Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-03
NEW YORK AUTO
SHOW SUCCESSFUL
AERO CAR WINS SLOW SPEED
CONTEST
Franklin, Cadillac, Marion and oIds-
mobile Participate In Metropol-
tan Out-of-Door Ex-
hibltion

| one OF the most successful out-of-
door automobile shows held recently
was that which occurred in New York
last week. Prominent among the cars
participating were the Franklin, Cadil-
lac, Marion, Aero car and Oldsmobile.
Various incidents of the exhibition fol-
low:
| OF the track events probably the
most exciting contest Of the day was an
impromptu race between a little
twelve horsepower Franklin car driven
by Ewing Easter of the Decauvile
company and a twenty-four horsepower
Frayer-Miller car driven by Pete
Fisher.
Every one supposed that the Frayer-
Miller car, which had an enviable
record for speed, would win easily, but
the little Franklin jumped into the
| lead at the start and won by three
lengths in 1 minute and 45 seconds,
which was very fast time in view of
the fact that each car carried three
passengers.
Tom Moore, the publicity manager Of
the Decauville company, announced
after the race that the twelve horse
power Franklin was ready to race any
fifteen horsepower car for any amount
of money and a number of his rivals
are eager to accept the offer.
A ftexibility contest opened the
track events, in which the contestants
had to cover a mile on the high gear
at top speed and then a quarter of a
mile on the high gear at slow speed.
In the speed trial the Welch led the
field in 1:21, with the Ardsley second in
1:31 3-5, Oldsmobile third in 1888 2-5,
and the Marmon Clement Autocar,
Aerocar, Cadillac and Northern in the
order named.
In the slow speed test the Aerocar
finished first, with the Northern Sec
ond and the Welch third.
r. M. Owen in the Aerocar did so
much better on the slow speed test that
of 700 points. The Welch was second
with q score of 534 points and the
Northern third with $40 points, The
Autocar looked like a winner, but the
judges disqualified it on the ground
that it's clutch had slipped.
Some brake tests followed in the
forty mile an hour class. The Oldsmo-
bile won, stopping in 16S feet, with a
Marion second and an Autocar third.
In the thirty mile an hour class Wal
ter c.. Martin astonished the crowd by
bringing his car to a stop in sixty-six
feet, with q Northern second in eighty
eight feet.
The announcement has just been
made by the Olds Motor works that
the Oldsmobile Vanderbilt cup racer
will be "a four-cylinder car, as at first
intimated. Lighter weight with higher
development of horsepower for the
weight are the advantages that the en-
gneers believe they will attain by
four-cylinder car. During the past
week Joe Tracy, Ernest Keeler, who
has been selected to drive the racing
car, and some of the Oldsmobile Off
cials went over the proposed Long
Island course to study the roads.
The first entries received by the New
York Motor club for it's three days
economy run in June have been sent
Wayne cars. 1t is expected by the
committee that there will be from
twenty to thirty starters. The techni-
cal committee in charge of the event
consists of Paul L. Snutsel, chairman:
w. j. P. Moore, j. d. Maxwell David
F. Graham and e. L. Ferguson.
Nearly $50 cars have already been
registered in New Jersey under the
provision of the new law. A fee of S.
Is paid for cars of thirty horsepower
or under. and all over that figure pay
a fee of IS. Cadillac cars lead in num-
ber of registrations with twenty, but
the MaXwells are a close second with
nineteen. Oldsmoblles and Pope-Hart-
fords have fourteen each and locomo-
biles and autocars twelve each.
The New York Motor club Is deter
mined to have the legal speed regula-
tion rigidly observed in its economy
1,tIp a n
just issued stipulates that the commit
tee reserve the right to disqualify a
contest for excessive speeding. A spe-
clal system of checking en- route will
be adopted, so that the speed of the
cars can be tabulated.
The tremendous extent which the
manufacturers of motor vehicles has
reached in this country is shown In the
list of models and manufacturers given
in a recently issued motor car direct
ory. It enumerates 1856 makes of cars
that were sold i'm this country last
year. The manufacturers of these
cars made them In 416 different styles
and sizes. OF the total number of
makes sold only about thirty were of
foreign manufacture.
The color of a defective cell will
neighbors as to plainly bespeak it's
sickly condition. If the cause of this
condition is not due to some visible
lack of attention, such as insufficient
liquid, a broken jar, or poor connec-
tion, the cell will require special in
dividual attention.
Negotiations are under way by the
Union Pacific railway company for the
purchase of land ten miles from
Omaha, Neb. where a factory will be
erected for the manufacture of gaso-
line motor cars. These cars are to be
put in operation on various branches
Of the Union Pacific line.
Blue smoke from the exhaust is a
sign of over fabrication, and black
smoke shows that too much gasoline
is being consumed Both cause sooted
plugs and dirty valves.
Kerosene injected into the cylinder
and allowed to remain over night will
remove all deposit from the piston
head. 1t should then be blown out
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