New-York tribune., 1907-06-02

coS%eTsa MsTs has u' Leaked @ out G @ three
York between Pope-Toledo a Lo2ier and PACK
ard The contestants all drove 1907 touring cars,
The The race ,.a as orgtnally planned was TO decide
a long standing wager as 10 the all around merits
Ct the Pope-Toledo and the Lozier. The condI-
tions provided that the winner must pass the loser
two cars raced for twenty miles. the Pope-Toledo
passing the Lozier three times required. and
At this point, Packard loomed up and essayed
gave chase. with the Pope-To:edo last aW9v. Tie
Lozier and the Poge-Toledo were hled with pas
The race which followed was exciting and
sensational as a Vanderbilt Cup .tryout, The
had to eat dust from the start There was also
All three promptly hit a nfty-rnile- n hour
Clip on the first stin grade the Pope-Toledo
than hfty-nve. II then gave chase to the Packard
M oas a task M r Psc,5 F
when the Pope-Toledo struck sixty miles an hour
and in less than 1--WE miles the Pope-Toledo was in
The cars all bnlopred to prominent men. whose
Half dozen cops are said TO be laid up as
result OF Intellectually chasing the racers.
Before leaving for Europe last week Alfred
Gwynne Vanderbilt empowered his private
Orphans Day run OF the New York Motor club.
cedes. which. VIII carry twelve TO hitecn young
sters ana n big Limousine comes out Of the
paint S4IoP III tlc dllONhtI cHtIJ VIII NC Httiut.
Everything points to a great representation OF
American made machines In European countries
this season. c. A Duerr & Co. OF New York.
pect to have at least twelve Royal Tourists
tour IN Europe this season, as that number or
tentious in this respect. Eight Royals driven by
ownerr toured foreign lands last season
George II. strout of the sales department. of
the Electric Vehicle ComdpNny of Hartford is
making a trip among the Columbia dealers in
Southern territory. He reports that conditions in
the cities he has already visited particularly
encouraging. In the South. especially. electrcs seem
he gaining in popularity, while the 24-horsepower
Columbia takes exceptionally we'll In speaking of
selling cars, Mr. Strout
Nine times out OF ten the consummation Of a
motor car deal depends upon The perfornance Of
-, ,,(tJ,o .ar,,Jo. XUi,ar ,rar bIIys a 80 a..
he insists being shown" even though his best
chasers demand car that is able to make
steep hill without difficulty and while a car may
I've purchaser has almost made up his mind to
slightest sign OF neficiency the hills he will
away disguised.
President Roosevelt rode in +. II Smiths Olds-
mobile to attend the commencement exercises of
the Michigan state AGRICULTURAL College at Ian
sing, Mich, last week
Since the Vanderbilt cup race the Haynes people
have been content to rest upon the laurels won by
their stock model runabouts in that event and
have steadily refused to enter into other compet-
tions. Mr.. Tanning, the Haynes manager, now
announces that he has given permission to the
New York Office to enter one of the new S0-horse-
power runabouts in the New York Motor Clubs
endurance { run June 6. Although the Haynes
80 horsepower runabout has been on the market
only few weeks. Mr. Tanning believes it will
make good showing in a long endurance run
where adjustments are penalized
The Continental Caoutchouc Company announces
n change in it's representation at Buffalo. w. a.
Rutz will be manager OF the branch in that city
at No. 729 Main street, succeeding +. NJ Parker.
who has severed his connection with the company.