THE (WAIT A KT7XPAT BEE: DECEMBEIt 11, 1910.
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AUTOS RUN OFMHE HORSES
Many Dirt Racetrack Coimrted to
the Use of the Auto.
FEW BECRUITS FROM HORSEMEN
Mof anroaasblle Rarer Wff He
(rafted from the Baaka of Former
Plerele Hriri Color for
tli Different Taam.
NFW YORK, Trc. 10-Th automoMI
ST-aed rutin ha chjim"1 Into th province
of horn rarlnt; to the extent of taking
posaaanlnn of Innumerable dirt track
throughout the country. Oil drip from eteel
Tank! and marked driver urire different
trree of rarer pat the Judjre' stands.
Sometimee the old stable are converted
Into curares for the Invader and paddock
are transformed Into parkins; spaces for
the audiences. Automobile raclnir has taken
many feature of the thoroughbred; but
one 1de ha been overlooked.
"The color of a bin .handicap are always
mot attractive. The Jockeys wear "Bilks'
that contain all the pigment that the rain
bow can offnr. All kinds of combinations
are shown, and apertator recofmlze rider
and horse by the flying "silks." Every
table has a different grouping of colors.
and a well as making a uniform system
the picturesque rde of horse racing Is In
creased greatly..
Most of the men In the automobile busl
tis drifted Into It from bicycling and the
machine trade. A few, however, were re
cruited from horae racing. One of these
former turfmen last night talked of a
prtham whereby automobile racing could
take on a needed feature. Tie would make
Ihe speed gatherings more picturesque by
making every manufacturer race under
the "silks" system. He said:
"Why not have manufacturers adopt a
plan whereby they will each have a dif
ferent scheme of colors and race under?
These conditions could be made permanent
Every car entered In a race track, road or
endurance should be painted in the maker's
colors. The drlvrrs and mechanicians
should also be compelled to wear the same
colors.
More Pietareaqae.
"The benefit would be many. That It
would increaso the picturesque side of
the game there is no question. It would
greatly aid spectators. It Is some hard tank
to pick out a car from two or three blurs
whirling past at a seventy-mlle-an-hour
clip. With each car painted a certain color,
spectators could look at their programs
and find out what 'silks' the manufacturer
Is racing. But the picturesque phase Is
more Important. What a sight would be the
stnrt of a race wltb all the machines and
driver sporting different colors!.'
"The American Automobile association
could" aimlgn each manufacturer with his
'silkV and order that he race under them
In every meet. Under such a scheme the
numbers would be secondary. Often num
ber painted on racing machines are un
satisfactory. They become covered with
oil and dirt and frequent mistakes have
been made In competition. There would be
no mistaking the car covered with a certain
paint. Of course, this Is only a suggestion,
but It seems to me that It Is worth look
ing into.' The public likes the picturesque,
and why not present automobile racing in
its best dress?" .
The Idea of special colors for a rsclng
team is not new. The proposition that every
manufacturer be made to adopt them Is
unique, however, and advisable. The Mar
mon. Flat, Bens. Lozler, Chalmers and Na
tional are amcng thoee concerns that al
ways race under the same colors. . The
brightness and completeness of their color
schemes help every race. How much better
Would It be If every machine . and every
crow were so bedecked?
Big Auto Eoad Race
Tin San Francisco '
on New Year's Day
Portola Cup Contest Will Be Staged in
, Golden Gate Park Santa Monica
Raoe Revives Interest
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. 10. The
success of the Santa Monica road race on
Thanksgiving day has decided the pro
moter of the Portola cup contest. This
event will be staged in Golden Gate park,
the Callfornlana taking the lesson of Fair
mount park to heart. New Year's day has
been settled on as a tentative date.
The record-breaking flights of Edward
Tetsleff'at Santa Monica mad the pro
moter of the Portola cup contest push
Interest In their own event. Tetaleff aver
aged 78.3) mile an hour in his Lotler, the
feat booming motor caring on the coast
Prior to the high speed at Santa Monica,
the promoters of the Portola cup had ap
peared to lose interest in their event. The
southern California course must be re
markably fast. It will be remembered that
Hanshue In the Apperson turned 64.45 miles
an hour over this very same course and
for m miles at that. The circuit is said
to be superior to others In the country,
Hot even excepting Savannah, and the re
sults seem to boar out this contention, for
In all four of the races the other day ex
ceptionally fast time was made. Even the
little Maxwell, which won the 161-230 class
vtnt, which was at 101 miles, averaged
68 .11 miles an hour. The Duro, which won
the IiJuO clan event, also showed a rare
turn of. speed in keeping with the com
pany. A pace of 73.29 miles an hour Is the
grtauBt ever known In a road race, with
only one exception. That was In the
Florlo cup race In Italy lu 1908, when
Nasarro -in the Flat averaged 74S miles
n hour for S2S iniies, which still defies
old Father Time.
The Santa Monica race is the fourth one
that has been won at better than seventy
mile an hour. History shows that the
Klorlo cup is the fastest of tiiera all. Then
conies the Irier with its 7S.2S, and rank
ing next is the French grand prix of is?,
In which Noxarro In the Flat went the
478 lullts at the rate uf 70.S1 miles an hour.
The grand prise this year, won by Bruce
I'.rown in the Bens, i the fourth one, his
average being 70.18 miles an hour.
An interesting comparison also Is had
when one figures out that TeUleft went
each of the 150 miles at an average of 0.43
to the mile, which is a shade faster than
the mile circular track record held by
Ralph de l'ahna In a Flat De 1'aln.a
went one iiillu, while Tetxleff turned 1..0.
Along Auto Row
Preparations for the Big Show
Going Ahead Dealer Expect It
to Be Beat Show Brer Held Mars.
For the first time since the Velle car was
put on the market a Complete exhibit of
the line will be shown at the Interna
tional Automobile show, to be held in New
York, December SI to January 7.
The reason exhibits have not been made
beifore this time Is due to the fact that It
is the policy of the Velle company not to
exhibit cars in territory where they cannot
properly supply the demand and up to the
present time the factory output has been
limited to supplying the middle-western
trade entirely. In the future the cars will
be handled In all eastern centers and ex
hlbits will be made at all prominent auto
mobile shows.
NAVY WISHES MORE TICKETS
V. HI Not rtay Agala osj Fraaklla
Meld I oleta It Set-ores These.
ANNAPOLIS. Deo. iO.-Unlesa the Navy
can be allotted more seats the foot ball
tame with the Army will not be played
on Fronklln field. Philadelphia, next au
tuuin. lieutenant Commander " Harris
L lining, head of athletics at the Naval
academy, issued this statement. He said
thai the Navy absolutely hxd to have
Mure tickets for the game. Ianntng said
that no fault was found with the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania authorities and aiwke
In the warmest term of th.; frk-niily fil
ing between the inntitutions. lie salt that
side from the ticket situation, Philadel
phia was Ideal fur the tame. .
Two performances of the Velle 40 In
different parts of th country recently are
worthy of notice.
The first forty-eight-hour endurance run
ever held In California was Dulled off on
November 28, under the direction of the
Oakland Automobile Dealers' association.
Of the eleven cars entered the Velle and
one other car were the only one that came
through with a perfect score. The run was
maae over what Is known as the Ban
Leandro Triangle In Alameda county,
across the bay from San Francisco. Th
course Is M. miles In length and the cars
were required to make this distance !n
two lap with two side trip to Idora bark
and back again to the course, makina a
total distance for the forty-eight hours of
about 1.547 miles. The average speed re
quired was In excess of twenty-eight miles
an hour, night and day.
The work ot the winners Droved a won
derful tribute to the general perfection of
automobiles of today. The cars wera re
quired to check In at controls within a nar
row leeway of time each twelve hnura.
They were allowed to take on water and
oil., or to make repairs only In the con
trols. Tire troubles were not penalised.
Motor Age says: "This Is tha ...rnnri ...
son for a perfect score by the Velle. Last
lmr over the same course the ear null
down the red ribbon. The Velle work haa
attracted a great deal of attention."
Two days later, in Harrlsbura. Pa. in a
reliability run under the ausDlcea nf tha
Harrisburg club, the Velle car won Its
class easily and tied with one other car for
tne best score of the day over a course of
358 miles in length. The trail was over
rough and narrow roads and only one car
was able to make a perfect score.
Edward N.' MUlan of St Jopenh foe th.
last year with the Great Rojtherrt Auto
Co. as designer of their car, has accepted
position- a sale manager for tha RlectHo
garage, and will hereafter push the Pack-
ara ana the electric. He I a yale grad
uate, graduating in the class of 1807.
W. J. I -an of Detroit Bnent la at mIi
In Omaha with th E. M. F. agency. Mr.
Lane distinguished himself last ;
making the three flag trip with a Flanders
"20" from Quebeo to th city of Mexico.
The Marion Auto Co haa taken tha Van
Brunt garage on auto row, and will here
after handle th Marlon and tha Ov.r.
land.
Manager Gould said: "On tha ilrnks rt
12 New Tear' eve th annual century run
oi rora car win be held in Chicago. Thl
unique run. which waa nHnir.n.j ... i
yearaligo by Thomas J. ,Hy, of th Ford
Chicago branch, waa opened last year, at
tn request of the Chicago Auto club, to
all car owner." Whether thl will be the
case this New Year' eve ha not vet been
determined.
In the big snow storm of last New Year's
eve seventeen cars started from the Windy
t-lty club house and plowed their way over
the 100-mile' course.' Thl lay over the
finest boulevards and avenues of the city
to the road leading to Elgin, the scene of
the famous road races. From there the
reveler drove to Geneva, where they were
the guests of. the .members of the Fox
River Country club.
"The house, of this club war brilliantly
Illuminated. Breakfast was served and th
bajl which wa In progress upon the ar
rival of the guests was continued. At day
break the sleepy, but happy onon, raced
for home by way of Aurora.
"One feature of the run wa the use of
luminous confetti.. The Ford Model T,
with Branch Manager Hay at the wheel,
led the way by means of this material,
which was a specially prepared red light
A red torch In tho tonneau of the Ford
revealed the whereabouts of th pathfind
er at all time."
.Th following 1 from the Invitation
sent out previous to last year's run:
"A smooth road, no dust, a clear, brac
ing atmosphere, a starlight sky, and a
warm, comfortable buss-wagon, are the
good things awaiting the winter tourist
Contrary to some people's expectations It
I the biggest sport you have ever en
joyed." -
"
H. E. Frederlckson, who haa Just re
turned from the convention of Chalmers
dealer, which wa held in Detroit No
vember 28, IV, 80 and December 1, is en
thusiastic over not only the cars which
he represents, but also the prospects for
business for the coming season.
"I have never seen such enthusiasm as
prevailed at the Chalmers Dealers' con
ventlon," he said. "Most of us had vis
ited the factory several times before, but
I am aura that none of us realized what
a magnificent Institution It 1.
"A for th business prospect for next
year I am convinced that they are most
excellent I believe that the business In
1911 cars will be fuilv equal to, if not
greater, tiji th business for 1910. One
has only to see such a plant as that or
the Chalmers Motor company and listen
to such a man a Mr. Chalmers to be
convinced that the future of the automo
bile industry Is sure.
"When you stop to think that here Is a
company comprised of some of the best
business brains In the United States, and
that thl company has Invested (1,600,000
lu buildings and machinery lu the last
eighteen months, you begin to feel sure
that the automobile Industry is no mush
room growth. As Mr. Chalmers himself
aid during the convention, 'We are not
gamblers, but wo have In eighteen months
bet $1.(100,000 against the future that the
automobile business will last, and that the
Chalmers Motor company will be one of
tlie companies to keep right on selling
cars.'
"But more Impressive than all of thl
to r.i wa the evidence of the Chalmero
dealer themselves. Just think of 100 men
going to Detroit from all parts of the
United fitates, some even from Canada,
Porto Rico, Cuba, tha Hawaiian Island.
These IdO men left their businesses to
attend this convention. Each of tha men
is close to the automobile buying public,
lu this convention they were not talking
to outsiders. There was no grandstand
effect They were sitting lu a private room
talking about the industry which is their
bread and butter, yet there was not one
of all these men who did not have per
fect faith In the future of the automobile
industry. It was th unanimous opinion
of th onveuilon (hat the business never
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their faith In the future by giving the
company a great great many order for
car for Immediate shipment. I Dredict
there will be a shortage of Chalmers cars
next spring, Just as there was lost.
"This convention of Chalmers dealers was
by far the largest convention of the kind
that has ever been held and it certhlnly
was the most valuable that i bav ever
attended. We had some mighty instructive
talks on the proposition of selling auto
mobiles and on automobile construction and
on the business In general. It Is a great
thing for any dealer to be able to benefit
by the experience of over 160 other dealers.
all of whom have met great success In
their business.
'The banquet to the dealers, which closed
the convention, was the finest thing In the
kind I have ever attended. We were ad
dressed by several of the most prominent
men In Detroit, among them the present
mayor and the mayor elect.
'This first convention waa uch a great
success that the company I going to hold
one annually and I for one am going to
make it a point to be present, for I never
had an experience which gave me such a
feeling of security In my business and
which gave me so much additional Knowl
edge of the work I am doing." .
Managed Vorelsonr said: "Wk.n nn th.
road' during tha basa hall
Frank Bowerman, the veteran backstop,
still stick pretty close to the Pullman, to
wmcn he la assigned. When tha nn i.
over, however, Christy Mathewson' old
battery comrade spurns all artificial aids
to transportation, aside from hi trusty E-M-F
'80.'
"Bowerman ha Just returned from a
1.400-mile motor trip to Gldnaw, In the
Upper Peninsular. He pulled up In front
of his own door at Romeo, near Detroit
with the tonneau of the car occupied by
six dead deer. Five were bucks, and the
array of herns was simply bewildering.
The veteran base ball star and his unique
entourage attracted universal attention on
the return trip.
Bowerman and Jack McDonald, a Detroit
friend, occupied the front seat. Jack Ben
nett of Romeo, did his best to find room
with the deer In the tonneau. The six
deer comprised the legal limit for th
three men. ,
After unloading the four deer shot by
himself and Bennett, Bowerman continued
his trip to Detroit, where he delivered Mc
Donald's game and ordered the E. M. F.
"30" washed and polished the first atten
tion of any sort, aside from replenishment
of aupplles, on the whole trip. The party
traversed practically the entire length of
Wisconsin in rainy weather and portions
of a score of counties were splashed over
its surpace.
Motoring and hunting go well together. If
you don't mind the hard knocks you get in
the woods, .and if the car stands up as
our did," said Bowerman. "We used the
car every day we were In camp, carried
in all our upplle with it and even brought
the game In from the point on the old log
ging road nearest the location of the kill.
TO car averaged eighteen miles to the
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gallon of -fcasoline on the entire trip, de
spite the ronrh (coins; In the woods and
th mud which was omnlvrernt on the
ratum trip. Both frolnc and returning the
rout led through Chk'sso."
Aft.r a rnasa of five months, (lurln
vhlch time the purKiirm ware several
time within slcht of their quarry, the
police of aevpral Ohio rounttrs have at last
siiroeilod In placlns; under arreM 1on
Mont toy, ?l rium street, t Payton, and re
ooi rins; the F-M-F "SO " motor car which
he had been driving. dcp!t the fart that
the car was the property of Nathnn Lubln.
Toledo, from whom It had beon stolen.
It has been known for months that the
car was regularly In use In a compnra- i
lively small area. Twlre the car was Iden
tified but each time It was driven away
In safety. Cnce It led a purrulnt; rarly
In a hlRher-powerel car for several mile
and lost them. Thn th capture finally
came. It was more the renJt of accident
than design, the car Itself brlnf preed
Into duty In th hunt which wa In prog--ress.
"A great lond is off my mind," said
Lieutenant Haley of the Payton tore,
when the car was recovered. "I've schemed
on this esse for month. This country I
full of those E-M-F"s; I've had my men
lifting hoods till their arm were ore.
"I've offered a reward at every ;.''"
within fifty miles, but thl fellow never
came near me. I've tried to trace him In
his purchase of gasoline ami oil, but he
didn't seem to be In more need of them
than of repairs or extra parts. When we
spotted him Ms car ran away from our.
I hope the next automobile I have to catch
will be something beside an B-M-P "S0.M
man t, hj 1
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Onnfloner Philosophy.
No matter how conceited a ma
usually set over It for a llttl
Ui occanlon of hi wedding.
You may think that publla official are
servant of th people, if, a on of th
lattnr, you never tried to get on ot th
former to do something.
The man who I .Imply bubbling overt
with enthusiasm today will probably ex-
hatist himself and be dull and stupid to
morrow. When a man passes a barber shop on
Jnturday and see a big crowd of men
waiting he can't help feeling thrifty If h
doesn't need a shave.
A certain man haa told u every day frt,
thirty-three year that business i very
dull. Yat he ha made a fortune while
complaining of linrd times. Atchison Olobe.
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Do you ever think of ths difficulties that this kind of
weather and road conditions present to hzavy hauling?
Think of how much of this weather we have during a year.
What is the efficiency of your present method with
horses?
Let us give you a demonstration while the snow is on
the ground, and we can show you the efficiency of our
method. This kind of weather we can do the work of four
pair of horses.
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Packard trucks has more than doubled semi-annually. Half
our sales are to previous purchasers. Three tons, twelve
miles an hour, used in 93 lines of business.
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