Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-05
MANY AUTO SHOWS
AND MEETS PLANNED
AMERICAN CLUBS EXPOSITION
NEAR
Barring of Freaks In Florida Contests
Regarded FavorabIy--Accessory
Dealers to Handle Inde-
pendent Display

Many events of interest to the. auto
mobile world are being planned for the
next few months There will be shows,
races and exhibitions galore during the
coming season. Manufacturers have been
working overtime during the last year
trying to get winning car for 1908. Most
of the 1908 models will be ready for the
market this month and manufacturers
are anxious to put their new productions
to test
The coming show of the Automobile
club of America, to be held at the Grand
Central palace October "a to 81, will serve
to demonstrate the wonderful development
of the automobile industry in the United
States. over 240 exhibitors are on the
list, and as usual the dealers will give
practical demonstrations with their cars
for the benefit of the public This year
customers will be able to get a practical
demonstration of cars through the ar
rangements made with the Morris park
metrodome, by which the Morris park
track will be put at the disposal of the
dealers taking part In the show.
The dealers believe the idea of holding
the show in October will be successful, as
the bad weather of December and jan
uary tended to keep people away from
former shows. Outdoor demonstrations
will be feature of the coming exposition.
Skies Excite Interest
The big skies are expected to cause a
stir. There are fifteen of these new
models in the entries. Great things are
claimed of the six-cylinder machines, and
some manufacturers are so confident OF
the futureiof this type that they will man
ufacture them almost exclusively during
the coming season.
The eighth annual show of the A., l.. A.
M, to be held in the Madison Square
garden November 2-9, will be the first OF
the series given for American cars ex-
clusively Foreign cars will be excluded
This will be the first of a series of shows
for American manufacturers.
A movement is on foot for stripped
touring car race to be held November IL,
following the Madison Square garden ex-
hibit of the A. L. A. M. This show closes
Saturday night and the plan Is to have
the race start Monday morning over
400-mile course. 4 ~
From Chicago comes the notice of the
annual automobile accessories show, to
be held November 80 to Dec. Z. This
event will take place in Brooks casino.
The accessories people have been ruled
out of the auto show and this will be
yelopments In fixtures and appliances.
Foreign accessories will be admitted and
form large part of the exhibit.
No complete cars will be on exhibition,
but a car will be made up from parts
taken from the various booths.
Plan Twenty-four Hour Run
The New Jersey Motor club is planning
a novel 24-hour reliability contest to be
run on election day. This is the first con-
test of the kind ever held by the club.
The legal speed of nineteen miles per hour
is to be maintained From twenty to
thirty cars will be admitted.
There is much talk of the Orrnonde meet
and many opinions as to when 1t should
be held The majority of opinion seems
to be In favor of February ]. There is a
general desire that freak machines be
barred from this meet. Two days of the
meet will probably be devoted to long dis
tance stock car races over 250~mile
course 1t is the intention of those IN
terested to revive the Ormonde racing If
possible and make it an event of inter-
Importance.