Evening star., 1907-07-01
AUTOMOBILE NOTES.

The supreme court of Iowa, in handing
down an instructive decision in regard to
the law governing automobile travel, de-
clared that owners of automobiles possess
the same rights on the highways as other
users. but that they must use the new
means of locomotion with due regard for
the rights of others who travel on the high
ways.
A new way of catching breakers of the
speed law has been devised by Police Com
missioner Bingham of New York The
sign showing his high-speed car Is an off,
cial vehicle Is removed while two police
men IN civilian attire ride around in local.
tiles frequented by speed sharps. who fall
easy victims to the men in the innocent
looking machine
Heretofore using only French and Ger
man cars. William X. Vanderbilt, jr, donor
OF the Vanderbilt cup and a leader in motor
sports. has purchased his first Americaf,
automobile. E. r. Thomas. the New York
banker. whose first experience with do
mestic cars was in the season of 1905, has
added another to his garage. already well
supplied with foreign cars.
The following circuit of meets has been
arranged by the United States Motor Rae
ing Association: July "a, st. Louis July
o. Milwaukee; July 10. Cleveland; July Il
13, Chicago; July 1920, Indianapolis; July
1921, Pittsburg; August 2-3, Providence,
r. l.: August 9-1O Brighton Beach, N. Y.
These events will be open only to stock
touring cars. racing machines being barred.
Far from satisfied with the present state
laws regulating automobiles MARYLAND
motorists already are planning a campaign
to induce the legislature which meets next
January to raise the speed limit on open
roads from twelve to twenty miles an
hour; to repeal the statute which allows
local authorities to pass ordinances which
conflict with the state laws, and to make
other desirable changes.
In response to q strong demand the
touring board of the American Automobile
Association has decided to allow machines
In the Glidden tour to carry two small pen-
nants telling the make of car. To secure
uniformity and neatness the committee will
supply the pennants.
The Automobile Club of America has Of
fered to the district attorneys Of two coun-
ties in the vicinity Of New York the as
sistance OF its, legal department in aiding
In the conviction Of two chauffeurs whose
recklessness recently caused the death of
one man and the serious injury Of several
persons.
sample of the petty grating to which
travelling motorists are subjected has
cropped out In Knox county. Ind, where a
ferryman having the only boat crossing the
White river on what is known as the Evans
Vile road charges s. to ferry motor cars
and 10 cents for horse and buggy.
The principal thing for 4 woman to do
when learning to drive automobile is
to learn the use Of the steering wheel the
brakes. ETC., getting these firmly fixed in
her. mind. and then to be allowed to use
them in practice without worriment or
annoyance from her Instructor while she
is guiding the car.
More than zoe, 900 tons Of concrete were
used in building the Weybridge. England.
motor track, which is three and a quarter
miles in circumference and 100 feet wide.
The curves are scientifically banked so
that car travelling at high speed will
round them many feet above one running
at q slower rate.
The automobile school recently started
by the West Side Y. NJ C. A. in New York
Is attracting students from west Of the
Mississippi. Many rich men also send
their coachmen there to be trained as
chauffeurs. One recent student was a full
blooded Zulu prince. who Is studying ut
Columbia University
The Automobile Club of Buffalo is or
ganizing a vigilance committee to assist
the police In running down yiolators Of the
speed laws and the other drivers who en-
danger the lives Of pedestrians through
recklessness. They will have power to
make arrests. and a campaign against dan
gerous driving will be conducted.
ord-breaking trip was made by Mrs.
E. Phillips wife of DR.. Carlin Phillips and
Mrs. Arthur Jervis. both of New York,
from Springfield, Mass, to New York, 157
miles, in less than ten hours actual rum
ming time. Mrs. Phillips is proficient
in the care Of her car, and even in repairs,
as a professional chauffeur.
Autos de luxe are planned by Paris
tom of the wealthy. They will hire out
luxuriously- appointed town cars manned
by chauffeurs whose livery will be changed
to suit the taste of their employers, who
thus will be able to present the appearance
of owning high-clasS cars.