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MOTOR KOAD IS IN VOGUE
Wagon Roads Are Giring Way to
Highway! for Automobilei.
AUTOS HARD ON WAGON ROADS
A Hard Tire ail Smooth Rni la
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latprarr.
In a recenl paper before the Incorporated
Institution ot Automobile Em Ineers of Km
In ml, Douflaaa MeKenale has endeavored to
analyse the effect of motor cara on road a.
Thla paper treats the subject from a polt
of view of the automoblllat, but with the
Idea that while agltatins; for better roads
ilicy ihoukt themselves remedy certain de
file In automobiles which tend to Injure
lond mrfaces. The author beflna by statlnj
that the ideal contact would be that of an
i.nyieldlng; wheel, on an unyielding; surface,
the neareet approach to which Is found In
a railway car and track. If this is true,
eoft tlies Khould give place to hard ones,
surf, aa the roads are made smoother and
harder, pneumatic tires should give way to
pol.d ones. Any variation from the Ideal
i cntart means loss of energy and injury to
both road and tire."
"I have never had the pleasure of meeting
Sjv.' Te.alas MoKensle or of having any
i-.'; i munlcatlon with him. But as a man
who h Btudird the motor road for many
yer.m I jvtnt to subscribe to the fidelity
wi'.li wiiii U he has defined said F. J.
Sio.i. This, however, will not help the
funeral public in building it. To get at a
dur rompteiienslon of that we will want
to rii over In drtall the horse road (with
wliicli all hsxe now for many year
I'oen familiar) and let thathelp us to un
oi l stand the motor road, which is simply
tin evolution of tho horse road, the place
c.r which. In highway transportation, it Is
now about to take. We will commence at
ti c dirt road which lies In the march of
human progress bang up against the trail
in the forest. The farmers gave the ground
through which the road was to pass anil
then either hired help or else turned out ao
many days eucli year and dug the ditches
un H'ti-.er sick- of tin' road and heaped up
ll .r I'U in tho mlddlo. which made all tlv
i o:.il th wn5 made.
i t?) "this came Macadam, who duinpo 1
riiiuj the koII any kind of crushed stone
wliii'ii has slight cemcntlve properties, but
still, enough to pack down Into a compara
tively smooth road by being traveled over.
Ho much of this road has been made aer
since, and his name is so generally known
in connection with this form of road that
We fall to realize that the great thing that
Macadam really did was not this. The
thing that Macadam saw and used his
thinking powers upon most.waa hia discov
ery, that the, highway must have an elas
tic base, and as he did not have one to pre
sent he went over and made the great error
of saying that the highway -did not need
any base, at all.
"In some evidences before a Parliamentary
commission upon the fubject ot roads,
Macadam said that he would prefer a soft
foundation to a hard one, going so far 4s
to say that he would prefer a bog if It
were sufficiently hard to allow a man to
walk over it." said C. C. Tllllson, chief
engineer of highways, Manhattan, New
York City. "He worked on very differ
ent principles from Telford, in that he not
only did not require the foundation courae,
but stated that he considered it positively
injurious. He put hia road surface directly
on the ground which, when It was wet,
came poking up Ihrough the surface' (as
If the tie of the railroad ahould poke up
through the rail and break It) and when
it was dry, wss not elastic. . Macadam dis
covered tho correct principle; but having
failed to provide any correct mechanical
application of that principle, the engineers
commenced -"disputing him and finally
laid down a. rigid foundation, not
lily for the macadam road, but for every
other form of horse road ever since. The
Telford foundation, consisting of heavy
stones (they are laying them in Cuba now,
ton InctKS thick) waa the first form of the
rigid foundation. Then came the asphalt,
wooden block, brick block and any other
kind of block all with a rigid foundation
ms. concrete.. The concrete was uneven at
the topi so they put some sand on it, which
transmitted this unevenness to the surface,
and racked it out of one-half of Its life.
This sand either waa or got dry, the con
crete being impervious, and not letting the
ground water up to it. The wooden bjork
nan condemned and utterly thrown out
from thla cause twenty-five years ago In
this country,, but has alnce partly regained
lis reputation In the heaviest traveled over
spots In London and Paris by smoothing
off the top ot the concrete with neat ce
munt mortar doubling the former life of
the creasote treated wood paving block
from eight years, up to sixteen or seven
teen years. This waa possible because
while the base remained rigid the block lt
K lf waa resilient.
"We are today able to carry, out Maca
dam's ideal of having: an elaatio resting
place for the surface of the road, and yet
have the strongest kind of a foundation,
instead of as he had, having nonj at all.
11 can be done in this way:
Hy furnishing a die (after Uie right tn
do so has been acquired), by any brick
yard making devltrified paving brick, or
block, without any other change In their
yard, we can make block twelve Inchea
square, varying from four inchea up in
depth. In this block at. regular Intervals
are run holes, say one and a quarter
inches In diameter. These blocks after
draining, and thoroughly compacting the
aubgrade, and thus making it Just na hard
as we possibly can, are laid upon this sub
ill sde, coal tar pitch la poured Into the
rare between the blocks, then the holes
are filled with wet, aharp sand, and enough
mor'and ta put upon the blocks to make
an Inch of sand evenly laid over them.
I poti thts ta laid the devltrified block aa a
surface; the spaces between these surface
blocks are filled with grout, with th usual
rxpsnslon Joint of asphalt or any similar
substance.
The moisture In the sand gives elasticity
to the surface . Just aa Macadam said wet
ground would do.
Wfti Macadam with us today, thia form
of road construction would have his full
and hearty endorsement. It furnished the
ru ssing link in his conception. This la the
evolution of the motor from the horse
road.
tlur euglneeis are going to Europe to
see bow their horse roads compare with
our horse roads, and their engtaeera arc
coming here to, see how our horse roads
compare with the norse road of Europe.
Along Auto Row
hew Committee Makes Zta Beport
t Bsalera with a Splendid Beeer
of gneoess for lto Sshlbltlem.
The committee, aomposed of J. JC le
right, C. O. Powell and W. D. Hoeford,
having in charge the I-brury automobile
show, held a moting last week and mad
a report to the dealers Interested. So.sst
iafactory wss the outcome for tho show
thst the dealers will hold another neat
year, and already plans of a very elaborate
nature are being discussed. The report of
Treasurer Powell showed the affairs of the
deslers in a much more prosperous condi
tion thsn ever before. A permanent or
garisatlon wss formed, and a committee
waa appointed to draft bylawa and consti
tution for the association. At present the
membership is twenty-five. The present
officers. President Deright and Treasurer
Powell, will srve the association until their
successors sre appointed.
Henry H. Van Brunt of Council Bluffs
is erectlntr a large garage, which will be
the borne of the Overland Pope Hartford.
The new garage on Farnam tor Quy U
Smith, In process of erection, will be resdy
for occupancy within thirty dy. This
will be one of the larfeet garagxs In
Omaha.
The Atlantic Automobile company has a
garage now in both Council Bluffs and At
lantic, la. This company, of which C. W.
Herring Is president, handles the Reo and
Ford cars.
Th? Coit Automobile company in a. short
time will move into its new building on
Far nam, a few doors west of the presort
offices, where the Mitchell a;id Rambler
wilt be shown.
The Hartman Motor Car company, of
which -F. Q. Hartman Is general manager,
will stsrt business in Omaha within a
short time. The new concern will handle
the Marlon Flyer.
I-ast week W. D. Hosford exhibited tho
Velie at the Uncoin show, W. t Huffmsn
the Ttegsl, J. L.. Freeland the Msson, J. 8.
Ftewart the Rambler, through his aro.icy
there, and Ole Hlbner the Firestone Tire.
Among the dealers of Omaha who went
down to Kansas City to attend the show
In that city last week were C. J. Corkhfll
of the Oldsmoblle company, C. F. t.ouk of
the Maxwell and Al Hallerbcrg of the
Diummond Carriage company.
R. R. 8andham of the Kimball company
spent last week in western Nebraska.
The White Steamers new home on Far
tiam ttreet, in Automobile row. as well as
that of the Woods' Electric, erected by the
Drummond Carriage cmpaoyT' '.s completed.
It is done, inside and out. In white, end
attracts a great deal of attention.
The Drummond Carriage company has
added a top department to Its automobile
plant and will hereafter compete with
foreign manufacturers In tops for ve
hicles. It is understood that several of the
agencies In Omaha, will place all of their
orders for car tops with Drummond.
The new" garage of the Pioneer Imple
ment company has been completed and the
Jccksnn Is shown there hereafter.
William H. Wallace, who formerly car
ried on an v automobile repair shop and
who dealt in second-hand automobiles on
Twenty-second near Farnam street, has
formed a copartnership with J, A. Mo
intyre, a commission merchant of South
Omaha, and the new concern will handle
the Oakland, of which the Llnlnger com
pany is distributer. The gsrage of the
Oakland will be on Twenty-second street
near Farnam. x
R. R. Kimball Is. spending the winter In
Ormond, Fla. v (
A year ago this month the Thomss
Flyer which was awarded the cup over
the French, Italian and German cars was
In Omaha. At that time a banquet was
held, to which the friends of the Amer
ican car were invited, and a Jollification
followed not to be forgotten by those who
participated In the revelries. Adorning the
walls of the Fredrickson Automobile com
pany's office is a large photograph of the
banquet table and a picture showing a
fine body of men. The photograph was
made before the speech making began.
Clarke G. Powell attended the shew In
Lincoln last week and displayed the Good
year tire.
The International Is popular in the north
western section of the state. P. J. McPar
land, an influential citlxen of Sheridan
county, who spent several days In . Omaha
last week, said that he has toured that sec
tion tn one of these cara, covering a period
of more than a year and that, his repairs Is
not worth mentioning. The International Is
put out by the International Harvester
company of Chicago, with a branch in
Omaha, managed by Boyd I Reece. This
company Is erecting a handsome building
near the site of the present offices and
within a short time will be Installed in Ita
new hotne. Then more attention will be
devoted to the automobile end of the busi
ness. LUSH PICKS BASKET BALL TEAM
Talaks Entire Five ( Celasabla Beat
of the Year.
NKW YORK, March lX-WIMam L.
L,ush, former coach of basket ball at
Tale university and Instructor of the
game during the season of 1909 at the
United States Naval academy, haa picked
the entire Columbia university quintet as
his choice for an all-eastern Intercolle
giate basket ball team. He says that he
does not know of any way whereby the
players from other teams would be com
bined and a five of the ability of the Blue
and White be gained. He believes thst
each member of the Mornlngside varsity
wss the best at his respective position.
There Is little question tbat Mr. I.uih Is
fully qualified to pick auch a team. He
hsa witnessed the majority of the Impor
tant eastern basket ball games during the
winter and while he aaya there wss no
dearth of good material to be found among
the colleges and universitlea, still he
thinks that the local players are entitled
to placea on the banner team.
The lineup of the Columbia team fol
lows: MelUser, right forward; Klendl, left
forward; Ryan, center; Cerussl, right
guard, and Klmblo. left guard
HORSE SHOWS AND HORSEMEN
Atlantic City to Open Circuit on
Ocean Pier.
PLANS TOR A GREAT CAMPAIGN
Seme Exhibitors frosa I,eadoai aail
Others Swlas; Aroaaal Home Dates
.4 merlraaa A moss; later
tlaaal Jadaje.
NKW TORK. March 13. Tills year to
open the horse shows the nags, drivers
and riders will go out to sen. When this
Initial show of the circuit Is In progress
should a spectator raise his eyes from the
Judging ring or a driver shift his gaze
from the equine between ' the shsfts the
wide, surging ocean dotted with ships or
stesmers will be before him. No, It la not
to be a show afloat, but one on a promon
tory of steel and concrete Jutting out fro'm
the Boardwslk at Atlantic City. Against
the ' three sides the waves msy roll or
Splash as fiercely as ..they may, but the
pier will be as dry as a Kansas pasture In
a drought. ,
Tanbark ring, seats, boxes and stalls for
the horses will be duplicates of any show
Inland, or rather In a city riding academy
or club. The 11,000.000 pier is what they
call the showing place In Atlantic City.
Losers at horse shows are often said to
have cold feet. By taking a running Jump
from tho pier they can easily gain wet
foet.
It will be the eleventh annual fixture
of the Atlantic City Horse Show associa
tion, but before this It hsa been held In the
open air at Inlet park during July. Phila
delphia and New York horse owners are
so widely scattered In mldusumer, or else
preparing for their own ' neighborhood
shows, that It has been thought wisest to
have the Atlantic City function this time
on April S, and 10. The pier, which holds
a theater, skating rink, concert hall and
other attractions besides the show quar
ters, will be a fine place for the horses
and horsemen to Inaugurate the change
from a summer to a spring date. After
Atlantic City there will be a constant suc
cession of horse shows until that of the
National Horse .. Show association In No
vember, which, rumor to the contrary not
withstanding, will for this year at least
be held in Madison Square garden. 1
To consider only the shows to which
New Yorkers will send their driving end
riding horses after Atlantic City, on April
14-1$. the homelike and well-managed fix
lure is on at the Durland Riding academy.
Three generations of New Yorkers have
been taught to ride under the watchful
eye of William Durland, who at the show
reveal that they can also drive. Next comes
Timely Tips for Automobile Drivers
The uaual annual automobile exhibition
In Vienna will not be held this year.
A illght running and noiseless car Is Al
ways the sign ot a good driver, who takes
pride in his work.
Motor cars fully equipped for camping
tours are becoming regular features; of
sportsmen's shows throughout the country.
The Automobile club of Canada recently
made arrangements for the holding of an
automobile show in Montreal some time in
April.
The Norristown (Pa.) Automobile club
has decided to motor to Hagerstown Md..
and return on Its two-day endurance run
In May,
The New York Automobile Trade asso
ciation has announced a hill-cllinblng con
test to be held on Fort George hill Sat
urday, April 10.
The new motor car used by President
Taft Is dsrk green in color with the coat
of arms of the Untied States painted on
each of the doors.
In the correction of all automobile faults
the greatest and most common error Is In
not properly locating the trouble before
trying to correct It.
About $10,000 haa been pledged by the
Oklahoma City Automobile association for
the construction of a twenty-flve-mlle
speedway around the city.
A motor truck recently tested at Wor
cester. Mass., hauled 330,000 pounds of steel
wire In five days. Another hauled four tons
144 miles in thirteen hours.
The fastest time recorded ss having been
made upon a motorcycle Is that of a mile
in 14 seconds, a speed of 84.08 miles an
hour, made by William Wray on the Flor
ida beach.
It Is estimated that 14,000 men are em-
fdoyed In the manufacture of automobiles
n New Jersey and that more than 1,600
are employed in garages. There are
about 6,000 chauffeurs in the state.
Encouraged by the success achieved at
their second annual show, members of
the Detroit Automobile Dealers' associa
tion are already planning for next year's
event. It haa been deckled to make It a
two-weeks' affair.
Herbert Lytic, the well-known racing
driver, has Just recovered from a four-teen-weeks'
siege of typhoid fever. Al
though, still rather weak. Lytle expects
to be In shape, to participate in the
Florida beach races.
A motor chemical wagon, costing $3,500,
has been ordered by the Pioneer Fire com
pany of Jenklntown, Pa., a small, but
extremely wealthy suburb of Philadelphia.
The members are often referred to aa the
."millionaire vf Lremen."
Two parallel roads, built of the same
material, one for the use of liorse-drswn
vehicles and the other for automobiles,
may soon be built near Norristown,' Pa.,
to test the general effect of the two
classes of vehicles on the surface.
Notwithstanding the fact that many of
the prominent French makers have been
declaring for some time that there would
be no 1009 Paris salon, it la now in
nourrced that ""ember. M yrr ov
see another automobile exhibition In Pa t i
An automobile ambulance service uaa
been installed at the Flower hospital in
New York City. As the territory rovere.1
by the hospital haa been increased
thereby, the trustees of Flower hospital
have appropriated $59,000 for sixty addi
tional beds. -
Small commercial vehicles will be put to
the test over the rough roads in the neigh
borhood of Paris from Ap-il to 30. The
test is provided for the lighter type of de
livery automobiles, t&xicabs. hotel end sta
tion omnibuses and motorcycles with a
luggage carrying capacity.
A good highway, stretching in a gen
erally direct line of 700 miles from At
lanta to Washington. I. C. kept up bv
the several counties In the various states
through which the road would pass, Is
now the subject of promotion on the part
of the Good Roada club of Georgia.
The Automobile club of America will
erect another addition costing $400,000. to
its already extensive club house In New
York. A large part of the spsce In tha
new building will be devoted to storage
purposes, as there are more than M0
names on the waiting list; of the present
garage.
Spare asbestos washers should always be
treated before baing placed among the
spares on the car. A six hours' soaking
In olive oil. followed by a draining and
brief drying, and a final rubbing In of
fine black lead, will give a good tight
washer that will come adrift cleanly at
any time.
It la eatimated that the rest of the state
highway from Philadelphia to Pittsburg,
advocated by Governor Stuart and the mo
torists of Pennsylvania, will cost $60u0.o).
mo. rr ia construction are pending in
the Brooklyn Riding and Driving club,
April 27-30; Pittsburg show, May 12-16;
Philadelphia at Wissahlcken Heights, Msy
Si-June 1; PlainfleUl, June 10-12; Tuxedo,
June 18-19; 1ng Branch, July 77-31: Bay
Shore, during August; Newport. September
6-8; Hartford, In connection with the Grand
circuit meeting. September 9-11; Syracuse,
together with the state fair and grand cir
cuit, September 13-18; Dutchess county st
Poughkeepsie, September tMtO; Bryn
Mawr, Sewlckley and Westchester In Sep
tember; Brockton, Mass., October 6-8; Pip
ing Rock, Li. I., also In October, and the
National Horse show In November. Each
allow has Its special charm. Atlantic City
and Ljoog Branch are the gayest, Wlssalilc
kon and Tuxedo attract the prettiest girls;
Durland's and Piping .Rock are famed for
children clever with the reins, and so on.
The Syracuae show which is managed by
S. W. Taylor. Is noted for tho encoursge
ment It gives to breeders of high class
heavy harness and saddle horses, and also
for speed tests on the mile track under
novel conditions, such as for four-ln-hand
teams and tandem pairs to heavy rigs at
thevtrot. '
Beside going to sea to start their circuit.
In June some of the leading American ex
hibitors will be across the Atlantic to rsr
tlclpste In the third Internstlonsl horse
show at thevlxiudon. Olympla. In 1!W and
last year our chief exhibitors sbroad wore
C. W. Watson. A. G. Vandorbilt, Frederick
Pabst and R. P. McGrann. while this sea
son. W. H. Moore will be the principal
Ameriesn contender. While his best harness
horses sre hackneys. It will not be "carry
ing coals to Newcastle" for Judge Moore's
best, such as Prido'o' Prides and King o'
Kings had not been shown in Kngland be
fore being sent to New York. The cash
premiums at the Iondon show amount to
$60,000 and there -are also countless special
cups.
AUTO CARNIVAL PROGRAM READY
FlTe Days of Sport Planned for he
Metropolis.
NEW YORK, March II. -The full pro
gram for the automobile cnrnlv.il to be
brld In this city during the wek of April
5 has been decided on at a meeting of the
committee at the Automobile Club of Amer
ica. Th carnival will begin with a hilt
climb up Fort George hill on Monday,
April 6. Colonel K. C. Pardee, who acted
as chairman of the hill climb cojnmlttee
last year, was named again.
On Tuesday, April 8, straightaway races
and speed trials will be held on the Ocean
Parkway or on the Motor Parkway, the
scene of the recent Vanderbilt cup rac".
C. R. Teaboldt will serve ns chairman of
the committee having these races in charge
Wednesday, April 7, has been set asld
as souwnlr day, when the members ot the
trade will hold open house along automo
bile row and distribute such souvenirs,
banners or catalogue cs may be deemed
suitable. In the evening a trade banquet
the state legislature, and there is fair
prospect that the project may be beguu
this year.
The city of New York has bought and
now owns and operates about luo motor
vehicles, valued at present at about $U0t,000.
It conducts a model garage and outside of
the cost of chauffeurs, which averages
some $1,200 a year, the cost of upkeep, in
cluding ties, gasoline, lubricating oil, re
pairs, etc, does not average $2do per ma
chine. The new ordinance for controlling ve
hicles on the San Francisco streets is one
of the most important ever enacted by the
authorities of that city. No wagon or mo
tor car can be stopped and left standing,
except on the right side of the street, while
all vehicles, going slowly, have to pull to
the curb In order to allow the passing of a
faster vehicle.
Springs too weak to hold the valves on
the csms will make the engine weak at
high speeds, and will produce clattering
owing to belated seating of va'ves. On
the other hand, an excessively stiff spring
even If It does not injure tiie valve seat
by the constsrt hammering action, is con
suming power which could be better ex
pended In drlvlnr ti e err.
It Is annoying to have the or rattle an.1
squeak whenever It goes over a little Ir
regularity in tho road, and It Is also bail
for the car. Kach squak means frUtlnu
in tho spring hangers, radius rods or brake
connections, or between the spring leaves,
v hich. If not corrected, will soon cause a
permanent looseness. l.llwral use of the
oil can Is the obvious remedy.
It Is possible that' the Motor club of
Harrisburg will run its anniml reliability
contest without a sanction from the Ameri
can Automobile association as a result of
a clash between the Motor club and H'e
contest board of the assoclatl'in. The
annual contest is scheduled to be held from
May 3 to 6. inclusive, and the total distance
to be covered bv the 'competing cars is to
be about 700 miles.
The basis of the French hfghwav system
Is the School of Bridges and Roads, one
Of the finest technical colleges In the world,
where engineers are trained for positions
tn the public road administrative sfMtem
These engineers co-operate with the local
authorities, and the result is that there Is
available for the work of road construction
an effective body of competent adminis
trators whose influence extends throughout
the whole country.
The dashing driver who starts with a
Jrlmp, throws on the high gear within a
short distance and when stopping drives
almost to the desired point, then slams
on the brakes, will find that his tires will
not last as long as those of his more care
ful friend. To put on a high rate of speed
suddenly, on a slippery pavement or a
sandy road, so that the wheels fly around
while the car is barely moving, is nut con
ducive to kng lived tires
The time Is coming when the automobile
will be Uked for practically all purposes
where a speedy method of traiiorlatle:i
over roads of all kinds is desired. A hint
of the coming of this time is afforded by
the action of the Indianapolis base bull
club in purchasing a twenty-four vassen
ger motor bus. It will lie used to carry the
players to and from the bail grounds and
to and from trains. Ita adaptability for
other uses for making trips to nearby
towns, for exsmple Is obvious.
Civilisation first beard of rubber In Her
rera's account of the second voyage of
Columbus in the year UW. wiiere he speaks
of elastic balls made by the natives from
the gum of a tree. The first authentic ac
count of its practical ue was recorded
In 1746 by the leader of a French govern
mental expedition returning from South
America, who reiHirted that the natives se
cured from the Juice of a tree a certain
gum which was very elastic. Imueivious
to water and used in making bottles, shoes
and squirt gum.
It Is f' '"l that the action of tie
contest, .. i.Vtee of the Automobile
Club ' Auicriea In suggesting that the
date of tho international contest from
New York lo Seattle, be put forward to
avoid any confiisl with the IfOK Ulldden
tour, which Is likely to be started about
the first week in July, will put an end
to the talk of opposition against the
tour from the American Autoinoldl asso
ciation and the recently organised Man
ufacturers' Contest sssoclatlon. which
haa agreed to co-operate with the Angli
can Automobile association In the con
trol of all contests that are of strictly
national character. Arrangements have
been msde to have the contest started
by President Taft. who will presa a hi4
ton at ) o'clock, nn June 1, at the White
House, which will open the Alaska-Yukon-Pscific
exposition, snd at the
same time ring a bell in New York City,
which will be the signal for the start of
the contest
w,ll b. held, with Alx Howell s chair
man of the dinner committee.
On Thursday, April 8. a field dav will be
held at Morris Talk or sume other suit
able spot. Orrel Parker was named s
chairman of the committee to arrange a
program of races anil other sports for that
day.
On Friday no features are planned, but
on Saturday, April 10. the big parade, which
will be held In the day time this year. Is
scheduled. General Cutting announced
that General George Mooro 8mlth would
act ss grand marshal, with authority to
choose his own aids. ' Th arrangements
for tho parade nre In the hanfls of a
committee of which R. G. Howell Is chalr
msn. INTERNATIONAL ASPECT OF RACE
Auto Contest from ev York to Seat
lie Excites Interest.
NKW YORK. March 13.-The transcon
tinental automobile race from New York
to Seattle, which will be started from this
city about May V. has taken on sn Inter
national aspect, due to the promoters of
the event applying to the Automobile Club
of America for a sanction, and that body
In turn granting the desired privilege. In
terest In the event. In which the cars will
Speed from const to coast In the race for
the Guggenheim trophy, has Increased
wonderfully, the announcement of the
contest having bren made but recently.
Many prospective entries aro In sight and
the event promi.ses to be one of the motor
car racing classics of 190!).
In granting tho sanction two conditions
wero Imposed by the club; one that all
prize money and trophies should bo abso
lutely guaranteed, and the other that tile
rules should ho submitted to the .contest
y Model Forty-Four, 34 H. P. I"y
Sgfc5gr Spsre Wheel, with inflitrd tire, brackets, and gsas
7?
THE
. in transmitting
joints, or, in other
line with the crank
other driving systems
The great economy and
as the OUset Crank
Wheel, etc. Let u
leatures in detail, ana
Seven Passenger
.The
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RAPID COMBINATION TWO TONS $2,250
Is not this subject worthy of serious t'onsitleration !
Thousands of firms have studied this subject carefully and
adopted motor truck, much to their profit. AVhy not you?
We have just received two carloads of Kapids and will
demonstrate these cars to you in your every day work.
Let us show you where you can effect adare saving.
H. E. Fredrickson
2044-46-48 FARNAM STREET I
The Bee for Rll the Sporting JMews
committee of the club for approval. The
fact that the Automobile Club of America
has granted a sanction for this contest Is
evidence that the Seattle people have
planned and have every prospect of carry
ing off a great International race In which
entrants from Europe will probably com
pete. CORNELL ROWING AFFAIRS IN AIR
Lack of Spirit, of Former Years is
Shown hy Stadeats.
ITHACA. N. Y., March 13 Cornell under
graduates are evidencing signs of alarm
at the present condition of rowing affairs
lit Ithaca. There does not appear to bo
t lie same spirit prevailing among the can
didates that years ago built up a rowing
tradition at Cornell and eventually resulted
in the Red and White occupying the posi
tion that it now does in the realm of the
hell and sweep. Many candidates appear
to take It for granted that Cornell victories
on the water are a foregone conclusion,
and an alarming . tendency to sit hack
complacently and take thing's easy promises
to spell disaster to the lthacans' success
in rowing .if radical changes are not ef
fected., .v
Coach ,Courtne.y .Mho "Old Man," ns Cor
nell students fondly call him. who has done
more than any other man In placing the
Ithicans In the foremost rank of American
collegiate rowing affairs. Is greatly, dis
pleased at the attitude of the under
graduates. No less than fiCteen men cut
recent crew practice, and to say that
Courtney was displeased would be putting
it mildly. The men give as an excus that
they did not know whether to report at tho
bnat house or the crew room. When crew
piiactlee Is held at the boat house an Amer
ican flag is raised over that structure.
STRAIGHT - LINE -
Power cannot be carried around a corner without great loss,
due to friction. In the ordinary automobile much energy is wasted
the power from the engine to the rear axle
words, around corners.
In the Rambler the driving shaft, when the load is
shaft and the angle found at one of the universal joints in most
is. eliminated. The drive is thus accomplished in a direct line.
The Rambler stralght-linexkive delivers the maximum power saves energy
prevents wear reduces cost of upkeep.
The Car with the
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fasts
efficiency of this car iVdue to such
Shaft, Straight-hne-dnve, Safety Spark
prove this to you. Call and we will
Dy actual demonstration; no obligation
Model, forty-five horse power with offset
Other models, 11150 to $2500.
Car of Steady
Coit Automobile Co.
2025 Farnam Street
OMAHA, NEB.
Tnii,g p.'HPll. .1"
B&'feJMBictQgeJBftasJ
it cost you to
Automobile Co. P
which msy be seen from the campus. Tha
excuse wss certainly a lame one and re
flects the rowing- spirit . that appears to
rervsdo the Cornell crew camp at the
present time.
Coach Couttnoy has announced that a cut
will be made In the sqod at Kaster and
that men Irregular In attendance will be
dropped. The , "Old Mn" further atated
that he would drop his best osrsmen if they
failed to attend practice faithfully. Tho
sending of two shells to Washington has
necessitated the cutting of tho squad
to fifty-six men and Coach Court ne prom
ises that at the attendance delinquents will
not be among the chosen when the final
classing pf the candidates takes place.
BIG CASH PRIZES FOR AUTO RACE
Money Deposited anal Everything
Pone to Make Itace S access.
NKW YORK. March. 13. The Florida
beach automobile races Aill be held this
month according to the original schedule.
The $4,500 In cash prizes has been deposited
In the Merchants bank nl Daytona, ac
cording to tho new . rules, and everything
possible will be done st Daytona to make
the moot a grand success.
In order to pay expenses and get a race
meet of worth, there must st least he
twenty entries, and It Is thought that thia
number will be received.
Anneal Mert at Harvard Stad.
P.OSTON. March 13. Harvard's atadiui.l
ill be tho scene of the Intercollegiate track
and field championships nn May and 2.
tho Intercollegiate association having de
cided tlie place at the annual met
ing. Virginia. Kowdoln and Massachusetts
"Tech" were elected to membership.
DRIVE
through universal
in the car, is in direct
Ottstt Crank Shalt
VtUAt
mwsTswrtoH
Li J
tnavssMt rikt
exclusive Rambler features
Retardcr, Rambler Spare
explain these Rambler
on your part whatever.
crank shaft, $J5qo.
Service.
ATJTOMOBH.ES
Al your own pi-leu. Nouo lo comparo wllh ui.
na alone; v.rr mschlno m rebuilt car. Thi
nM equal l r.w. MV. from io lo 7 prr
rent buying from u. Road what we otfer to ou.
THIS IX YOt'R OI'POHTINITV.
Oldamobiie Koadaier. 4 cyl., J5-h. p. coat !50.Mi,
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Rambler, 40-h. p., coet (i.eOO...
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jat-aeon. J i-y., zo-b. p. ..,
National. 30-b. p., a-cyl., llirta, coat 3.4n.'
Autocar. I cyl.. runabout with toanrau, roit
Klhllnter. 2 ljI.,
Rambler. 1 ryl.
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Kunauout, with top, coat
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Auto.ar. par, 50-h, p., llun mod.( co,
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Ilulck. 2 ryl. Koadaier, t-oai
Krayer-Mlller Tour. ar. JO-h. p., rial' St SM
National cyl.. 7 pM., fuMy equipped,. . .
Royal Tourlat. 4 oyl., 4u-h. p., fully equip
Haynei Tour. tr. .-.-h. p.. fully UPPM
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