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Show CADILLAC SHOWS CflffljCOW One of the most interesting performances perform-ances In tiie economy contest juat held at Harrisbur;j. Pfcu, was lhnt nf the eislil-cvlinder eislil-cvlinder Cadillac. This car checked in at tne end of the run with a record of j.rao-tically j.rao-tically seventeen milts per gallon of gasoline gaso-line to Ha credit, ways Sam Sharman of tiie Sharman Automobile company. The route of the contest run was 111 miles and led through tho mountainous country around Harrisburg. The Cadillac, Cadil-lac, throughout, carried seven pj spenders, extra tlriss, etc., a load totaling fi552 rounds. Ktiually interesting s showing the1 pos-sinllitiea pos-sinllitiea of the eiuht-cylirider motor wnloii powers the nw Cadillac was the a:ne car's participation in the Liccoin Hishway cross country run from Philadelphia Phila-delphia to Pittsburg, held the following day. In this event the Cad i lla c re lay : was from Chambersbursr to York. The i car was driven to Chambers burs from ' Harrisburg; and, carrying nve passengers, made its run of fifty-four miles from I Chamberaburg to York In 1 hour 34 min-j min-j utes, crossing Sou til mountain on the way. At York another twenty miles of hill cllmbinc was done and the car carried six passengers on its rt turn to Chamoers-burg. Chamoers-burg. Crossing South mountain on the roturn trip the car's capabilities were all demonstrated. Up th; mountain speed bet if; r than twenty -live miles on high gear was maintained tiniil within a it'.w hundred yards of the summit, where the grade i3 steepest. I fere the spend was throttled down to fifteen miles an hour, then accelerated, the car going twenty mile3 an hour ivhtn the summit was reached. The day's run was 24 7 miles and the gasoiiiiT' consumption in ppito of ihe henvy load :ind th'- upgrade work over a great p-'m of thp distance was one gal- i ion to iilicjlitly more than tiuriceu miles. |