Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-12

Just now the annual croak is being heard
about there being a general demand on the
earlier Funny thing this, when one con,
sideIs that the trade runs the shows and
selects the date for them,
President E. ]. ConiT of the Cuban Auto
mobile Racing association, who was In New
York last week, denied emphatically the re.
port from Havana that there is Likelihood
OF the races In Cuba, scheduled for next
January, being called off for want Of funds
In connection with the economy test OF
the New York Motor club, in which seven
cars carried their passengers for much less
than the railroad fare per capita every day
for a week, a VERY interesting fact is that
the lowest running cost was shown by the
vehicle carrying the most passengers. This
is encouraging to the prospect for automo-
bile bus lines.
with the Fiat car that was driven by
Lancia in the Vanderbilt race, which has
been bought by George w. Young; a New
York broker, one of the Richard-Brasiel
racers, and half a dozen other famous for
eign cars, entered, the tournament on the
Florida beach next winter promises to bt
about the biggest racing carnival ever helc
in this country.
Every dog has his day, and the American
chauffeur appears to De about to have his
! Not that the American chauffeur is can
| inc, but until recently he was q sort OF
under dog In the struggle for TAT posi-
tions. The frogs" were jumping across
| the big salt pond and getting the pick OF
| the jobs because the big automobilistS
| thought there was none so good as the
French chauffeur. Now King Edward has
an American chauffeur and Harry Schuyler
| of Philadelphia, has just been engaged t
drive for the Prince of Wales. 1t seems
| not unlikely that ere long the under dogs
will be eating frogs.
| Unique is the only proper word to char
acterize an automobile carnival held a
Empire track New York on election day
November e Originating in the trade, 4
had the qualities of good craftsmanship
and real interest that command public at
| tention. The affair was arranged by Gen
| eral John T. Cutting the new manager o.
| the Oldsmobile company in the metropolis
as a reunion to celebrate the fifth birthda.
| of the Olds in New York. A general invi
tation extended to owners of this make o
car to meet at the grounds resulted in
couple of hundred Olds enthusiasts respond
| ing and the result was a race meet for Old
| cars exclusively that was worth bit o
| travelling to see. There was also compli
| mentary dinner and drawing for an Old
runabout, and the affair as a whole was tn
| automobile feature of the week in New
| York.
At the automobile shows, the women ar
| struck and somewhat puzzled by the fac
! of the cars being painted in the colors o
the prevailing fashion. The secret of 1
factories are careful students of the mod
and keep posted on what is to be the colo
vogue in women's wear. Rich shades o
| sepa will be a feature In body colors mex
of the Electric Vehicle company, one of tn
best posted men in these matters. The darl
carmines and wine colors will be continued
| he says, because the have been in the fash
| ION so long, the sepias will have a fresl
| popularity. One of the most daring, We
handsome color schemes ever devised, hal
| just been bestowed upon Columbia bod,
| by this same Mr.. Roche. The main schem
| is salmon pink, with the panel outlines Il
straw yellow and the running gear of tn
| With the regulation wealth of brass trim
mings to boot, the car is one to command
! attention in any crowd.