Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-02

Some French papers are having much
sport ridiculing the fear of an American
invasion" which is expressed by their con-
temporaries. The American manufacturer
can enjoy the jokes to the utmost. II is
explained, II he holds them in one hand
and record of the increased exports OF
American cars to France in the other hand.
The real danger in France seems to be the
supply by America of the entire demand
for medium and low priced cars. as this is
the weak point Of the foreign makers. Most
OF them simply do not know how to make
cheap car. Their factories are equipped
for the highest grade work only and are
incapable of anything else. While this
practice OF doing high-class work eXclu-
sively has given them a superior standing
here, 1t makes them weak in their own mar
ket for anything except the best and high
est priced.
A New York man has experienced a daz-
Ing flash of thought In which he has con-
ceived that the club having the greatest
number of entries is bound to win the Gid
den trophy this year. He has doped 1t out
That because a team of fifteen cars will
start with 1,7S0 points, and team of eight
cars with /, $50 points the fifteen-car team
losing one-fifteenth of point on each
penalization, while the eight-car team is
losing one-eighth of a point the larger
team Is certain to win. And 1t hasn't yet
occurred to him that the team of fifteen
chances Of being penalzed than one of
eight cars
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What promises to be the most strenuous
test over held is the 2oO-mile nonstop run
Of the New York Motor Club, to be run
June 9. The cars are not to stop at the
controls. They must go flying past and be
checked as they run. If they stop they are
to be penaliZed, and If they are a minute
ahead or behind the exact time they should
pc at the control they will be penalized. 1t
Is not expected that there will be any clean
scores The only fault with these rules
seems to be that they make 1t more of a
test of drivers than of cars. The most
points are apt to be lost at controls for not
being exactly on the minute. and this gives
all the advantage to the driver who is the
best judge of pace and distance.
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The dangers Of taking a fair singer auto
MODELLING is illustrated by the suit entered
in Massachusetts by Miss Melusina Marx of
Boston against Robert NJ. Wallace of
Springfield, Mass, for $4,000. While riding
together the machine struck a fence, shock
ing Miss Marx so severely, she calims. that
she has been unable to sing since.
T. A Cook of Callicoon. N. Y, is secretly
constructing some remarkable automobiles,
to be used in a dash to the south pole by
DR.. Frederick A. Cook, who is known chiefly
for his ascent of Mount Mckinley, in Alaska,
the highest peak III North America. His
automobiles will be fashioned like motor
boat, so that speed can be made either on
land or ice.
The legislature of Nevada has under con-
sderation a measure for the regulation of
automobiles which would limit the speed of
motor vehicles to ten miles an hour in the
cities and twenty miles in the country. with
a ten-me- an-hour limit for all places after
nightfall. Heavy fines provided, es
pecally for failure to stop machines when
sgnaled, for which jail sentence may be
imposed.
The first of the three tours for the Rowe
touring trophy, which will be participated
in by the members of the Automobile Club
of Maryland will be held June 1. The run
will be from Baltimore to Hagerstown and
return, a distance of $50 miles. A particu-
lar feature of the contest is that it will be
directly opposite to the conditions of the
Gldden tour, in that no professionalism will
be allowed.