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Show i;kcoi;i dkik i iiom riiic.;) T KV VOliK Dlilliain W illi haliiH'lN, ( Imps .Mule Than I our Hours I roiii I're- ioiK 'rime. New York -Driving a Chalmers : (i)i K. 1'. M. roadsler. H. K. Durliain of Detroit. Mich., shattered all records re-cords for the Chicago-New York run today when he made the trip, a total distance of 1 047 miles, in 21 hours Hat. The old time record for the distance dis-tance was :'f hours 4:! minutes and was made by K. C. Patersou of Collar's Col-lar's Weekly on J illy 1 ", 1 '. I Durham drove a slock roadsler ca.rrying full equipment includiui; 'Vuders. The run from Chicago to N'evv York was practically continuous. No stops were made except for gasoline, gaso-line, oil and water. The dr:ve from Chicago to v ive-h'nd. ive-h'nd. cTstani'e of 3T5 miles, was made by !'-.irham in 11 hours and 4 tuin-utei. tuin-utei. The drive from Cleveland to No'v York was made in a steady downpour of rain, which slowed up the car and made the constant use of rhaius necessary. .Many narrow escapes from accidents acci-dents were encountered by the driver driv-er and his assistant. A. K. Faldeu. When crossing the AUeghenies. which was dime by night, frequent detours were necessary. Toru-up roads, steep grades and narrow trails I made night traveling extremely hazardous. haz-ardous. The average speed over 1047 miles of rouHi country road and mountain moun-tain trails was 33.7 miles per hour. 1 le raid-Republican. |