Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-17
NEWS OF INTEREST
TO THE lists

| things, keep both eyes on the road all tho
time
Perhaps one reason for the popularity of
the new, high powered runabout with its
open rakish body, is its kinship TO the one
man speed wagon When a man decides on
gong out in such a rig there is no clamor
from mother-in-la or maiden aunts to GO
along.
Thirty automobile coaches costing 5000
each, VIII be placed In service In Philadel-
phia about June 1. They will be run on
! Broad street, from which trolley cars are
excluded. Three types TO be used. an
open summer car, a closed ca ~ for winter
and a double decker.
omclals OF transatlantic steamship lines
have emphatically refused TO accent cars
Tor transportation without being Grated,
claiming they are forced to reject the over
lures of the various automobile organiza-
tons on account of the way in which their
ships are constructed
The executive committee of the Ameri-
can Automobile Association has suggested
To the touring board that the 1907 tour or
| the Glidden and other trophies begin at
chicago OF some point west of that city,
and run through Indiana Ohio Pennsyl-
vania and Maryland to Washington
The youngest chauffeur in the world is a
New York infant, who is just three and
one-haif years old. His father had built
Tor him petrol motor of one and a quar-
ter horsepower and limited to speed 10
seven miles an hour The child operates
this himself. while his father accompanies
him on bicycle.
Many Automobiles have expressed salts
faction in the effort being made by the leg
islative board of the American Automobile
Association to insure the passage of a fed
eral act providing for the regulation. identi-
fication and registration of motor vehicles
engaged in interstate travel The bill has
been drafted with much care and intro
duced in the Legislature. There has been
growing demand for law OF this kind
Tor some time, ii is stated and il passed
1t Is said would prove a boon TO motorists,
without interfering in any way with the
rights of the various states so far as regu-
idtlhS speed Is concerned. The chief au-
vantage would lie in preventing the con-
FUSION due to duplicate numbers when a
car is operated in a foreign state. and save
the motorist the Inconvenience which now
confront him in touring
News has been received in this country
that the Grand Prix race, the great auto
mopile speed contest of France, will be
held on July q The Automobile Club OF
France has had no little trouble In ar
ranging satisfactory date, as il did in
determining the course. The Dieppe course
| which was selected short time ago, runs
Norman towns in which all the traditions
Of the old-time market day are still re-
tanned. Nothing interfere with this
time-honored custom. and after a careful
tabulation of all the market days I'm the
towns adjoining the course, IL was ascer-
tanned that Tuesday, July 2, was the only
day of the week that no public market was
held. Hence the decision.
Walter Christie, the only American COM
petitor, 1t is stated, says that the date suits
him perfectly. He is still working on his
car, but 1t is practically finished. It is
said, and early in the spring series OF
trial trips to test its running gear in every
detail will be held, probably on Long Is
land roads. Louis Strang, who acted as
Christies mechancian last year in the
Vanderbilt cup race. will accompany him
to Europe, and II is more than probable
that he may drive the car in the big race.
The Dieppe course Is about forty-nine
to fifty miles in circuit. 1t will be accu-
rately surveyed, and a number of road
improvements are planned. Besides the
S54.vt0 that the Automobile Club OF France
has received from the entries, an additional
$4,000 has been promised by the local au-
thorites Of Dieppe and other towns along
the course.
One OF the newest inventions is remov-
able rim by means of which tire can
be changed in a fraction of a minute.
To test the lubricatng oils for use in
gasoline engines, heat a pane OF glass to
various temperatures, holding II at angle
of forty-five degrees with the horizontal.
and allow samples of OIL to run IT,
That which runs farthest without evapo-
rating under the greatest heat is the most
suitable.
The only monarch known to possess a
racing car is the kaiser. and in addition he
has q hrst-class racing crack to drive II.
1t is believed by many that this powerful
motor. which Is capable Of speeds up TO
ninety miles an hour. Is the emperor's war
car. which, in the event OF hostilities, he
would use to fit from point to point.
Saturday, October IL, probably Will be
selected as the date for the Vanderbilt
cup race, according to Chairman De Mont
Thompson of the racing board OF the
American Automobile Association. The
course probably will be dumbbell shaped.
fifteen miles long with wide turns at each
end, SO the cars will pass the grandstand
twice every thirty miles.
A matter of Importance in the care OF
chains is to keep them at the proper ten
sion. A chain at too great a tension not
only increases wear, but also causes a
greater loss in the transmission OF power.
On the other hand a slack chain is liable
to climb the sprockets or to jump of the
driving wheel. The proper tension is that
which will hold the chain between the
two sprocket rollers in two straight lines
without a sag and without bringing
greater strain upon the bearings than is
necesaar n accom- plish this