Cars Finish Perfect Scores in Glidden Tour
Haynes leads with premier red Rainier and other vehicles achieving perfect scores in the Glidden Tour.
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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1908
Page
20
Haynes leads with premier red Rainier and other vehicles achieving perfect scores in the Glidden Tour.
Officials advance the Savannah automobile course for the Grand Prize race under the Automobile Club of America in November. Ten miles of road laid in five weeks, club members urged to register visitors for hotel arrangements, and a much larger bic yard stand with parking expanded for spectators.
Coast Marie earned the Speedway Queen title with a sweeping victory over Tempus Fugit ridden by John Cornish. Dr Chase and Cordovette also contested top spots while Virginia Belle and Zealous plus Klamath Maid staged notable brushes. Trampas won the runabout at the Tuxedo Horse Show with Ike Fleming aboard.
John Fitzgerald, a 45 year old manager at Manhattan Refrigerating, disappeared after his Union avenue cottage burned down on Thursday. Neighbors suspect foul play or death in the blaze while police and firemen search the ruins for clues. Fitzgerald left behind a wife and three children in Ireland.
A fisherman off the Battery hooks a nine year old boy by accident when a rusty hook on Old Otto’s line lodges in the boy’s finger. An ambulance, police and crowd form as Dr. Lauria treats the child and the bystanders react to the incident.
W J Duffy, a prominent internal revenue deputy, attempted a record swim from the Brooklyn Bridge to a point beyond Coney Island more than twelve miles away. Heavy tides and an Atlantic storm hampered progress, forcing abandonment after four hours and twenty minutes. Duffy, 55, previously swam 15.5 miles from the Brooklyn Bridge to Shoals Light.
Khenei Aleck a burly seventeen year old Algerian could not afford passage to America. He donned a steward’s coat and hid aboard the La Touraine in Havre, working as a deck steward both ways. He is detained and to be held beyond the three mile limit until the ship's return voyage.
Europatkin the large Russian bear at Roe tock's Dreamland in Coney Island is being massaged by Dr. Philip Kohnstamm a veterinarian as meningitis threats loom and inflammatory rheumatism affects muscles and joints.
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