The sun., 1900-11-24
CROWD SEES AFRO CONIESIS.
4 slow Race and an Ob>taoe Competition at
The ShnM.

| Two Interesting competitions constituted the
| special features of entertainment Oh the track
| a. the automobile show ~ the Grand central
| Palace l;l-l uight ouc Wa an obstacle race
| on the sane liu"> a. the one attempted "n
! Tuesday night, BAT with the details OF -paCiI <
! changed 80 ~ 10 render il practicable There
| were four entries Including steam end electric
machines Peter Fisher. lr won with clean
| suor", he not touching any obstacl" Me-
bunec delayed coming Ola the track. did not
understand, made an argument and left the
track IN "A dudgeon The other event was i
slow race ia which the machines made one
lap as slowly ~ possibl" without coming 10 a
full stop lhurlton Smith IN an electric and
Peter Fisher IN Il sasoler" tied. making the Tidc
in -, minute, each This will be- run of with
Other events to-night The attendance last
night was much lurgcr than on any preceding
one. the second gallery being thrown open tor
spectators
Yesterday Na- n well accredited ruInur to
The effect that the pri," of steam automobiles
i to go ny " Present the ordinary runa-
bouts of al ~" rival concerns are listed at
$3.50 This price, II /, aid, VIII be- raised lu
sLwH through a concerted movement Of the
makers
tricycle. and bicycle had il.t finished an
imprumplI race on ih, irark last evening,
wh"n reporter oi IHE - y asked a man VIM
was al the head oi one If th" largest bilcytle
manufacturing concerns in the country but
i now "A maker OF automobiles this question.
What do you think l. to l." the futur" of motor
bicycles Niil they he "A lid. line ia the auto
mobile world aud oi small popularity or Nil
they rival the biz machne-''
The answer WaS. \ on want To rir Nour
fllih 'o the motor hiCl clc~ II il nui coming
into purllaritA with n jump but II il surely
coming aud u Will III "A few year. outuum her
on the roads the hir machines a. surcl, as Tie
bicycles now outnulnb"r carriages and for
advanced stage of development in motors ,hat
has been reached. The bicN Gle went through
Years OF painful adolescence To reach II. nm
iurty. Both IN" hiCNCIe and the motor L,I
been U"fleti,d 81 separately. or nearly perirrtrd
and u needed only 10 find ia" best way of com,
llus them.
You NAV not realize il. but this l. y no,l,.,r,-
l"a' and an economical age Now ,,i,.,,cr "a.
u nechanical Proposition end a. an economical
one, what ~" motor bicycle, Ipl lrp.pIt. NJ,
have IN / IA" cheap"st form 4 raiIa transit nNar
30" highway lh1t ih"r" l. on Tho fac, of iu.
World To-day u l. TIE simplest and no,t
reliable mechanical proppSItiou ii il tL, chem
-St and most convenient one in Ii. -ths,. -,
automobiles TIA, tells II all and cu iho.e
iIuG1r- entail fuci~ bIs. nv fuitH -
The I"agu" 81 American Nhcruen has had
a h"ih ~ h" show all ~" week and ha, h,eu
aHiI '\trl'ii Work ~ fi' good road Cail.e
bN IN" distribution ~ pfInird mati.r In
M l">r"" IN" leagpe h,> dlsting,Ii.Led '
~'' ih 'Ih"fprls" above. ~" Anumubilr { h,h
Wh'h dld ~" good road. work At /, . ,,,vt, . I,.,
NhuIhI'I ol IrlhCdtrIy for u.cmhcr. nm, h., "a,
n''N 'i'N"d, bHl not a. many T. usual II
a i'cNcI" show. IA" boljh H. m charge of n
|pnuhttl." consisting Of " u Hale chairman
J.. i!kerly, A. VI. Brcmcr j.. i. j D"nnvar an
aud Mr.. Charlotte Bolton. thief consul Nil"
night. ''e''