New-York tribune., 1907-05-19
TIMELY AUTO TOPICS
Mr. Tangeman CnticiscS Contests
Held IN This COuntrU

MT Tangeman. Of the Hol-Tan Company is re-
| SPohsloe for the statement that there has never
yet oeen contest held in this country Of enough
severity to really test modern automobile con-
struction. He says:
Vebrl 5hg W. on roads which are not cleared Of other
challenges to the automobe w1r6 rSl'' ana other
VorTe 2y no real test OF superiority '-''i' III
| Inc Gidden tour for Instance 40 "a &c oo,,
Pesitye pre- showing Of cars is concerned Was fa
Using way IN ba aS II d Wt5 IN social and adver
ed sIaeded TO the legal speed limit and the average
which made it possible for chaufrcGrs 10 take Te1t
r1i e1 @ th their cars easing them over bumps and
| always safe from accident So "'''
The Glidden tour covered 100 miles. requiring an
average of ninety-f five miles day Compare e tbJs
dt. ds 5est s with the Goppa doro endurance run in
models won first. second and fourth place out Of
which had to be covered in nine days an eversre
tbir| S i miles aay and at speed OF upward Of
baTlh8 bi ana me roads were poor, the italian Alps
,it similar m test was the recent Targa F1oro. This
ebot rCut IN SICILY through heavy rainstorms
the winner an average speed Of thirty-seveG 9
iIeS m an hour stock touring cars only We're elisi
pie Inc STOCK model requirements specified not
only the same motors, but the brakes rail-
being the substitution OF two racing seats for the
touring body Fiat cars won first and second places.
,aas AS real real & test Of automobile construction sug
mum cylinder volume. Get some county authority
roads dF of e hs daE and se3d dnrn
chasses With stock springs over them for 800 miles
the skill Of the drivers, but would rack pieces
score in contest like the Glidden tour. The Hol-
Tan Company will be always ready TO enter such
contest and sustain its share of the expense
The first Of the three Thomas racing cars for
the Vanderbilt Cup race this year was completed
yesterday and will be taken over the roads Buf-
falo to-day for a tuning up The three Thomas
cars entered for the big this year the
ll6-horsepower machines that were entered in last
years race. but have undergone many alterations.
The handsomest in New York is what
James B. Brady. better known Diamond Jim
Brady. says about his new S5-horsepower Nlatheson
landaulet which he took delivery of last week
Mr. Brady has owned number Of foreign cars
hut is now absolutely welded to his American
built car. The recent sale Of Mathesop cars to
Davy Johnson. the racehorse man; Charles H.
Mellen, president of the New York New Haven s
Hartford Railroad Company; John Keim, tewelry
due to Mr. Bradys enthusiasm.
When Columbia consigned for foreign
shipment they are carefully packed and boxed so
'hat any possibility of damage during the ocean
voyage is reduced to minimum 4 boatIo.d 80
Columbia machines recently shipped IN = -
Carrie representing the Electric Vehicle Cor,,,
at Havana. The steamer which the boxed cars
We're shipped was too large to dock and Iisb+ar.
block and tackle the colum5yas Nera With the aid OF
the lighters and towed up to the dock upon
For the reunion of Oldsmobilists" 10 ba be,d ..
the Empire track Memorial Dav r,otor,t,.
OF 'he dealers In the city and hundred and
hfty owners have already entered An exca,Ioat
programme of contests has been arranged for +bo
reunion OF oldsmobilists' and fine afternoon or
sport is In store for all who attend The dra,,,
Tor 1907 Oldsmobile which is open to ever , wIis
much interest ~ " grouse
In New York State the registration nrures for /
motor cars have passed the forty thousand mark
One OF the most serious features of deter,orat,o,
In cars is the loss OF compression tbroueb +h
wearing OF the cylinders Foreign engine castina
always have been superior to any American nrod
ucts IN this respect. but few have understoo1 ,,h
Light has been thrown on the subject recent, -
some experiments made by the Americsr 60
motive Automobile Company. 1t was found tbot
the inside OF the cylinder castings obtained bare |
VIII @ take s polish from the piston action quite
reached its best 1t begins to check and craais ass
away, leaving roughness To this Is due the ios
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