The San Francisco call., 1906-10-27
Lick and Wlmerding Ready for Fray
AUTO ENTHUSIASTS
LONG FOR ONE
MORE RACE.
By r. r. I'Honnrr1edieu.

There is chance that there may
be another run held by the Automobile
Club Of California before the rains set
in. c. A Hawkins, one of the members
Of the runs and tours committee. said
yesterday: 4 think that IL would not
be bad idea 10 hold another run this
season, and L am going 10 try to see
Mr. Watson, the chairman of the COM
mittee. and ascertain his views.
Personally / do not favor a run 10
Del Monte at this time for it is a
little too long-not in distance. but in
the time il takes TO make the run It
uses up fully three days and most. OF
the dealers who would feel that they
would have TO be represented have not
the time 10 spare just now.
What L think would be the best
proposition would be TO hold a run TO
Byron Springs, or some place about as
Tar distant. This kind OF a run could
BE made on a Sunday. and that is what
i think would be the best There are
any number Of places that would be in
teresting 10 visit. and il would give
those interested In the sport a chance
70 meet again on the last official run
Of the year
1T has been suggested that the sea-
son be closed with q parade along the
city streets This would be an excel
lent idea II all the owners OF automo-
biles would take part, but from past
experience IL has been shown that the
only ones that take part in these events
are the trade and the hired rigs. There
. are a few Individual owners. but very
few To hold parade Of the trade
= and the vehicles that are rented out
would not be a good idea. as Il would
not show the real strength OF the mod
ern vehicles in the city. If the owners
viii let the members Of the committee
know that they viii take part we
could hold the run. but until we are
, sure that they viii be on hand it would
mot do 10 consider the affair"
An Eastern magazine gives almost
q page TO the problem Of keeping warm
in winter while motoring. This is
food for thought for the enthusiast Of
California The manufacturers are
racking their brains designing attach
ments 70 Keep the vehicles comfortable.
Now this proposition does not have to
be considered by the California auto
mobilist He can motor all the year
around and never has to think of freez-
ing. Even the winter rains are no
worse than those OF the summer
months in the East The rainy season
.on the coast generally put an end to
the extensive motoring, but on the At
lantic side they think they are having
great sport in weather that is worse
Richard Hovey of the Hovey-Boushey
Company has just returned from the
East he went to the Vanderbilt race.
The most striking point OF the whole
contest was the lineup OF the auto
mobiles.
In speaking Of the event he said yes
terdsy: we went down to the scene
OF the race Al midnight on the day be-
fore the contest It was a run of cou-
pie Of hours and we had some four
hours 10 wait until the start II was
dark when we arrived, and when the
daylight came on one OF the most Won
derful sights met lie eye. For thirty
miles there were automobiles packed
together as close as sardines, with an
overflow into the fields II was al
most impossible TO imagine that so
rrarv automobiles could be brought to-
gether at cne time.