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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 26, 1912)
6 TIIE OMAHA SCXDAY BEE: MAY 20. 1912. 11 AUTO RACESJN THIS WEEK Neatest Event Erer Attempted Will Be Bun at Indiana polii. VCH FECES TO BI AWAiDED Te uU(r Can Meet Hake at least 7S Mies aut Roar suae) Attests IU Be Usee a Break Harraaa ReeereV IXDIANAPOUS. Imt, slay &-Lurad on hr the riclMBt prist erer offend in automobile speed competitions, sad drtv lnc tba speed creations of tbs moat brilliant andmartas mmos ot Europe and America, tba drivers entered in the second annual W-mtle race at the In dianapolis motor; speedway aril begin their lone Journey around the brick oval at n o'clock next Thursday morning. For the second time in the history of tba world's greatest race course the flre century contest for cars under e cnb:c inches will be offered to the speed lorera and the porting Inclined toUowars of tb automobile game In the United Status. This Is tba greatest of track race The first 500-mile event aa taa vKrtliee. evsj at Indianapolis astauaoed the world, and Ray Harroun In bis Uarmon Wasp was the hero of the nearly seven-hour sped combat. The tint race tanght the speed way management the euajucoia, the err ere and last, but not least, the pubitt The second race will astonish the worM. Tie greatest drivers on this side of t:e Atlantic ara enured and many ot them participated In the first event. The car ara faster than BU. The requirements of the entry conditions were much more stringent. The facilities for handling the- largest number ot people that wt'.l witness a porting event la 1SH are mucb Improved over the 1711 conditions and the speedway asanageaien and the hotel will ee able to easily handle an Its guests. Tba speedway has m every way per tested Its airangemesta ta make safe every possible angle ot the race. The track baa beea gone aver carefully and smoothed eat The drivers win be In structed Monday night at I o'clock, In a meeting at the Ctaypoel Hotel fey thr American Automobile aaaoetatton eTfleials in ekarge ot the race, and esutraned ta be vigilant at all times. Aa elaborate aianaj WMw fnr ua In MMrnnriM nil the track has seen worked eut. Estreats daalrrv Meaday. Only the ears that comply with the ntry requirements m every particular wig be allowed ta feca the starter Me morial Day morning, Monday morning May XI, at o'clock, under the direction of referee A. It Pardtnston. Starter Fred J. Wagner and Chief Timer C. H. Warner and his assistants, the twenty-seven entrants will begin the trials to qualify This demands tba lapping of the track In two minutes flat or at a speed if seventy-five miles an beur tor two and one-half miles. Not only will ths race tor. 60s miles bj the longest trees event tn 113, sat It wlU also offer the largest amount of cash to ths drivers of the modern space-eaters Fifty thousand dollars Is offered to these mem who will catapult the cars through apace for six hours In an effort to cross the tape first with 200 laps to their credit The winner will receive tor bis prob ably six and ana-halt hews' eaorttos tba modest sunt of tai.OOS. while Rsy Harroun, the winner of the first rse dw down tM.OOo. In addition to this amount of cash offered by the speedway the various accessory manufacturers In' h rested In the race have offered cash. The following amounts will be given to the next eleven drivers In the order that U-r flnlahr K0.OOIX. SVMO. 3.r, cm. Vo. tl.SOu, ., tun. tUO, IU aad n,o. Among the drivers and relist drivers named for the twenty-seven entrants Is the race, seven drivers and seven relief pilots will ride In their first WO-mUe event. Tb drivers that were not par ticipants in ths first five-century ge Una marathon ara Harvey Harries, Bert Dlngley, Billy Llesaw. Joa Horaa, Lea Ormsby, Charles Shamhaugh and H. A Kllpatrlck. Ths relief pilots ta make their bow In the BOO-ralla event ara "Big Boy" Radar, Johnson; gwanson. Fuller, Fsrr. Klttrell end Fowker. . - ' , Tetslaf f ta Driver Flat. ' Teddy Tetalaff. now holder of the world's road) racing record with an aver ags ot TtM miles per hour, made at Santa Monica, May 4. m drive a Fiat the same make of ear with which ha woa Ma laurels. Last "veer b had a tostsr mount Ralph DePalma tintslMd stxth la ths first event In a Simplex and thai year will be probably the Individual tavorit driving a big gray Mercedes. OU Anderson will again drtvo a Sluts and will bars as team mates Charley Vers, famous as a national pilot aad Leg Zenrel. winner of the 1M1 Elgin, at the wheel of a National. Ia tba first tec both Zengel and Men appeared at the wheels of Nationals. Louis Disbrow and Harvey Herrick tl drive the two Cass entries. Herrick la a new Mt-miler, hut Disbrow drove the Pope-Hammer hut season. Spencer Wlahart the New Tors mllUoa arire, who won fourth plaos la ths Initial race, will drive the same Mercedsa Harry Knight driver of the Weetcstt that , he wrecked la the first event win appear at Launch New Car This Week Revitalize Your Car t Yoa oa get the Rcary Msg-. aeto, the sesr magaets as the world, lor lest tass tar cast of repairs to yoor oU and srattis factory igsitios. IatmigM this opportunity ask as to tell vos about the Remy Exchange Offer Omara Rubber Co. 1600 Harney St- j OFFICERS OF HENDERSON MOTOR CAR COMPANY, INDIANAPOLIS. the wheel of a Lexington. This will bs the Initial bow ot the Lexington In speed way racing. The National team will present a new front Howdy Wilcox will sgaln drive a fifty-horsepower, the same slse Na tional that he finished la seventeenth place with m the first event. David B race-Brown, twice winner ot the Grand Prise of America, will drive a second National fifty. Bruce-Brown finished thirst to a Fiat last year. Joe Dawsoa. winner at fifth place la the first race at the wheel ot a Max roan, will round out the National's team. Truly, one of the most formidable trios that ever grasped the steering wheel ot a rubber-shod. gasoline-devouring speed monster. Bruce- Brown at tor the first time driving aa American-made machine. Bert Dlngley, famous for his work with a Pops on the Pacific coast and partici pant la former Vanderfetlta, will make bis bow In a Simplex. White Itetaraa ta Arena. Johnny Jenkins, former pugilist and famous as a Cote driver, will mark the return ot the While to the racing arena. The last appearance of the Cleveland ma chine In the speed lists wsa with the Whits Steamer. Bob Barman, "Speed King." will drive a Cutting la the event. Burmaa held the waeet at on ot the Bona en trite ia the first event Lee Fraysr, who finished thirteenth In the Firestone-Columbus In the tfll event will drive the same mount Billy Llesaw, at the wheel of the Mar- qustta-Butck, Is a new face among ths aCO-rollers. Old "Farmer BUI" Endlcott with a penchant for green and famous as a pilot of Cols cars, has transferred his af fee tlon to racy appearing Schacht ot Ver million hue Mel Marquette, driver of the McFarlsn six In the first event will have a mount of the same make Ralph Mulford. the laughing youth that made the name Lester synonymous for speed, will, for the first time In his long career, appear at the wheel of another make. Mulford will drive a Knox Six. Hs promises to be a strong contender. and the Knox Four, driven by Belcher1 last year in tba raov had a world of speed. Mulford finished second In ths first event driving a Losler. one minute and forty-three seconds behind Harroun. Hughle Hughes, winner of many events la bla class in tba ,1 'tie Mercera, has ona of the most formidable speedsters at tba track. Hughes flnlshsd twelfth last year la a Mereer. Len Ormsby will drive aa Opel, a famous Oermaa esr. In his speedway debut Shambaugh ot Lafay ette, lad., la a newcomer. He has built a special ear for the event but la still doubtful if be will be ready tn time to say "Oood morning" to "Wag." Joa Matsea and Joa Horan will drive Losler ears, Horaa was under contract to drive aa Ample m the first event but an accident before the race prevented his appearance. Mstsoa was a relief driver oa the Flat team In the first event. Kll patrlck. driver of the Mason, Is also mak ing his bow. Kllpatrlck Is known to ths red neT tans by his work at the wheel of the Hotckklss car oa ths mile tracks ta formes' rears, - Advertising Man With Lion Motor Car Co. is Most Original J. A. Thorson. advertising manager of the Lion Motor Car company of Adrian, Mich, spent Friday and Saturday la Omaha With the Held-Wmisnd Auto soro pany. agents tor the Uos ear. Mr. Ther esa Is traveling about the country In structing his company's dealers In a unique merchandising plan, which he originated and which is trebling and quadrupling the dealers' business w he re aver u is tried. "I Interested Mr. Held In the plan last March," said Mr. Thor son, "and since adopting it bla orders have averaged two and a half carload every week." Mr. Thorson has a habit of rapid fire' thinking and doing It Juat ahead of the other fellow. Last summer, during the army manuvers In New York, Mr. Thorson had a Uon ear armed fitted for war purposes and In action during the whole time. Ha was la action, too, him self, for be stayed with his creation dur ing the Whole week, making his demon stration a complete success. Mr, Thorson Is with L.B. Sander, sales manager of ths firm, and together they sra making a swing around their territory. HEW CAR mm WEEK Headerson to Be First Seen at the Decora Uon Day Katea. sas nrnjurATioiAi design est farts Are Parked trees Cere ad Fe re Iga Make ay Designer, Who Visits Faelarlea ot Ike - Old Cewatry. INDIANAPOLIS Mar S.-That In dianapolis refuses to adopt Mess tn as to mcat e construct toe which do sot ema nate from Indianapolis sources as een ataeuousll disproves) ia the new Header, son esr. which will be launched ia lu disnapebs May at oa the day of tbe esa-iaile rare. This car. -which will sail tsr SUSi. em bodies many of the European eosntert and i convenience features, which la data tbe American manufacturers have not oam tit to Install, partly bscasas they hare set lavesttaated them sufrteteatly. and partly baossas of gstwrasiucal see) ud tee. A tew ot the high-prised American oars hare adopted the Mew of putting ths gas oline service tank under the cowl at tra dash, bat tba general eistasaant still so ids A aaeriaas eutlt cars have seen a trifle slow to go late Kuropeaa factories and adopt whatever points serpen Is be w advance of their own. Before designing Iks Headersea. Chester Richer, formerly technical witter ef the Horseless Age. visited every fsstoar ' note In England aad oa the continent The new factory superintendent cabled his acceptanoa from Parle. Ia fact the Henderson Is an internationally deetgied car, as Is shown la Its advance specifics ttons. ' Loft Nasal Drive. Such aetata a the Sod owing lad Mate the designer's aetal of vtsw. One hundred sad nftasn-meh wheel bass. tires with demountable rims, dyassao atcotrie lighting aad self-starting system, and long stroke ewxsH motor. The prevailing left hand drive will fee adopted and com. fetned with a parti eu tarty convenient cen ter control lover, stmttsr to nothing eve used en aa Americas built ear before. Nickel mounting win prevail throughmit, and all la all the new star tn the Indian. spoils motor constellation will be a pel feet I y standardised whole, and a product extremely capable of upholding the repu tatton of Hendersoa aad Indianapolis The new star In Ihs Hooeler conatella tlon will bs fesllt and marketed by the Hendersons of Indiana potla Ths fact that It Is constructed on a purely quality basis sad still wilt be marketed at tl.tt constitutes one of the recent surprises la automobile ranks. !H(s0tf Key to the Situation Bee Advertising. Newipaper Advertising Is ths ttosd to Business Success. The ostrich can't flyhas too much weight for... its ..wing . power. The : V.a.nadium built Ford has all the -weight ' it needs for strength but it's the lightest car for its size -in the world. We'll sell seventy-' : five thousand new Fords this year principally because it's ; not an ostrich car. All Fords ara Modal T'a all altk except tba bodies. Tba two-patsenger runabout costs ttao tba flva-passenger touring car fttO tha delivery ear 1700 tba town car 900 f. e. b. Detroit, completely quipped. Oat latest catalogue from. Ford Motor Company, 1U Harney St., Omaha, Nab. Pbooa Douglas 4600. 7 mm Most Expensive to Build Most Economical to Own Unmatched Ectnomy of the "Best Built Car in America" Six Cylinder. .....I40 to IS5M -Jl- Little six 4;m to isiss - Four Cylinder 2it to H -TIRE ECONOMY: ' Every one of our "4,8" Six Cylinder C&n should average with ordinary .care 6,000. mile oo ona aet ot Urea ot any good atand ard make., GASOLINE ECONOMY: 8 to 16 inilw gal lonthe normal performance on every "48" ' Locomobile Six. varying; with road, tratfte and condi tion tn which ear ta kept UPKEEP ECONOMY: Barring accident or mis use repairs and replacements are unheard of. . With av erase uaa, annual ovarbaollas la neither neces sary nor recommended. "Tha Beat Built Car tn Amer ica does not need to be humored or coddled. NERVE ECONOMY: We ar tha only manufac turers furnishing a ear equipped with Ten-Inch Upholstery, afed tbla, combined with our long wheel base and perfect balance, make ear that never tires nor irritate. . 1 The Locomobile. Company of Amenca Deright Automobile Co. Distributor 1818 Faxnam Street Omaha, Neb. HI I More car for less money $715 ahead of its time- THET enderson The car of your dreams Roadster, $1285 5-passenger f $1385 r Read these specifications The Hendersons of Indianapolis now offer you a real Self-Starting, Five-Passenger Touring Car, with luxury-equip-' ment, for $1385-116-inch Wheel Base , Ward Leonard Dynamo Electric Lighting System 34x4 Tires, Demount able Rims Long Stroke 4x5 Silent Motor, with 3-point suspension fam ous Stutz Rear Axle Transmission Silent Gears Left Hand Drive Single Lever Central Control Gasoline Tank under cowl of dash, Gasoline Gauge on dash Nickel mountings throughout. Luxury-equipment that makes driving a rtal pleasura . YOU have often said to yourself "If I were, designing a car I would have all the latest proven advan tage, as well us, soma things that oo manufacturer has ever thought of. I would have a luxury-equipment that would make driving a real pleasure. "First of all, I would have a Left Hand Drive,. with a simple Central Control so that I could step out of my car on either Bide from the driver's seat to the curb. "I would have a Gasoline Gauge on the dash so that I would never be caught short of gasoline. A Gasoline Tank so situated as to give fuel at all times on the steepest grades. I would also have Demountable Rims so that the tire changes would never hold me up or bother me. "I would have Electric Lights with a Dynamo System and not be compelled to rely on batteries that are Uable to give out at any time. I would have a dependable Starter and above all, I would have my car so arranged that from the driver's seat, by the mere pressing of buttons, I could Start my Motor, light my Lamps, and make a Comfortable Get-away with the utmost ease and no fussing." The "Henderson" Car is Your Dream Come True a car which will fulfill your desires for both service and comfortable conveni ence at an actual saving of $715. 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