The San Francisco call., 1906-11-13
By r. r. r.Hor11n1edieu.

Inc return OF L.. r. Lowe. chairman
of the executive committee of the Auto
mobile Club of California. marked a re-
newal of activity in the club. The com
mittee held a meeting yesterday and
many things were planned for the COM
ing winter months The committee will
appear before the Park Commissioners
next Friday to see if it can help the
Commissioners put stop to violations
or the rules governing the use of auto
mobiles in the park 1t is the desire
of the members of the committee to
have the park roads kept open to the
automobiles, and they will suggest sew
eral plans for the bringing to Justice
Oh those who have been breaking the
regulations.
1t now looks as if the record break
ing trips to Los Angeles will come to
an end At the meeting of the COM
mlttee 1t was decided to notify the au-
thorities along the line of the proposed
record breaking trips when the at
tempts to lower the time are to be
made Chairman Lowe in speaking of
THIS action last night said:
WILL STOP RECORD TRIPS.
This action is not being taken out
sport, but the club feels that it has
moral obligation in the matter that
cannot adn,b be overlooked. The club was
responsible for the passage of the State
law which gave privileges to the auto
mobilists that were not enjoyed before
the State laws We're passed. Among
these laws is one which regulates the
speed OF autos to twenty miles an
hour, and when it is openly advertised
that automobiles are being driven over
the roads at a faster rate than the law
allows the officers of the club feel that
1t is their duty to try to put a stop to
the racing.
Luckily there were no serious acci-
dents during the late trials, although
one machine went over an embank-
ment. 1t is not so much the danger
of fatal accidents to those in the cars
as the danger to the general public
that uses the highway that prompts
me to make move. One accident to
persons in horse-drawn vehicle would
give the automobile a setback which
would take long time to overcome.
Then, again, nervous travellers also
must be considered. 1t is not condu-
any moment one is likely to meet an
automobile dashing along the road at
top speed. 1t would not take much to
force few persons made nervous by
the sudedn appearance of a wildly
driven auto to start movement to
keep the automobiles off the roads al
Now there is no necessity for this
We want every one to favor the mod
ern vehicle. We want to make friends.
not enemies. Record breaking trips
the club is going to issue a letter to
the authorities along the route to Los
Angeles nOLlIylng them tlaL the law IS
constantly being broken. This will be
an official action and not personal
| one, for 1 think that there is not a
member of the committee who cares
what is done in the way of breaking
records. If the authorities along the
line do not put a stop to the racing
and continue to allow the trials 1t will
be no fault of ours. We Will feel that
we have done our duty in the matter
LOCAL FIRMS WILL DISCONTINUE.
This will put a damper on the trials
proposed by the Studebaker Bros, Boyer
Motor Car Company, Middleton Motor
Car Company, Cadillac agency, Mobile
Carriage Company, White Sewing Ma
chine Company and several others that
had an eye on the record. 1t is a ques-
Ntion If any of the companies that have
been making these trials have serious
ly considered the fact that they have
been breaking the law. They have been
so far carried away with the entllu-
siasm engendered by racing that they
have lost sight of the fact that they
have been committing an offense I'm
doubtedly when they realize that the
club is going to take a hand in the
game they will not care to continue the
trials.
1t is more than likely a measure will
be introduced in the next Legislature
giving the privilege of holding once a
year a road race over the course to Los
Angeles InlS WOulQ De In keeping
with the action of the automobilists of
New York State, who once a year hold
the Vanderbilt race under laws which
are practically Identical with those of
the State of California. 1t would not
be Vanderbilt cup race, but 1t would
be road race that would be interest
ing.
The auto bus line along Van Ness
avenue has proved that the modern
vehicle can be put to decidedly prac-
tical use. The REQ cars that have been
doing the hauling have done good work
ever since they were put in the service
The Automobile Institute of Cleve-
land, Ohio, has issued the why's and
wherefores OF the automobile" m book
form. 1t is a simple explanation OF the
gasoline motor car, prepared for the
non technical reader. 1t is an ex,aed-
ingly interesting work for the laynan
who has not been close student of the
modern vehicle 1t contains 102 Illus
trations.
JUNIORS DEFEAT SENIORS.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Nov 12.=
BY defeating the crack basketball team
of the senior class of Stamford Univer-
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