The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-05-25

encounter The next day we got ours with capital u
Leaving Kansas City in the rain, we hit the high road to
ST. Louis Harder and harder came the rain and deeper
and deeper grew the mud until there was little visible
below the hubs OF the machine. On we went, slipping
This way and that but managing to keep headed toward
St Louis Speed was forgotten. We still cherished the
thought however, that we would be able to move for
ward, even though slowly. The bottomless mud grew
more botomess if such figure might be used, but on
we went Had this road been one hundred times wide
we might have been able TO make little bit faster time
In and out of tie ditch went OF times, where
no driver and 10 car could possibly keep the road Tac
ton seemed impossible, and it actually two feet side
ways to every foot ahead AT point, just to illustrate
the pleasure OF driving in Missouri during the rain, we
came upon five stalled in the mud. big seven
passenger had become mired and was groaning away
useessy in endeavor to get out Horses had failed to
move her. Knowing the possibilities OF my own car, shot
out into the ditch, into the fields around the five stalled
cars onto the road again. 1t was in Missouri that we
spent few hours in ditch ourselves Riding along
road eight miles hour, we began TO slip and though
the brakes held the continued her downward course
and stopped only when she landed against the opposite
bank In three hours with the aid OF four mules and
block and tackle, we had her out, with the motor hum
ming joyousy at getting another chance at Missouri mud
Hours behind the schedule which Smrm and had
doped out before starring we got into ST. Louis 1t was
up us to make good in our endeavor to reach New
York We left ST. Louis at 635 Saturday evening. re-
solved that we would reach New York in time to make
the Cadillac proud Of the job or we would die in the at
tempt Through the City Of Indianapolis we passed early
Sunday morning, stopping long enough to get bite to
eat We left Columbus, Ohio behind at $50 in the
morning Ohios excellent roads giving chance TO use
speed. From Greenup ILL.,, to Cambridge, Ohio we
travelled $40 miles in II hours and so minutes, elapsed
time the actual running time being little less than 10
hours We got little taste OF our old friend Missouri
Mud In the Allegheny Mountains Of Pennsylvania near
Pttsburg the night before reaching New York The
from Pttsburg to New York. 385 miles, we made in IA
hours and Is minutes elapsed time Quite little OF this
running through dense fog in the mountains where
speed was not 70 be thought Of
Had tn, eighteen hours of steady rain happened
day later catching east OF ST. Louis instead OF on the
poor dirt and clay roads Of Missouri the ranscon
mental record would be another day lower. However,
the Missouri mud furnished this great cars power
aud endurance, again demonstrated In different way by
the speed made in travelling from ST. Louis to New York
The distance we travelled between these two cities was
1O2S miles, and we MADE 1t In 81 hours and ~ minutes
elapsed time Our actual running time was about 80
hours or an average of "a miles an hour
certainly drove the Cadillac Eight to the limit on
this Stretch making the precious hours lost in Missouri
mud, The wonderful! way in which the car stood this
me that the limit in this was my endurance and not
that Of the car. The spring suspension is good and
the cushions so comfortable that used our air
cushions so indispensable previous trips across the
continent. AS said before, this Is The FIRST time have
driven car that could outdrive and outlas me, and
haveh ad some varied experience.
ore than SubStantiated