The Washington herald., 1908-07-05

/ tending TO contest IN the 1908 touring con-
/ test OF the A A A. for the GHdden
trophy, as the entries closed then with
/ +. 3. Hover. go Main street. Buffalo,
N. 7. The latest reports from the chair
mans Office show that there will be
nearly twice as many contestants for the
Hover trophy as there were last year
and about the same number competing
for the Glidden trophy.
/ The contest VIII start from Buffalo
! Thursday morning at a. m, and the
/ first nights stop for the big caravan OF
cars will be Cambridge Springs. Pa Ow-
ing TO the change Of schedule made IN
! Difference TO the Boston motorists, the
tour will finish at Saratoga July q, in
| tead Of July 2. The change will result
/ in the tour arriving at Boston on the
| evening OF July II. Saturday and Sun
/ day, July IS and 10. The contestants will
| rest in Boston. Monday. July %. they Will
/ go 10 Poland Springs, Ne; July q, 20
I Rangeley Lake. Me; July p, 70 Bethle-
/ hem, n. H.. July q. TO Saratoga, n. Y.
Americas champion In the New York
to-Paris has again taken the lead over
| all competitors. and Is now twenty-four
hours ahead Of the German entry. In
] the early start from Vladivostok the
| Thomas found more impossible roads
! covered by flood-and had 70 return 20
| the Trans-Siberian Railroad tracks. The
Protos again took advantage Of this ex-
perience-duplicating that Of the Thomas
going to Alaska-and instead OF following
the road taken by Americas champion.
It took the lead by using the tracks at
once.
| Gradually the Thomas has been gain
| ing. Six days lead Of the PrOtos was
steadily cut down until to-day's report
shows the Thomas 10 be one day ahead.
| The Thomas caught the German car
| Monday and passed IL just outside OF
| kayinsk. The PrOtOs had been racing
all night al a good speed, when suddenly
the driver saw the Thomas only two miles
/ behind. Then began the first real neck
to-neck race Of the contest Lieut. Keep
/ pen. running on high speed. threw open
| his throttle. Schuster opened his like
wise For fully fifteen minutes the two
! snarling. putting machines shot through
the darkness at breakneck speed. and
slowly the Thomas began 10 show a visi-
( ble gain on Germany's champion
/ Finally the American machine pozed its
nose right up 70 the Germans gasoline
tank, and Lieut. KOeppen drew his ma
! chine aside to give 1t the road.
| The Thomas made the run from Irkutsk
10 Omsk in four days less time than was
required by Prince Borghese, with the
1 italian car that made the record in the
/ 'Pekin 70 Paris race last year One
/ thousand four hundred and twenty-five
miles were covered in nine days.
\ There will be forty-eight OF Europe's
Z fastest racing cars and one American
champion IN the Grand Prix. on the
/ DiepDe circuit, Tuesday. The race. which
gives promise Of being the most keenly
| contested and the fastest the world has
! ever seen. will be started at 4 m. by 4
British Austin car. driven by Moore Bra
bacon. One minute later the Mercedes
racer will be sent away, following at in
! tervals Of one minute by Motobloc, He
nault. Dietrich. Benz, Fiat, Brasier. For
thOs, Opel. Bayard-Clement. Itala, Wei
gel, Mors. then the American champion.
the Thomas flyer. driven by Lewis Strang.
George Heath, on a Panhard, viii follow
the winner OF the Briarcliff contest. and
behind him will be the German car. OF
/ Belgian origin.
\ This viii complete the first series. the
second and third cars OF each firm being
started In the same order and ct inter
walls Of one minute
Fourth Of July events wind up the bulk
Of the spring crop Of racing. but there are
4 rumors OF many races in many sections
Of the country during the hot months. It
IS likely that there will be a revival OF
twenty-foUr-hour racing in the near fu-
ture.
Good roads and uniform legislation"
IS the slogan with which Buffalo. y. y,
Will resound Monday. Tuesday. and We'd
nesday, as in volume no city ever be-
fore has heard. for the national conven-
ton 70 be held there win totally eclipse
any other ever attempted. The battle
cry quoted will be seen in red and white
lettering on thousands OF blue pennants
made for the occasion. with the emblem
OF the American Automobile Association
| In the center
4 The committee is now finding it diff
cult 70 keep the programme down to
1 proportions practicable for the time al
lotted. as the list Of speakers and d mon
strators has been steadily increasing.
/ One Of the problems which the War De-
partment is now working out. at the na-
ton and State encampment at Pine Camp.
near WatertOwn. n. Y, is the adapta-
bility Of the automobile for military pur-
poses. The machines chosen for this test
are two 9O-horsepower Studebaker cars.
OF same type which carried Maj. Gen. r.
l D. Grants message from New York 10
Fort Leavenworth. Kans., last winter.
The two cars are being put 70 every
! conceivable test. One IS reserved for the
exclusive use Of Mai Gen +. D. Grant.
and the other is held for the use Of his
staff. The country around Pine Plains. \.
/ Y. is rough enough 10 thoroughly test
the endurance Of the cars.
There seems 10 be marked increase in
sales Of motor cars in all parts Of the
country. Reports during the past week
show an unexampled call for cars for
/ touring purposes. Private touring was
never more widespread. A good authority
estimated that there are about 1900 tour
lists in motor cars on the roads OF Amer
lea. and In Europe there was never so
much touring as this year.
Concerted efforts In several OF the larger
cities make for the concentration OF re-
tail business in certain well-dehned cen
ters. In Brooklyn It is said that the deal
ers Will attempt 70 settle In a certain dis
trict, and the same is true of San Fran
/ cisco. It Is evident that some economies
N-E THaH.-