The Washington times., 1907-11-24

1908 Model.
of speeding placed Donovan slightly
ahead. a lead which he managed to
maintain. although closely pushed by
the other rider. until the bridge was
reached.
lie Bonita rode a Harley Davidson
cycle, while Donovan made the trip on
an Indian. The condition OF the roads
was a severe test to both machines, but
they stood the strain and. with the ex-
| ception Of considerable scratching and
a slight wrenching of the delicate
mechanism. they were not damaged
THE fact that some Of the road TO Bal
| tir2ore is being repaired makes it hard
/ gonig for cycles, although the stretches
which have been completely macadam-
/ lied are as smooth as concrete.
/ Six cyclists started with the racers,
riding machines of higher POWER, but
! they were unable to stand the pace, and
| two OF them broke down Before reach
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| the city for repairs.
! Both the riders came back over the
road, Donovan arriving here at six
o'clock, while lie Bonta's run was de-
layed for two hours on account Of a
/ breakdown.
| A 1903 Maxwell runabout arrived last
| week at the Thomas & Tolman agency
OH / street. This is the first Of the
! regular machines 10 arrive IN this city.
and more viii be on hand in a few
weeks.
| = representative Of the Hartford Tire
Company was in Washington last week
| IN a COTbin air-COOled touring car,
| demonstrating the Hartford Midgley
Tread tires. The Hartford company is
I making demonstrations all over the
East, for the purpose Of showing the
non-skid feature of their tires.
The Dupont Garage Company an
nounces the sales OF the following cars
last week: one COrbin. two Columbia
electric VlctOrias. two Studebaker cleo
tries, and one Grout steamer
A demonstration car arrived at tbs
Dupont Garage last week, the first one
to be seen IN this city since the Dupont
company obtained the agency for that
machine. The car was driven by Ralph
milford, who has driven the LOZier cars
in al the recent races in which they
were entered. The car that was brought
here was the one shown at the New
York auto shows. 1t arrived IN the city
on Thursday in the storm. and made its
first demonstration one hour later.
Senator Guggenheim has had two
cars shipped 10 washington for use this
winter. They are the Dulaney Belle
Vile and the Renault. and both are
stored at the Dupont Garage.
r W. CrawIey. who is in this city
for the Benning meet, has passed
through Washington several times this
summer in his Simplex car. Just be
fore the opening OF the Washington
races he returned to his home in New
York from an extended tour through the
Southern States, on which he visited
Richmond, Norfolk, Charleston, ;. c,
and Atlanta.
He will remain IN Washington until
the close of the racing season here. and
will. if the weather conditions are IA
vorabIe, push on from here to New Or
leans. The trip is a difficult one for
so late in the fall. but as Mr.. Craw-
ev covered almost as much ground IL
the Western States about this time last
year. he expects little trouble in making
| the run.
r X. Jackson. Of Philadelphia, driv-
| ing a Pullman car, stopped over in this
/ CITY for a few hours last Wednesday
/ 10 visit friends. He was passing through
Washington on his way to his home af-
/ ter q. visit to the jamestown EXPOSE
/ ton.
! Thomas Rhodes Roberts. agent for the
Rambler automobiles, and travelling in
/ the interest Of Thomas B. Jenry & Co,
! Of Philadelphia, is in Washington or
! Sunday.
! After leaving here early this week he
will start on a trip through the South
/ ern States in the interest OF the Ram
bier, including the following States:
! Virginia, West Virginia, North and
/ South Carolina, and Florida
REAL THUNDER.
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