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1C BREAKS MIINV RECORDS Steams C 3" Smashes Sixteen in Twentv-fniJi-Hour RaGe. ONLY THREE CARS SURVIVE Nothing but I£inor Accidents Mar Long- Grir I al Brightci! Beach. SCORE FOR HOUR AUTO RACE. So. Car. M lnnrr>. Milrajrr. S-MMh^on J Wtolwi S • II ' S •*-*o* .-5 s^st m *<* ir-Miduind j A^:rr.r;" (■•- ■■ I— Marion \ M Uj . v | -■•■ *- ■» ;_AHfn-K!n K Mon. \ T [^V' [ 232 Wlieu the twenty-four-hour automobile race finished, at S:3O o'clock ■■- the H.<;.' to» Bead track last night, sixteen new ■work/- records !;a i been :n. •<;,>. The SteaT-n- car. driven by Cyrus Patschke and JU JocK". who bad never been headed since the pistol sent them off. held them all. These records were as follows: First hour li: tweniy-four-hour race, ',', mile I.oGO mile record. IS hoars •. minutes 4S 2-5 sec ends: iii.i every marl: for the hours be f-n liiUiZ with the Eleventh hour. 'Che dis tance for the twenty-four hours was 1.253 miles, being fifty-seven miles more than the lx»z:cr record at 1.1&5 miles, made in October, Ma, at Brighton Beach, «nd F&tschke was alternate driver with Mul lord in that ride. Another curious coincidence is that Al Toole. wW> was the Steams driver up at the finish, was also the Bundling alternate in the • -four-hoar race in May when he dioi>" a Simplex. The Katbesbo entry, which Charles Husle end Neil Whalen. was second at eleven miles and the Houpc iras third. Stanley Martin up. with 9&4 miles. Only these three cars survived the lons grind out of a field of s-even who started. The awards were SIvSOO int. SOW second and ISM third. After the Steams entry had swapped drivers Bad young }■■■■ cot up he seemed to put new blood into the race, which had com*- to .'• a mere grind. About C o'clock V.'ally Owen, who had come fresh to the Marion car, relieving Marcel Basle, started out at a terrific pace, He v.a- carrying a mechanician named Williams, He had hardly got warmed up when the bin Marion car went through the fence at the identical sj>ot where its Exatei car went through wit i Lewis Stxanc a: . poor Bradley In the May race. •Then Williams' s wife, «ho bad been Maading *£&*•**! the fence, reached him Rbe found that he had eea thrown out of the machine and was not \'Ty l>adly in jured. But Owen ws.s imprisoned under the ponderous mas and It took some time to s>-t him out. T*)<» crowd rushed nose the track in the da^n lj~ln. • !■>*■ officiate being powerless to etop ilient. jnd helped lift the car from Owen's body. He was tall;- braised and cut ; and at tirst the surgeons "' the field hospitals thought him Internally and s^-ri <>ub!y injured. But later in the day it was raid that Ik? would probably be out in a day or two. This put tie Marlon car out of the 'a *• and as the Allen- Kingston car 3:aJ dropped out about I o'clock with a l*»pelesEly twirled shaft only five cars re in a i'lvd. All had tl:cjr minor troubles with tires and adjustment? and awn frequently ■ off. Hut in tlic twelfth liour the Steal entry s-urj.r'sed 1 everybody by hrt-aJiins the world's-- record for the distance, made by Kal; h Malford ii ;h. Lozi«-r car on Octo ber 1j and' Xl IW. Ea<h hour tlie "Steams' car Ided to It* ;-■• *n above that record. [1 Me an astonishing performance after, brine to far behind the record in the ear lier tiOU.-S of Uk race Until the end of tne race tin Steams en try. •' " ; Patschke ami Pool*? alternating at xha wh'cvl. «a s beyond the recorcL The •-■•-•• «ar turned the one thousand males in 3» lours • minuter atari ■»■> "-.". uecoads. bein? " liourc . minutes and >".::;. seconds eii^sd of die best prevfoiw ane-tboasaad iriile record, a-hfen was made in May last. The v ■ emtm oar. with (Charles Basle end S"i\ "-'■ •"' ■.. did remarkably consist ent work. It was off the track lea than Ok others, with the exception of the ttearns, and hung on to Its place at sec ond without trouble. Its mechanical per ftmiwiiin was even and perfect I'robabiy never before in the history of twenty-fbur- Ivjr ravin;: hay*- two -ars maintained the Ban relative positions for *<j many hours as the Steams and th*- Math. son tiid in this contest! The Ti^lit for Tnird place between \he <.'ol» end ')••;;•• « > ntri*>s besan to be a f<>atur» of tint •■•«•• shout Ihe tenth hour. Th~ <<»i^. • Kiv-t. by Bill i:n<)i<-rtt an<l Louis VA wards. '■•'•. t doggedly on, with tb» lircun Uo : j;'t. its ill luck seemingly at ;..- overcome] giving it battle at every tin 11. Tim? U*|.i up all the niornins. an<J each ■-■■■ figured that surely the mugt retire Cor some time, when its own entrant would hare a chance to s!ip in. Put this chance Bcvm caw until 11 o'clock, ■when I J»«- <"©].- was forced to seek the pa'i «i*cl- where •' Httle green car stayed an hour. For ?!'•■ hour it maintained its place at third I ten at l:"0 o'clock another AUTOMOBILES. The Steams Magneto 1 253 Miles in 24 Hours New World's Record Matheson, Second, and Houpt, Third, Also Used BOSCH Magnetos <•HARI.ES PATSCHKE. ul l liainral mishap sent it back to the . ;.!11[)8. Then ii was that S'anley Martin saw his i art t and determined to lay out a good :..; .aid nmafcr himself a strong third. He \\a-s clocked for mile after mile in less !l>an sixty seconds. Tlie order of Steams. .Matheson. Houpt, Cole was maintained without change all throuph tbe sunny af trrnoon. At 5:30 o'clock the Midland, which had suffered several different kinds of :.;.ruship. once sitting patiently for four hours till its nurses found a new tuning pin to replace the one it carelessly dropped or. the baekstreteh, declared itself out ot the race. This left four to finish, the fight bung for third place. The attendance during the afternoon was meat disappointing:— probably somewhat di \ erted by the aviation meet at Sheeps !.<r.d. Geveial of the aviators took peeks Into '.he motorduine when their aeroplanes Peered toward the ocean. But. at thai. there were about six thousand persons in the inclosure. and these were largely ai:g- D • Dtied by const. 0 " 1 * arrivals, so that about ten thousand persons saw the finish at S:T.j o clock. At €:S0 the Houpt car plunged through the baciitield fence, taking ten lengths out by the posts. A steering knuckle ,had token, and the car was out for fifty min utes. It v- as roundly cheered when it came back in Urn race. Neither Martin nor bis mechanic was hurt. At the twenty-second hour the four In the race had reeled off these mileages: Steams, 1,148, fifty-two miles ahead of the I,ozier record; lfatbeson, 3.075; Houpt. 917, and Cole, &-M. Stanley Martin's pluckiness and the re markable performance of the Houpt car in coming back into the race after fifty min utes' absence were the sensations of the latter part of the race. .Martin still held his place at third, and the last hour was enlivened by some spirited brushing be tween the Houpt and the Steams. Even before the last hour of the grind began the Steams car equalled the distance for the entire twenty-four hours. 3.196 miles, made by the lazier last year. An mtereatfng fratyre of th« record was trat Cyras Tatschke, whose brilliant drlv- Ini: made the new marks possible, was the alternative driver with Ralph Mulford. who established tbe previous mark. Patacbke BBld : "1 am net at all tired and the track is o\cellent. and the whole twenty-four hours )as been a Joy ride. We've had no trouble with the car of any kind, save a tittle wear on the chains." As the tim<-- grew short and the tired •'rivers be;ran to dream of baths and soft beds the crowds pressed close against the barrier. At last Fred Wagner signalled the last lap with toe creen flag, and then there « ? a full 'minute of silence before he stepped on the track with the black and white checkerboard flag which means "the end." Then such a roar went up as startled. the placid cow In the (afield. The company making the winning entry bought copious . haim-aim? for all and sundry, and the rP^e was over. The manufacturers of the Houpt-Rock well <-ar, which finished third in the twenty f i«r-hour race at Brighton Beach yester day, have challenged tJie Steams car, win ner of the long race, "to a ten-mile race, straightaway, for a wager of $5,(00. The Steams Company, as the challenged party, will have choice of courses. The stipulation is that the s^m*- car be used and the race be driven inside of two weeks. GREENWICH COUNTRY CLUB. Tie competition at the Greenwich Country Club yesterday afternoon was for a prize pr^s^nted by W. T. Graham, at 30 boles against bo»,e> . the beat 18 holes to count. 71, even scores will be played off at a later date. There were fifty entries. Those who turned in scores were as fol lows: v, c. i one-. i 4:. f, up; C. W. Trippe <4*. 8 up F". 6 Armstrong (3>. 4 up; -I. B. t'o!.t» (71. 4 up; H.-Gilliam <Tif. 4 up: r. 11. Wsrfrr.j '1». A an -t. 11. Beat* (41. 2 up; T. 11. Hodges 18) 2 up; E. I' 'in. lf (Oi. 2 down; W. 1.. Bull. jr. «:«i •• <I'>«n- X BbeorwMi (7), cv»-n: K. I-". Rob erts '1l'«. even; .1. II Mason il». 1 up: \v H. Viias i»». 4 <iovn: •». \v. Price <?••. ' down; iv H 1-iiis m .1 7 > . 7 down; \\'. Knight (111. s •lovm: S. U. l\"hltt«mor*' <!<'». ."• down; I*. O. Walters il-">>. 4 down: H. Krift <<>•. 7 down; g. O. IjnckwofxJ <l"i. i down: A. 1. t»ennessy 'it "•■<■!). 11. '.. Cairiiuanii '!'ji, 4 down. AUTOMOBILES. Used a NEW- YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SUNDAY, AUGUST 21. 1910. WINNING CARS AND DRIVERS IN LONG AT TO RACK. RACING NECK AND NECK. THE STEARNS, THE WINNER AUTO NEWS Or THE MY Notes of Mow Models and Facts About the Trade. One of the refinement:; of the Cha!mer3 car for 1911 is the cork linoleum used as a covering for the footboards and running beards. Tins material is the same as is used for Moor covering on the United States battleships. "This is the finishing tou<l. which makes the <*halmers cars the true Dreadnoughts among automobiles." said a recent visitor at the Chalmers factory. "Wild Hob" Rurman. fcvnous driver of Huick racing cars, performed the other day one of the most daredevil feats he ever attempted when he raced fourteen miles o,tr country roads from Augusta, Mich., to Kaiamazoo. iv-ating the fast Michigan Centra! tr;'in westbound' in to that city. 11l his hiir Marquette-Buick moiiel !!>>, which he is timing for the grand prize race on lyons Island next October, Bur man made the fourteen miles in 14 min utes fl;<t. leading the passenger tram into ivalamazoo by a full minute and a half. Seattle was the scene of another Steams triumph !a.-»t week, when A. •'. Stevens. of that .-U>. driving h thrce-veai -old AUTOMOBILES. i I j SO-60-horsepbwer Steams, set a new mile ' ! record for the Meadows track, covering the • ■ distance in i .minute 3 1-3 seconds. Tiie [ track was in' pcor condition. This rendered ; the turns exceedingly dangerous and Stev- 1 : ens was often obliged to shut down. '"With ; a perfect track, the concensus of opinion j vas that the mile would have been jiego- ; ! tiat 'i well iiTidcr the minute marl:. This ■ victory Is another link added to. the long : chain of Steams triumphs scored in the ■ ■West and rthwest this season^ These records are all 'the more remarkable owing t I to the fact that the Steams factory main- ; tains no racing Outfit, the read, track ami! • hill victories -being won by private owners. .. i ' Tbe association - of t'.io Carhartt automo- I i bile with /visiting notables in this country J is becoming mere or less of a habit. The j • latest acquisition to this list Is Duke Franz ! j Josef of Bavaria)! brother of Queen. Eliza- ! I heth ot Belgium. Upon ' his arrival last ' (week ho was met -at the pier by a Car- j- I hartt automobile and . taken to the Plaza j, ! Hotel, bis present residence. Later in the ; j day he .called at the salesrooms, which j I are in the Fluzs, and expressed a ! great deal ■ of. interest in the mechanical I j construction and graceful outline of the' I Carhartt car. .The 'duke showed particu- ! j lar interest in the detail of American j i manufacturing enterprises a.> shown In the I i present up-to-date automobile construction, ! I ami as he is an ' expert , motorist and a 1 keen interest on all outdoor things his | AUTOMOBILES. Establishing a New World's 24-Hour Record eclipsing tlie mileages of all Foreign and American cars which have competed in 24-hour contests on a mile track. <5 In the most gruelling* and latest test of endurance the STEARNS defeated all other entrants easily Winning the 24-Hour Race of August 19 and 20 covering the distance of 1,253 miles, beating former world's record by 57 miles. Also captur ing record for any single hour in a 24-hour race, the 1000 mile record and all records from the < Ith through the 24th hour. <3Tiii& wondcria* performance putft i ' v in the front rank of motor cars and places it in a supreme position v- for endurance and speed. • < ,' (§ Following closely as it does the won' erul coast to coast trip, by the southern route, of Mr. W. H. Hansen a id family in their Steams car, these two endurance tests speak tor themselves. Mr. Hansen*s Steams is the first automobile to make this trip through the hereto fore impassable Louisiana swamp and the Nevada desert. : Steams cars mounted on duplicates of th» chassis which won ftie race now ready lor immediate delivery. ;. q Trie \\ I "n!ng car belongs to M r.-JL M. Rutherford, who Fenced II at oar 1 disposed the day before the contest. ; r W. C. P. BIUNGB AOKAnrS IN »• tASTtTt > CITBI. •'■>' -\: , . s US- D CAR DEPARTMENT— DupIicates of record winner In 1998, 1900 and 1910 models Inoronglily overhauled ta ; our shops* AI. POO I.E. criticisms and commendations -were espe cially valuable. , ...: . . >; •;- .•' . v. F. L. Hansen ami I;::* son, 'driving a- Palmer & Singer l '•'•«-«)" ,>nd alternating nt the . wheel, .broke the'" ; exirting record from San Francisco to Dei Monte, Cal.. and .return,; making the 2il miles, including the elimtv over .the famous Sen Juan grade, in S .hours and 40 vnir.uf?. breaking the .old record by 1 hour and 52 ■ minutes. -This stretch of road has been the object of re- P«ate<J. record fare,? kinc: attempts. A ■ h-j.ntl some trophy was Offered for rt<«' Blares by some "California motoring ' enthusiasts. and six limes new records have been made by' "cars" of various maßes. Ten hours and Si minutes was the record when the'Hun sens set out to make' the run. The start was at Z:Zi> a. m.. and the run to Del Monte was made in 3 hours and 0". minutes. The San Juan grade was in bad shape anil re quired the greatest skill. The return 'trip required 4 "hours and ■!.". minutes The car used was the same which Mr. . liansen en tered in the l^os Angeles ruces. and is a 1(0,5 model. ;".-.. _..... .. The. territory for the sale of I,oz>r carp in New Jersey formerly 'controlled by the Linkroum Automobile ' Company, of New ark, has been, taken by the New York City branch of the ; Lorfer Motor Company, and the I»zier will' be sold in Eastern ' NVmv Jersey hereafter direct from the company* New York branch. S. H. Stern, former rrianager >r the Linkroum AutomoblM Company." has formed a connection with' AUTOMOBILES. | th> LoMer i:eadqi2<'ii-tei-H and will devote :■ his- energies to toping trad** in the" sec , tion.- formerly handled by the L.iwkrounr • company. Mr.- Stern is veil known In au ■ 1 -tomobile circJ***- not only through, his.con . nection - r.-ith the .retAiling of motor car 3 but in the. ">ftT»|lß3cm<*lH a leading a'l-o : niopile ■•»upi>!y house' for;x\vo"ye;irs. and a.s i nssisxp.nt-nrahager of the inrbcifn Intf-rests in Anieiic.i under Paul La • roix several ' •*"- ' Jjroan -a 50. * .With' the conversion "of hundred a of old- me .'horsemen -tn'tht: lisage and. ownership • ♦»f ' raoUr i>ropeil»>il.- Veliicjes, ; «igents - and 1 nir.nufncturfrs of : automobiles in all sec tions of. the country hare been failed upon to. consider the- adviaabiilty .-of " tradirm in" conglomerate . assortment of "horse flesh' and rigs and harness „•£ . every .de bt rl-ptlon, Either 'in pact or- whole pnyment of* a machine. . George J. t)unh'a'm, presi dent Oif-the Ho.val Tourist Car Company, of ' Cleveland, "who ha"d occasion recently to visit Boston. .bad a-wwt<;ping offer made to; hfm while."- there whicu "has decidedly unique* characteristics. A horse Iov«?r of the 'rtld school, i whose- wine was a power in the palmy- dajs .of Peel steppers and pacers -. in -the > Hub • .territory. bad *Hn*i!ly • sifo*um' «<! to* the iillurlTi:- ■-M of th«» • ."chug-chnig''*- wagon; meeting Mr. D-.-.:•-[D -.-.:• [ hum, he offered hint '.'.^ \•. !<■ t>tnMe. in [ eluding ten l:ea<i-of horn's. «mv of which • would lend ;<">y 'to' a fnji'-: : "i's lite: various I types of vehicles, including- si^ighs. har ness in' stact»i idles.. wMp;»^evi?rytr".ir;g, in int. -perfriinlnK .to .> vtly9Sf equhu; f equipment. The value or the wi:ole v.-a>» considerable, but; the* old hrrraendan, putting aside' all n>on»'tary eoriHiderrtt'oris; .is?ert«-d ' that inasmuch as he intended r«akl.iir th^ ! change, h« wanted ■ the !:!■*{ ve.-ttige <>■" ti c I" rule, of " the horse ' removed with the In 1 ai'Kuration of the ; ri>!CT of tne" k^*'">! p.*» • car, and lie was willing' to sacrMre the lot. rnther thin r«tn'n reminders -of 'h» ' road driving days' of hippy memory. !' GLEN RIDGE GOLF CLUB. .; I Gl-?n Ridse. N.J.. ,Aus. 20,— The second j. round for the .viKut-t cups in Classes A and Ii were played on the Glen Ridare Golf Club links to-day. The scores, follow: . . ' Class ;A — H. D. Smith beat Charles Ames. 4 up i and 2 M irr>: K. W. Congr<lon brat 11. W; Benson. 1 up-,«20 ho!es). ; . • . ■ . .- '. - . : i lias IJ- T. .W. !.a::jp>:n th "bent J. I>. GaT ( .!icJ?»t. -4 up !»r«i R te *o; »•". t*. Van Ajken beat ; 11. M. Browa, 2 up and ] loco.. - , ■ - . '' There was also a- hall sweepstakes. .W. <». i Thomas' .winning In ( lasa A, and T. W. ! Lnngstroth in Class R. The" cq/es follow: • ' : ; - cr^\j?s a. ■ : " ! - ! -.- .- ■.•..:.. - • Otosa Hp. Xcl , W. ■Ci. <t XiioiT.a.B S7 . 9 78 fj. nf R8! (... ............"•;:..-....-. 05 • IS '■ m> ' H. D. Smith ....•>■*. :,■:■ ST j IV. R. .Hru.\er«\ ...-...- ...0« *«• *2 Hi. M Kdn-anls. ..:..,. .....102 16 SB j .'■■- ■ ' CIASS'/Bl »-.--". : • - ■■' ; IT. w. LangstrctJ) ," .:..JH IS . 7fl (I* F. Tart man ."'..' -9-S "21 77 . AUTOMOBILES. CATSKILL TOUR PUNS Reliability and Hiil Climbing Contest in One. MANY ENTRIES RECEIVED In Order To Be Eligible for Climb ' I-; a Oar Must Have Toured Over Road ; Bir.ee the ■* Gliddrn tourists' in' ••«( French Canada and «irov« down tlsrou?. 1 ; i Maine." In 1306. and found everywhere a|<>nf ! the route- the' countrywide alive with th« ; populace from miles »roi»^-: to *«feoia« | them, there ha^ been no '»'ir or con:fc, t [with .so much invlt»t!on_ for »n.,t'>r:»tr, .9. 9 }join.-lust for the sport oX*lt !f for.no;otlier 'reason, than the Catskill reliability contest ' anil "'hill c!lmb."whJch will ■"• fa«ld oa i^. ' Uaaaor 10 to 12. Ba4to»iv«?. The pathfinders I who laid oat thf eaiars* received a hearty I reception all along dM route. -r.i if thut , :{ to' be taken at a criterion the I iri<-ts jai the contcMt ■will be .greeted In a % m.::uv.T [no oth»r contest c.in boast of. ; _ l^'J j Th- affair belheof .-. combination* na:ur» I will afford th* ran ■ thorough road t^st as ! W i.;i-.i.Mi hlll-climbinK '■"■-'•■ The route •«. : i-^-.»,i I»*plct'nWi<|ue from start ro llnlsa land '.* charminjrlv decked with magnlrtceat i rural laadbcaMl with fr-quent -spots fit more than ordinary interest. The road*. however.- are not of the "billiard table' ■ variety ai! the way. as several bad Mi and ji-oußh stretches dot the cours". one hill. I in particular, w.li be difficult tr> ascewJ. an 4 Ikli .Is Crow ECoal Mountain. Motorists ['dodge the hill as much as possible and < 0 j from West Point, which is only Kye miles ''away, by some- other route. For the m'«: {part the roads are good and suSlc;erjU7 [severe pawn the -b;ickb«ine" or a car. ['The Motor Contest Aa/ociatica. uad«r [whose ausolcf." the contest -x.l] be i.-.M. ha* • issued entry blanks, and. Jud?in- from &j | wav entries ar. «:..xr.in B 1". the aEate WO have a koo.l Held of eoatestants. I Th- content win -tart from Now I Tori on Saturday' morning. September R at 139 ju-ekK-k. but the cam wilt :■■• * eh« i out ua. itlt assembled 111 line at K^-vat.-r. N. J. f r\- tour's' win rest on B»™da.y in th* iCatsidlbi and on Monday »***■»» c:lmbc :I mb *.:i tali i which Will h» the *>•-".* of t ha?* been ntectally •• re;.ar.d tm IM event \\£u- th*- °up-rvi-lon of Kfe unaft road ; hMider an<i «very .1-wil has fc.«ea ■ .n-fuliy co»rto>l«d to Insure . safety .to. contestant. " Thrc7as S ?fl"atlon will be • by- price •& •>.ton d! 3 vlacement.ln cubic Inch*- whJc* tab i-'corrtwre with the Fch-dule -of tt* fnuos ol the contest t«>ard of be America* i Automobile Association. _ \ * Th- events are as follows. No. 1- Gaoler.- »■<>.« car,. *>'■<• ■" un^. -« •• Oasoene #tock -»"'. ««'1 •«' - 11 * 1 No 3 «■■■>«»« stock •* r ''- *1.2>>1 to * ■'!* NY "^ a^e »to.k car-. »:«>t tr> Ji-«A ■ g ti^ss: ttort car.. £0M » RM ■ No «_«^ M o^ne »t<Hk cars. SS to USf. ■ xS Cca^lfW ftock car-.. J4.0.M arvf over. >:„■ »— f»r--i to. »ra»t«r»; limit w M jtv'-f.l 5n5 from of ClKaklll Clove MOuaaia; . fift^n i.iilrs frniv. K->iitc--*ii! . - -1". :i. handicap acror-Mn^ to D^ee-' •—«- ■ r ".! 3<V> cOblf Ir.rr.M ;.tston ■Itoplaoem^nt ' No KV-Oa^len*- .•<•■-:< cha^sij". between m #r.i 4f""> eab?c ta<*« "aiwo :ts;..a— - -■ c.-.'d C*-*> cub!- Inrhe* ft-ton .]l«p'aeeTr»r!'. ' \ car to he eligible for competition la the hill climb must be a contestant in Use ; tour except for one event, which js _-- to residents of CatskiXl and vlclrity Th? ; ■;t.-rt in all events m thr climo •« ■ I from a rolling position. The Warner Wec trlc timing d-vice will te U3ed In reconlla? the time- of cars. "Nt:!* 1 close September 7. at noon. -»lt!: E. T>. Ferjfuaon. manager of tlie Motor Contest . Association. No. 1777 Broadwar. ; New York. Information and entry blanks I can be had from Mr. Ferguson or fros j Fdward F. Korbet. No. 29 West 4"i str«*. I N»w York. AUTOMOBILES.