The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-09-25
OCEAN TO OCEAN RECORD
Hudson super-Six Does Better Than
All Others

| Hudson Super-Six Does Better Than
All Others
Now the Super-Six holds all worth
! while records.
The most coveted of all, the one
that tests a cars endurance above all
others, is the transcCntinental race
against time from San Francisco to
New York
Thatrecord is now held by the Hud-
son SuperSix touring ear. 1t comes
as the crOwning. achievement of the
Hudson Super-Six, In speed aecelera-
tion and endurance. There remain no
other worlds to conquer to demon
strate the endurance, speed and power
of tho lSuper-Six.
Last May a Cadillac IS" made the
trip from coast to coast in days, II
hours, SO minutes.
That record then considered unbeat-
able was lowered four weeks ago by
a Marmon which made the trip in
days, Is 1-2 hours.
The Hudson Super-Six made the
trip in 5 days, hours SO minutes,
beating the Marmon time by IA
hours and SO minutes.
A passenger phaeton model was
used by the Hudson. Both Cadillac
and MarmOn used roadster models.
Hudson did not seek to reduce its
carrying capacity. In fact at all
times 3, and sometimes 4, passengers
were carried, as well as baggage,
which brought the weight of the car,
loaded up to approximately 5000
pounds.
Three drivers piloted the car in this
great test OF endurance. A. ii. Pat
terson, the Hudson dealer at Stock
ton, California, started the trip, driv-
ing from San Francisco to Elko, Ne
yada, SIS miles. The schedule called
for the completion of the trip into
New York in days and 10 hours
Patterson climbed over the Sierra
Nevada Mountains, crossing the di-
vide at an altitude of almost 5000
feet, and cut his schedule 6 IL hours
At Elko Ralph Milford took the
wheel and for 80 hours drove across
the desert. He said the terrible mo
notony of that drive. the glare OF the
sun and the dust was more exhaust
ing than his 24.hour drive, when he
made the worlds record in the Hud
son Super-SiX chassis, travelling 1915
miles.
Patterson again took the wheel a.
Laramie, Wyo, and drove the Super
Six over the Rocky Mountain Range
and across Nebraska into Omaha. The
car left Omaha with Milford driving
g hours ahead of her time.
In Iowa milford came over Thu
brow of hill at 60 miles an hour an'
saw dead ahead of him bridge, OF
which herd of cattle blocked TIL
way. He had to decide quickly whe
her he should 90 over the embank
ment into inevitable death, or TAX
his chances on running into tn
cattle. He chose the latter cours
and killed two COWS. That delaye
him almost hours, but despite thi
stop. he made the riyer-to-riyer recor
across Iowa and drove on into Sout
Bend. Indiana, where Charles II. Vii
cent took the wheel. Vincent drov
from 1900 midnight, Friday, all tn
way into New York City-9lO miles
arriving in New York on Monda
morning at GS2. He had to pas
through more towns than the othe
drivers and still maintain 90 miles a
hour, which he did
We maintained all along that tn
Super.Six, because of the absence c
vibration, had more endurance tina
was possible with any other type
car, and this trip was made to demo
strate that fact.
Now the Hudson holds the transco
tinental record, the 24-hour record
the worlds greatest hill climb, tn
record for having travelled the grea
est distance with fully equipped
passenger car carrying passenger
and the fastest mile over measure
course for a stock chassis
And it holds a similar record in a
local communities where it has col
tested. 1t has never failed to max
good in any test in which 1t has bee
entered. When the 24-hour recor
was established we made but on
attempt and went through with
Other cars have unsuccessfully a
tempted, since the Super.SiX establis
ed the 24.hour record, TO beat thf
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