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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, MARCH 1, 1908. FUR NORTH MAY BAFFLE AUTOISTS cup. which was won by the Australians in England last year, simply to qualify and it is not certain that a team will go to Australia. It has been tentatively pro posed that the English team, for which a challenge has also been sent to Aus tralia, come to America and play the American tam to be selected to play for the cup. Then only the winning team would make the trip to Australia. M00I MMJTOMOM ILilo Alaskan Wilds Likely to Stop Racers on New York Paris Contest. TERRORS OF ICY TRAIL Dr. Hornsby Says It Will Be Mir- ucle if Daring Drivers Are Xot forced to Change or Give Up Plans. "Alaska with Its treacherous nlceer. lipjids, tundras, glaciers, towering hills nu impassahlo trails should furnish ob stacles too great to be overcome by the men and the machines entered in the New York to Paris automobile race," re cently declared Er. John A. Homsby. su perintendent of the Michael Reese Hos pital. And the speaker is probably bet ter qualified to discuss the conditions in the frozen North than any of the men 1" mapped out the hazardous trip or contracted to circle the -globe, says the Chicago .Record-Herald. For six years Dr. Hornsby roamed the wilds of Alaska, and during that time he touched upon not only the northernmost points of the famous gold country, but penetrated hundreds of miles into the wastes of Siberia on the other side of ' the Bering Strait. In isa7 Dr. Hornsby went to Alaska as surgeon for the White Pass & Yukon Company, which had un dertaken the construction of a railroad line through the desolate country. Hav ing experienced all the angles of life in that land, he is greatly interested in the outcome of the big race which started last Wednesday in New York. "It does not seem possible that any of i the seven cars in the two expeditions will ever get beyond 100 miles north of Valdez," continued Dr. Hornsby. "If the machines are built to climb trees and perform stunts never before expected of automobiles there is a remote possibility of same finishes in Paris. But the possi bilities are all against the racers. . Trail Full or Hardships. "Several hundred men employed by the Vntted States Government toiled for three years clqartng the territory stretching over 400 miles from Valdez to the Yu kon River. After the trail had been cleared and .used for several seasons it Is no uncommon sight to see four big army horses struggling to pull a wagon laden with supplies weighing 600 pounds up one of those hills, which average 3000 feet In length. I have traveled In water up to my kners during April, which Is, I understand, the season of the year when the tourists expect to reach the Yukon country. "The ice which chokes the river dur ing the Winter melts and passes off about the first of May, and the sun shines just enough 4o melt the snow on the moun tain sides. The entire country is subse quently flooded with, water, veritable lakes springing up on the land for hun dreds and hundreds of miles, making It dangerous for traffic The formation of a thin, shell lee about a foot above the main body, of ice that has been frozen to the ground all Winter then adds further danger to the traveler. Horses are un able to move through the country while this 'shell ice' is on the passes, as it cuts the animals' legs and feet, and I am certain an automobile could never make any progress under such conditions. "After leaving Valdez the contestants will run Into the Chlgmet Mountains, or the Coast Range, which extends back to the Yukon, traffic here being over the Government road. Fairbanks, a town of about 25.000 Inhabitants, is on this path, which is extensively traveled. On this road I have spent as much as a whole day climbing up one of the hills with my park sled drawn by a horse. On an other trip I traveled 3000 miles with horses, dogs and a canoe. Two Routes Are Available. "Two routes are available from Valdjez to the Yukon, there being a stretch of 160 miles between the roads. The fork in the main line is several miles from Valdez .and the north trail to Eagle Is known as the shorter way, while the longer Journey is around by wny of Circle City. After reaching Circle City one finds himself on the upper edge of the Yukon Flats 60 miles In width and about 250 miles In length. Here is a network of islands, channels, sandbars and oceans of back water loaded with log Jams packed up sometimes by lee to a height of 75 feet. "Ten expeditions dropped through the Ice on those flats In 1001, and the poor men who had dared venture through the country were nevermore heard of. The contestants tn this race would find Just as many hardships in the Summer time as they are bound to meet in the Spring. The great expanse of backwater is always washing over the country in the land along the Yukon. Another route might he blazed which would take the ma chines 700 miles out of the way over' swamps and untraveled country, hut this . would be even more impracticable than , around the other path. The cars should be able to make the trip from Seattle to Valdez. a distance or 1 miles. If the drivers decide to go by boat, but the run from Valdez to 'ue Prince of Wales. ItSOrt miles.' I be lieve, w-ill furnish hardships of a nature never before experienced by the drivers. Prnwi are used in transporting passengers from Cape IVince of Wales across to st Cape, on the Siberian shore. The t points are but V.' miles apart. Part ing In Siberia, and for loot) miles down to Vladivostok, the traveler encounters the same tlifrli-tiltles that prevail on the Alas kan side. The other route from Kast Obc to Trkutz. over the Siberian right of way, is a run of 3( miles through ice jams, placiers. niggerheads and treacherous pusses. Will t'lml Zero Weather. "The temperature of th Alaskan and Silurian countries when down to 55 below jtero has never artwtci me as does the .vbelow days here In tTiicaso owing to the stillness of the atmosphere. If the racers are well clothed they should not suffer from the cold in the frosen North. "Gasoline is sold by the pound In Alaska and the putvhaser is given about a pint of fuel under the pound allotment, for which he pays J2. V-nless the manufact Virers behind the drivers and cars have prepared for this contingency the going will be extremely hard after Circle City has been passed. "Rex Beach was right when he wagered that not one of the cars would complete the trip, for he has been all over Alaska and has been up against the 'real thing. For my part I sincerely hope the cars and their passengers are successful in fight ing their way through the country. The feat if accomplished should be regarded as one of the seven wonders of the world and would give the automobile the great est boost that could possibly be received." Snds Challenge for Tennis Cup. NKW YORK. Feb. 29. The American Tennis Association has nt a formal challenge to Australia for tt) C. H. Davis Notes of Automobile World ALTHOUGH Bluefleld, W. Vs is a city of 20,000 population, with fine, paved streets, there is not an automobile in the place. Appar ently the manufacturers have over looked a good field. Though only entering upon the third year of its existence, the Society of Automobile Engineers already includes in its ranks a large percentage of the most prominent builders in the coun try. So keen was the competition between local makers to furnish Indianapolis with its first automobile police patrol wagon that the city secured for 91500 a car that cost over 12500 to build. Many rural convents In France, emptied of their tenants by the Separ ation law. have been purchased by the syndicate which Is establishing hotels to meet the steadily Increasing demand from touring motorists. Nine cars from outside France, rep resenting Germany, Italy and Belgium, already have been entered for the Grand Prix in July, which is expected to bring together more than 50 of the speediest cars In the world. A recent decision by the Dos Angeles District Court of Appeals was to the effect that motorists must look, out for pedestrians and that the latter can not be charged with contributory negli gence for not avoiding cars. Fines of from $10 to $100, Imprison ment of from .10 days to a year. both, are the penalties provided in the bill which the Rhode Island Automo bile Club has asked the Legislature to pass to cure the reckless-driver evil. One of the most daring auto rides ever attempted was recently taken by two machinists of Alamosa, Cal., who drove a motor car for the first time through the Petrified Forest of Ari zona. In order to cut off 20 miles they drove over a' railroad trestle 494 feet long and spanning Diablo Canon at i height of 290 feet. The slightest mis hap would- have meant death. The diversity of the fair motorist's ideals has been exemplified by the California Women's Automobile Club, which recently elected Lady Beatrice Montague, of London, an honorary member and immediately afterward entered upon a discussion of ignition. The Massachusetts Legislature fairly was deluged with bills affecting motor ing when it convened, the Safe Roads Association alone sending In eight, designed to make the use of both motor and horsedrawn vehicles less hazard ous. According to a Federal Department of Commerce and Labor official -who recently returned from a tour -.around the world, automobiles rapidly are tak ing the place of horses and mules as a means of transportation in almost every land where railroad facilities are limited. With the running of special trains by the Chicago, Minneapolis & St Paul. Clubs to the Ormond Beach races, com bined with the fact that the contests will be held at the height of the Flo rida season, the meet bids fair to be one of the largest attended ever held in the United States. In the big races at Savannah, Ormond and other points on the Southern cir cuit Harry Maynes, of Philadelphia, will drive two cars. In the short-distance events he will use a steamer de signed by a Harvard student, while' in the longer races he will drive a 150-H. P. gasolene car. Probably the first hospital In the country to have a bed specially endow ed for the accommodation- of victim. of automobile accidents, will be th new Garretson Hospital at Philadel phia. Money for the purpose will be raised by the Quaker City Ladles' Mo tor Club. Professor Goss, of Perdue Univer sity, who has been experimenting with lubricants for ball bearings, has reach ed the conclusion that a combination of graphite and lard oil will accomplish everything lard oil alone will do, and at the same time will give a lower frictlonal resistance and permit a larger load to be carried; By the organization In England of a branch of the French Association Gen erate Automobile, an American motorist on arriving can be met by an agent of the concern with tours mapped out. licenses secured and all other details ar ranged, even to the shipping of the car to the Continent when he is ready to leave Great Britain. ..... If the bill which Representative "Windy Bill" Thompson,-as he is known, has In troduced In the Kentucky Legislature. J I , . i v.- X , ... . ..... J -sa25?5 . SIV-t'l'UOER FR.tNKl.lX CAR, SOLD BY II. I- KEATS should beoome a law automobilinR- will b ail off in the Blue .Grass state. It classes motor cars with traction engines, provides that a man must walk 300 yards In advance of each automobile to warn persons that the "enjtine" is moving; and limits the speed to three miles an hour. According to John C. "Wetmore. of New York, the course selected lor the Savan nah races by the A. A. A. is a fine broad stretch; fit for speed tests by racing cars. Wetmore. has a hill-climbing' motor boat and a hill-descending automobile and a judge of all sorts of going. A newcomer to the fold of the A. A. A. Is the Delaware Automobile Association. i7 7 expect to keep and you want to buy a machine that you can afford to keep one that the seller has mote than a passing-interest in, and protects you for the future with a good stock of repairs. " THAT MACHINE PORTLAND WINS AT EOLFj TACOMA BEATEN IN NINE 3tTT . OP ELEVEN MATCHES. Two of Most I uteres tins Games Taken by Visitors Kershaw Beats Wright, of Waverly Club. Eleven . splendidly-played . golf matches were played between the representatives of - the Waverly Golf Club, of Portland, and the Tacoma Golf Club, on Waverly links yesterday afternoon. The matches were of the most inter esting character, and In spite of the fact that the visitors were victorious In but two of the 11 contests, their style of play demonstrated that tney were capable players, and probably some of the defeats can be charged to lack of familiarity with the links on which they were played. The most Interesting game of the day, from a scientific point of view, was probably that between Allan A. Wright, of the Waverly Club,, and T. Kershaw, the crack golfer of the Ta coma Club. Kershaw was victorious In the 19th hole, but it must be said that his opponent gave him a splen did contest which excited the greatest of Interest on the part of the players and spectators who witnessed the con test. President Alexander A. Bailey, of the Tacoma Club, defeated Walter J. Burns, of the Waverly Club, in a most Interesting game, the score of which was two up and one to play. In a closely-contested game, during which some excellent putting was no ticeable, J. Wesley Ladd, of the Wa verly Club, succeeded in scoring over C. H. Hurley, of Tacoma. with four up and two to play. Chester G. Murphy and H. F. Griggs played a most inter esting game, which resulted in a vic tory for the former by four up and two to play. The results of the other games, all of which were decidedly Interesting, were as follows: Gordon Voorhees de feated Parsons, three -up and two; Young defeated Franciola, six up and Ave; Wirt Minor defeated Stebbins, seven up and two; Gilbert defeated Thompson, six up and five; Webb de feated Smith, two up and one; Ayer defeated Simpson, six up and two. and Cookingham defeated Brown, six up and three. . PENTATHLON MEET AT Y.M.C.A. Juniors Will Hold Public Contest on March 9. Larry Larimore. physical director of the Y. M. C. X. boys' department, Is planning to hold a junior pentathlon meet Monday, March 9. This meet was to have been held on March 6, but the .... -. r" bg pame with the Muscatines caused It to be postponed three - days. Mr. Larimore has devoted much time to putting1 his boys in trim for the con test and he has every hope that some of the previous junior records will be broken. Of necessity the races will be mainly against time, and however fast a runner may go he can never catch up with his imaginary opponent. To avoid monotony an endeavor will be made to run one contestant against another in the distances, while the dashes will probably.be run in . heats. Tn the races one and three-fifth sec onds will be allowed for the circular IS Mj MF a m ii ii iu T n - .2 track. The percentages on the races will be worked out on the basis of the Spalding Athletic guide. .: For prizes there will be handsome medals of gold, sliver and bronze. - No charge will be made for admission.- ; The physical directors of the boys' department at the Y. M. C. A. are now arranging for the annual championship contest between the various classes. Each class has one and some two basketball teams, and it is the plan of the physical director to let the classes fight to a finish for the honor. The games will be played on the "double header" system till the championship is settled. The series will likely run till the beginning of April. HtLDREDTH WINS CLOSE FINISH Captures Waterhouse Cup With Tony Faust by a' Nose. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 29. At Em eryville today Sam Hildredth captured another rich event, when his brown horse, Tony Faust, took the Water house cup at two and a quarter miles from Jack Keene's Red Leaf. So close was the finish that the public had to await the judges' decision before they knew positively who won. Both jock eys rode hard from the paddock home, and, as they flashed, past the wire, Tony Faust just nose'd in 'first ahead of Red Leaf. Third money went to the added starter. Graphite, who managed to stall off Big. Bow. Results: Six furlongs Dick Wilson Nappa second, St. Edgar third; 1:15. .Mile and 20 yards Boloman Steel Blue second, Funnyside won, time, won, third; time, 1:44 1-6. Mile and a sixteenth. Piedmont han dicap Light Wool won. Rubric second, Massa third; time, 1:48. Two and one-quarter miles. Water house cup Tony. Faust won. Red Leaf second. Graphite third; time, 4:03. Mile and 20 yards Dorado won, The Mighty second. Shenandoah third; time, 1:44 2-6. ' Six furlongs Lord Nelson won, An drew Cook second; Triumphant third; time, 1:14 4-5. . ' At New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 29. Results of races: Three and a half furlongs Sea Swell won, Anne McGee second, Finionth!rd; time, 0:41. Six furlongs Rhinestone won, Bess Ward second, Florence N. third; time, 1:14 4-5. Six furlongs Bitter Sir won. Rural Boy second. Arrow Swift third; time, 1:14 3-5. The Pickwick steeplechase handicap, full course Sam- Hoffheimer won. Dr. Heard second, Rejectable third; time, 3:54. One mile John Carroll won, Hyper Ion II second, Blagg . third; time, 1:40 3-5. Mile and sixteenth Alma Dufour won. Greenzal second. Beau Brummei third; time. 1:47 1-5. Mile and quarter Belle Scott won. CO. TO UK. A. J. GIESV. John Smulskl second, time, 2:08 3-5. Gilpin third; Khodes Man Excels as Athlete. OXFORD. England, Feb. 29. A. M. Stevens, of Wlllimantic, Conn., a Rhodes scholar from Tale University, won the high jump and hammer throwing contest in the University sports this afternoon. He cleared five feet six inches in the jump and threw the hammer 129 feet 9 inches Th. curious fact la noted by Profeuor Lamdaln, of Breslao. that careful measure ments of th Intensity of gravitation in dif ferent parts of th plobe show this to bo Creator on islands than on continents. yilii m i sin) miiisaB'" t "W $ AX . ' THE CAR YOU CAN AFFORD TO BUY AND KEEP You may feel that a cheap machine is all you can afford to buy, but can you afford to keep it? It costs as much to keep a cheap horse as a good one. It costs a whole-lot more to keep a cheap automobile than a good one. .Automobiiing is getting down to that point reached iu bicycling some- ' , v time ago, where the idea is given trying to buy a new model each The machine you buy now you E RIVERSIDE DRIVING CLCB 15 CONSIDERING PLANS. Sanction of Portland Country Club and Livestock "Association Will Be Asked. ' The Riverside Driving Club will trtiild a handsome clubhouse on the grounds of the Portland Country Club and Livestock Association at Rose - City Park, if this proves agreeable to that organization at a meeting which Is to be held today. This decision was arrived at by the Riverside Driving Club at its regular monthly meeting .Friday night. The proposition was advanced by the read ing of a letter from the Country Club suggesting such an action and con taining certain provisions whereby permission for the erection of euch a building would be. granted, and it was decided .to accept 'the proposition and a committee was appointed to meet the delegates from that association. The Riverside Driving Club Is in a most flourishing condition financially and the members were unanimously agreed that the expenditure of a cer tain amount of the funds on hand for the erection of a suitable clubhouse was most advisable. If more funds are re quired many of the members agreed to subscribe to the fund for. the pur pose of insuring the erection of such a building. The County Club is engaged in build ing Its racetrack, and livestock show grounds and expects to have the race course completed within a few months, and the Riverside Driving Club lias made arrangements for holding its an nual Fourth of July matinee at that PREMIER -30-35 H. P. Touring Car $2500-$2600 We request you to compare this car with any other car in. the market selling for $3500 or less. For $2600 f. o. b. factory, this car is equipped with low-tension magneto with .make and brake ignition, also storage battery with .jump-spark ignition. (You. won't find this in other cars of the same price.) Has aluminum body with Hess-Bright ball-bearings through out axles, driving gears, transmission, clutch and engine. Multiple disc clutch and the largest effective braking service of any car in America. ; , The Premier was the only four-cylinder, car selling' under $3500 -competing for the Glidden trophy in the Glidden tour to make a perfect score. This car stood the 12 days' grind finishing every night on schedule time, not once faltering in the 15.75 miles, the majority of which was muddy roads. A Premier car also ran 4906 miles in a recent contest in and around Bridgeport, Conn., without stopping the motor. Do you realize this means a distance of from Portland, Or., to New. York City and half way on the return, or what would probably - be your entire season's work. -.No other American car has ever made such a showing. PREMIER REO FRED A. BENNETT Northwestern Distributor 495 Alder Street, 1409-11 Broadway, 309-11 Second PORTLAND, OR. SEATTLE, WASH. SPOKANE, WASH. BALLOU & WRIGHT Announce the Arrival of . 1908 INDIAN MOTOBCYCLES 23 H. P., ?210. Immediate Delivery. 5 H. P. Twin Cylinder, $260. TRICARS DELIVERY VANS CALL ON US FOR DEMONSTRATION up of ' year. must THE SELLER First and Taylor Sts. And E. Morrison and . 2d. place.- It 1 also planned to hold a number of matinees after the. date; probably each alternate Saturday after noon following Independence Day until the opening of the harness meet of the Portland country Club and Livestock Association later In the Summer. The proposal to hold a series of matinees on the lines named is for the purpose of allowing the horsemen of the city an opportunity of testing the speed and strength of their animals and incidentally to increase the inter est In the harness events. All the mem bers of the Riverside Club are enthusi astic over the outlook for the coming season, and many are now preparing their entries for the coming events. The Portland horsemen believe that the building of this new track will prove most advantageous to the ...clng game and that the success of the big Fall meet under the auspices of the North Pacific Fair Association will be greatly enhanced by these preliminary matinees. At Santa Anita. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 29. Santa Anita race results:' - - - . Five furlongs Senator Barrett won, Burt 6. Lewis second; Halaca third; time, 1:01. One mile Dredger won. Fisher Boy second, Ampedo third; time, 1:40. One mile, handicap Wexford won. Colonel Jack second, Early Tide third; time, 1:38 3-5. Four furlongs, the "Woodland stakes Aunt Aggie won, Lee Rose second, Horace H. third; time, 0:47 3-6. Mile and three-sixteenths Merllngo won, Aventellus second, Elie third; time, 2:00 8-5. Six furlongs Hidden Hand won, Pal second, Harvet third; time, 1:13 1-5. . Five and a -half furlongs Halton won, Korosilany second, Gillette third; time, 1:07. 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