Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-23

AVA 1z&
j. W. Moore of New York, driving a
Premier car In the endurance contest OF
| 100 miles for 100 days." moved about the
streets of this city last Wednesday ana
Thursday. and was off the afternoon OF
the second day here for the balance OF MS
trip via Hagerstown and Cumberland
| Md.
J. NJ Stoddard Of the Cook 4 Stod-
dard Company is spending the vacation
season at Asbury Park, n. j. In that
section Of the state the roads from AS
bury through Long Branch and to Spring
Lake. Avon. Alenhurst and the other
Jersey resort cities are said to be quite 10
the liking Of Washington autoists.
The driving of DR.. Horace Coblens, IN
his new car at the annual celebration OF
the Windthorst Club at Benning last week
attracted the attention of local automo-
bilists. Early in the driving the car
showed power and great speed. ana sew
eral times when Dr. Coblens let the ma
chine out to It's full speed It seemed 10
fairly fly over the course and those inter-
ested in auto racing were intent on
watching the performance. The macnlhe
is a light gray, built on graceful lines
Hugh Harding. who was one of the
drivers in the recent Briarclif races. was
also at Benning last week. After Dr.
Coblens had gone over the course HARD
in record time. He is regarded as
| graceful driver and thoroughly under-
stands the car he drives.
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| Treasury, is becoming a devotee of the
motor car. Claude Miller is said to be
responsible for Mr. Tracewelrs CONVEX
sion to the merits Of the buzz car
Senior Corea, Nicarasuan minister to
| the United States, who married Miss IN
| dia Bell Fleming Of this city about TWO
years ago, Is also a motoring enthusiast
His young brother-in-law Robert Flem-
| ing, has red Ford, and he and the
minister enjoy many pleasant trips ABOUT
| this city and the Fleming summer home
| in Maryland. Mrs. Fleming, mother OF
Sonora Corea. also enjoys trips IN the
motor car.
Caldwell Johnston of New Haven, Conn.,.
| a relative of Mrs. Cowles. wife OF Al
miral Cowles, is one of the young oeslsh-
ers of automobiles who comes 70 TN, tmt
Capital city every now and then to VISIT
relatives. According to Information re-
ceived here he has just finished design
for a new fifty-horsepower macnine Wnlcn
is said to be beauty during severe.
fine high-power car which attracted mucn
attention.
Trial of the test case Of Prince Ed
ward Islands law absolutely Darr.ns
motor cars, has been set for november
in the Canadian high court.
One of the hardest things to teach q
new hand Is not to leave thes chanee
speed-Rears in the mesh while the motor
Is running.
An idea of the utility of the automobile
may be had from the fact that the aver
age carrier can transport. In a wheel
barrow, 40 pounds ten miles q day.
Sale of the right to take moving pic
lures Of automobile races promises 10 De-
come q source of profit to promoters OF
speed contests throughout lie United
States States
On a good road the average $500 pound
car, with a by finch opposed motor,
seventeen to eighteen miles to the gallon
of gasoline.
st. Pauls club is being congratulated
on all sides for it's decision to spend the
5000, which it cleared at Its race meet
July Is, on repairing roads adjacent to
the city.
Adyices from abroad now indicate that
from eighteen to twenty foreign entries
are assured in the grand prize race at
Savannah, making an elimination race
probable.
The trite title "Shock Absorbers' has
been adopted by the automobile writer's
and solicitors of Philadelphia papers fer
a club they have organized.
Many prominent hotels and restaurants
of New York and other large cities now
use storage batteries for supplying illumi-
mating power for their table lights.
Don't fill acteylene gas lamps with car
bide until they are to be used. as car
bide is very susceptible to moist ire and
| Stacks rapidly on exposure to air.
The transcontinental record is claimed
by Mr.. and Mrs. c. ]. Barnes, mission
aries in China. who recently motored from
San Francisco to New York in five weeks.
The famous old plank road connect
ing Jersey City with Newark. N. j., Is to
be replaced by a new and ore modern
highway, to cost 100000.
Always be sure that the hole in the
filter cap of the gasoline tank il clear,
otherwise a mysterious stop may be ex-
perienced' owing to the gasoline not reach
ing the carburetter.
The Automobile Club of Syracuse. N.
Y, has bought seventy-f1ve more rDute
and danger signs, and the work OF ia
beling'' roads is proceeding with dis
patch.
1t is only when q novice appreciates
the fact that the motor c.: Is the easiest
vehicle to guide that has ever been in
vented that he gathers self-conddence
sufficient to learn to steer properly.
At present there are 200 automobiles
In Ceylon, only one Of American make.
and United States Consul Creevy. at Co.
lombo. reports that there Is good mar
ket which only needs proper develop
ment.
The tremendous strides made by the
automobile trade in America is illus
trated by the fact that one leading COM
pany recently placed a single order for
S1OO. 900 worth of stock parts for repair
orders.
The Oklahoma Automobile Association.
| comprising 200 members. has been ad-
mitted to membership in the A.A.A..
making twenty-five state organizations
enrolled in the national body.
More and more 1t Is becoming evident
| that four speeds are desirable for taxi
cabs designed for city use. the call for
rapid acceleration being more frequent
| than with a vehicle designed for open
road work.