The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-12
Automobiles Wanted
HiEhc't Prices Paid for Good Cars,
( WILLIS CO., ISL West Saith St
Telephone 6l9l Columbus
AMONG THE AUTOMOBILISTS
DEALERS WARY OF GIVING RIDES
AS DEMONSTRATIONS.
Two Grafters Dropped Forty.ive Miles
From Home With 4 Long Walk Before
~Them-Change in Route for the Glid-
den Tour Provides More Equal Runs.

te ~e
Because, for one thing, demonstration ar
rot so much insisted Upon by prospective
buyers. and further. for the reason that
dealers have become more shire wd and wary
in sizing up apparent customers. there is less
imposition than formerly upo the trades en-
by takers. Wit obtain free rides by posing as
Intending purchasers and asking for demon
STATIONS. There is still some of this sort OF
srntlng. though. and as the dealers grow
more cautious, the .graiters develop moro
c~ieverness Of method. A pair who success
fully worked a number Of dealers in the trade
Tor Sunday excursions were neatly trapped
recently and served In a way that should be
taken as a model by the trade.
The method Of the pair was TO call up on the
telephone. give the name OF a physician of
replte or Of some man to whom a dealer
would be naturally anxious to sell. Then 1t
would be represented that the doctor, or
SStaer, was too busy to attend to the purchase
car to a confidential friend and another who
dealer would kindly receive them as his
% early delivery, couldn't the dealer give
bis ambassadors a good long demonstration
noe On Sunday, SO as TO have the matter
vas one that an agent would naturally fall
iot.' but the suspicious OF one man were
aroused by the conduct OF his ambassador
passengers and he tried while out on the road
= up NlV 'lIIIo''u poi ~ =
ths and having his suspicious further aroused.
te finally challenged them:
am convinced, " he said, while the car was
a a standstill at a hotel. that you fellows
are not on the level, Now it is up to you TO
\ square yourselves by communicating with
your alleged friend, the doctor. or pay me for
i ! % ,F Tsj 2n} b6 from home pRs nsl Ihs gS etheT re eptio on
,Re ground making a pretence 81 examining
sory did NOT hang together well enough to
Ehat is your answer"
Iguess it is up 10 us TO walk home" replied
0ae 81 the g%Taiters, and the dealer was as good
Is his word, for he Immediately turned on the
power and left his erstwhile passengers
Standing by the roadside, five miles from the
aissalest railway, station and forty-fve miles
iroh inf. 9 on ,.o, From 5hsir general behayiO or
!he railroad fare and the thought pleased him
" the more,
''tSpresslon cn, pHnne in application to a car
thst Is stal!ed by the roadside for any reason, a
.sae paper contends that there is no %eluiva-
~ x, SAM. al sp idea, 1 '%ST,@ ID EnsS9's wbI sS Gis is @sae
Sy emNicoyed, does not apply, it is urged,
%cause 1t does not describe the situation
d sSsn S : rST m Sr = 1YD 6ss a s ,Iqs' pflRR ss ,F a 5sR
,,isgtesslon is advocated as covering all situa-
nOns because, being borrowed from the
nsg0cei yerpac,ilar. it means simply lying
s1.-.', ,N''i''I VI TIfIlNn ltllLo tNth
,siopted here with French ideas Of construc-
aUn' ont the argument in favor Of en- pdnne
q not yet been made convincing, \ car
,pe least the matter with IL, but to say it was
,aen en- p1nnc would be to create a false i'm
un e .Breakdown" probably is too
minor difficulties, but there Is not this objec-
i.h to the simple English term in trouble"
:, q comprehensive of difficulties great and
10 1s ssy u has as few syllables and is os easy
" Say as the Erannh N nF1G Chauffeur and
IN ntsss and other terms seem to I'll inches
we agtomobilinG vocabulary. but the con-
i S~,on Tor the adoption Of en- pdnne Is one
!" asunernumerary.
Another change has been made In the route
~ ~ ,ne hidden tour. which will take the con-
trough Rochester and Syracuse. This was
sub b%SGced Yesterday after a meeting Of the
Agtono N,Ht.'es on routes Of the American Cca
JpSSese Inc sub-committee's members are
yS. aug James B. Dill, Automobile Club of
y Butr flISsy and Fj 7; Hower Aaton mob Gl18
h JTmmdSSole Cub, the meeting being held
j nudge bilIs Office, The first days run.
nil, u VIII be from Buffalo to Auburn, 1873
tiSr h. y, 70 Utica. rs miles, and on July /.
NJ " miles bet ween Utica and Saratoga
suasSISe covered tM The former route was from
y s%yrac SD hS 81 mIles' "a ~ miles; h &c
tGss lS' miles The new "IS route shortens the
n1L.s1nce pet ween Buffalo and Saratoga a7t5
thai ana divides up the total mllea &c better
beer a. Ihe discarded route. Mr.. Hover has
IL Sd%orf the new route and strongly favored
he aaoir loni especially as the members of
sn,io automobile Club OF Auburn were very
,ha, ",, 10 have the tourists pass through
recelynL@y The sixth entry for the tour was
Il TS |, Yesterday by Supt. A. b. Tucker. |
ii va from Charles Y. Knight Of Oak Park.
boz ~ VINO entered a Silent knight Of 1910
tVn ~ W. The car will make the full
md "SToos and viii be driven by ~. Knight
ent.,aISS chauffeur. George Eastman. He |
IUtowMi as a member Of the Illinois State
Of cThhoolle Association, j. ri, McDuffee
isOssiSv,SSSSRo, whose entry wa the 1fth to be
d,m WIN drive a 30-35 horsepower Stod- |
he cbTtaayton and entered as a member OF |
'hcaso Automobile Club.