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Show RICH TELLS OF L0MH1LET1I Proves Efficiency of Modern Motor Through 20,000-, 20,000-, Mile Battle. "No better example can be found o the efficiency of the modern motor car or of Its ability to serve the needs of any-American any-American no matter what or where his business than the performance of the four-cylinder Hupmobile which was sent around the United States on Us 20,000-mile 20,000-mile journey by J, Walter Drake," says Sales Manager Richards of the Saxon Motor Sales company, distributers for the Saxon and Hupmobile. "This car had to negotiate every rf of road condition, through every kind c?! t climatic condition. There is no condi-tion condi-tion which an owner of an automobile would have to meet that has not been faced and overcome bv the members of the Hupmobile capital-to-capital party on its journey around the nation. Tho good roads of the far east and tho far west, the partly improved roads of the central west, the gumbo of the northwest, the snow-covered passes of the Kockies, the mountain roads vwhich called for travel at all altitudes, the deserts of the southwest and the rain-soaked roads of the south, proved all alike for this sturdy little car. It plugged along on its steady grind day after day for four months without with-out any chance for rest, and motors require re-quire rest the same as human beings. "This car traveled farther in four months than the average owner drives his car in four years. It demonstrated . more than was ever demonstrated in any of the automobile contests, whether they have been held on race track or road just what an owner would have to overcome over-come in driving a car In these United States. "The Hupmobile was sent away from Washington without any more preparation prepara-tion than anv other car receives coining out of the Hupmobile factory. The party was given no set itinerary except to visit the capital of each state In the union. They were instructed to just tour the country, make reports of what they saw and take the necessary road pictures. "It was not a contest, but a demonstration. demonstra-tion. No supplies were shipped ahead, no special supplies of oil and gasoline preceded them. They bought everything as they went along, taking bad with the good. One of the features of this demonstration dem-onstration was the proof than an owner can travel anywhere In the country and obtain supplies. Although many times the distances between stations were great, there was never a time when they could not carry enough to meet tht:lr needs. "This car carried all the baggage necessary nec-essary for the party; each member had a suit case for his personal belongings. A large amount of extras in the way of a camera outfit were also carried by the car far more than an owner would quire or undertake to carry. In faS when fully loaded with the equipmentW necessary for its mission this good roads car had an excess of over 140O pounds. j-The j-The handicap of this extra weight can be better understood when I state thati the regular weight of the car when for the road is 2750 pounds. "At times, through the gumbo regions, . the car would pick up as much as 30d pounds of heavy mud. This added, or course, to its difficulties and certainly f made the strain much greater. "While this trip demonstrated that American roads need much in the way of improvement and that some states are far behind in the improvement of their highways, high-ways, It also proved that, as a whole, the nation is pretty well equipped with good roads. The pictures taken by the party show that much work Is being done throughout the naUon, each state having its own method of doing the work. "It also demonstrated that on an average aver-age there are pretty good hotel accommodations accom-modations throughout the nation. They are not always the best, but were good enough so that nowhere would It have been necessary for the party to have camped out if they had not cared to. "With all its long Journey ahead, this; four-cylinder gave practical demonstrations demonstra-tions of its ability along the line. Before starting from Washington It was checked hv thA rpnrpspnta ri v( of th a A mw-lcan' : Automobile association as a stock car. I "When the car reached New York City, the famous Fort George hill was nego-I nego-I tiated on high gear under A. A. A. supervision. super-vision. Then from Aibany to Buffalo an i economy run was held over bad roads and ia drizzling rain. On this run the A. A. A. ! representative had entire charge of the car. For the run of 301 miles the car averaged 18.96 miles per gallon. The official of-ficial report showed that the car, with load and passengers, weighed 3S45 pounds." |