New-York tribune., 1907-11-05
AUTO SHOW A SUCCESS
70 LACK OF BUYERS.
Variety of Patterns in Tos0s Cars
in the Garden Exhibition.

All question Of the success Of the automobile
show in Madison Square Garden was set aside
yesterday The aisles began to fill UP in the
afternoon. and by the time the lights were turned
on and the big sign Of Eighth National blazed
forth at the Madison avenue end every space
was filled with men and women busily chatting
Of everything concerning motors and motoring.
Once within the Garden It is difficult to imag-
ine that there is any such thing a premium
on cash, and the exhibitors are surprised and
pleased beyond measure, for there is not only as
much interest ever. but safes are being made
as brislly as IN former years. This is unexpect-
ed. for the impression of the -of-town manu-
facturers was that no one in New York had a
cent.
From the comments made by regular attend
ants at the show each year the present is
more pleasing to the eye than last year. As one
woman put II, Instead of being on a stage look
Ing at the scenery from all sides of il. you
seem TO be more truly in a garden" A circum-
stance for which most every one is thankful is
that the telharmonic music, delightful though
X is. is being supplemented by regular band
and there are band concerts at regular intervals
Those who are writing enthusiastic accounts
OF the exhibits for technical papers and should
know what they are talking about say that
every manufacturer is showing something new
and that quite a few have entirely new motor
systems, to say nothing Of the presence Of eleven
new siX-cylinder models. There is plenty to be
seen by those IN any way interested in motor
ing, and there are several individual exhibits
that quite worth a trip 70 the Garden
Among the things noticeable 70 the casual OBJ
server is the increase in the number and variety
of patterns in town with incloSed bodies
The diversity in these is almost confusing. The
limousine bodies appear 10 be growing larger,
but there is also an increase IN the number of
small sized town cars, landaulets. hansoms and
cabrioets. One of the exhibitors of electric
town carriages in the caf5 has introduced a
catchy feature by mounting two the
boxes of two Columbia coaches and clubbing
them Sober Sans" reward is offered TO
any one who makes them smile.
Among chose noticed in the aisles yesterday
were Cortland Field Bishop, Edwin II. Weather
bee. Robert L. Cutting. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Hitchcock, jr.. Hamilton w. Cary, Mr. and Mrs.
w Gould Brokaw, Kingdom Gould, William F.
Sheehan, Mrs. James Gayley, Count Glulio Sen
ME, of Rome: Henry S. Redmond. Perry Tiff
fany Edward NJ. Shepard James B. Clews,
Leonard Jacob, James De Wolf Cutting, Robert
Wrenn, T. ]. Vanderbeek. Dave Hennen Morris.
Henry A. Robbins and ]. B. Herreshoff.
A canvass of the vehicles on exhibition yes
terday showed thirty-one different makes of
gasolene pleasure cars nine of electric pleasure
cars twelve of commercial vehicles and fourteen
Of motorcycles. The motorcycle exhibit, which
Is in the basement, is deserving of a more
conspicuous place, for II marks surprising de-
velopments and is quite show In itself The
two-wheeed motor vehicle has reached a re-
markable stage of efficiency. and seems likely to
occupy a field of it's own both for sport and as
the poor mans automobile"