Show I ECONOMY RUN Of I STEPHENS STIRS INTEREST Company Receives Receives Receives Re Re- Account of Race in California An Interesting account of or th the e reliability economy-reliability run from Sac Sac- j amen to to Lake Tahoe and re return return ro re- turn which took place last Jast week has b been n received by er or Dean of ot the tho Motor company company com corn pany local distributors of th the tho e Stephens salient six This economy run stirred up up a s great amount of or Interest In automobile automobile automobile auto auto- mobile circles along the coast a ait as asIt asIt It represented represent d one of ot the most thorough and conclusive tests o of f motorcar reliability and durability that has over been staged stag According to the report received receive d by Dean the Stephens salient six driven by E. E F. F Doud feud won the first firs annual Sacramento Tallac reliability rella relia and economy run under th the e auspices of the Sacramento Motorcar Motorcar Mo Mo- Dealers Dealers' association The Th e Stephens finished with a score o of or ef f as against for tOr th the tho e National driven b by John F. F Zeb Zeband and for tho the Essex piloted by Henry Arnold No further r scores for tor tho the sweepstakes were e announced In class I 1 1 cars costing costing- less than 1200 In class 2 2 between 1200 and 2000 the tho Dort was nn first In class 3 between 2000 and tho Essex won wor the Franklin too took g class 4 for tor cars between p and and tho the National too took k class 5 6 cars more than There were tw twenty four four nt-four entries the largest and most representative representative tive thc field In a contest of or this kin kinon kind kindon d on the Pacific coast In years 0 Of f tho the twenty four only three we were re not scored The Cleveland dropped out when carburetor trouble caused b by hitting a rock delayed d It The Stearns Stearn was as disqualified d for work on time the motor bc before ore th the e starting time at Tallac The R. R and V V. Knight had mechanical trouble which caused It to drop out The Tho course was miles officially cl lly and Is one of or the tho hardest of or the kind In the United States Tho The grades are arc st steep p and there was waR but thre variation from the tho schedules time allowed at the checking stations The time timeto to Tallac on Lako Lake Tahoe Taho was five fire hours hourI and a n hat half The return b by Truckee and mil Auburn was six hours and a 11 half hair I Every car was within tho the three minutes allowed I Not a serious accident marred the trip The Colo Cole got a smashed render fonder on th the up trip from tram a passIns passing pass pass- ing Ins tourist and tho Studebaker en encountered encountered encountered en- en countered a wild woman driving on the WIl way back and lost a n fender i and a rU running ruining bo board rd No ono was hurt and both cars finished Tho The sweepstakes was figured by dividing the number of or gallons of or gasoline used Into the weight of or orthe the car car and deducting a n point for tor every cery minute or fraction of ot water and pint of or oil on used In tine the classes only the economy end figured weight weicht not counting |