ROUGH RIDING FOR TRAINING! Declares Rules on
Motorcycle Races
Disbrow Advises Strenuous Exercises
for Drivers.
Must Bo Enforced
TO "WOBK OUT" MECHANICS, TOO
rnpe-IIartfnril Pll Pf
HI Whol Crew lata Tone lot
the Hardships o Com-petltina.
IKOIANAPOI.I?. Ind ,. March 11. Many
methods of physical training for automo
bile rare drivers have been tried, but the
most novel sumrested for noma time If
the plan which Iul Plsbrow, driver of
the Tope-Hartford car entered In the 5W
mlle International sweepstake rare at
the Indianapolis Motor speedway, next
Memorial day. May SO. will use. Plebrow
recently visited Indianapolis to make ar
rangement for the workouta of hla big
epeclal car now belnn built at the Pisbriw
parage at Jamaica, L. I., and told hla Idea
of keeping In good physical condition.
Oymnaatlcs won't do a race driver
much good." aaid the Pope-Hartford pilot,
"neither will any apeclfled eouree'of ex
ercises. There la one thing alone which
o il! milt a men fit to alt behind the wheel
through atraln of seven hours such a
ihi luvt-miu rare will mean. That la tak
ing a dally course of hard knocks over the
country roads In a racing car at a fairly
imJ rate tit aneed. I have made plana
to do thia for at leaat thirty, daye before
the race and will be In Indianapolis wun
my racing car and two practice cara by
Mar 1.
To Work Oat Cara,
'The practice cara will be used the most,
but the big car will be tried enough to
put It Into perfect tune. In the practice
cars 1 shall take cross-country trips to the1
cities of the' middle west, such as Ft.
I,oiils, Chicago, Omaha. Kansas City and
others. I shall drive 200 or 300 miles dally
for several days at a stretch and In that
manner harden myself so that the X
mlle drive will be nothing unusual for me.
"It Is my plan now to drive my practice
cars through from New Tork to Indian
apolis, and this will give me a fair start
In training. My mechanics will be carried
along at all times so that they will be In
as giMid physical condition as 1 am. I be
lieve that every driver In the long race
should carry a mechanic, aa tha course
will have thirty-five or forty cars going
at once and tha mechanic will be forced
to keep his eye to tha rear watching for
cars that will want to pass."
The speedway management will require
v.rv driver In tha long grind to carry a
mechanic , and will arrange platforma at
mile Intervale "aTound the -track so ' that
cars may run upon them and get olr the
inrk tn make repalra or change tires when
they find It necessary to do so at points
other than at the pits. It Is uprobable
that all of the . cars will carry a spare
tire or two during tha race so that the
drivers may avail themaelvee of the uae of
the repair platforms.
Third of Entries In.
One-third of the required number of en
tries Is now It, the last and tenth 'being
the Ptuti car with Oil Anderson named as
pilot. This car Is made by the StuU Auto
Tarts company of Indianapolis an4 Is
special racing . type constructed to make
demonstration of the Btuti transmission
and rear systems. Both the designer and
. driver were formerly connected with the
Marlon company as manager, designer
and driver of Marlon racing cara. ;
The other entries now In are Iewls
Strang. Louis I.arsonneur and Joe Jagera
' burger In- Case cara; C. B. Baldwin tn an
' Inter-State "f0"; Johnny Altken In a Na-
tlonal "40"; Iouts Piabrow anJ Frank P.
Fox In Pope-1? art fords; Harry Knight in a
'. Westeott. and a Simplex, which probably
will be driven by either Ralph DePalma
or Joe Matson. Assurance that thirty or
forty cars will start has been received by
the speedway management and among the
drivers will-ba five or six from Europe.
These will be Victor Hemery In a Bong
Felice Naxarro and Iouls Wagner In Flats
and Lancia In a I-ancla car.
Chairman Thornley Sayi Rigid Ad
herence to Begulations ii Nec
essary to the Sport
NEW TORK, March 11. Assurance to
the public that motorcycle racing will be
conducted thia year on a higher plane than
ever before is being offered by J. P.
Thornley, chairman of tha Competition
committee of the Federation of American
Motorcyclists.
Chairman Thornley Issues all F. A. M.
sanctions and passes on all records.
"I would like to say that my experience
In the past has taught me that the best
thing for all concerned la a rigid and cold
blooded insistence upon carrying out the
rulea for competition." says Chairman
Thornley. "If promoters and riders will
study, these rulea carefully and Inform
themselves properly as to what Is required
of them, and then tick to them, things
will be very much better and very much
mora satisfactory.
j "The slick one In. the promoting end of
the game may get away with a few things
for a time, but sooner or later he will have
a hard fall and It will be difficult for him
to rise again. Coldblooded Insistence upon
the observance of the rules will be the
order of the day from now on, as long
as-1 am the chairman of the Competition
committee."
The racing season which Is just ahead
seems particularly promising to Chairman
Thornley. He looks for wonderful per
formances In. the motorcycle world. Every
feature that makes for great reliability,
efficiency and economy In the Improved
motorcycle of today, shows Immediate re
sults on the track. It Is the combination
of these qualities that has made the motor
cycle a rapidly growing figure in commer
cial life and in recreaHon. This same
combination has produced the racing ma
chine, with Its wonderful speed and en
durance. It has made pbslble such a rec
ord as that early in this month when a
rlrter went almost 100 miles, without
stopping, k at tha average rate of 42 sec
onds to tha mile. ' I '
Just In passing," says Chairman Thorn
ley, "It seems to me that the aeroplane
people could very advantageously com
bine with ua In their meets. Up to the
present time the aeroplane haa not been
perfected to such a point that It la abso
lutely safe under all weather conditions
If they would put on a few motor cycle
events every time they have nn aeroplane
meet the crowd could be kept amuseu veiy
nicely until weather conditions were favor
able for a ' flight. I have seen several
aeroplane events called off and the crowd
dismissed with wind checks after having
wasted
flight."
whole afternoon looking for a
Op
ening on Track at
Jamestown is Near
First Meet Will Be Held April 1 to
26 Some Good Sport ii ,
Promised.
NEW TORK, March 11. The racing sea
son is at hand, and on April 5 the bugle
will call "assembly" at tha Jamestown
track for the first racing meeting of tha
season under the Jurisdiction of the Jockey
club. The meeting will extend to April 16.
The Jamestown Jockey club, under the
management of Robert Lovy of Houston,
Tex., has been in existence only a year,
Rut In that short time It haa established
Itself among the racing clubs sanctioned
by the Jockey club. Last April it had Its
first meeting. The sport waa good and
clean, but the patronage waa small, and
Levy lost nearly 110,500. But he 'waa not
discouraged and the fall meeting made up
his early loss.
The first meeting this spring promises
to ecllpue all others. The added money to
the stakes and puresea will be much greater
than ever before. Borne of tha events are
as follows: Montlcello purse, value 11.000
Lynnhaven purse with INK) added; Lynn
purse with '0 added; Atlantic purse with
IWO added; I.orrtitne purse with 14"0 added
Norfolk purse with SiOO added. The citi
zen have contributed . tha last named
purse.
Pome of the men who will have their
racing colora carried during the meeting
are August Belmont. R. T. Wilson, Jr.;
Captain E. U. Caasatt, Thomaa Clyde.
Francis R. Hitchcock. Thomas T. Ryan.
Otto Flciachman. P. S. P. Randolph, For
est Kow, Percy A. Rose. Thomas Monahan,
Captain Preigrave, Frank J. Nolan, Samuel
Kom, E. C. llallenback. John W. Bhaw and
' Mra. I A. lJvlngnton.
Besides th there ara many well known
local turfmen with email strings of horves
who are preparing at the Gravesend and
Blieepshead Bay traiki to have them ready
to ship to Virginia next week.
Foreign Aviators
Will Try to Win
American Money
Prospects of Invasion of Airmen from
Europe During Coming
Season.
" NEW TORK. March 11. At tha last an
nual conference of the International Aero
nautic) federation It was decided not to
adopt an International aviation calendar
for the year 1911. but to allow the cihds
of each oountrv in the federation to ar
range an aviation calendar. Irrespective o
what the other countries proposed to do,
The acting chairman has received Vcquests
from many of the prominent avlatora In
Europe for information concerning the or
ganization of aviation meeta in the United
Ptates, and there Is no doubt that soine of
the foreigners will visit this country If
series of meets can be arranged. The Aero
r'luh of France haa already granted 400
licenses to aviators. In other European
countries there has been a proportionate
Increase In Hha number of airmen, and
Is therefore, certain that the foreign avt
tors will require much less In the way of
money guaranteea than was the case
1910.. Under the existing arrangements with
the Aero Club of America all records mad
at meets held by the affiliated cluba and
sanctioned by tha national council will be
ved bv tha International Aeronautic
federation and classified as world's rec
orda.
It la unofficially announced that not less
than eleven German universities and tech
nical schools will Institute lectures on
acronautlea during the summer half year.
Special attention will be given to technical
problema connected with the flying ma
chine, lt structural principles and prac
tical management. Lecturea will be given
at Berlin, Breslau, Glessen, Goettlngen
and PtrasBburg universities and at the
technical Institutes in Charlottenburg,
Aachen, Brunswick, Pantsic. Stuttgart and
Munich. The professors will deliver such
courses of lectures at Charlottenburg and
Parnate and three at Munich. At Char
lottenburg Major Parscval, the Inventor of
the first German acmi-rigld airship, will
give one of the aeronautical courses, while
at StraBsburg the lecturer will be Prof.
Ilergesell, president of the International
Aeronautical commission, and himself a
practical aeronaut, who some years ago
conducted the German studies of the
higher atmosphere by means of self-regis
tering balloons.
DATES OF CLUB TOURNAMENTS
schcalale la Western Association ts
Annonneed.
CHICAGO, March !1. Dates for club
tournaments which hava been assigned
were given out recently by Secretary
Eulaaa of the Western Golf association.
The latest datea are those for the Pkokie
age-limit tourney. This will be held from
July 17 to K. ending tha day of tha Olympic
cup tourney Hurts at tha Petroit Country
club. Following is the complete liat of
dates:
June f to 10 Southern Golf association,
open tournament, at Nashville. Tenit.
June :t and !4-l nllwl flairs Uolf asso
ciation, open. Chicago Gulf riub.
June ?S and !S WeMern Gulf aaaoclatlcn,
ip. al Kent Country club
July 10 to 1 nenlla club. open.
July 17 to 2- SKokle age-limit tourney.
July 12 to Western oprii champion-
sillD.
August 1 to S Wisconsin state champion-
ship, al KenoXia.
Indications are that tha western open
tournament this year will be a medal play.
Uie match lay being discarded.
International Polo
Competition in June
Hatches Between Great Britain and
America to Be Played at
New York.
NEW YORK. March 11 The intern
tlonal polo mutches between America and
Great Britain will be plaed In the vicinity
of thia city on June S. 7 and 10. Thia posi
tive newa and the probable lineup of the
British team are the latest developments
in tha polo situation. The fullowing play-
era aa members of the team that will
come here to lift the cup ara Captain
Cheape of the Kings Dragoon Guards,
Noel Edwards of the Ninth Lancers. Cap
tain Barrett and Captain Lloyd of the Fif
teenth Hussars and Palmes of tha Tenth
HuBsars. Captain IJoyd will act aa cap
tain for the team. All of the Britisher
are young men. but they have been well
schooled In polo by several years' playing
In India. None has played in this country.
The ona condition insisted upon by tha
Hurllngham playerathat the serifs be
concluded ao that they can sail for home
on June 11 haa been cheerfully complied
with the by the polo asooclatlon, tha final
match being arranged for J una 10. Four
of tha Brltlah players are army officers
lad they cannot mlsa being in Ixmdon for
tha coronation festlvltlea In tha latter
part of June. Tha Hurllngham club win
aend on substitutes along with the regular
"four," so that in caaa of accident or til
neea tha series can till ba finished. The
British team wtll bring over about fifty
cf England's beat polo ponlaa tor aa la
the big games.
The E-M-F Company Announces
A Flanders "20" Fore-Door Model
1 115 'f. II fj -rst. ..vN;7 I
800
With 3 -Speed
Selective
Transmission
EVER SINCE THE ADVENT of the famous Flanders "20" nearly two
years ago, we have been deluged with requests for a touring body on
this sterling light chassis. These requests came from thousands of
good folk who felt they could not afford or didn't care to put $1,000
or more into an automobile of course, at $1,000 there's only one
choice E-M-F "30."
TRUE, THERE WERE OTHERS several makes of cars selling for less
than $1,000 and equipped with "touring" bodies. But in the eyes of
discriminating buyers these possessed disadvantages that left them
out of consideration for example: inadequate power and chassis
" strength ; two-speed transmissions and mostly of the power-consuming,
noisy "planetary" type. The planetary transmission may be "fool
proof" as claimedbat it does not appeal to the mechanically well
informed.
FLANDERS "20" DIDN'T BELONO to that class of ears at all. When
Engineer Heaslet undertook to design this model for the E-M-F Com
pany he set himself a high standard that of creating a chassis of
medium size that should combine all those features which heretofore
had been considered obtainable only in cars selling for four times as
much as Mr. Flanders proposed to ask for this car.
THAT HE-SUCCEEDED IS HISTORY. True, Flanders "20" In its
first few months of existence had to pass through most of the infantile
troubles that every new model, no matter by whom designed, must
pass through before it reaches that state of perfection that is the de
signer's ambition. Flanders "20" had its teething troubles, then the
measles, mumps and a slight attack of the whooping coughthat last
is automobile language for carburetor crankiness.
PERHAPS THIS SURPRISES YOU thip brutal frankness of oars. It is the
If
despair of our competitors. They never can understand why it does
not injure us irreparably to tell the public what they consider factory
secrets. Confidentially, we believe this is the secret of our success.
We are dealing with intelligent people practical business men for the
' most part. Infallibility is not to be hoped for in human beings. So
it has always been our policy to speak frankly to readers of our ads.
It not only disarms unfair competition, but has won for us a con
v fidence on the part of buyers that we consider our chief asset.
YES, FLANDERS "20" HAD ITS TROUBLES in the early days. But
and here's what you are mostly interested in every Flanders "20"
car sold carried with it a full year's guarantee by a company worth
"'several millions of dollars. Not' only that, but the buyer knew that
the men who signed that guarantee were not in the habit of splitting
hairs would make good not only the letter but the spirit of that guar
antee. And we did to such, an extent that there are today 7,000
boosters of this car satisfied owners.
.WHILE WE ARE ON THIS SUBJECT let's go back three years. E-M-F
"30" was then in its first year. It also had its infantile aches and
pains. This company was new then, but the men at the head of it
realized that permanent success depended absolutely on backing up
our product in the most liberal manner. We had expected small
weaknesses to develop during the first few weeks that the new model
was on the roads in hands of owners. Why? Past experience
which teaches us that, no matter how severely a new model may be
tested by factory experts, defects will develop when 500 cars are in
hands of owners operating under 500 different sets of conditions
defects that no one 1 could possibly have foreseen or provided against.
That's the reason for a manufacturer's guarantee and before you buy
any new model ours or the other fellow's, let us warn ' you to look well
to the kind of guarantee that goes with it, and particularly to the
character of the men or the firm that signs it.
WHAT A MARVELOUS RECORD E-M-F "30" has made since that
nothing like it has been known in automobile history. For three years
it has been first choice of discriminating buyers and every car has been
sold, not by a salesman, but by another owner. And so well did we
take care of those first 600 cars, any man who now owns one of that
famous first litter to which "Old Bullet" belonged, staunchly claims
he has as good a car as we haVe ever turned out since.
FLANDERS "20" REPEATED HISTORY that's all. And today we are
able to say of this great little car it is as good as its older brother
E-M-F "30" and more could not be said of any automobile.
BUT ABOUT THAT TOURING MODEL. Until recently we have turned
a deaf ear to the entreaties of dealers and individual admirers alike
those who wanted a Flanders "20" touring car. The reasons have been
set forth above. We had determined first to give the car a full year
t in hands of owners with the lighter runabout and suburban bodies
watch the performance of every car carefully, and make improve
ments or refinements , wherever opportunity occurred
SHE IS IN HER SECOND YEAR NOW infantile diseases Ion- since
passed and every defect however slight whether in mechanical con
struction or merely in exterior appearance has been corrected and
such improvements made as the progress of the science of automobile
making and steel treatment has made possible. Today we are able to
say and back it up with that same guarantee that in all the world
there is nowhere else such value to be had in a car of this tvoe a in
the Fore-Door Flanders "20". ype " in
THE RULE WE HAVE WORKED TO in perfecting this light car model
has been "when in doubt make it like E-M-f '3r " a rule some of
our esteemed competitors have emulated assiduously of late by the
way. You'll find, therefore, many points of similarity in 'the two
cars and that alone is guarantee of the excellence of the new Flan
ders "20" model.
ONE FACTOR THAT HAS HELPED in this process of improvement has
been the drop in prices of materials which we predicted in a recent
E-M-F ad. and were so roundly scored for by competitors who thought
it was bad for the public to be advised of that fact. For example
aluminum is much cheaper today than two years ago. Result we aro
able to use that semi-precious metal in the motor crank-case and trans
mission housing of Flanders "20" now, whereas it was absolutely out
cf the question then. We reduce the weight very considerably If i
using aluminum.
THE THREE-SPEED, SELECTIVE TRANSMISSION is another featur
that will appeal strongly to the experienced. For the runabout mod
els the two-speeds are all right, but it's a mistake and a grievous one
in any touring car. Not only does it interfere with the pleasurable
operation of the car and every Flanders "20" owner drives his own
car but it subjects motor and transmission mechanisms to undue
strains when starting or climbing hills or negotiating very bad stretches
of roads. It won't do.
WHEEL BASE IS 102 INCHES only inches shorter than the larger,
model. Ample room for five large adult passengers and longer than
any other car of similar class. Weight, only 1600 pounds, and as thia
"20" horse-power motor actually develops about 25 more power than
its rating you have power to carry you anywhere at as rapid a pace
as you will ever care to go. And she's a wonderful hill climber.;
LESSER IMPROVEMENTS ARE: Detaching exhaust manifold. For
merly, cast integral with the cylinders this feature developed defect
similar to those from which other makes of higher priced cars, which
also adopted this foreign idea last year, are still suffering. You don't
know which ones? Ask your dealer.
CARBURETOR HAS BEEN PERFECTED so as to gve still wider range
of flexibility and with simpler adjustment similar to E-M-F "80".
Flanders "20" carburetor now gives uniform results in mile-high
Denver and sea-level Florida. .
WORM AND WORM-WHEEL STEERING has been adopted in place of
the former internal-gear device. Absolutely irreversible. Four times
longer lived because four times as much wearing surface. Also ad
justable for wear. Equal in every way to that of b-M-F "30".
MAGNETO AND COIL are part of standard .equipment of course SpHt
dorf, and attached same as. on the larger car. Accessible. So ire sev
eral other part that formerly were a trifle difficult to get at. Radi
ator is raised slightly so the starting crank no longer goes through the
radiator.' Looks better, that's all. Cooling properties of this car
always were ideal. Rear axle has been made heavier to support the
heavier passenger load. Double strut rods. Brakes twice as wide as
before will slide the wheels on any surface yet won't chatter nor jerk
no matter how severely applied. Lined with thermoid.
SEVERAL OTHER MINOR POINTS have been refined improved is
y- hardly the word, for there was nothing to be desired in efficiency.
Still, there was one point valve action where not only refinement
was possible, but about 20 per cent increase in power was obtained.
THINK HOW MUCH WISER IT IS for a concern to adhere to standard
models and improve from year to year as we have done with Flanders
"20" and E-M-F "30" rather than to constantly chase false gods and
offer radically new models to the buying public as fast as the seasons
roll round.
IS IT ANY WONDER other concerns are trailing in the rear while the
E-M-F Company continues to set the pace and constantly increases
the distance between? You know the A. L. A. M. report for the last
quarter of 1910, just issued, showed the E-M-F Company to be the
largest producer of automobiles in the world. Those figures cannot
be refuted. ,Anti the chief reason is we do not run away from our
troubles, but make good to every buyer and we get our share of the
unreasonable ones and continue to improve and refine our product
far in advance of the times and the demands of buyers.
NOW ABOUT THAT FORE-DOOR MODEL. First, let us say this body
is not a makeshift one, designed to fit a runabout and be interchange
able. Not at all. It is specially designed for this chassis which, as
we have shown bove, had been designed to receive it. Ample seat
ing capacity and just as well trimmed and finished just as' many
coats of varnish and same quality leather and hair as that used in
E-M-F "80."
THE PRICE $800 IS SENSATIONAL leaves no real competition for
this car in the field. Meets exactly the needs of buyers who just can't
quite reach E-M-F "30" and gives them a car made of exactly the
same materials, by the same wonderful organization and backed by the
same guarantee as E-M-F "30" just a size smaller, that's all.
NOW NOTE THIS CAREFULLY. Deliveries on this fore-door model
will not begin until on or about April 1st. And at first they will not
come very rapidly naturally. Orders ahead for Flanders "20" run
abouts and roadsters must be taken care of. This requires a large
part of the factory equipment and organization.
BESIDES, IT BECAME NOISED ABOUT despite our efforts to keep
silent about this model until ready to deliver them in quantities that
this Fore-Door Flanders "20" was coming out, and astute dealers and
buyers have already sent in tentative orders for several hundred cars
unsight and unseen and without knowing just what the price would
be. Knew it would be right, of course, knowing the E-M-F Company.
SO YOU SEE YOU'LL HAVE TO TAKE YOUR TURN in the line just
as those thousands have had to do in the past who wanted E-M-F "30"
or Flanders "20" cars, Order at once. I'ay down a deposit and have
your dealer assign you a definite delivery date. Then you will not be
disappointed.
THE OBJECT OF THIS ADVERTISEMENT is not so much to sell thess
cars word of mouth information among present owners would sell
the entire output as fast as we could get them out. But we wanted to
give everybody a fair start dealers and individual buyers alike. So
this is the first official word about this model and you can rest assure
there will be no favoritism first in line first served and with absolute
impartiality as in the past.
HERE'S ANOTHER SURPRISE We did intend to reserve it for another
ad., but it won't be necessary. We will begin on April 1st to deliver
a new Fore-Door E-M-F "30". Will be ready to take care of the
demand by that date we hope. Chassis unchanged in any detail
same famous car in every particular save only the body which we
think is the neatest, nattiest, "classiest" thing of the kind yet pro
duced. Price will be $1,100 watch 'em scramble!
The E-M-F Company, Automobile Manufacturers, Detroit, Mich.
Omaha Branch E-M-F Co., 2026 Farnam St.
Telephone Douglao-363