Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-20

"a friend" writes to The Star in rela-
ton to a statement that the Mardi Gras
automobile racing carnival will be held
in New Orleans January 6. He says:
"Mardi Gras, 1909, is February %, the
day before Ash Wedn esday."
Notices sent out from New Orleans re-
ferring to the 'Mardi Gras racing carni-
var' give January g. : and as the dates.
The Luttrell Company, on Connecticut
avenue, has two new cars on view. The
new Buick, with additional horsepower,
Is regarded as a mighty attractive ma
chine. AS for the new Packard. Manager
MuehlheiSen says he INTENDS to deliver
cars all through the winter and we'll into
the spring.
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When the time comes to speak of Pres
ident Taft and ex-president Roosevelt
the occupant of the White House will no
longer be a man on horseback He
will be a man in a motor car. Taft is as
much at home in the automobile as
Roosevelt is In the saddle. The latter.
however does not scOrn the motor car
as he once did, for he is no less lover
wants TO get to a place he wants to get
there without loss of time. At Oyster
Bay he has made use of a motor car, but
in Washington he has in an official ca
pacity avoided such vehicles until a few
weeks ago.
In making a quick trip to Alexandria.
Va, the President with his wife called
into service a 2S-horsepower car belong
ing to the Signal Corps: The trip was
made so that the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt might watch some school
games in which their youngest son COM
peted and they were speedily taken
across the Potomac and back.
When the Tafts enter the White House
there will begin an automobile admins
tration. An officer in the War Depart
ment has already been detailed to choose
two motor cars for their use.
EIrnira, n. Y, now has an automobile
club.
An automobile club has lately been
formed at Pilsen. Austria.
Fast as was the Savannah race, that
for the FlorIo cup was averaged ten
miles faster.
The motor car registration in New York
state is now close to the $4,000 mark.
There are fifteen automobile rubber
neck" wagons now running in this city.
Monte Cross the famous shortstop. has
become a motor car salesman, With mead
quarters in Philadelphia.
The Automobile Club of France has de-
cided 10 branch ont and begin a series Of
experiments contests and demonstrations
OF flying machines
Money raised by the Woman's Quaker
CITY Motor Club by whist parties. will
be used in furnishing a large suite of
rooms in a new hospital in Philadelphia.
The Scranton. Pa. Automobile Club
plans to procure suitable quarters In the
central portion of Scranton for the use
OF it's members.
The American Automobile Association
now has 1877 clubs and 10000 members, a
gain OF 90 clubs and 3,Ooo members in
the past year
So ,naportant has the manufacture of
taxicabs become in France that it is now
regarded as regular product by all
makers of Importance
IF possible take Il water-break straight
on. at a slow enough rate of speed that
the lar is not too great. If taken at an
angle the frame Is apt to be racked.
Gov Crothers of Maryland expresses
the belief that before his term chief
executive ends In 1912 every toll gate IN
the state will have been abolished
Fifty professional chauffeurs OF Wilkes
barre Pa have organized chauffeurs
club. and are arranging for permanent
headquarters.
In lieu of holding show. motor dealers
Of San Francisco may keep "open house
day and night for week on "Automo-
bile row."
In order to help local owners of its
cars a Detroit automobile mandatory
has established an auto school which
holds weekly sessions at the company's
plant.
The sixth Antwerp automobile salon
has been liked for May next. 1t will
include an international exhibition Of az
ricultural machinery, cycles and auto
boats.
A gasoline truck for the use of the In
d'anoplis fire department IS likely TO be
Fought before the first Of the year. There
is an appropriation of 81 600 available.
a computsti ton based on automobile
statistics in France shows that the aver
age life of automobile is 4.6 years, Z