Ford Car No.2 is First in long contest. Finishes Transcontinental Race at Seattle in Presence of 15'000 Spectators
SEATTLE, Wash. June 22.- Amid the cheers of 1,500 persons, who blocked the streets four blocks around the main entrance to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition to such an extent that it was with difficulty that the racing automobile could force its way through, Ford car No. 2, driven by W. B. Scott, In the transcontinental automobile race, crossed the tape at 12:55:35 o'clock today, winning the Guggenheim trophy cup and $2,000 purse, after having been out 22 days and 55 minutes from New- York. The car was seriously delayed during the last 100 miles of the race by the deep snow in Snoquaimie pass through the Cascade mountains. Driver Scott said that in some places drifts were encountered five feet deep and that the road through the pass was the worst encountered during the entire trip, characterizing the road through New York as the best. Owing to a rumor that was circulated saying a protest would be entered against Ford car No. 2 because it was reported to have dropped a man and afterward picked him up, the award was not made this afternoon. It is understood that the report of a protest is incorrect. The Shawmut car, which entered the Cascade mountains eight hours behind the Ford car No. 2, has not been reported yet. It is expected to finish during the night and claim the second prize of $1,600.
The San Francisco call, 24.06.1909