Not satisfied with establishing a record by driving a Chrysler Six touring car from Tsingtao to Chefoo under its own power the entire distance, the first time this has been done, the party consisting of Mr. Mark L. Moody, Chrysler and Pac-hard distributor for China, Mr. B.
Hubbard of Hubbard' Motors, Teingtao, agents for the cars in Shangtung Province and Mr, RR. Service, of the Chinese Y. BIN. C. A., Shanghai, left Chefoo at 5.50 a.m. en Fridsy morning, and drove the distance beck to Tsingtao in Taking into consideration the fact that the trip from Tsingtao to Chefoo required two and one half days, the return journey is all the more remarkable. The driving time on the trip to Chefoo was 14 hours, 40 "minutes, "while on. the return trip the driving time was reduced to 12 hours, 32 minutes. This reduction was made possible by faster driving anid a better knowledge of the roads.
On the return trip, a new route was tried between Kiaochow and Tsangkou, and this route proved to bea few miles shorter than the one covered on the trip north. This the worst part of the whole route, and while it is very hard going a: it now stands, a good road could be constructed between Tsangkou and Kinochow at very moderate ce Not a Path of Roses An outstanding feature of the trip was the performance of the car, No mechanical trouble of any kind was encountered, no water was added to the radiator on either trip, there was no tyre trouble and the motor took deep sand, di ploughed with ' wonderful mile after mile on the Tsangkou-Kiaochow part of the trip, the average speed was from three to seven miles per hour, and the "ear pulled through everything encountered on high gear at such speeds, After a day and a half of such difficult toing, the Chefoo-Weihsien motor rond was reached at -Shaho, and the car jumped to 65 miles an hour forthwith.
The day after the party arrived in Chefoo the car was driven to Lungkow and back to Chefoo, a Gistance of 160 miles, in exactly four hours. Then without adjustments or repairs, it started on the return trip to Tsingtao, and is still in perfect running order, On the first day out from Tsingtao, the party reached Tsangkou at m, and Tsimei at 9.23 a.m.
were entertained there by Rev. and' Mrs. Malzat, and Miss E, Strunker, of the American Lu-theron Mission. Starting from Tsi.
at 12.80 p.m, the most difficult part of the road was encountered. Tt included sunken cart roads too narrow for a motor-car, rocky hillsides, deep sand, and hard black Joam roads with ruts from 15 inches to two feet deep, Kiaochow was finally reached at 6.20 p.m. 18 hours after leaving Tsingtao, and the distance covered was only 64 miles. At Kinochow the party was entertained by Rev. and Mrs, Sholtz, also of the American Lutheran Mission, Starting from Kiaochow at 8.00 'a.m. on Monday morning, the motor bus road was followed to Pingta and Shaho, the latter town being reached at 280° p.m. The road from Kiaochow to Shaho is good in spots and quite bad in others, but it is uw real highway in comparison withe either of the routes from Teang-kou to Kiaoctiow.
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