Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-06

As Won become better acquainted win
rour car and learn more and more apoN
The art CT throttling. you Will oiscoFe' '4i'''
,-o1 can cut down the gasoline 1eeo 10
,o,,4 ,.ou would not have believed possip4e
during YOUR first week or so at the "heet
Aud II IS highly desirable, all AROUND ioi
,,ol to experiment and find out the eAas'
poInt beyond which no greater reuUe 'to'-
90, he made for there Is where your ma
chine should ordinarily work! 90 ho' iNe ,'"
trot ,b,, engine should be starved. but the
-, arro,,nt Of gasoline that will do the
work. the cleaner your motor VIII run. IN
.be same fashion you can learn some de-
.irahle things about cylinder fabrication,
which Is often done on too lavish scale
ITS worth while knowing that there Is
very little strain on the joints between the
steering wheel and the front wheels when
n car is In motion. and a very great stress
on them when the wheel is twisted ana the
car is still. It's bad habit, therefore, 10
turn the wheel unless you are under way,
for you are reasonably sure to loosen ulie
Joints. which will result In an unpleasant
degree OF lost motion very soon uhere
are times. of course. when TINS RUE mus
be ignored. 1t is practically Impossible 10
turn a car around In narrow place WITH
out being obliged to face the wheels around
when the car Is at rest. But 1t should De
done gingerly.
Barney Oldheld with the Green Dragon
and Earl Kiser in the Winton Bullet H.
came together at Toledo last Sunday In
race Of six miles, in two heats, for purse
OF 81, 600 The contest was not decisive,
however, as only one heat was run. In that
Oldfeld was the winner. Owing to the fact
that the track was only a half mile, the
contestants were started quarter OF
mile apart for sfety's sake. When the cars
were placed for the second heat 1t was DIS
covered that the f1ange that held the spokeS
in the right front wheel of the Bullet had
become loosened. and that one of the riV-
cts was shorn off. kiser still! wanted TO go
on, but the meet managers would not allow
him to do So However, In the nrSt neat
Oldfeld broke his own record OF a mile on
Il half-mile track made by him at Omaha
last year. The time for the three miles was
40, the best mile having been made IN
Ill 30 against the previous record OF
l12 10. Later in the day he endeavored TO
break this record, but the best mile was
only made in 1.12 The sensation of the
day, In one sense was the remarkable time
officially given George Soules. who drove
stripped Pope-Toledo. 20 horse power car
in a race with his brother. Charles Sou!es.
in a stripped Pope-Toledo 30 horse power
car Georges time for two miles an
nounced as 2.16 by Charles Weaver Of CAeve-
land. veteran timer who was present as
the official representative of the American
Automobile Association.
Some time ago reference made in this
column to the trend of opinion toward the
two-cycle engine and the claims that are
made for it. company has just been in
corporated which Will manufacture new
car fitted with this type OF engines at
Akron Ohio Makers who have already per-
fected two-cycle engines expect the coming
season more fully to demonstrate Its pecu-
liar virtues, and they confidently expect
that there will be "a stampede to their posi-
ton on the part of men who now are en-
thusiastic over the four cylinder type.
Just how valuable, or rather. accurate.
the Bradstreet figures on the American
motor car industry is not for me to say.
Here is the companys statement boiled
down: We have 100 manufacturers. whose
aggregate capitalization exceeds 81 100000.
and who during the fiscal year just closed
produced 26GO1 machines. valued at SS4-
6Jn.Oo. According to Bradstreet the de-
mand during the past year has been SO ac-
tive THAT practically all of the American
factories have been hard put to keep up
with their selling departments The home
maker is said to have the inside track on
the smaller type Of car. and is sending them
abroad In large quantities. The total ex-
ports for the year exceeded the imports In
value.
All over the country the statistics from
automobile clubs show that there has been
a tremendous Increase in membership dur
Ing the present season AS an instance. the
Rochester Automobile Club had thirty three
members one year ago. and at the annual
meeting of the club in July 1t shown
that the membership has climbed to 1885,
with more enthusiasm than ever on tap.
The Syracuse New York Club has adopted
red pennant, which bears the club initials
1t may be attached to any part of the car.
The Automobile Club of Buffalo is doing
good work in erecting road signs. Fifty Of
them, made of iron enameled, will be placed
a. the road crossings between Buffalo and
Batavia. The signs have white for the body
color with large blue letters.
II you are suspicious that there Is water
in your gasoline. It is very easy to make a
test. Open the drainage cock take out
the plug screw in the bottom of the car
buretter. and NIL a glass with the liquid. If
there Is any water In the container 1t is sure
10 be at the bottom. It's good thing TO
draw of little fluid from the carburetter
from time to time. anyway. 1t brings out
any precipitation that may have taken
place, and which Will sooner later inter-
fere with the float valve.
Some time ago Geographic announcement
was made of the shooting OF a motorist who
who proceeding through the town of Rye,
n. Y. and who did not stop instanter upon
being hailed by a policeman The police
department broadly denied that the shot
came from the policeman. however. and the
matter was not pressed to the point where
any light was thrown on the affair. Now
the charge Is openly made that the police
OF Rye are acting under secret orders. by
virtue of which they will attempt to pune
ture tires when cars are not stopped upon
their signals. The next move doubtless for
the automobilists who go through Rye will
be to mount Colt automatic guns on their
cars so that things will be eyened up a lit
tie when the shooting begins
There has been formed In England an as
sociation of motorists who have adopted as
a title the League of Considerate Motorists.
The name is English that is easily under
stood. and the league stands for the en-
enlargement OF careful driving and consid-
Grafton for the public Among the list of