The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-09-28
Auto9ranns
(By Magnetic, Jr.)

(By Magnetic, Jr)
Out in the east the automobile peo-
pie are waiting for the next big "a
hour race at the Brighton Beach track
to be held October 2 and 8.
Two important features of this meet
will be the appearance of Christie and
Barney Oldfield. neither of whom we're
able to take part in the last one on
this track on account Of conflicting
dates. Within ten minutes after the
Motor Racing association of New York
had decided to hold the race ten cars
had been entered for 1t.
Much faster time is expected at this
meet than at the last one and the con-
test between Oldfield and Christie will
be fierce. Christie smarting under his
recent defeat at Cincinnati and Old
field determined to keep the upper
hand.
There will be at least 10000 people
at the track and 1t is probable that
there will be an hours race for big
sweepstakes with the six leading cars
in the last meet, before the twenty
four hour race starts.
Among the entries thus far are one
Stearns car, one Isotta, one Lozier
flour cyclinder), one Renault, ono AL
len, one Kingston and one Fiat. The
Achme. Simplex and Thomas cars will
also be represented.
Many foreign cars have been enter
ed for the grand prize race at Savan-
nah being arranged by the Automobile
Club Of America. The last entry from
abroad was made by the Benz COM
pany, which nominated as its drivers
Victor Hemery, Rene Hanriot and
Fritz Erie. The Benz cars are of $50
nm. bore and weigh 1925 Kilograms
the same cars that competed in the
Grand Prix at Dieppe. In the Wander
'bilt race Of 1905, Hemery came out
winner with a Darracq and Hanriot
used to be Darracq pilot, too.
Three Flats with Navarro, Wagner
and the new sensation from Brooklyn,
Ralph de Palma, at the wheels, will
race as the entries of the Automobile
Club OF Italy, and a pretty fight is
looked for between Wagner and Hem
cry, because each has won a Wander
bilt race when that big event was
the great international road race of
show his supremacy over the other.
Here is letter which is only an
other indication that the funny pa
per's comments on the unreliability
of automobiles are nothing more than
jokes. 1t was written by a man who
has owned and operated an automo-
bile for year, without having spent
q I've hox wis ct, ~
breakdown. He was moved to write
to the makers, the REQ company, as
follows:
II have never been lowed in nor
called for help. On returning from
Of ninety-siX miles) the engine con-
sumed Just four gallons of gasoline.
This trip was made in a heavy rain,
which required us to have on all our
curtains. THE roads were covered
could only tell where the roadway was
by watching the fences. There were
five of us in the car, and l made the
all the nude. A. Sehald, Middleton,
Ohio"
III SApAoudliOu VI lAdI 61du cid TS.
Gently inaugurated by general re-
duction in the cost of tires, the salcs
manager of the big tire companies
made this statement few days ago:
ITO manufacture a moderate out
put requires precisely the same ov-
erhead expense for factory admins
tration as does big output, and prac-
tically the same selling expense is in
volved The success of our tires last
fall induced us to nearby double our
manufacturing equipment. Another
important factor in the reduction has
been the fact that our requirements
have been reduced to practically no.
thing. All of these items naturally
enable us to produce tires at less ex-
pense, so we concluded that the soon
er we gave the consumer the benefit
of that saving the greater would be
the demand for our tires, and the bet
ter 1t would be trade in generally
All Of which sounds reasonable. At
any rate, 1t is a reiteration of a most
delightful fact. Tires do not cost so
much as they used to.
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