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Motoring
Olympic Club Meet Passes Into History Without an Accident to Mar 'the Sport arid
Brings Out in Strong Reliej ' the DuraWityof the Modern Automobile
R. A. Smyth
flow the Distance Was' Reeled Off
in Twsnty-FiTe Mile Race
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1 ...1 1:10 4-8 1:10 1-5 1:13 1-5
2 .*. 2. '18 1-6 2:16 2:19 1-5
3 3:293-5 3:28 3:29
4 4:13 1-5 ti:3l 4:37 1-5
5 5:55 5:414-6 6:43 2-5
6 7:054-5 6:50 4-5 6:49 1-5
7 8:16 4-5 7:59 4-5 7:55
8 9:33 3-6 9:114-5 9:013-5
« 10:461-5 10:232-5 10:093-6
10 11:68 3-6 11:311-5 11:15 2-5
11 13:07 2-6 12:39 2-5 12:214-5
j IS 14:13 4-6 13:50 4-6 18:28 1-5
13 15:20 14:592-6 14:344-5
14 16:28 3-6 16:08 4-5 15:411-5
15....... 17:36 17;194-5 16;47
16 18:464-5 18:26 1-6:17:514-6
17 19:543-6 19:32 18:564-5
IS 21:02 1-5 20:43 1-6 20:03
19 •£2:063-5 21:58 3-5 21:15
SO 23:114-5 23:07 22:25 2-5
21 24:173-5 24:161-6 24:33»/t
22 25:23 25:27 4-6 25:46
23....... 26:29 3-5 26:37 1-6 26:53 4-5
24 27:36 27:46 1-6 27:59
25 28:40 28:65 29:56 1-5
. -Fittest mile in first teat, 1:04 2-5.
'f Fastest mil* in second heat, 1:05.
:r«tte»t mile is third beat, 1:04 4-5.
The automobile meet of the Oylmpic
club held at Tanforan track yesterday
was the most successful of Its character
ever held on this coast. The grandstand
and field of the San Mateo county race
course was a mass of brilliant color
and the scene was an animated one
when the 5.000 spectators stood and
cheered the daring motorists as they
dashed around the track at a high- rate
of speed. The racing brought out In
strong relief the durability of the mod
ern automobile. There were no tire
troubles and the racing was practically
free ot_ mJshaps'to" thCT xnecaanlsm of
the racing machines.
" No accident marred the pleasure of
the spectators, although once or twice
the involuntary cry of horror went up
as a machine was seen to skid when
taking a turn at top speed- The motor
cyclists were the only ones to get into
trouble- One of x these ran Into the
fence when his little machine swerved
on the last turn, and another brace of
riders met in a head on collision. Hap
pily they were going at a slow rate of
speed and neither was injured, although
both rolled In the dust Just at'the finish
line in view of the spectators.
A roster of those present would read
like a list of the smart set at some im
portant function. Francis J. Heney,
District Attorney Langdon and others
prominently identified with the graft
prosecution rubbed elbows with many
of the big nuen of the aristocracy of
graft.
BIG DISPLAY OF AUTOS
The display of automobiles was the
most striking ever seen on the Pacific
coast. There were more than 550 ma
chines banked along the Infield fence,
and their estimated value was more
than $1,000,000. Each machine carried
Its full complement of passengers, and
the cars made an Interesting; picture
as they stretched out, five deep, al
most the entire length of the home
stretch. The meet' served the purpose
of utility, as the cars used in the races
were the ordinary cars used about the
street* of the city day after day. There
were none of the . low, rakish cars
which are used in the Vanderbilt cup
and other races along the • Atlantic
coast. The nearest approach to them
were the Thomas runabouts, which
seemed like well groomed racers in
miniature.
The meet was .for the purpose of
raising money to defray the expenses
of a team of athletes to the American
championship to be -decided early next
month at the Jamestown exposition.
The meet was a success In this respect
end far beyond all expectations. More
than enough money was secured and
the surplus will be used to advance the
cause of athletics here.
EXCEEDS RECORD THROW
The automobilists did not have the
center of the stage all the day. Ralph
Rose, the giant shotputter, .hurled the
sphere 50 feet and 5 inches during the
exhibition. This exceeds the record by
11 inches and Is the most sensational
performance of Its character in this
country in many years. This will give
the eastern athletes an idea of his
Quality and as to what they may ex
pect w:.en he steps upon the field at
Jamestown.
There* was also some unusually good
rprlnt running. Charlie Parsons and J.
R. Kll pa trick, the latter wearing the
winged foot of the New York athletic
club, ran a dead heat In the classic
100. Some of the spectators thought
Kilpatrick had 'a shade the best of it at
the finish, but the. judges called it a
dead heat. Parsons ran from scratch,
while the New York man had a start of
five feet. It was felt that if the point
had to be strained it should be in fa
vor of the scratch man. ' Parsons did
not get a. good start, which affected
his speed somewhat. •P. C Gerhardt
ran 100 yards against Matt Harris in
his automobile, the latter being allowed
a rolling start. The distance proved
too short In which to get up speed in
the auto and Oerhardt won easily. He
covered the distance In 10 1-5 seconds.
John Elliott and other athletic authori
ties declared this was as good as even
time on a ciu table track.
The fastest mile ; of the day was
driven by Bert Dingley In the five mile
free for all for runabouts. He made
the circuit of the track In 1:03 1-5.
This was the third mile of the race
and he covered the -second mile in a
time on a suitable track. ; :
GREAT. UVX IX THE DUSK
. The majority \u25a0of ;the r; spectators
missed the greatest race of the day.
This was the final heat T 'of; the .25 mile
event. The first he^at- was' won^by Hoy
Hehm and the second by Bert Dlngley.
Thousands Cheer Daring Motorists at Tanforan Track
COMPETITORS AT THE BIG MEET OF THE OLYMPIC CLUB. THE UPPER LEFTHAND
ILLUSTRATION SHOWS THE DEAD HEAT BETWEEN KILPATRIOK (EXTREME
LEFT) AND PARSONS; THE UPPER RIGHTHAND PICTURE OF BERT DINGLEY AT
THE WHEEL OF HIS THOMAS RUNABOUT. SPRINTER GERHARDT IS SEEN IN
A RACE WITH MATT HARRIS IN HIS AUTOMOBILE. THE LOWER PICTURE IS
OK H. LORENSON, SCRATCH MAN IN MOTORCYCLE HANDICAP RACE.
It was getting late and the officials
proposed that as Rehm had driven the
fastest heat that he be awarded first
prize and Dingfley second prize. Mc-
Keague, who had finished second in
one heat, and D. Bonney, who was sec
ond in the other, objected to this, as
they felt they were entitled to a chance
In the final. It was finally decided to
order the four machines out for the
final, although it was rapidly becom
ing dusk and the crowd had' thinned
out noticeably.
"When the quartet of drivers was sent
away Dlngley jumped into the lead at
once. He led throughout the first mile
and flashed under the wire 16 yards
ahead of Rehm. The latter took the
lead at the three-quarter mile post on
the second mile. At the end of the sec
ond mile he had an advantage of 10
feet. The two machines hung together
tenaciously like a brace of fighting
bulldogs for the next six miles and the
spectators cheered the drivers as they
passed the stand each time. Rehm held
the pole, and, try as he would, Dingley
could not take it from him. Along about
the -eighth mile Dlngley's machine be
gan to belch fire and he dropped back
shout 50 feet. -Up to the. fitfeonth mile
there was no change in- the .positions
and the spectators were kept a-tremble
with the excitement. At 18 miles Rehm
had increased his lead to an eighth of
a mile. At the beginning of the twen
tieth mile Dlngley began to pick up and
there .was a shout of encouragement
from his friends. - \u25a0
Their joy was short lived, however,
In the 10 mile race at Tanforan track for
touring cars* of $3,000 and over, the Packard,
which has been in daily use for over one year;
easily won. , Time, 12 minutes and 21 seconds.
At Agriculture park,^Los Angeles;. the .
Cadillac 30 H. P. won the 50 mile race, defeating \
Thomas Sixty, Royal Tourist and Apperson
Sixty.
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453 Golden Gate Avenue
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY," AUGUST 26, 1907;
as the machine came to a dead stop
suddenly over the back stretch. It de
veloped afterward that a tiny spring in
one of the valves which admits air. to '
to the carbuetter had snapped and the J
machine stopped Just as would a human •
being If his breath was atbpped." -This
took the element of the keen; competi
tion out of the race and then- it was
only a matter of how far Rehm would
win. He finally finished 52 4-5 seconds
ahead of. "the nearest competitor,,. who
proved to be D. Bonney. McKeague was
third. , ; ;
The League of the Cross band, under
the leadership of : H. yon der Mehden
furnished music throughout the after
noon and added to the pleasure of the
spectators. ' , . ; ; ;*' - . ;
Summary of day's events: \
100 yard dash— Dead heat between • Charles
Parsons (Olympic club), • scratch, ! and J. >R.
Kllpatrlck (New York Athletic club) 5 feet:
James Block (Webster . Athletic club), 4» jrords,
third. Time, \u25a0 :10 1-5 seconds.. \u25a0 ; ,=- \u25a0 .
Half mile dash — Won 'by Andrew Glarner
(Olympic club); E. Smith (University of Cali
fornia), second. Time. 2:02 3-5. : :
100 yard flash — P. C. Gerhardt (Olympic clnb^
beat Matt Harris In automobile. Time, :10 1-5
seconds. " ' . \u25a0.
: 16 -pound shot-- (exhibition) — Ralph Rose
(Olvmplc clnb\ distance, -M f>pf 5 '"»hes;
American record, 49 feet 6 Indus, lield by W. W.
Coe Of Yale. - \u25a0 / <
- 5 m{le \u25a0 motor cycle • race-^-Won ' by i Frank E.
Carroll; T. Ernest, second;: J. Banswell, third.
Time by mllea, 1:43 1-5, 3:50 4-s, '<. 5:43 3-5,
7:54 3-5, 0:12 1-8. . \u25a0:,..-:\u25a0'/.. - - ,
Vive mlle^.rßce : for touring cars; price $1,500
and: under— Won -by Tourist - driTen >by He-
Keagtie; -Bulck second; . Franklin { third. v- Time
by miles,-1 :80 3-5, 2:00 3-0, 4:08 3-5, 5:19 3-5,
0:38 4-5. \u25a0 . \u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0 -- .- : \u25a0 \u25a0 i ,'v>--:^' -\u25a0-•••-
Vl ve mile race for touring can; price $1,500
to $3,000— Won by>flovey ; Boushey ' company's
Pope-Hartford, . driven ,jby . Jacki Fleming; .Cuyler.
Lee's jCadlllac.t drl4enl by^ I-«6ter , Patce, . second ;
Has again proved its quality and durability \.
By winning four races over a fifty-five mile course.
The Thoma^^runabout easily defeeited every car that competed
- against it in the Olympic races at the Tanforan tiracL,
Made the fastest
Won five mile Free-f or- All race for runabouts.
Woil both twenty-five mile heats' and the final in tHe distance race
of the day.
Seyerity-bne owners of Thomas 1907 cars witnessed the races
from -their autpmo^^^
More than half of tKe high pow^ed^
cisco this season have been Thomas cars. \
Write us for list of names of "three hundred owners of four cylinder
cars purchased this season.
This means that the Thomas cars give satisfaction. '
Thomas For^s for immediate deli^ c
Carload of Thomas Sixtys will arrive on Wednesday by expr^s.
Pioneer Automobile Company
524 Twentieth Street, 901 Qolden Gate Avenue,
(Members pi the AssQcmu^ Manufacturejrs;)
• Nlkrent. third. Time by miles, 1:19 4-5. 2:39 4-5,
! 1:04 4.5,. 6:17 < 1-5, 6:32 3-5.< : V.
. Fire : mile .race for Olympic' club members —
»Von> by "Rudolph Habenicht; . Matt A."- Harris,
.'second ; -E.\u25a0 L. \u25ba Wemple Jr.; \u25a0 third, and R. J.
Graham,- fourth. Time by miles, . 1:29, 2:44'^.
4:02 1-5, 6:18 4-5,,6:33 4-5. \u25a0 , - '.
• Flve^mlle, 'free for all: race, for runabouts —
; . Won ,by \u25a0 Bert - Dingley in ' a 70 * horsepower
Thomas s runabout; \u0084W. E. Sounders, second. In
! i Comet, r.' and •- R.'*S. - Rehm, \u25a0 third, • In , a 70
horsepower : Thomas ; runabout. Time ;by miles,
1:10 3-5.-2:13 3-5. 3:16 4-5, 4:20 4-5, 5:25 4-5.
\u25a0\u25a0 10, mile V rate ' for \u25a0 touring cars; $3,000 and
over — Won by ;H. Warner, driving A. J. Welch's
. Packard; ;F. . Verllhac \u25a0. In a Peerless, ; second;
-D. Banney In a Steams, third. Time by miles.
IJ9, 2:31 4-5, 3:44, 4:55 3-5, 6:11/ 7:31.
<W4 1-5. 9:56 4-5, 11:09 3-5. 12:21 3-5.
. 10 mile .-5 motor \u25a0 ' cycle ; race — Won \u25a0 by • Frank
3. 1 Carroll; H. Lorenson. second; | Rex Yonge,
third. Time by miles, : 1 :37 • 1-5, 3:06, 4:35 3-5.
(5:08 3-5. .7:40 2-5,,9:12, 10:41 1-5, 12:09 4-5,
13:40 -1-5.'; 15:14/ ' \u25a0•>:' '•-
\u25a0 25: mile race — First heat won by R. S. Rehm
in -a \u25a0 Thomas runabout; : second heat won •by
Bert Dingley in a Thomas. runabout; final heat
won. by R. S. Rehm. .-.
UNUSUAL CROWDS VISIT
BOXERS IN TRAINING
Gans and Britt Are the
Centers of Record
Gatherings
; . . - .... ... . . \u25a0 ... . .
The; largest crowds which ever
• watched ;boxersYln training were pres-
I snt \u25a0 yesterday, when Joe Gans and Jim
my Britt -went through, their various
i exercises. V More; than 1,000 people, in-
; eluding; many women, visited .CroH's
'. gardens to see Gans in action. As many
;as could be paeteed.'. Into i the gymna
sium - watched > the champion work for
an: hour and 10 minutes. Manger Ben
Selig "gave out, his .weight as; 136%
pounds. , ; , :-, -:-,'
As . the members of \u25a0 '. -. the . fair sea;
showed such a desire' to watch Gans at
•workf 'he ; has decided \u25a0to make next
OPEN HANDICAP SINGLES
TOURNAMENT ARRANGED
Matches Will Be Played on
the Courts of the Cali
fornia Club
-Although the coast championship
tennis tournaments 'are less than a
week off,. but few of the cracks put in
the day at. practice yesterday. A few
matches were played on the California
club courts, but tht contestants as a
rule were lower , class men. The best
match was a singles -between Harold
Gabrieland B. F. Nourse. Each won a
sete t r Nc-urse : took the first \u25a0by -a score
of 14-12 and the second went to Gabriel
6-l.;~;Gabriel later took Duval Moore
into camp. He won In straight sets.
The score* was 6-2,-0-4.
T W. . G. Knowlton, .the terror ' of the
second class, beat Grant Smith In
straight sets. The latter had not played
for a number ' of months and fell an
easy victim to the skill of Knowlton.
The score was. 6-4, 6-2.
" Dr. Younger won two sets from N.
Blaisdell, the score being. 6-3. 8-1.
Charles Gaston beat H. Burroughs 6-4,
4-6, 7-5. . V . •-\u25a0-.•\u25a0 \u25a0 •
An open handicap singles tournament
will be played^ on the : California club
courts next Sunday and Monday.. 2 he
lower class men will take advantage
ofthe absence of th,e cracks who will
be at "-Del /Monte. While the event will
be shy in class, it will probably have
a second breaking entry list. Twenty
one players,' have already entered- and
in the neighborhood of about 40 are
expected to participate. The. entry list
will close Saturday at 5 p. m. The
winner will receive a racket.
- The following have affixed their sig
natures to the. entry list: ', _
E.R. Bolger, H. Burroughs, Kenneth
Mpore, Charles Kuehn, W. ; G. Knowlton.
Dr. , Lovegrove, Harold Gabriel,- W,
Johnson, W. Price, Paul liar deman, M.
Levin, <M. A. Peck, James Strachan. J.
Schwartz,; M.- P. Martin, George Hall,
"W. Voorsanger, M. Bernstein, C. Sonn*
tag and DuVal Moore. .
SAX FRANCISCO TEAM LOSES
REDWOOD CITY; Aug. 25.— Redwood
City defeated the Gantner-Matterna of
San Francl3co today by a score of 14
to 7. . . _
Wednesday ladies' day at his Alameda
camp,' when' he will so through all bis
exercises.-
' Al Kaufman was carefully looked
over; when -he boxed three rounds with
Fred Landers. He will do some boxlngr
for, the next three days with Bob Em
mett of the Reliance club In prepara
tion for his meeting with Schreck.
Over at t ßrltt's quarters at San Ra
fael : there was also a record breaking
crowd. Britt was pronounced In the
finest' possible 'condition by. Billy Jor
dan and other^experts. He boxed four
rounds ,with£ Dave Ernest and did not
dare^o let himself out. He weighs 133
pounds and is considered better physi
cally than at any time In. his ring ca
reer, "'..-- Joe Thomas, who is also train
ing at Shannon's, caught the eyes of the
experts. ... ... _ , -
Edited by
R . A. Smyth
FLYCASTERS END SEASON
WITH BIG PERFORMANCES
Show Marked Skill With
Rod and Line at
"Stow Lake
The members of the San Francisco
fiycasting club held . their' last regular
competition of the season. with rod and
line yesterday on Stow. lake. Golden
Gate park. There was an unusually
large attendance and a number of
meritorious performances were re
corded. In the distance event H. C.
Golcher sent out 124 feet of line at the
first attempt and 121. feet In a subse
quent effort C R, KennlfC cast U*
feet, E. A. Mocker 1U feet, T. C.
Klerulff 105 feet, G. H. Foulks 103 feet
and A. Sperry and C. G. -Young '100
feet each.-- A number of members made
100 per cent in the delicacy event,
which shows their marked skill with
the rod. The official scores:
•- ~C > 1 DKUCACT. "r*
» "A «3
CONTESTANT. IjaQ ?e !?! Z 3 5
\u25a0 2 : *•* 3^ • -5
Z • 3 i s I ' •
Jamet Watl ... &7J03.S |6o7sTiM.O 193.48197.0
C. G. Yoang ... 100.05.2 (4M.10U5.0 »^.20|»4.2
k E. A. Mocker ... 11l 97.1i:85.U1J5.10 98.4^;WT.5
l>r. W. E. Brooks 96 WU4j9*.2 98.5 98.14195.9
H. C. Golcher... 124 |«U 97 U 108.0 97.42
C. B. Kennlff 116)99.10 90.3 1100 99.36
A. Sperry ...... 100J9&3 »7.4 MKUQ 95.23 9«.7
G. H. Koulis ... 103198.7 97.S 94.S 95.3
T. C. KierulS ... 103 39.1 97.14 100 03.53;93.8
r. M. Halght .. JH 97.5 97.11 940 06.32
W.-D. lUa«a«td. - 983 100 08.18
K*«ntry— - " I
A. Sperry '.. »*f«.l4 97.10 92.10 93.10'06.fl
H. C. Golcher... 121%5.l 98.2 97.5 97.44
T. C. Klerulff :.. 99.2 98.10 1 M.lO 98.40 97.3
B. A. Mocker ..10997.5 95.2 100 90.4 97.0
C. G. Yoanz .... 98. 10 98.9 JIOO 99.18 97.9
Jamei Witt ... 97.5 97.8 92.10 95.0 105.9
F. M. Htigbt ,»; *5 87.11 07.13 85.5 06.36|
SATURDAY .
T. C Klernlff .. 87190.2 199.2 83.10198.34198.4
C. G. Toons .... [98.12 V 9.3 09.5 i9d.16i97.ft
E. A. Mocker ... 95T96.9 90.1 100 99.32 93.2
L. G. Burpe* 80(06.3 98.3 04.10 SM.2R
P. A. Wehater. . . 81)97.13 98Ji a4.10|9a.4«
Re-entry — j I '
E. A. Mocker ... 95 97.1 93.14.09.0 99.58 <«. 7
C. C. Youn? .... 98.12 9».2 197.5 9*14 97.3
T. C. Kieruia ... 96.3 07.14198.0 97.35i98.1
L. G. Burpee ... 7« 98.3 97.12593.0 95.241
7. A. Webster.. 72J93.S 98.0 [97.3 97.40J
HARRIMAN PARTY BAGS
TWO BEARS, SAYS REPORT
Heavy Rains May Cause Railroad
Magnate to Abandon Trip to
, Crater Lake
PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. 25. — An Ore
gonlan special from Klamath Falls says
that because of heavy rains it is possi
ble that the hunting .trip of the Harri
m&n party will be abandoned sooner
than expected. The storm which began
last night is believed to have put the
roads in such condition that the con
templated vSslt to Crater lake will be
Impracticable. An unconfirmed report
Is to the effect that two bears were
killed Saturday. The party was ex
pected to return to Odessa tonight.
England's population fa increasing at
the rate of 1 per cent a year. !
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