The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-30
A(,f OK SPORTS
SPARK PLUGS AND
SPEEDOMETERS

pushing IT'S inquiry INTO dust-laying de-
Wildwood. n. J. has caught the fever.
ana that seaside resort will have a Sc
ries of races July T.
over 100000 was spent in prepa ring
the roads for the Kaiser's Gun race and
yet a fatality occurred
IN 1905 Italy imported about 800 cars,
valued. approximately. at 81 GO0OOO and
exported 200. worth sl.75OOOO
Inc automobile and the straight road
are bosom friends Danger comes with
the curve. Therefore the curve must GO
New Workers have fallen in line with
the Z4-hour race idea and will hold one
ar the Brighton Beach track, Aug. 2
Randolph county. Indiana. IS spending
S4oo,0O on roads, about $15 for every
man, woman and child in the county
determined to keep the pace set by
modern cities, Hartford. Conn has p,ir-
CHASED runabout for the use of Fire
Chief Krug
New Jersey motorists are so pleased
with their recent three-day endurance run
that they have decided to make Il an an
nual event.
The Minneapolis Auto club is adding to
iss reputation for energy by raising So
and vicinity.
The Automobile club of PHILADELPHIA has
decided to compile and disseminate infar-
Hlauon regarding motoring routes in the
The Motor club of Harrisburg, Pa.
Whlch recently held a successful two
days endurance run. will have a hill
climbing contest July 4
The proposed hill-climbing contest at
Gates Mill Cleveland. was abandoned
owing TO the strenuous objections made
by residents Of the immediate locality
Toledo, o.. has cut the speed limit down
10 ten miles an hour and has organized
corps of motorcycle policemen TO see
that the ordinance is obeyed
Elated by the success of the Sport Hill
cnmbing contest, the Automobile club
OF bridgeport Conn, has announced a
second contest for Labor day.
A stock company composed of Mexf-
cans and Americans has established a
line of autobuses between Ciudad Por-
firlo Diaz, Mexico. and Eagle Pass. Tex.
Mrs. Edward Kennard. the English
novelist, is an ardent devOtee Of the auto
and member of the new club of so
ciety women headed by the Duchess OF
Sutherland
A summer automobile show from July
10 10 July II will be held at Ostend. one
of the finest seashore resorts in Europe.
Every notable European make will be
represented.
A western manufacturer has Just turned
out the first drop-frame motorcycle for
feminine use that has been built In the
United States. They are largely used
in France.
Suits have beeen filed by the Associ-
alton Of Licensed Automobile Manufac-
turers against four more manufacturers Of
motor cars. who have questioned the va
lidity of the Selden patent
Neal Brown, the newly-elected president
Of the Wisconsin Automobile association.
has mapped out a vigorous crusade for
road improvement and the squeIching OF
reckless drivers.
'Strawing'' the roads IS a custom that
finds considerable favor on the Pacific
slope, the farmers turning out on a speci-
fled day and strewing the roads with
straw to improve vehicle traffic
4 favorite trick employed by instruc-
tors at the Y NJ. c. A. automobile school
in New York is to queer the cars 50
they viii not run. and let the students
discover and remedy the defect.
A five-mile race for motor cars driven
by women is a feature of a programme
of events planned by the Automobile club
of Santa Rosa. Cal, for July and T.
A handsome trophy is to be awarded.
There were fifteen starters in the Mos
coW-St. Petersburg road race. the first.
event of the kind ever held in Russia The
winner covered the 800 miles at an aver
age rate of more than 45 miles an hour.
The steepest and most dangerous grade
in the White mountains. Tug-Of- War hill
in Crawford Notch. will be lowered and
made safe for motorists at the expense
of the State of New Hampshire
One hundred route and warning signs
are being erected in northern New York
by the Syracuse Automobile club which
also is interested in a plan to improve
the main road across that portion Of the
state.
the San Francisco Automobile Dealers
association have Joined hands in fight
Ing for the opening Of the fine drive
ways Of Golden Gate park to motor
lists.
To better facilitate the passage Of au-
tomobiles over the border a Buffalo Gus
tom house broker has arranged a plan
Of bonding cars sent into Canada. obvi-
ating the so deposit and sparing own
ers much delay.
Having decided upon an earlier show.
the promoters Of the Madison Square
Garden exhibition have persuaded the
decorator-in-chief to substitute a fall set
ting for the Swiss winter scene that won
such favor last year
To get rid of the toll roads which sur
round Grand Rapids Mich, is the aim
of the local club, which also has offered
a reward for the arrest Of persons who
throw glass, nails or other tre-punctur-
ing rubbish in the steets.
The American Motor Car Manufactur-
ers' association and the New York Au-
tomobile Trade association are working
line cars TO enter the railroad and steam
ship piers Of New York.
Baron Pierre de CraWhez, the well
known Belgian motOrist, has undertaken
the task Of organizing an international
contest that will attract all nations, and
upon a good circuit that will eliminate the
jealOusies of rival nationalties.
The dates for the national meet Of the
Federation Of American Motor Cyclists at
Providence, r. l., have been finally
changed to Aug. l, ?. 9 and 4. This will
result in starting the endurance contest
from New York on July 80.
So pleased was General Kurod with his
rides in American automobiles in several
cities which he visited during his re-
cent tour that he announced his inten-
ton of exporting several TO use in the
japanese army maneuvers in the fall.
Instead of using a horse to NOV his
lawn, Colonel Webb Hayes Of Fremont,
O., hauIs a 36-inch mower around with
his two-cylinder runabOut which also is
utilized to pull a tWo-horse road scraper
and a two-horse wagon for hauling rub
bish, etc.
As q result of an investigation made by
six prominent business men and one wO-
man, aided by a camera, BOstOn's Good
Government association has obtained
weighty evidence to assist il in its cam
paign for the betterment of the city's de-
ploTable streets.
BY appealing every case to the higher
courts. except where the fines seems jus.
tifiable, the lawyers employed by the
Worcester, Mass, Automobile CLUB have
succeeded in putting a. crimp in the fee
grating schemes of cOnstabies and pet
ty magistrates
Last year France imported machine tools
for the use of automobile builders to the
value of S4S25000. of which more than
one-fourth came from the United States.
Recently a company was organized at
Paris with capital of 81, 15S.00O to manu-
facture such tools.
To keap the children from becoming