The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-30
AUTOMOBILE r

NJ y. hlhhOiN HldhhAN - ~
wyekon. Church d Partridge. returned from abroad
last week. Mr.. Chisholm established the new
quarters for the nTm al s Rue du fauoourg ~.
Honore. Paris. France. where tho requirements
Of their patrons viii be cared for both In the de-
livery and attention 10 their cars as well as aTranC
Ing their Continental tours.
There is very little preference for routes, con-
unued Mr. ChlNholm: all are delightful aud interest,"
Ing. II iS simply a matter OF desire on the part
NJ the tourist as 10 what section he prefers 10 cover
and what his inelinAuons are as to sight seeing.
Through the South the best conditions OF roads
exist, but In extended Journeys one meets With
all road conditions. The SteArns car which came
under Mr.. CT 'sholms supervision while on the
Continent, he continues! excited . great deal OF
comment, both foT It's constTuctiop and in the
demonstrations OF speed and It's performance on
mountain roads. While the trade 10 al present
strongly in favor OF the foreign car, there 10 no
doubt that there are a number OF foreigners who
are advocates Of the American principles Of
mechanism that VIII warrant u market for Amefi-
can cars abroad. There Is no doubt. he concludes,
that the American machine has had the SAiutary
effect OF making the foreign manufacturers improve
their mechanism In details heretofore neglected.
The big Thomas driven by Montague Roberts
n the recent sealed bonnet contest OF the Auto.
mobile CLUB OF America, which finished with an
absolutely clean score, was not the only Thomas
TO come in for enthusiastic praise from automo-
blnStS this week for Il had 10 share ,honoTS with
the Thomas Speedway Flyer" that arrived at the
Harry $. Houpt ConpAny's place almost stimuli.
taneouSy With tho ending OF the called bonnet
contest The Speedway Flyer has just completed
a tour OF the 1907 GlIdden tour route, a distance
OF l,GoJ miles, going through without a skip or Il
click, and establishing a new record for stamina
and endura nee, The remarkable feature OF this |
trip is that although the trip was made unoer
seven days. without any attempt being made 10
exceed the ned limit OF the various localities
through which II passed, yet the entire route was ,
negotiated In less than one half of The time that
the actual running Of the Glldden will take. Ad.
dliional Interest was lent 10 tAs particular product
Ufthe Thomas people during the week by The arrival
at the Harry S. Houpt Company's place Of the
Speedway Flyer which W. X. Vanderbilt. JT.. ordered
from this company a couple OF weeks ago. On
Wednesday a iioCk Of enteTprislng photographers
we're on hand at the Houpt place 10 snap Mr.. Wander
bnt in his FIRST high powered American car, as II
was rumored that nc would be on hand TO take
delivery. He did not turn up, however, till late
Wednesday mig mt, and by that time the camera
rends had sorTo"fully dispersed.
Ford owners hereabouts are showerlng congratu-
lAuons upon CASTOR Plaintiff. the Ford Motor Com
panys New y oTk manager. upon The great victory
of the Ford sI cylinder car In the recent twenty.
four hour race held at the Fair Grounds at Detroit.
Although Mr.. Plaintiff Is pleased al the spectacular
achievement OF the big siI, yet he Is moro so at the
magnificent showing made by the two Ford four
cylinder r~unaboUts In the same event. II was far
from being a disgrace 70 be beaten by their big
Is compared not only vita thai OF the winner bus
with that of the other hlgn power Gals In tho event
was called OF they had piled up 7ys and ~ miles re.
i ipsS e y cOv aRs f PTS MI miles esI IN lseS ssf .i SaicR Ro %1n
A AVER Z y nf It;t ho miles Su6 per r. h sIS5, oi,tb1 covered o.
live hours it covered az miles, which is an average
OF slJ3 miles per hour. BY winning this great en-
uurance event the Ford lowers The worlds record
Nj, Plaintiff says that there is no question that
selling end OF the automobile trade. and although
be is MOI quite ready 70 admit that the selling OF Ten
week lie directly the result of this victory, yet he is
public opinion, Mr.. Plaintiff viii have the Victor:
loIs rS,d a. his Ri4ce BY tuesday neat and to Prove
respect the nrst person who so desires can become
It's possess9r on the payment Of the reguler, six
guaranteed for two years. The enormous business
66e eusss u MsHsaS MT' P "a sns fG msns Mew 4pr IS T S;saiS
approaching The million, mark. truly q wonderful
face OF the continual cryOf hard times. Mr.. Plain.
TN states that he has every reason to expect that the
tory OF The New York branch. and they have some
very big ones already behind them.
The Fiat team !: = strong tayo5i,s for the Grand
Is sd due snIs sPse Il q to IL It's ns success e 'T IL the EmpeTor.s tprp
race. The recent victories OF Navarro In the TargS
H l.onG Sso te 'MT m n%es'V vii Se LS and a and Ma Wae 1nsr
strengthen faith In their probable success. Lancia
age speed OF al least 65 miles an hour could be made
90 the dep . course.
Not being satisfied with the perfect score made
Tucker in the sealed bonnet contest OF the Auto.
mobile Club OF America, the Royal Motor Car Com
road to ceveiSnd, a distance Of nearly zoo miles.
without breaking the seals which were placed upon
the most strenuous test to which 9 car has ever been
put p =, MSTa reSshe a. c; a. pg 1yrd q ,S Co ; OF on New ,ss, ESIG
having completed the COL miles In SO hours and
superb running condition. tucker reported tie
roads In New York State In horrible condition.
aLIdsspon A-u,olss are feeling several ,ns.s.
bigger In theiL sporting stature since one Of thslI
non stop record for distance covered and number
vi va! psSs tsaa and sart the auspices rSts sG Of the n0f bf itIP p TSR
Tonnj Automobile Club on June 3 In a - horse
gISSnSee a. gter TSs ' SrT1Isi cd odoms,e TNi indicasss hat Stt
500 miles were covered without %stoppags Of the
made In any previous non stop run in the world.
Guy Vaughn. Francis Lelapd and c. sohnpp
VI , Srve s,esIEs Ssz IN the hii climbing Events
town. e.. J, Another cnty IL the FRANKLIN: which
g1n,r be dryer ysa,rt ~ ch 1o1cs r MI + . rot the te wIyes sSr.
hat he viii give a good account Of himself in ihs
free for all runabout class.
Q, J. Field, an old Brooklyn,te. who ha. a rest.
70 enter the automobile business in Porto Ricn;
ne has secured the agency Tor The RMnier snd viii
sbq, Mt. fieid has Just returned from Porto Rico
snq lhs ,tG section q ar ntfs he d esneets 10 tr DO al 3 81 Sr SSsin ssIs
Owing 70 the epprO4sslRs eSmp5.i,S. Of I.s new
IS now inauguratlng a new policy and will eItepd
Ifnlt"sSsS S States A iI1'i aVeney has just been PLACED
With II. ]. Btaschi IN Mexico City, which viii have
charge Of the Mexican business.
Harry 6. Hount has brought his influence to l.
bear on the r.. r, Thomas Motor Company OF Buffalo
10 permit Montague Roberts 70 drive the Vanderbilt I
racer In the open events W he held on July 4 on the
road at Wildwood, n. j. This will be the nrst
appearance Of this car since the last race over
the Vanderbilt course, In which It proved It's gu
lremacy over all the American cars. entered.
The races Will he held on the wildwood Boulevard.
The road is now being prepared. and tranc will be
shut Of on July 4 until after the races. The course
y three mileSlong and the meet Will he run under
Tho auspices OF the Wildwood Automobile Club l.
and the quaker CITY Motor Club. !
Medill Mccormick, the son OF the United States
Ambassador TO France. has placed bis order for a
g. horse power Maiheson. Mr. Mccormick 10 a
resident Of Chicago and will take delivery OF his
new car IN the Windy City.
In view NJ the uncertainty Of the 1901 Vanderbilt
tln race, the Locomobllc Company Of America 10
not building a new racing car. This, however. u
does not mean that the LOcomoblle will not be q Y
Contender In a big road race held this year, be-