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Show SIX OP IB TIES , 1M1 CLIMB Mitchell Again Winner of the Valvohne Cup in Trip Over Sierras A Mitchell car has apalo demonetra ed its ability to go there and tack. The Si of 16 won the $1000 Vajvo Ine trophj for the fastest time between Sacramento and Tal ae. This Is the fourth time s nee 1910 that the Mitchell has scored a win In th s one hard trip over the S erras J C Sk nner was at the whee of the record breaking machine Skinner drl -Ing one of the Mitchell Six of 16 cars made the run from the capital clt. to the lake resort in three hours and twenty five minutes cutting some seven minutes f om the best orevlous record made on this mountain run One punc ture and several minutes de ay caused by runn ng Into a herd of cattle wh ch b ocked the roadway prevented the vie torious M tcheli from further reducing the record. The run was made under the direction of the Valvollne O 1 company s represen tatlves In Sacramento who appo nted their own starters and a so had the r own off! cla s at Ta lac to check the car in Competition for the Vahroline oup had been keen in this section of the state and many makes and mode s of cars have cl mbed the S erras In an effort to annex the trophy Three times has the Mitche I lost the trophv and three times has It regained it The test to win the cup takes the car over a 110 mile course nine ty miles of which are In the Sierra Ne vada mounta ns ove some rough and s eep roads To reach the summ t 400 feet above the sea leve a car must c mb a thirty ml e continuous grade In which much Intermediate work ts neces sary Notwithstanding the hard grind to which the car was subjected not one b t of mechanical trouble was experien ed "This victory s another feather In th caps of the M tcheli makers sajs O r McFarland of the Osen McFarand con pany northern Cl fomia distributors of Mitche 1 cars The run was made n fast time and the car gave not trouble whatever In a mechanical way |