The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-30
AUTOMOBILE NOTES.

With two years of international road
racing experience "a home, American
makers do and can this time ask for
little indulgence for their product in its
competition with the foreign ears. They
meet the Europeans this time for the
most part with carefully built racing ma
chimes and not merely with stock cars
Tut in on the chance of success through
the failure of others.
In respect to hand and moderate driv-
ing, the motor car has some points in
common with horse. On long EJln it
is the average speed that counts. Spurts
are apt TO result i'm arrangements that
will reduce the average speed and weak
en- other parts of the motor cars me-
chanical- constitution.
A motorist who has toured the country
since last spring, and who has had vari-
Gus road. experiences. has this advice to
give his brother automobihst: when
you meet heavily loaded wagon or car
add many days to your earthly exist
ence.
During the preliminary decision of this
COuntry's chances against the foreign
cars in the Vanderbilt cup race IL has
been many times remarked that it was a
pity the George N Pierce company did
not see il To be a patriotic duty and of
advantage 20 itself TO put forth candi-
date for the American team. The win
ming Of the Glidden trophy last year by
Percy Pierce and the fact that i'm the
recent Glidden contest all three of the
| Great Arrows competing finished with
perfect scores, seems to have added to
the. weight of the suggestion that no
maker was better fitted to furnish a car
that would fill the requirements. The
performances of the six-cylinder Arrow
| in the tour was an eve opener OF the
speed Of this make. With the factory
company still adheres however, to its ex-
elusive building of touring cars
The old adage "a stitch in time saves
nine" applies to your tires as well as to
many other things Like teeth, holes and
cuts i'm tire should be attended to inn
mediately, no matter how small they
may he. otherwise they increase in size,
/ let water in, and rot the lining of the
tire.
| It has been one of the most gratifying
( and inspiring signs of the season to see
| that all of the American cars entered for
| the Vanderbilt cup race were thorough
! bred racers and not touring cars. The
domestic manufacturers were taught a
/ valuable lesson last year. when Tracy,
! with Locomotive racer, finished third.
/ But for this showing on the part OF
| Tracy there might not have been any
| cup race here this year. 1t gave heart
/ to all the other builders of racing cars.
! n one knows what command he has of
/ the English language until twenty miles
| from anywhere. he discovers a bolt loose
/ and his tool box without the handy i'm
nlement-the wrench. 1t iE advisable, be-
| fore starting on a trip. 10 carefully ex-
/ anime the tool box and see that you are
prepared for any emergency that may
| arise
Treasurer George Harrington says that
| the American Automobile association is
now In a better condition than ever be
| fore. The individual membership at s.
! a year, are coming in steadily and il
is expected that several thousand dol
lars profit will result from the Wander
| bilt race,