The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-08
WITH AUTO AND BIKE

1t is the consensus of opinion in au-
tcmobile circles that the Vanderb 1t
Cup race should be oDen TO the world.
All the events in Europe are open TO
American drivers. Automobile author
tiles favor the open race as the best
test for America, believeing that the
open event will force the Americans to
do their best, both in building and in
the racing of their cars.
The date and course of the race VIII
be finally settled when William K.
Vanderbilt, Jr., returns from the West.
The Australian War Department has
been making experiments in the carry
ing of dispatches by motor cycles. The
route was over rough ground $50 miles
long. With four relays eight hours and
twenty minutes was required
against about twenty hours for cavalry
relays.
Electricity now beats petroleum." is
the heading IN a recent copy of the
New York Herald, telling how automo-
biles of the former type are taking
the lead for city use. The dispatch,
which is from Paris, says that:
Electric automobiles bid fair to
eclipse petroleum vehicles for town To-
ccmotion. Manufacturers are selling
them as rapidly as they can produce
them. At the Societe Franchise des
Electromobiles it is almost impossible
to hire a machine Recent purchasers
are Mrs. Van Dussen Reid, Mrs. Kings
land, the Duke of RoXburghe, the Due
de Bassano. Nine. Breval and Mr..
Lombard.
Salt Lake City's track will promote
bicycle racing again this year, and
the owners are trying TO get some
riders from the East to visit the oval
in Utah. !. E. Achorn of New York
will go there this season, while others
scheduled to appear are Saxon Will
liams of New Haven, w. NJ. Samuel
son, the unpaced record holder; n. c.
Hopper, Carl and Ivor Redman.
One of the Australian bicycle papers
states that F. A. McFarlands chief
hacker took $4,000 out of the betting
ring on the occasion of the Austral
wheel race. incidentally it states that
thirty bookies paid $50 each for the
privilege of making book at the meet.
/ ing.
Reports from the various parts of
the country show that the plan origi-
mated By the Bostonians of having
old time wheelmen's runs are being
emulated with excellent success. De-
troit has had a run of more, than 800
riders, Winnipeg. in Canada, is arrang-
ing for an evening parade, while the
enthusiasts of other cities are getting
cyclists in line. with a view of show
ing the numerical strength of those
who love the wheel.
Interest is growing in the interna-
tional cup race for automobiles which
is to be held in Germany on June Ia,
and in which America is expected TO
have one or more representatives. An
nouncement of the drivers for the
elimination trials abroad shows that
forty-eight men are striving for the
honor of representing their countries
in the long. hard journey of 800 miles
over the winding course.
The Board of Public Safety of Cleve-
land. o., at its last meeting, propos-
ed that several motorcycles be pur-
chased for policemen who are seeking
to suppress the reckless drivers of au-
tomobiles The matter will come up
again for a vote and is quite likely
to pass, as trials have demonstrated
the superiority of motorcycles for use
by guardians of the peace,
With the advent OF the automobile
comes demand for the hotels and
inns such as flourished in the palmy
days of cycling. and now, especially
close to big cities, model hotels are
being prepared for touring motorists.