
Pittsburgh Press, observed the car for
the longest distance. He accompanied it
from Pittsburgh to New York. and was
for the test on Cove Noun
tain, where the car was stopped and
started on high on the steepest part of
the mountain.
Pathfinder Speed Tested.
Original California air arrived in New
York in two OF the Goodrich Silvertown
Cord tires. and the same tires were used
on the test at Sheepshead Bay Speed
way Tuesday afternoon, where the car
was escorted by the automobile editors
of the New York papers and officials
of the American Automobile Association
to show that the Pathfinder Twelve could
attain a speed of sixty miles an hour
after crossing the continent on high with
the same gear ratio. 1t was done and
sixty and seven-tenths miles was easily
attained This was under sanction
from the American Automobile Associa-
ton.
Over two hundred Pathfinder owners.
some with decorated cars. Joined Roy
Senior, New York Pathfinder distributor,
in making Tuesday a real Pathfinder day
in Greater New York. Many of these
cars greeted the high-gear car at Forty
second street ferry when NJ. Neidely ar
rived. A sensational feature of the pa
rade down Fifth Avenue was the num-
Der of gaudily dressed Pathfinder Glover
leaf roadsters. A number of prominent
society leaders met the high-gear party
at Sheepshead Bay Speedway Just as
the starter checked Mr.. Wiedely on his
speed test The entire reception party
waved flags, banners, hats, and cheered.
No Axle Trouble on Trip.
Contest officitl Tarantous, of the Amer
lean Automobile Association is popular
in New York motor car tests this year
at Sheepshead Bay Speedway. He has
ofticiated at many of the leading A. A.
ed States. ANer the Pathfinder high
gear car speed test was completed Mr..
Taranteus examined the seals which were
installed in the transmission by AL. Wad-
cell, Western representative in Los An
Seles. and found them to be intact. A
photograph was taken when Mr.. Taran-
tous broke these seals.
Mr.. Wiedely tells me and has given me
an affidavit that he had no axle trouble
on the. entire trip" states Roy Senior.
The clutch was not even adjusted. and
the brakes did not need attention.; the
radiator did not leak, and the only part
or the entire car which broke during
the 4,SS9 miles was a right rear spring
clip 1 am particularly pleased with the
record made by the Goodrich tires and
Houk wire wheels. 1 understand that
the carbureter was not even adjusted
The Pathfnder's powerful twelve-cyltn-
der valve-in-the-head motor has proven
conclusively that gear shifting is elm
mated for the New York motorist who
drves on Fifth avenue or wishes to
cross the Allegheny range. w. E. stall
maker, vice president of the Pathfinder
Company. who is attending Pixies Peak
lilli Climb, is to be congratulated on
this most wonderful high-gear record for