East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-04-03
FRANKLIN HANGS
DIRT ROAD RECORD

Not al 1.-The noteworthy motoring
records of 1919 were made on: the
race track. Spectacular ass were the
contests at Indianapolis and Sleeps
head Bay. the year just past brought
to light a number of examples of
sustained driving ability and fine mo-
tor performances that are worthy of
more than passing interest.
Officials of the Franklin Automo-
bile Company feel especially proud of
the road records made by non-pro-
fessional drivers in Franklin touring
cars in different sections of the coun-
trv during the past few months. A
worlds record for a long distance dirt
road run was made by r. H Cralaer
OF Waterloo, Iowa, who on October
gS traversed S65.4 miles OF Iowa
black country dirt roads in "a .hours
elapsed time. Mr.. Cramer made the
run Ga good part of 1t in a heavy
downpour OF rain) in a stock Franklin
touring car and drove the entire dis
tance without relief The car also
carried two passengers who acted as
official observers. The actual running
time was "a hours and 20 minutes or
an average OF s7.0S miles per hour.
Closely approaching this record Is
the remarkable run made by J. T
Peacha of Duluth, Mimi. who on July
20 covered 1895 miles of Minnesota
dirt roads in a stock Franklin touring
car in 81 hours and 81 minutes actual
running time or an average of 1914
miles per hour. The elapsed time was
% hours and 80 minutes. Mr.. Peacha
himself drove the entire distance and
was accompanied by three observers
representing local newspapers and a
national tire concern.
Indiana annexed some real honors
90. <There must be something about
the Hoosier State that breeds good
drivers. for three of its residents, all
hailing from Indianapolis, have each
made records in FRANKLIN touring cars
recently that for sustained endurance
| and stamina are a tribute to the road
ability of the well-known air cooled
car. win Diddle covered 823.6 miles
within "a hours elapsed time (22 IL
hours was the actual running time-)
p. A. Pfohl was a close second with
sOs.9 miles to his credit within "a
hours elapsed time, and J. H. Manion
rolled up the very respectable total OF
OF 1851 miles within "a hours eiasped
time. None of the men had any relfef
at the wheel. 'a
Nor was Ohio to be left out or the
reckoning. The roads between Gil
cinnati and Cleveland. as every motor
ist knows who has attempted the run,
are not exactly what might be termed
a paradise for the driver, but that fact
don't deter Cliff Lueders of Cincin-
natl from taking on a bet that he
could make the round trip in II hours.
And he won his bel, for accompanied
by a Cincinnati press representative
he left Cincinnati in a stock FRANKLIN
touring car at, 4i10 O'Clock In the
morning of November. s, made THE
round trip to Cleveland covering 5s5
miles, and was back in Cincinnati
again at $3.50 in the evening of the,
same day. The acutal running time
was Is hours and As minutes Mr..
Lueders never left the wheel and the
only stops were made to take ON faei
at Marion and Cleveland.
Another exceptionally fine long dis
tance run made recently yfa7Erankiin
touring care was the record hung up
by ]. w. Banks, Newark. N. j., who
on November IL made the 2ss miles
from New York City 10 Montreal in
. hours and SO minutes The quickest
scheduled train Journey now possible
between the two cities is IL hours.