The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-27
FRANKLIN WINS
RUN TO kE0KUK
a. Il. Conrad With sss Points, /.
Awarded First place in Re-
liability Race Of St.
Louis Club.
FOURTEEN CARS FINISH
one Car Was Laid Out at Hannibal
Tests Given on the Re-
turn to st.
Louis.
FOURTEEN CARS FINISH

AdOlph H. Conrad, driving Frank
lin car, won the, three-day reliability
run from st. Louis to Keokuk, Iowa,
and return, which ended Monday, the
g l0be-Democrat says.
The Franklin car has won three
consecutive reliability tours held in
st. Louis.
Conrad finished the race with an
average Of 993 per cent. William A.
Weston in a Stutz was second with
9S5, and C. P. Schwaner, driving a
Hudson, and G. P. Van Graffeiland.
also in Hudson. tied for third place
with 9S3.
Others who finished the race and
their score are as follows: E. F.
Wiederholdt, driving Winton, 961;
William T.. Hill, Cadillac, $50; Miss
Virginia Chew, Packard, 953; Fred
Glass, Doris, 947; e. C. Klipstein,
Franklin, 935; Lucien A. Paule, Jr.,
Packard, 934; Wells l.. Church, Cole.
S94; William H. Muller, Jr.. Cadillac.
7O7.
c. A. TITLES and DR.. w. H. Burritt.
the only two entrants in class B,
finished as follows: Titles, Peerless.
976, and Burritt, Hudson 500.
Fourteen Cars Finch.
OF the fifteen contrasting cars which
started, fourteen finished. The cars
Of H. P. Siegel and James F. Cook,
which had been disqualified, contin-
ued in the tour until the finish, Sieg-
els car arriving on schedule. George
c. Mackay's car, which burnt out a
crank shaft bearing and was laid up
at Hannibal, failed to arrive.
In the tourist class. in which prizes
had been offered for the cars which
maintained the schedule, but which
would not be subjected to a technical
examination at the conclusion Of the
tour. ten cars were entered. Only
six of these started, and all of these
refused to carry an observer, so that
no record was kept Of the movement
of these cars, and no award of prizes
will be made.
Miss Chew, who drove car No. 1,
left Louisiana at o'clock yesterday
morning. being followed at three
minute intervals by the other con-
testants At Wentzville, the last
checking station before the finish,
nearly every car ran ahead OF its
schedule. Drivers were penalized 1
point for each half minute they ar
rived either ahead or behind their
schedule. Greater penalties were in
Cured by stopping at points not or
dered, by allowing the motor to stop
or by reversing the car. Contestants
were not allowed to receive any in
formation or assistance from anyone
except as to tire changes and route.
Clutch Tests Are Given.
= L.
for lunch at the conclusion of the
tour before the clutch tests, brake
tests and technical examination OF
the car were made. The Automobile
club had erected tent near the
finish. where tourists who did not
care to go to the hotel were served
with refreshments.
The clutch test consisted in driv-
ing the car over an S-inch curb from
a standing start II the car mounted
the curb or if the rear wheels were
spun. without the car mounting, the
clutch was adjudged sound. Only one
car failed to meet this test. In the
brake test the cars were driven for
one block at twenty miles an hour.
Frank Pingree's Marmon acting as
pacemaker On passing given point
a bell rang automatically, signalling
for the Crivers to apply the brakes
On the completion Of the brake
tests the cars were examined for de-
fects in transmission, ignition, car
buretion and motor. Fred Grinham OF
the Triangle Motor Sales company,
William Lohse and Frank Hickman
of the Modern Auto Repair company,
Fred Williams of the Lewis Automo-
bile company, and Ollie Savin of the
Hudson-Phillips Motor Car company
assisted in this examination, which
was under the supervision of j. d.
Perry Lewis and ]. l.. Westlake. Sam
uel S. Pingree was chairman OF the
technical committee.
ADJUSTMENTS.