New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-16
AUTO A DRAWING CARD.
EROWDS FLOCK TO SHOW.
-Four Cylinder Gasoline Cars Are in
Chief Demand.


TO 81 at the automobile show IN Madison Square
Garden yesterday did not keep the attendance
down. The crowd hocked In and, once in.
stayed to see every car exhibited from balcony
10 basement The aisles were filed to over
flowing while the various booths were fairly
cverrun with those who came to buy well
to see. The admission will be 30 cents again
to-day. and in all probability q record crowd
VIII be In attendance
Among those who were seen were ex-Gov-
ernor odeIl. e. o. Beach. Mspenard Stewart,
ErsIsine Hewitt. Peter Cooper Hewitt Thomas
F. Walsh. Alexander Macdonald, Father Ducey.
II. w. Role and John It. Harahan, Of Chicago;
George w. Dunn, OF Binghamton, n. u A F.
Lppincott, OF Philadelphia; Gordon Leith Of
London; George l. Hart, of Cleveland; Mr..
and Mrs. Allan Robbins. Mr.. and Mrs Egerton
l.. Winthrop. jr.. Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Sorchan,
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Stern. Mr.. and Mrs. John
H Hammond Felix Warburg, Mortimer Schin.
AIr. and Mrs. Henri Werthem. Mrs. Cadwaa-
der Jones. Miss BeatriX Jones, Brayton Ives.
William Rhinelander Stewart. Stephen H P.
Pell. Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Scott Burden, Eyer
ton L. Winthrop, Mrs. Richard Gambrill and
Charles Robinson.
The theatrical and operate stages also
well represented IN the afternoon From the
stage were Clara Bloodgood. Maude Adams,
blanche Bates, Sam Bernard, William Collier,
Wilton Lackaye and Paula Edwardes. Among
the singers were Miss FarTar. Nine. Sembrlch,
Nine Josephine Jacoby Nine. Belle Alien and
than any other opera singer
A number of well known horsernen also visited
the show-Inen who have for years entered their
biooded horses in the exhibitions in the Garden,
but who developing a fondness for au-
tomobilng. One of the early afternoon visitors
was 3. n. Weatherbee. In speaking of the
show he said:
So far the casual visitor is concerned, there
has not been many radical changes in the looks
OF automobiles; but 1t is when begins TO
look at the details that he finds the great ad-
vance that has been made in the machines The
TO- 1ao1 dn
] do not that the increasing popularity OF
the automobile is affecting the popularity Of the
borse however. Men who had horses five years
ago have just as many to-day, find.
A similar expression was made by Craig
wadsworth, who is one OF the best known Cross
country riders in this country. we'll as IN
England. He said:
The automobile is only serving TO increase
Q mans love for the horse. The automobile is
Indispensable, but so Is the horse and so will
the horse always be- It is astonishing what
strides the automobile industry is making. This
ehov Is the most wonderful trade demonstra-
ton ! ever saw, and guess for good reasons,
held
Many sales were reported yesterday. and ons
man bought two within twenty minutes
Another purchaser said that he was gradually
buytng cars and that while he originally be-
came an autouobilist with an expenditure Of
$l,e0o. which he expected would represent his
total Investment for the season, he had already
increased this amount 20 $1,000.
while chief interest centres in the more ex-
pensfve and stunning cars, the modest vehicles
for general family use are attracting attention
In excess OF that shown in the days before
there were $4,000. $1,000 and $4,000 runabouts.
In other words, the automobile industry is be-
coming a specialized trade. instead Of bust
ness catering to a sport. The trend OF construc-
ton eIenplihed by the vehicles on display,
shown by the Interesting fact that there is not
e. one-cylinder car at the show. In both Aneri-
can and foreign cars the standard construction
Is four cylinders. For small vehicles, economical
"a cost and expense of operation, the two-cylin-
der Ia the typical American car. It has hort-
soutai opposed motor across the front and shaft
drive On the other side of the four is the six
cylinder, the current novelty and general topic
Of discussion between opposing adherents Of the
two types.
There are 119 tour-cylinder American gasolene
CARS thirty foreign and three American COM
merctal Altogether there are ten siK-cylinder
OARS. OF which six are American and four Euro
pean There are five two-cyhnder American
cars foreign and two commercial Shaft
drive 70 almost twice as strong chain drive,
there being 112 shaft driven and 81 chain
driven cars shown. The percentage Of chain
driven cars is greater the foreign side OF
fhe house than the American. Not consid-
oftue the commercial vehicles there 1O1
American shaft driven and ten European
shaft driven cars. OF the chain driven
Shirty-three American and twenty-four
European Thirty-four electric pleasure cars
are shown and eleven electric commercials.
There are seven gesolene commercial cars.
One Of the humorous features of the chow re-
lates TO souvenirs. Seeing that the souvenir
habit, which WAS once the predominatng char
soteristio feature at the bicycle shows, gain
ing strength IN the automobile industry, the
mana ernent Of this show put the 'lid on; con-
seQuently, some exhibitors have been surrep-
titiously distributing souvenirs during the show.
That there is growing interest in carriages
for town uses, and that the automobile business
Will develop town types as distinct from touring
cars, is shown by the demand for linousine5
and for electrics For instance twenty electric
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