The sun., 1907-12-31
HIGH CLASSCROWD AT GARDEN
FOREIGN CAR SHOW ATTRACTS
EXCLUSIVE VISITORS.
Many ExDerieOccd Motorists Inspect I'm"
DOrters' Automobile SALON. Notable
Outdoor Exhibition Of Enclosed We
hlcles Outside Madison. n.aquare Garden.

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Exhibitors in the Importers Automobile
Salon In Madison Square Garden declared
last night that they were very well pleased
with the success that the exclusive foreign
car show has met with. While the rain
that fell intermittently yesterday undoubtedly
had the 10 be expected effect Of keeping the
attendance down, II did not deter a great
many visitors from going to the Garden.
so that the attenda nee was exclusive and high
class l.. character, even II no gross figures
were surpassed.
The character OF the visitors is perhaps
one of the most notable thin rs bout he show.
Yesterday as on saturday night n large
percentage Of those who visited the building
went to and from IL In their own private
vehicles. horse drawn or motor driven. M
the case might be. As a matter Of fact this
show bids fair to esta blish more firmly than
ever before the truth OF the saying: People
go Co the horse show In automobiles and to
the automobile show in their own private
carriages or in hs nsoms
Both in the afternoon and evening yester-
day Madison avenue both north ana south
Of the Garden presented a brave array Of
automobiles. Of which about 30 per cent
were fitted with enclosed cOachwOrk Of the
laundaulet or limousine types One oG the
policemen detailed 10 Keep order in front of
the building, remarked TO another policeman
last night that they were having quite an
AutOmOnlle snow OF fnelr own and without
having TO pay admission fee either
As a matter OF fact there were some splendid
examples Of modern motor vehicles OF the
lhe Garden last night that would have made
q very creditable show Of their own had they
esn o an 9msTcsn ebe most 0Tdag na9i
OF the showing OF luxurious cars outside the
Garden was the fact that about ons-half
while perhaps twO-thirds Of the bodies had
been constructed in this country.
The fact that there are not nearly as many
cars displayed In this show were shown
at the Association OF Licensed Automobile
Manufacturers aifair few weeks ago makes
f. much easier for interested visitors to
examine = car or a chassis they wish TO look
At than during tho exhibition Of American
cars that were so crowded for space. This
also. as II gives 10 them an opportunity to
show one OF their cars 10 a prospective buyer
a number Of visitors who have no intention
OF buying a car
The middle aisle down the centre Of the
sects II at its centre. where the big group Of
statusry stands. Is also great help In keep
main door free from conEesrIon' The dse se
mands for space at the licensed" show were
so great that IL was not possibls TO spare the
middle aisle and the intersecting one so
that when the earlier show would have ap-
Isish pesse1 crowaea me present one would not he
there IL nearly twice ms much aisle space for
the spectators TO distribute themselves over
There were lot Of local gents and branch
house mana gers Of American automobile
manufacturers at the show Yesterday who
seemed 70 find plenty of new things to keep
them interested for some time. New
Yorker who has sold imported cars for sew
eral yea RS with consider, BILE success remark
nst ,a nisnt @ LnaL tne sonclsnde OF the american
porters we're going TO have In the future was
really very touching, but personally he was
OF the opinion that there would always be a
market in this country for a well made i'm
ported machine. no matter how well the
large pronorton oS the visi,ors ne I,,5
mobilists OF several years experience as
their conversation proves. A. a matter of
previous years models OF many OF the cars
shown than the stand sttenda nts do as thew
last night when they told salesmen how the
cars shown differed from the models OF two
The six cylinder cars and the increased
number OF machines upon which shaft driving
is employed attracted considera BILE attentior
from the veteran automobilists among the
visitors. The women visitors appeared 10 be
pretty we'll posted concerning the nechs nicsl
part OF the ears: ss as many OF them told the
drive. the cars owned BY the men OF their
Colgate Hoyt. president OF the Automobile
Club Of America. was a visitor yesterday
With Al A; anderson: Emerson Brooks and
Field. Mr.. and Mrs. Ernesto Fabbri, PhGnix
bIngrahsm. b = g Coqyerse. Mrs. Hermann
4. Hoasland, Mr.. and Mrs. LOrilIard spencer.
Jr., Mr.. and Mrs Peter Cooper Hewitt, Regi-
W. ROuss. William woodward. Mr. and Mrs.
J. r. D. Lanier. Charles N skinner, Mr..
and Mrs. Cortlandt Field Bishop, Mr.. and
Mr.. and Mrs James A. Burden. Mr.. and Mrs
Jules Montant,, who have travelled more
miles IN Europe by auto than any other Ameri
can globe trotters. with one exception: James
G. Blaine. J. Tilden Swan. Mr.. and Mrs, Arthur
Iselin, J. Allen Townsend. b. p. Wilder. Mr.