Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-19
WINS
BET NLONG RUN
Crosses State and Returns in
Less Than Twenty
Four Hours

BY covering the distance between
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia and re-
turn, 624 miles, in actual running
time of less than twenty hours. with
the entire tround trip made within a
Neutrality-suspicious. limit, a Franklin
car has won a $4,000 wager for it's
owner, c. F. Mason of the Mason Oil
Co., of Pittsburgh. The race was one
of the most novel motor flights
against time recorded in that section
in several. seasons. No tools were
carried in the carr
Mason recently purchased a used
Franklin car. which had been driven
about 5000 miles. He spoke so Of
ten and so enthusiastically of its
splendid performance that H. A. Fri
day of the American Sales Co. of
that city. happened to overhear him
remark that the car would make the
round trip between Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh in twentyfour hours.
Friday said he doubted it-doubt-
ed 1t $4,000 worth, in fact. Mason
was brim full of confidence and the
bet was on. The only stipulation
made by Friday was that the long
distance sprint should be made i'm
mediately. Mason agreed to this and
next persuaded friend, ]. NJ. Eyler,
a prominent insurance man of that
city, to drive the car for him. Eyler
had made the round trip before and
was familiar with the roads.
The Franklin, a passenger
roadster with winter top. left Pitts
burgh at 7.40 p. M, with three pas
sengers. Philadelphia was reached at
6.10 a. m. Eyler checked in at a
Philadelphia newspaper office ate a
k az nd ef ha
arriving in Pittsburgh at $40 p. m.
Instead of being tired, Eyler Of
fered to wager $1,000 he could re-
peat the performance without rest,
so fresh was he at the end. The
total time consumed was twenty
two hours, two hours within the bet.
The average speed of the car was
thirty-two miles and the gas mileage
was 20.7 per gallon. The car weigh
ed 1000 more than the standard
Franklin touring car, the weight
coming from the passengers and the
winter top. The run was made with
out preparation of any sort and the
only extra equipment carried was a
ten gallon can of gasoline. The
| only hardship encountered was when
Eyler discovered that the car pre-
viously had been in a slight acci-
they illumined the tree tops rather
than the road. Not having tools or
other equipment, he drove with the
road in the dark rather than stop to
straighten the lamp brackets.
The above interesting demonstra-
ton of an automobiles ability to
travel such a distance without mis-
hap or any out of the ordinary incl
dent has created much comment
among motorists in general. who have
become familiar with the trip, says
l. Weibley, local Harrisburg dealer
for Franklin cars, and to back up
the ability of the Franklin to do
things that are real demonstrate tions
OF cars efficiency, he further quot
ed the recent record made by a
Franklin car when it climbed Mount
Rimrock in nine minutes. in a United
States Government official test The
official report states:
THE Franklin climbed Mount Rim
| rock in nine minutes. The park was
| reached without once stopping. al
| though some of the grades were 80
! and 35 per cent.
mo water-cooled car has ever
| reached the peak of Mount Rimrock
without stopping once or oftener on
| the way UP tc let the motor COOL