The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-04
AMONG TIE AUTOMOBILISTS
CHRISTIE TO TRY FOR TRACK
RECORDS AT BRIGHTON.
Only American Races An French Grand Pstx
Contest 70 Make First Appearance at
Meet ef Long lsland Automobile Club
-"'Aute Poker Amuses ~T1,espians.

Meet ef Long Island Automobile Club
-"Aute Poker Amuses Thespisns.
Walter Christie. who was the only Ameri-
can to compete in the recent race for the
Grand Prix Of the Automobile Club Of France
over the Dieppe course. In TO make his first
appearance In this country since the big road
race next Friday afternoon when he will
attempt to make some new records nc the
Brighto Beach track. Mr.. Christie will try
several different gears on his big front wheel.
direct drive 1855 horsepower racer during the
coming week In practice spins on the track
in order to determine which is best suited
for use on a one mile oval course.
The record attempts Of the Grand Prix
candidate will be made before the programme.
OF short distance events arranged by the Long
/! Island Club to precede the start
Of the twenty-four hour contest on Friday
evening are begun. One OF these short dis
lance events will bring together que
Roberts, with q 90 horsepower Thomas:
Maurice Bernln. 80 horsepower Renault;
Emanuel Cedrino. "a horsepower Fiat Junior;
Guy Vaughan. 10 horsepower Steerns. and
J.. B.. Ryal. so horsepower Matheson.
IL IL altogether likely that the much dis
cussed match race between a Packard snd q
Stesrns will also be decided on Friday after
noon. Guy Vaughan will drive the Stearns
II the race 10 run. but the Packard driver has
not been announced. For the twenty-four
uOut IuCC pooiNtN uhNcb tou b6ub W
the Long Is and Automobile Club Of two
Thomascs. one Studebaker. one PLAIN. one
Frayer-Mtller, one De Dietrich and ono Cadil-
lac. Montague Roberts. who In to drive one
Of the Thomas machines. and Louis Strang.
who was Mr.. Cbristie's mechanic in the Grand
Prix. and will drive the PLAIN In the twenty
four hour contest. have both declared they
will try to drive the entire time without being
re lieved by q substitute.
Arthur N. Jervis Of the New York Motor
Club. who motor bonted along the shores Of
the Mosquito state for a few days TO rest up
after his Beriet went through the Glidden
tour with q perfect score. has returned to
town and thus tells Of q discovery he made:
Through the New Jersey coast resorts.
where motor cars whiz In almost ceaseless
procession. a new game. dubbed auto poker
il coming into vogue. So far as can be traced.
IL seems to have had its origin In a Thespian
galaxy Of first magnitude which clusters fire.
quently at the Monmouth Beach summer
home Of Louis James. the Shakespearian star
which is plausible. as Fortuna seems TO ever
find some simple way for Lambs at rest to gam
bic. The game consists OF the players taking
turns in counting the numbers on the license
tags Of cars as a poker hand. Most often
there are five numbers on q tag. when there
are six the first numeral to the left does not
count. There are no court cards. OF course,
but the ones are reckoned as aces and the
nsught as a Joker. which pairs with anything.
HIS lbuhrN WIN ia minus u 0F NHt tuIb
are seldom more than a minute apart il is a
fairly lively game"
The automobilists Of Spokane have the
good fortune to reside in 2 city whose chief
Of police believes in fair play: To help keep
BILE he called a meeting Of all the local dealers
and garage men and told them what he ex-
mobilists are expected to slow down at cross
ings and travel at a moderate pace In crowded
city streets in return Tor which the police will
use their best endeavors to give them a clear
right, Of way. Pedestrians who linger on
strucuns tranic. and motormen on street cars
will be compelled to be more careful at street
functions.
Richard Hurck Of st. Louis declares that
in his opinion the real reason farmers are
anita gonistic to motorists Ia that there are
Take. for Instance. the farmer who arises
20 market, he has his horses t trained EDS 50 that
after reaching the countryside he can wind
nap. Consequently he IL inclined to resent
being wakened suddenly by having his horses
rear and plunge Into 4 ditch before an on
act like unbroken colts in the country, but
IN the Citiesand towns they pass automobiles.
The slightest attention to them. .Gs the
farmer is thoroughly convinced thai the
r motor IN 1e me e sSu ssJGl6 9e sltSsr 20 be- e'% R:p ne Oh sni8 of
them entirely or restricted to an extremely
low rate OF speed. !
H. is several years since owners and drivers
ceased to concern themselves to any great
PRESTON in the motor. Formerly this was
considered one Of the most Important points
ever il was fo,ind to he less than its normal
amount the valves were straightway removed
ana q ssSu" Witch Ss1 was . 'H almost s%S ensir 81 " Dssd Sons
The present nse Of motors well outside the
power requirement.. Of the cars in which they
= inafalaa that Ia IN n fnr Ill ArItnaExt |
uses. makes the requirement Of keeping the
motor up to It's full power not SO Important
This fact. together with the going out OF
fashion q valve gr ad IN 70 certain extent
average driver. Nevertheless, IL should be
r~emembered that the compression furnishes
the best general indication Of the condition
IN one cyclinder. while the others stiil hold
well, reveals a condition which demands i'm
causes the motor to pull uneveniy, and greatly
impairs its ca pacity. as well ascending TO strain
IL unnecessarily.
John l.. Grinfths. United States Consul at
Liverpool. reports that complaints are fire.
English railroads for carrying merchandise
from the interior. manufacturing districts.
ain c in the stsaordsSire pottery distr aSts
An agreement has been made with a motor
iisnment Of . regular motor wagon service
from the potteries to LIVERPOOL by which q
: %ifi s. .seur rsdu'f Il Is In sne ffs 70 sst snsr 6:
motor service to Manchester. Birmingham
and other important trade centres.
As q result of the prevailing tendency |
toward increased motor power and cylinder |
number, and also by reason Of public prefer
ence for vertical motors. the great advantages |
offered BY the double cylinder opposed motor
OF to some extent, says the Horsekss Age.
There Is little doubt that this type OF engine
Will be a permanent one so far as moderate
powered runaboots are concerned; The
public preference for vertical motors Ia based
almost wholly upon the fact that these motors
are usually placed where they are very aoces- |
sible, while horizontal motors are, or at least
were formerly, often placed where they could
be got at only with difficulty. Place the \
horizontal motor In an equally accessible J
position and It does not yield to the vertical
motor In any respect. except that IL requires 1
a somewhat larger space on the frame OF
the car and perhaps does not permit Of as
neat a bonnet design as the equivalent vertical
motor. |
Compared with the vertical types Of two |
cylinder motors. the horizontal opposed has
the advantage OF better balance with the
same or even q smaller iywheel. The two
cylinder vertical has never been a popular
tvpe of engine. and aery0d really Only M n |