New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-28
TIMELY AUTO TOPICS.
WeSsrs. Vanderbilt and Whitney
LOOk OUer Park5cay Course.

Port jefferson, Long Island. April civilian X
vanderbilt, jr Harry Payne Whitney and about
sixty other men came here to-day by train and in
a50m9 a and were the quests at luncheon
ing over the course for the automobile parkway
which is to be built this summer
c. VI. Daniels. the great swimmer OF the New,
York Athletic club decided to enter the field Of
business and will devote his time to the selling of
automobiles. In looking about for proper con
nectlon the Stearns car appealed him. not only
because or ITS well earned title Best OF America"
but also because OF the standing Of the organiza-
tlon behind tt-Wyckof Church & Partridge In
hard. determined effort to excel which he has dis
paved n mastering ne art OF swimming and which
has made him the undsputed champion Of America.
The decision of the Haynes Automobile Company
TO put the market a duplicate of the model
which they used in the Vanderbilt Cup race as a
high speed runabout has been somewhat altered
by the development of a called the Semi
Racer This is a handsome runabout body placed
on the 30-horsepower Model 5 chassis instead Of
the 50horsepOwer Model T. 1t found that the
it needed for its light body ana Willie # may still
be supplied to order IL is expected that the lower
priced 3O-horsepower will have wider sale.
1t should be signihcan. 70 the prospective buyer
Of motor car that the three Pope plants did by
far the largest business in the United States in
1906, and when the product Of the plant at Indian
apolis, where the Wayerley electrcs are made.
is added, the Pope company stands foremost in the
world in the automobile industry
The Popes above all others have from the out
Of the industry adopted the policy of producing
line Of cars. but three distinct types. the
'Pope-Toledo, Pope Hartford and Pope-Trbune. pnd
also the Pope Waverey Electric. The Pope-Tn-
bune. a thoroughly efficient and well demonstrated
gentleman's runabout. listing at a medium price
structed under skilled supervision
This is the policy in gasoline construction, and
added that the Pope interests have produced and
still handling fifteen different styles of electric
and heavy trucks for CONNIE: ella! use
II is small wonder, therefore, that the \ G.
iyn agent II for ali the Pope cars. is doing The
biggest business in its history
Fifty-two cars made up the single days shipment
Of Reos TO r. NJ owen & Co on April 20. thirty
four being touring and eighteen runabouts.
This is the record shipment made to the owen com
pany by the REQ factory in day. and undoubt-
eddy is the largest days shipment of automobiles
made by a single factory In the world.
An interesting series of photographs
ceived yesterday by {. A. puerr & Co. agents for
the Royal Tourist showing the process through
which the Royal must pass before being pronounced
efficient The most interesting of these the
grade tests and. if the average owner should Goa
template drive over any such road depicted
on the photographs. he would be pronounced
extremist Of the worst kind. The Royal testing
ground might be well called a quarry. 1t IS stu
ated about three hundred feet from the main road
and only short trip from the Royal factory Con
tractors get sand there and their teams have 10 be
is very steep and some parts Of the roadway are
rough and interspersed by bouders that 1t would
put TO shame the worst kind of mountain road
..The sale OF electric vehicles this season. said
c. b Rice the Baker electric representative in
the East has been truly remarkable, and. although
the business last at this time Yves exception
ally good stin there Is no comparison. Perhaps
am in extra good position by reason OF the fact
that the Baker Company OF Cleveland have put on
the market this year such wide range OF electric
vehicles in the pleasure ine' Tor we nave been
actually swamped with orders since the New York
show last January. The sales this season have
not been confined to any particular model.
either but have been equally distributed among the
various models, according 70 weather conditions
and individual requirements: Now that the good
weather has set in ana peoples thoughts naturally
turn TO summer pleasures. We are having q run on
those vehicles which are so suggestive Of airy COM
fort and leisure notably the Queen Victoria,
Baker creation, and the smart and serviceable
twentieth century Baker runabout. The former has
found high favor with women who prefer TO do
their driving, and lends distinction to the feat
while the new runabout appeals TO those whose
calling necessarily blends the pleasure ride with
the Of business
Itala cars IN the Targa Floris race IN Sicily out
OF nfty-sour starters finished third nth. Eahry
drove the former racer and Cngno the latter. A
second ItaiA has bssn sold 10 Miss n I. Earse