The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1904-09-10
AUTOMOBILE CHAT BY SENATOR
Sir Thomas K. Dewar, Sir Thomas Lip
ton and Other Noted People May
Be At Our Auto Races.

NJ. Let's and Edward White, honor
airy secretary of the Irish Automo-
bile Club, and to my old friend, r.
}. Mecredy, editor of the Motor
News | am especially indebted to
these people because they brought
to the attention of the Marquis of
Ormonde, of Kilkenny castle, an in
vltation extended to his lordship
through me by the Florida East
Coast Automobile Association. Lord
Ormonde was invited to be present
at the next annual Florida tourna-
ment, which has become famous and
through which the name of Ormond
has received a fame which am sure
the noble Marquis will not regret.
Lord Ormonde writes he is at pres
cnt in the Kings encourage as lord
in waiting, and therefore will not be
free to come to America this year,
but that he may come next.
In the meantime, ! have invited
Sir Thomas r. Dewar, ex-sherif of
London, to attend the midwinter
event next January, and as Sir
Thomas is great sportsman Fred
erick Glassup, his American repre-
sentative, tells me that | must not be
surprised if he accepts the invita-
ton. | had the pleasure of inter
viewing Sir Thomas before he was
knighted, on the occasion of his ar
rival in New York on his tour round
the world, and found him most
democratic sort of parsonage and a
man of wide knowledge and travel.
He is the head of John Dewar &
Sons, Ltd, and is in line for the lord
mayorship of London. Sir Thomas
is also an author of note, having
written many books of travel.
| have also invited man who is
favorably known to America to come
to Florida Sir Thomas Upton. Both
these baronets own American cars
and have large stables of different
makes of American and foreign cars.
The Stevens-Duryea people not
only got lot of useful advertising,
and deseryedly so, from their records
on the Ormond-Daytona beach last
winter, but they also secured q
splendid agent there in rather a
peculiar way Mr Kim ball, of Oma-
ha, who happened to be stopping at
The Inn with his family, became in
terested in the little Springfield
flyer, and while he is a stock raiser
and had no idea of going into the
automobile business, Manager Hide
brand soon him won over, and he has
sold more than a dozen Stevens
Duryea cars and is crying for more.
Evidently Mr.. kimball must be as
, successful in raising customers as IL
raising stock
All this reminds me that c. G..
, Hildebrand writes me that the 1904
, output Of SD has been entirely
, disposed Of, and that the J. Stevens
Arms and Tools Company have
about completed their 1903 models,
comprising something extremely
, taking in a large car. In addition
there is a racer which will undoubt.
tulS SIT inc SdliuS III INC lOIlId
|, beach in November.
At the annual meeting of the
Florida East Coast Aut mobile As
ISOLATION after the last meet | Offered
| a resolution which was unanimously
adopted to the effect that in future
all races held under the auspices o
the association should be invitation
affairs solely. The reason this wa:
| done was in order that the officers o
the Association might thereby b,
able to protect the public and the
e gentlemen drivers from the entries
$ of an Objectionable class of drivers
Florida had a little experienc,
with this Objectionable element las
, winter and tho pvnariapca ,roc unit,