The Washington times., 1916-08-19
KING NONSTOP RUN
70 Be CONTINUED
INTO SECOND Week
First Half Of Automobile Test
Completed in 3,s15 Miles at
! Noon Today.
ENGINE is. HOLDING UP WELL

so great has interest In local motor
dom become. and 30 high has Il run in
Baltimore. that Edelen Brothers, Of this
city. and J. Stewart. Smith, Of Baiti-
more. have decided to continue the King
nonstop motor run for another week.
At noon today. completing what II
now the first leg OF Its two weeks grind,
the King had attained the wonderful
record Of ISIS miles In les hours Of con-
slant travel,
Several points contribute to making
the run noteworthy. The Kings mile
age on gasoiens SO far. by authentic
measure and checking on the part Of
the Baltimore Americans stan Of OBJ
servers Is 1925 miles TO the gallon. This
includes fully nine hours Of 'idling'
during the week for stops, observers
traffic. halts for railroad crossings.
gasolene, and water.
Considered on the basis that the King
could have covered at least twelve miles
for ench hour OF idling-sinoe no more
energy Is required to move 1t at that
speed than turning over the motor IN
a garage-the total mileage for the
miles larger. BY the same token, the
gasolene consumption would have been
lowered to such an extent that better
than fourteen miles to the gallon would
DO TeCOTu ptE uNSiubO
Engine Merely Warm.
No one may safely say how long tho
stanch motor will keep at Its task,
Today the engine was merely warm.
Except for the adjustment Of q loose
wiring connection on Thursday. net q
single moment was spent with . me-
chanical problem. To date the King
has presented none.
Word as Just como to the Times
that the King factory will enter q
stock car In the BenninR Races or
September fourth, when Washington
may have an opportunity of seeing
an eight cylinder car at it's bes;
'Gfsse%%sy %ss shoushi sS'.si likely for few day,
that the King used In the present tes
might be entered after tho compile
tion OF It's work. But II becomes tn,
astounding intention Of L. c. Benson
isctdory .scd expert In charge Of the run, 4
next sunday without touching II un
der the hood" on an extended non
stop run from that city via the Lin
COIN COIN Highwsy to San Francisco. An.
be quite as ready to send to the coas
its inter-city grind this afternoon.
To Drive Labor Day.
Ankeny and Leuthecher, the tv,
drivers to whom perhaps the lion
share of'the= driving honors In tn
present run should 60. will remain 1,
Baltimore long enough to bring tn
stripped King over to Bennins O,
Labor Day.
or these two, too much NAV not b
said. They are a well-mated pair 10
racing team. Ankney has figure
conspicuously In ffty internationa
Championship speed contests. IT
knows exactly what a car will de
ana when he is at the wheel, sh
does II. he has grown up with tn
racing game. Leutbecher is also
star OF the frst water. and while nj
driving 10 superb. II is not quite com
parable with that OF Ankeny. Tn
mechanical scheme. however, Ia hi
forte. His ear" IL uncanny. and hi
reputation in Baltimore for bein
able to rapidly and certainly detec
motor trouble 10 enviable.
Neither OF the men have had oppor
IN the present run as yet. Xnk.n
Sr a Under aed fo Eeutsscbsr. tsec n
technical knowledge has not hear
the cell of need: hence, their ambi
tion to enter the Labor Day contests
Meanwhile. the King continues I
garner mileage and friends. For tn
rest Of the run The Times automo
bile editor may only refer readers I
the daily bulletins. There IL no tell
Ing what the car will do.