The Sunday Oregonian., May 31, 1908, SECTION FOUR, Page 8, Image 44

THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, 3IAT 31, 1908.
SOME OF THE CARS AND DRIVERS TO COMPETE IN THURSDAY'S ROAD RACE
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GREATEST EVENT
11 THE COAST
Automobile Road Races At
tract Interest All Over
the Country.
EASTERN DRIVERS ENTERED
State and County Officials Co-opcr-atlnff
With Committee Coarse to
Be Kept Clear tj Soldiers De
tails of tbe Programme.
BT T. X PBTTIULIN.
Kaxt Thursday afternoon tha great
est event In the history of autoznobil
ing In the Northwest will take place
In the Immediate vicinity of this city,
when the Portland Automobile Club,
working In conjunction with the Rose
Festival Association, will hold two
road races In which at least 20 local
and foreign cars will start.
The coming races will be the first
Tegular enduranoe events ever held on
the Paclflo Coast, and are attracting
widespread attention throughout the
whole country.
The committee In charge of this fea
ture of the Hose Festival celebration
has been kept busy answering Queries
as to the nature of the races, the prizes
offered, distance and other matters
pertaining to the events, and so far
15 cars are on the ground and ready
for the race, while a similar number
will have been prepared' or unloaded
from the express cars before Tuesday.
' All told Z2 oars have been entered In
the 100-mlle race, but It Is possible
that only about SO of these will actu
ally start.
The Automobile Club members have
labored faithfully In this matter, and
the success of the meet, which seems
assured at present, will be due en
tirely to their efforts. The committee
appointed by President R. D. Inman Is
composed of several of Portland's
most enthuslastio autotsts, and' these
men have lost no opportunity to make
the coming races a success In every
respect.
The ready co-operation of the County
Commissioners and the state officials
has aided the early efforts of the com-
r immmigmm nelson will mr
their praise of the assistance rendered
them by the county and state officials.
The details of the programme for race
day, June 4, so far as completed, are
as follows:
Details of the Kace.
Trafflo will be stopped along the
Base Line and Section Line roads
promptly at 12 o'clock noon.
The Third Regiment, Oregon Na
tional Guard will be taken to the scene
and distributed about the course be
tween 10 A. M. and noon.
At noon the militiamen will be on
official duty and will enforce the or
der to keep the course clear of all
vehicles and pedestrians. '
The exact hour for starting the races
has not been determined but will not
be later than 2 o'clock.
Persons visiting the scene to witness
the races are cautioned to leave Port
land not later than 12:30 P. M.
The streetcars visiting the races will
not be permitted to cross the Section
Line road after the start of the races.
The complete list of rules govern
ing the races will be published as soon
as framed.
According to the plans of the pro
moters of the races all machines will
be required to report to the starter
in front of the grandstand at a stipu
lated time to be announced later, and
mlttee in no mean degree, and the
automobile enthusiasts are hearty in
all machines dilatory In this matter
will be declared Ineligible. This rule
was made In order to Insure that there
will be no delays in getting the con
testants started on their tour of the
course In the effort to win the tro
phies put up for the meet.
The course will be as previously an
nounced. - Starting at the grandstand,
which will be located one and one
half miles west of the Twelve-Mile
Bouse on the Base Line road, the dri
vers will run west to Russelvllle, from
which point they will cross to the Sec
tion Line road, where they will turn
east and proceed to Gresham, where
the turn will be made to the Gresham
road, over which thoroughfare the
course extends to the Base Line road.
This route will be lapped seven times
In completing the 100-mlle event. All
the cars will not be started at once,
for the committee has decided that In
order to safeguard as much as possible
against accidents the machines will
start Individually, and the best time
made counted as the winning.
The contract for building the grand
stand has been let to a construction
concern, which has agreed to have the
spacious affair completed by Thursday
morning. The work of transporting the
lumber and material to the scene has
already been commenced.
Among the cars entered In the race
are the following: Thomas Flyer,
Thomas Six. Kisselkar, Cadillac (2),
Locomobile, Stevens-Duryea, Stoddard
Dayton. Rambler. Plerce-Arrow, Olds
mobile, TVhtte steamer (3), Stearns (2),
Mitchell, Studebaker (2). Ford, Frank
lin, Cleveland. Auto-Car, Tourist (2)
and Thomas-Detroit.
A number of these cars will be driv
en by Portland drivers, but the ma
jority of them will be In control of
Imported racing experts. Local experts
who will drive cars in the big event
and their machines are as follows:
Howard M. Covey In a Locomobile;
William Gill In a Thomas Six; William
D. Wallace In a Thomas Flyer; John' B.
Kelly In a White steamer; Harry A.
Burgess In a Rambler or Btoddard
Dayton; Fred A. Bennett In a Kissel
kar. William Slimmon and Harry Johan
sen, the two San Francisco drivers, who
piloted Fernando Nelson's car Into
Portland, will drive two of the three
White steamers entered In the race.
Slimmon has made quite a record as a
speed annlhllator In contests in Cali
fornia events, and is probably one of
the most experienced road drivers en
tered In the contest. He has acted as
chauffeur for Government survey par
ties In Contra Costa County on numer
ous occasions, and has had wide ex
perience In other parts of the Golden
State. Ho expresses himself as well
pleased with the Portland race course
and expects to win the 100-mile event
with his big 30-horsepower White
steamer.
Ludwig, the Eastern expert, who will
drive the Cadillac racer In the century
run. Is one of the most noted Eastern
drivers. He has competed at Brlar
cllffe and several other courses, where
he has met and defeated men like Bar
ney Oldneld. Oldfleld Is noted as a
track racer, but Is also a fairly good
driver In road events. However, the
local drivers compare quite favorably
with the imported men, and some high
ly exciting contests can be expected
next Thursday.
In addition to planning for the road
races the Portland Automobile Club is
also arranging to make the big fiesta
parade of automobiles one of the grand
est affairs ever attempted on the Pa
cific Coast. The enthusiasts expect the
local parade to eclipse that of the
floral parade at Los Angales given In
honor of the visit of the Atlantic fleet.
The following rules and regulations
will govern the competition for the pa
rade trophies:
First NoUiins of an advertising- charac
ter will be allowed In the parade unless it
is a creation of flowers.
Second No contestant can enter the same
automobile or float in competition for more
than one prize.
Third Bach and every contestant for
prise honors will be assigned to a position
in the parade and must be at the point
designated by the parade committee at 0:30
A. M. sharp.
Fourth The Jndes awarding prises will
review the pageant In Its entirety from dif
ferent places along the route and mars;
points of merit Vhich are to be compared
when the awarding committee reassembles.
Fifth The judges will score points fa
voring decorations of natural flowers eves
the artificial ones.
Play Ball With Japanese. '
TOKIO, May 30. The baseball teams of
the American Naval Squadron have been
playing a series of matches with the
Japanese universities, an excellent feeling
prevailing on both sides. The Japanese
hava been winning most of the games.
A government commission is struggling
with, the problem of exterminating the
Nun butterfly, which has become a plague
la Bohemia.
Determined to Beat Train
Time From San Francisco
to Portland.
HIS STORY OF THE TRIP
Millionaire Motorist Tells Many
Amusing Incidents of Two-Days
Ride Without Pause for
Sleep or Best.
Anyone that could hear Fernando Nel
son tell of the hardships encountered on
the trip from San Francisco to Portland
would draw the conclusion that he had
about all ha wanted of such a journey.
But Mr. Nelson is by no means a quitter.
"When the roads are better Z will make
the attempt again," he declared.
The millionaire motorist, with his GO
horse power Columbia, was nine months
after the Los Angeles record that had
been held by a White steamer for nearly
two years. Mr. Nelson finally turned
around and bettered the time with a
White Steamer car of his own. Chancesare
that the same persistence will bo shown
by Mr. Nelson in setting a phenomenal
mark for the overland run between San
Francisco and Portland.
Although Mr. Nelson failed In his at
tempt to beat the railroad train's time
north, he nevertheless succeeded in being
the first one to establish an authentic
record for a continuous run between San
Francisco and Portland.
Throws Out Challenge.
"While the total elapsed time of SI
hours and 80 minutes seems to be unrea
sonably long," said Mr. Nelson last
night, "I gladly invite any automohillsts
to go over the route and do better.
. "Midnight driving past Mount Shasta
was so cold that we couldn't touch our
face but what It would hurt. Wagner,
who was at the wheel, had on a thin
duster, and we loaned him three, vests.
Otherwise he . would have frozen sure.
"They were well posted all along the
line on the record trip," continued Mr.
Nelson. "Near Glendale, finding the
pumps too slow, we stopped at a trough.
In a moment an entire family poured out
of a nearby farmhouse. The small boy
beat them out- and remarked that we
looked rather worn and had come a long
way. For the lad's Instruction, I asked
him to' guess what time we had left the
city, thinking the fast -time we had made
would surprise him. But Instead the lad
surprised us by his thorough knowledge
of our start and future movements:
" 'Youse left Vallejo at 4:16,' he ut
tered, "and we've been waiting all night.'
At another place where we stopped for
water an old man rushed out and wanted
to know what in the world was delaying
us. Ton ought to have been here four
hours ago,' he said, glancing at a sheet
of paper on which I noticed he had fig
ured out a acneauie of nis own."
Harry Johanson, who rode in the car
all the way from San Francisco, says the
excitement ran so high at Myrtle Creek
that as the car sped through the town
he noticed a man who was getting
shaved rush out of the barber shop into
the street, with towel still around his
and lather all over his face, and
frantically until they had dlsap
from view.
"You would have to be along to realize
what we went through," said Mr. Nel
son. "For Instance, at Pass Creek we
got Into a mudhole and worked In the
dark and rain for an hour and a half,
prying up the car by hand. The dan
gerous position the machine was In, to
gether with the extremely difficult op
eration, necessitated our working ' like
beavers. Wo rolled and finally moved
the car 10 feet. Inch by Inch. One thing
I must say, the machine came every Inch
of the way from San Francisco to Port
land under Its own power.
"The experience gained In this first
mudhole taught us the necessity of car
rying Drldge timbers consisting of heavy
planks, which were carried lengthwise
on the seats of the car. The occupants
thus were compelled to ride on top of
the planks, an extremely hazardous op
eration." .
Mr. Nelson, upon his arrival !n Port
land, remarked that he had found a new
cure for insomnia. For the benefit of the
publlo he gave It out travel in an au
tomobile two days and two nights and
the patient will surely sleep on the
third."
GETS DECISION OVER BROCK
Welsh, of England, Wins Hard Fight
With Cleveland Man.
LOS ANGELES, May 30. Freddie
Welsh, of England, was given the de
cision over Phil Brock,' of Cleveland, after
25 rounds of hard fighting before the
Jeffries Athletic Club at Vernon today.
Brock, who was a 10-to- favorite,
was outclassed from start to finish, his
opponent punishing him severely in nearly
every round.
Welsh used both hands to advantage
and his fast footwork and clever duck
ing kept him out of the way of Brock's
rushes, which gradually weakened to
ward the end, while Welsh was strong
at the finish and still cutting his op
ponent's face to pieces with stiff lefts.
James J. Jeffries refereed.
Utah Trackmen Beat Stanford.
SALT LAKH, May SO. The track team
of the University of Utah won from
Stanford University by a score of 64 to
63 at Cummlngs Field today.
Harvard Wins at Tennis.
NEW HAVEN, May 30. Harvard won
the tennis tournament with Yale today,
seven matches to four.
JAPAN PEACEFUL NOW
American Diplomat Says Fleet Will
Be Warmly Welcomed.
SAN FRANCISCO. May 80. "The Amer
ican fleet will be given a royal welcome
by the people of Japan," was the state
ment made by Post Wheeler, secretary
to the United States embassy at Tokio,
who has arrived here on the Pacific Mall
liner Manchuria. "All the 111 feeling to
ward the United States, with the little
there was of It, has died out," said Mr.
Wheeler. "The Japanese no longer talk
of Immigration troubles. That question
has been settled and there Is no longer
any friction over It."
Speaking of the Chinese boycott on Jap
anese goods, Mr. Wheeler said that
Japan's trade with China Is suffering
severely. Mr. Wheeler is on his way to
Washing-ton. He is accompanied by his
wife, who was formerly Miss Hallle Er-
menle Rives, the novelist.
Among the other passengers on the
Manchuria was Captain E. W. von
Helnendahl, of the German army, win
ner of the 400-mile military balloon race
between Berlin and Vienna. He made
a tour of Australia and New Zealand
and Is on his way home.
Build Fleet of Warships.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 30. A Chinese
navy of from 16 to 20 war vessels Is to be
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