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

he following IS his own graz
By
- NE hundred and ninetywo hours Of almost con-
!Oi tinuous automobile driving, over thirty four
I.-..j hundred and SeVentyone miles ofas rough and
f%9I%I nerve racking route as could find fur
e@S| nSheS wealth OF material for live news
story but does not leave The driver in fit shape to write it,
la fact am all in For the first time in my long and
varied experience have had Car which could travel
faster and stand more pounding than could give it. My
hats of to the Cadillac 49," The is fit and ready to
return over the difficult route al the same clip while its
driver must hav arnia court plaster massage and long
Sleep
When returned from Australia March 18Th last
found that Sturm had made arrangements with the Cadi
lac Motor Car Company for us take standard Cadi
lac across the continent for the purpose OF lowering the
record of days, hours and IS minutes made by my
self and Slurm in May 1915.
was not at all pleased with this plan, because did
not think that an eghtcyinder could the trick
AT that time was OF the opinion that eight cylinders
just about TOUR too manyihat motor OF this type could
not be built strong enough TO stand the terrible racking
nor could it have kick enough deliver power suf
Gent to get through with what we knew would have
to go through in other words we thought it was only
lady'S car.
However, | went to Detroit, and after spending day
in the Cadillac factory studying how these were de-
signed and built, and The materials that went into their
construction, underwent change OF mind Ny CONVEX
sion was complete after had driven of these
some 200 mls through the sand and mud roads Of Nor
thern Michigan was then convinced that the Cadillac
Eight was the one car in which could turn the transcon
tinena trick and you see had the dope right The car
in which we started from Los Angeles at 1901 A. M.
May 8h, was an Eight Cylinder Cadillac Roadster stan
dard in every respect including wood wheels An extra
20galon gaSolene tank an and shovel strapped
the running board tHogon oil can, two desert water
bags fifty ee ofope, four air cushions and complete
'pullyouout we're the only extras which we carried
The initial stage of our long trip from Los Angeles to San
Bernardino distance of 90 miles, covered in close to
an hour-not bad for night driving The Cadillac people
had told to drive to the limit all limeS because her
car could stand it, and was game for my part We
climbed 340O feet TO cross Cazon Pass in the SIN
Bernardino Mountains and how that Car did climb She
had more speed on the steep grades than the lhankyou.
Marms' would permit Then plunge down, with brakes
and motor alternating, to the Mohave Desert and across
this echerouS going to our first objective point Needles,
Ariz distance 318 miles.
The trail across this Mohave Desert consists Of two
deep ruts so crooked the snakes must have laid them OUT
and high center which turns the axleS of your into
road ScraperS. And how the twisted and bumped and
weaved as forced her along this awful going and Tough
off severe attack OF seaSickness! However were
out tor speed and spared neither man car AT onC
point drove full tilt up o deep wash jammed on III,
brakes skdded down into the wash and stepped tn
pedal to Jump her out the other side before the mo-
men!um was lost Sturm, who is somewhat OF scholar
yelled in my
Lay on MacDnH,
And damned be he who first cries,-Hod! Enough"
And here let M tell you that it Is these SINE power