New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-26

| power for the Vanderbilt CUP race Robert
Jnrdine the well known driver. to pilot one ~;
portant events in Europe and in this country
since 1897
The Fiat Junior. the famous middleweight racing
car Is to have so At the records at the Empire
track on Memorial Day Emanuel Cedrno. the
crack Italian driver. will be its pilot Not
content with the middleweight records the car al
ready holds at Ormond Beach and on circular
courses the Hol-Tan Company has decided TO send
its crack car and driver for laureIs
This is but one of the features General Cutting
IS providing for the racing end of the Reunion Of
oldsnobilsts on Memorial Day There will Ice
GonIests OF oldsmobne ears OF various models and
Years A great trade gathering is promised twenty
three local dealers having accepted General cut
event OF the day, however. VIII be the drawing by
owners Of Oldsmobile cars for the choice OF I+i7
0idsmohie touring car or runabout, valued 275o
me only requirement. is that an owner shall enter
been made.
on June / one OF the handsomest automobile
salesrooms in Philadelphia will he opened bv the
Harry 5. Houpt Company OF New York Quarters
have been obtained at No. 1914 South Broad
street, opposite the Union League and Bellevue
STAFFORD. The same line OF cars which the con
Germ has handled for years in New York city viz
me Ihones' VIII ind their Philadelphia home here,
trade and former Philadelphian, has been placed
III charge Vi the new branch.
One Of the most important hill-climbing events Of
the year will be the contest of June 6 at Gates
Hill to be held under the auspices of the Cleveland
Automobile club. The makers of the Stearns car
nave issued sweeping challenge to all owners The
contest VIII be a not one as number of prominent
machines are already entered. The Stearms owing
TO its record in the ree-for-all last year is the
popular favorie.
The Babcock Electric Carriage Company of Buff
alo finds its shipping department overcrowded
owing TO the inability OF railroads TO furnish
cars. on May Is the company had two-carload
shipment of automobiles ready for Washington. but
h9 tn ha
express. WyCkoh. Church & Partridge the New,
though the demand for Babcocks has this %ear ay az
ceeded all expectations. deliveries have been
prompt
That man should desire car little out OF the
ordinary. with a peculiarly distinctive color
scheme, is but natural. One rather prefers some
thing which the other fellow does not possess II
may be an diosyncracy. yet II is some consolation
TO an owner of good TO know that there is not
another like 1t. r J. Dillon OF Hartford Conn.,
ordered of the Electric Vehicle Company a 1907 IA
horsepower seven passenger Columbia touring car.
with the stipulation that the color scheme should
of Mr. billions car is painted light Nile sr SeT
with black stripping. The body is black with black
The tceboard and steering wheel are of polished
dark mahogany The trimming is in tufted red
leather and all metal work is in brass The effect
OF the entire combination is most pleasing. and
his car which does about a mile a minute.
p. b. Blakely, the Harvard student who carried
beach races last winter is now affiliated with the
Electric Vehicle Company at Hartford. Conn, and
his future efforts Will be directed in Columbia
An the finished Columblas are tested by Mt BlaSeiy
before shipment. and. he has had wide expert
ence. he is most discriminating critic and nothing
escapes his notice.
Los Angeles local dealers gave another royal en- |
tertanment to the public at their track week ago !
last Saturday and thus entitled to the pennant
for ivCning things IN in motordom so far this
son. Unusual interest was created when Leon r |
Shelter out with a wager of any part OF !
that the little 32horsepowsr REQ Bird driven
by Harris Hanshue would defeat the 90 horsepower
Red Devil, driven by Bruno Seibe who had been |
doing brilliant stunts in Southern California |
recently. Rumor has II Shelter did not find |
single taker.
There lively scrimmage for the pole at the |
outset in both the two-mile and five-mie events !
between Hanshue and the Dutchman, but Han |
shue's little REQ Bird combined with his skill and |
game. proved too much for Seibe After the /
pole the race all to Hanshue by a ]
wide and comfortable margin. Hanshue made two