The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, June 06, 1909, SECTION THREE, Image 32

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Newspaper Page TextRACES SOLE TOPIC Scenes Along Course of Portland Auto Club Road Races, to Be Run Next Saturday AUTOMOBILE DEALERS AND AUTO SUPPLY HOUSES OF PORTLAND III AUTO CIRCLES 1 Course Is in Perfect Condition for Speed Tests and Many Cars Are Entered. Archer, Combs & Winters Co. AUTO SUPPLIES. 306 OAK STREET 1 A Idanha Motor Car Company EXPERT DRIVERS ARE HERE IT IrMf F- W- VOGLER. Gn. Mgr. " 7th and Couch A2520. Main 4555 55555a5aal55aS ii ' - , ' ' . Everything Possible Has Been Done . to Handle Big Crowds That Will Attend the Annual Contests East of the City. Racing enthusiasm of Portland auto- rnobllists Is now at fever heat. Racing ,ls the sole topic of conversation among , both owners and dealers, and even the ; prospects of sales do not appeal to the dealers as usual. Speculations as to 'who will be the winner of the various mose Festival races next Saturday, and ; f;'ncIPal5' f the Wemme cup race for I 100 miles, discussions of the qualities of the cars and the capabilities of the ; lTlvers who have been engaged to pilot them, are the principal topics of con versation among automobilists. Some of the autolsts who have en tered cars for the races are openly ex pressing their assurance of winning and while others are quiet and saying very little, each one has a secret con viction that he has a car and driver that will take the first prize offered In at least one of the races, if not all Most of the cars that will compete nave been stripped down and are in readiness for the last day of the Fes tival, and the past week several of 'the machines were out on the course east of the city, trying the roads and the turns. Special preparations have been made for the racers, by cutting out the sharp turns where possible, and the general work Is almost completed. Only a few hundred feet remain to be ; laid with the crushed rock and a half dozen teams are busy on the. last " stretch. Oil has been laid over the macadam surface around the complete distance, and a more perfect road could not be found in the United States. The only . exception is the lower road between the Base Line and Section Line roads, in which there are a couple of ruts ' made by the continual passage of auto- mobiles. A roller was being run over these places, and as the i oad is already hard and compact, it will take very lit tle work to get it into shape. ' Frank Selfert. a driver of National fame, who has been piloting the Stod-dard-Dayton cars in the East and South, especially in California, and win ning a large number of races, says that the road is the best that he has ever Been. "There is absolutely no limit to the ; speed the cars can go." said he. "It all ' depends on what the cars are good for. A machine, can be kept out to the last notch along the whole course. I expect 1o see the fastest race in stock cars that has ever taken place in the United States. The roads are almost, as good as the paved city streets." Selfert has the car here that has won several races in Los Angeles. It holds the record between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, a distance of. IDS miles, the time being three hours and 12 min utes. Two mountain ranges have to be crossed on this course. The former record was cut 23 minutes, although 36 miles of the trip were made with one tire missing. George Souls, driver -of the Stearns machine, says: "I expect to see the record for stock cars broken on this track. It is the most perfect I have ever seen. The average rate of speed for stock cars is now 53 miles an hour. I believe that it will be broken by an Increase of three miles. This speed may look small but stops, turns and other disadvantages have to be taken into consideration. On the home stretch the cars ought to make at least 80 miles an hour." Similar remarks have been expressed by the other drivers, who are arriving every day to pilot the different cars. Although a number of cars are in readi ness to compete in the races and the drivers chosen, all the entries have not been sent in yet as a full decision as to who will drive the particular cars has not been made. The Keats Auto Car Company will en ter four cars and possibly five. Those assured are a Chalmers Detroit 30, and Chalmers Detroit 40. to be driven by Bert Dingley of Vanderbilt cup race fame. A Buick No. 10 and a Pope Hartford will also be entered. There is nope that this company will be able to enter a six-cylinder Brlarcliffe Lozier but this is not certain. W. D. Wallace TV. A. Gill and C. A. Arnold will drive the Keats cars. Two White Steamers have been en tered and possibly another will be add ed. These will be driven by F. A. Dun dee and Gus Seyfred. both of whom are well known as fast drivers. The Locomobiles will be driven bv Murray Page, a driver who took part in last year's races. Howard Covev will pilot the Cadillac car in the big race, and also in the 50-mlle races, and if another car can be secured for the other races it will be entered also. The Stoddard Dayton team will con fist of Silas Christopherson, Frank Sel fert and Harry A. Bull. The men have all made records of National tmport- llc c,hr,stophrson win also drive a Mitchell car. Lucky" Jack Peterson has signified his Intention to take part in the race nd has entered a Locomobile. Peterson is well known as one of the most reck less drivers in Portland. He has met with a number of accidents due to speedy driving. n of which resulted without a mishap to his own machine tnher automobile and a streetcar which be knocked off the track and into the Suiter suffe-ed damage. The Franklin Company has entered two machines and has also imported drivers to steer them. L. o. Mecklen, a Rattle driver, will take charge of one of them, and R. c. Hamlin, a former S.fnt,a,LS A"Ke,es- who holds the 60 and 100-mile record on the Agricul tural Park track in California, arrived In Portland during the week bringing Ms car. the Greyhound, i T.wentv-tw entries have been made In the motorcycle event and this race promises to be one of tle interesting features The race will occur between the oO-mile races and the Wemme cup 100-mile race. The entries are as fol lows; R. Ralston. F. Tainer. S. O. Muray Fred Nowotney. V. Carlson. E. stone I.d Greshamer. Vern Maskell A j' '.VltJ?.Bh Amos- J" Garbick". j". 1ltcell. J. Eggleston. Otto Muesslg. T'PP. R- Bailey. Otto Snyder, Ray Somber, George Woodford. De Caprio's band has been engaged to play during the afternoon, and will discourse lively strains while the races are In progress as well as during the preparations. Every convenience that can be made for the visitors will be at Z&Osl, ; I i '"MiUl their disposal during the time the events are in progress. Automobiles and teams as well as pedestrians may I wo. .ie anu So at will, special prepara tions having been made for the spec tators. Transportation will be better than ever before, the streetcar company having arranged to cai ry K000 people each hour to the scene of the races. For the transportation of the Na tional Guard to the couibe, Studebaker Bros, have donated three cars, the Crowe Auto Company one, F. A. Ben nett one. Graham Motor Car Company one. Keats Auto Company one. Wilson one, and the Marshall-Wells Hardware Company a truck. J. B. Kelly has do nated a car for the use of the County Court officials. That there will be no half-way measures in any part of the arrangements is the assurance of Presi dent Wemme. Ten thousand programmes have been prepared and these will be given away to the visitors. That there will be an immense crowd to witness the races is shown by the interest being taken throughout the state. A number of autoiets who have been tour ing the country say that people in all parts of the Valley and other portions of the country are all eager to know about the coming races. Meetings are being held almost daily to arrange the minor details, and two stren uous weeks have been passed l.y the Port land Automobile Club members, who are in charge. An enormous expense has been undertaken to make the event a suc cess, and there Is no reason to doubt that Saturday will be the most successful day of racing that has been seen on the Coast. . At least 1000 automobiles will par ticipate in the automobile parade on Wednesday. The route of the proces sion has been prepared and is in charge of Grand Marshal C. J. Cooke and the committee appointed to handle the pa rade. The route chosen is one which w-ill prevent as much as possible the blockading of the streetcar traffic. Business houses along Third street are protesting against being left out of the line of travel. The Rose Festival people have objected to the use of this street, for the reason that such a num ber of cars come from Vancouver, Al bina and the East Side that it would interfere with traffic. As the matter stands, nearly SO per cent of West Side traffic will be stopped during the pa rade, and the Portland Automobile Club does not wish completely to demoralize the streetcar system for the afternoon. The parade will start promptly a-2 o'clock in the afternoon, and is open to all motorists in the state who wish to enter. Prizes valued at J2000 are to be given to the owners of the most beautifully decorated cars. Assurances have been received by the Portland Automobile Club that the Clark .County officials have acted fa vorably toward the good-road move ment between Washougal and Vancou ver, and are making preparations to start the construction of the 15 -miles of roadway as soon as possible. The offer of the Columbia Construction Company has been accepted and the county will receive enough crushed rock to cover the road the entire dis tance. The only expense the county will be under is the hauling and lay ing of the macadam. A. C. Downing. Pacific Coast sales agent for Studebaker Bros., leaves Monday for Chicago for a few weeks' vacation. Mr. Downing suffered a broken arm several days ago. while cranking an automobile, and will en deavor to recuperate while in Chicago. He will be' relieved by J. A. Critenden. formerly of the Oldsmobile Company of Chicago, who will occupy the perma nent position as sales agent of the Studebaker cars in Portland which Mr. Downing has filled temporarily. . Mr. Downing will represent the same com pany at San Francisco. The Covey Motor Car Company re ports the following deliveries of 30 horsepower Cadillacs; W. H. Morrow. E. S. Jackson, C. C. Smith, W. G. Cox,' T. H. West. F. H. Ransom. A six horsepower Pierce Arrow has been sold to I. N. Lipman. H. L. Keats reports the following At -0-- v. v - . .V.. . . 11 sales: F. H. Sanborn, Pope Hartford touring car; W. A. Halderman, No. 10 Buick tourabout; Dr. W. A. Moore and F. W. Settlemier. Chalmers Detroit No. 30; L. A. Sargant. model F Buick; Mr. Laidlaw. Pope Hartford touring car; W. B. Ray, Eugene, two second-hand cars; C. E. Wheeler, six-cylinder Thomas Flyer runabout: Dr. J. G. Grim, F. L. Hirschberg, Monmouth, and L. M. Tyrell & Son, Toppenlsh, Wash., Buick runabouts. HANDICAP SHOOT INTERESTS Multnomah Rod and Gun Club' to Enter Seattle Event. The Multnomah Rod and Gun Club looks forward with interest to the Pa cific Coast handicap to e held in Se attle in August under the auspices of the Seattle Gun Club. Many local crack shots will enter the tournament and a large delegation from Eastern states has signified its intention to attend the meet. The car and equipment cost in th r"cio mia uiteai eouirnpa aiirnmnh r i'fT" JOHN" G 4 The gun clubs will go from Seattle to Victoria, to take part In a similar meet there, thence to Vancouver .and later to Portland and Medford. The shoot to be held in Portland win h in an entertainment" while the visitors are ! on tneir way to Medford. At Medford the Pacific Indians, an ag gregation of the best shots of the Pacific Coast, will hold their first tournament This will be held on September 7, 8 and 9. It will be a three-day -shoot, with 200 targets and $200 in cash as prizes. There will be 10 events of 20 targets each. The Portland shots are well pleased with the recent shoot held in Walla Walla and are practicing every , week for the com ing events, with the expectation of carry ing away the majority of the prizes. EXPECT PUILIAM TO RETURN If Health Is Recovered Baseball Leader Will Resume Work. CINCINNATI, June 5. In all proba FASTEST AUTOMOBILE YET BROUGHT TO PACIFIC 1? 71 '""nwnrs linn CLEMSONS J80 SIX-CllINDBR BRIARCLIFF nefhA"". 'i?"e "Palest ever . . ' u. VL fOVUU. - bility Harry C. Pulliam will resume the active duties of president ot the Na tional Baseball League in ten days or a fortnight. "I think there is no doubt that Pres ident Pulliam will prove to the base ball magnates that he has thoroughly recovered from his nervous breakdown and is able to assume his duties as president of the league," said August Herrmann, president of the Cincinnati Club, and chairman of the National commission, to an Associated Press rep resentative today. "I understand the plan Is for Mr Pulliam to visit all the baseball own ers in the next week or ten days, while the clubs are in the West, and show them that he has fully recovered and is capable of -doing the work in his of fice. I think he will be back in the president's chair within a week or two." Mr. Pulliam arrived last night from Indianapolis and kept himself in se clusion during the long night session of the magnates. He left his hotel early today and evaded callers. NORTHWEST. T It MODEL LOZIF.R. of the H. I - the most com- brought to the Pacific Northwest. tun V.VV BALLOU & WRIGHT Automobile Supplies 86 Sixth St. Main 1834: A 1834 FORD Valcanlsins; Jt Retreadlms. R- K. FIT 7 'T'Q A S. Packard Pope-Hartford SEVENTH AND BURTSTSIDE Chalmers 526 ALDER STREET OLDSMOBILE, MARMON and OVERLAND CARS CROWE AUTOMOBILE CO. S. E. Cor. 16th and Alder Sts. Automobile Row STUDEBAKER Phones Main 1853. B2141 STEARNS At the Salesrooms of the S. E Cor. 16th and Alder Sts. OaMOline, Benzine and Lubricating Oil. WINrTfnnI?rT? Ck" ?P Demonstration by Appointment. GO FOR RECORDS Fast Harness Horses to Com pete in Festival Matinee. NEW STEEDS ARE ENTERED Several Animals Brought to Port land Tor Recent Sale Will Ap pear Here on Track for First Time. BY - W. J. PETRAIN. The harness horse matinee to be given by the Riverside Driving Club on the track of the Portland Country Club and Livestock Association next Friday, June 11, promises to be one of the most successful racing events held here In years. The drivers and horsemen from all parts of Oregon will come to Portland for the dual purpose of seeing the Rose Festival and to watch the performances of the trotters and pacers on that day The Riverside Club has had splendid success with its various meets in the past, and this year the horsemen are anxious to make a better showing than ever because of the harness racing events to be held in Portland and the Willamette Valley during the Summer season. The matinee next Friday will form, in a way, a preliminary tryouc for the big events scheduled -for a later date, and the horseowners expect to see pacing and trotting marks equaled if not lowered, during the present season. Good Meet at Canby. A few days ago a successful series of races were held at Canby. and the suc cess of this meet augurs well for the racing game among the harness horses this Summer. A. C. Lohmlre is actively In charge of the preliminary work of arranging for Friday's meet and is sanguine, over the success of the mat inee. "We expect to have some high-class racing." said Mr. Lohmlre yesterday, "and I look for new Northwestern as well as track records to be hung up. The race course of the Portland Coun try Club la In splendid shape for fast driving, and as we have many classy horses entered, some pood time should be recorded. Harness horse racing is gradually becoming more and more popular with the American public, and I fully expect to see record crowds In attendance -at Friday's matinee." Among the events scheduled for the Riverside Club's matinee are several match races which should furnish keen sport for the lovers of horseflesh. Tha MORGAN & WRIGHT AND GOODRICH TIRES Agency, 8 6 Tenth St. BET. STARK and BURTMSIDE Phones Main 692 A 2234 FIVE PASSENGER CAR FOR $950 BLODGETT, BIO Alder St. Mala 7005. AGENCY 99 E. E.- COHEN Manager Phones A 4944 Main 25S3. CARS 19th and Alder Streets Motor Cars Crowe .Automobile Co. On Automobile Row Tourist Motor Car Co. GOODYEAR TIRES AND EQUIPMENT 31-33 SEVENTH ST. NORTH 86 Tenth St. bet. Stark and Burnatde. Phones i ' Main !;, A 2234 Open All Night Sixteenth and Automobile Row. . Phones Main 25S3. A 4944. first event on the programme, a match race, which should prove a whirlwind quarter mile dash, is between Hal B. (2:04 1-2) driven by Harry Osmon, and Senator (2:06 1-2) driven by Fred Brooker. Both horses are famous throughout the Northwest and this match should be a most attractive mc to the many horsemen and admirer .jf horseflesh in this city and vicinity. Seven of the finest trotting horses' in Oregon have been entered In the 2:40 trot which event is the second race on the programme. The entries are G. K. Howitt's Bell H. ; Harry M. Tillman's Padishah; W. A. Laidlaw's Selie Nun; A. O. Hall's Alice Jones; M. K. Lee's Brule Sioux; C. W. Flanders' Cantatrice, and Walter Colinsky's Max Lovelace. Fast Horses Are Matched. This race is expected to be one of the best events of the season. Selle Nun, the handsome mare purchased by W. A. Laidlaw at the recent sales, was brought to Portland by W. B. Lind. This animal has made a number of fine records on Eastern tracks. Brule Sioux defeated Padishah at the recent Canby meet, but Harry Tillman claims his horse was not in shape at that time, and is anxious to 'have another brush with M. E. Lee's entry. Bell H., Can tatrice and Alice Jones have been worked out on the track in the past few days, and each has shown fine form. The 2:35 pace will be a contest be tween six or seven high-class animals. Blue Jacket, a fast pacer from Vancou ver, B. C. will have competition from E. A. Hermann's Sadie T., Paul Wes singer's Minnie H., J. F. Shea's Lady Lovelace. G. K. Howitt's Zoe and An derson Brothers' Chico. All of these pacers have reputations for stepping off the mile in good time. The next event on the Riverside Club's programme is the 2:20 trotting event, and is assured of success by fine entries. In this race there are entered the following fine trotters: J. s. Crane s Halite C: J. J. Kadderly's Zel toka; T. R. Howitt's Dottie Dimple: W. A. Laidlaw's Rastus, and A. Lumsden'a Ned Thorpe. Zeltoka was brought to Portland at the recent horse sale and is one of the best of the Kastern animals sold at that time. Hallie C. Is a great great show mare, having never been beaten in the show ring. Dottie Dim ple is one of the great Del Norte stocb and is a trotter hard to beat on any course. Ned .Thome has had a year's rest from the track, and it seems to have done him a world of good, for he is going better this season than ever before. In addition to' the trotting and pac ing events there is a half mile running event scheduled, as well as a chariot race with eight horses each for one one mile. W. A. Laidlaw and J. S. Crane will drive the chariots. Keene Horse First. MANCHESTER. England, June 5. Th County Welter Handicap of 200 sov ereigns, added to a sweepstakes of fiv sovereigns for starters, five furlongs, was won today by J. R. Keene's Wedding Bells II. Relief was second and Black Gal third. The Salford Borough handicap of 1000 sovereigns, six furlongs, was won by Sir Archibald; Descpois second, and Slieve Roe third. SIX