New-York tribune., 1908-04-12

mobile Row yesterday the consensus OF opinion
, was strong in favor Of the renewal of carnival
week next year and for several years TO come The
unprecedented success Of the carnival last week OF
which the brilliant parade On Tuesday night and
the exciting hill climbing contest Of Thursday were
the two outstanding features indicated clearly
that the lure OF the motor had seized the public
with viselike grip
The display and exhibition of acted
stimulus the trade. This is clearly evidenced
by the many orders for for immediate delivery
have been reported, and shows the success and
effect of the week from this standpoint. The vast
crowds that gathered to witness the various events
OF the carnival showed the deep interest the public
takes IN the automobile industry.
The most important lesson the carnival taught"
said General John T Cutting. Of the OIdsmobile
Company OF New York and the chairman OF the
carnival committee, .fs the TO identified
with the industry. Every man in the business was
deeply impressed at the real interest displayed by
the public. II assured them that there was no fear
for the future of the industry, and that the motor
is necessity 10 every branch of human
endeavor. Half million people lined the route Of
the triunphal parade Beyond doubt we are only
a. the threshold now.
No man in the trade" said ". W. Burke. of the
Mora. Car Company, could have predicted any
outpouring such as occurred TO do homage the
king of the road, and it is only just TO the public
that their evident desire for event Of this kind
should be satisfied another year"
Mr.. Burke much disappointed that the queens
car. a six-cylinder Mora, representative Of the
progress of the first decade was not reczoned with
IN the decorative division. In the event of car
ntval next year he thinks II only reasonable that
the royal equipage should be entitled to compete
with cars entered exclusively in that division.
s H Mora, designer Of the Mora and member
of the committee Of management of the American
Motor Car Manufa cturers Association who IS also
q builder Of four-cylrder cars, talked about the
respective merits Of four and six cylinder He
said: Continuous driving effort is Of the dis
tirct advantages Of six-cylinder motor, and there
is longer any doubt that this type of automo-
bile engine is II in motordom
Manufa cturers of four-cyIinder motors OF course.
argue in favor OF their cars and are trying to
stem the tide that has set in against them The
six is more flexible than the four-cyInder; 1t will
stay because of merit demand and the fact that
it is superior 10 fours of equal power quality.
But a cheap construction is not conducive TO
reliability, Z good four is better than a cheapIy
constructed six consequently the good four has its
proper field, and Will probably always have friends
and enjoy good sale, just as the single cylinder
has remained, Notwithstanding the production Of
multiple cylinder cars"
Mr.. Mora's views are not generally accepted by
manufacturers OF the four-cy.inder cars who claim
certain advantages for this type OF over the
six-cyliTIler machine.
The York Motor Car Company, manufacturer Of
the Pullman car, has announced the condition Of
the challenge 10 ]. A. King of the Studebaker
Brothers Philadelphia agency, for another race
growing out of the disqualification OF the latter
car in the recent reliability from Philadelphia
TO Savannah, follows:
The race must be run under the auspices Of the
Quaker City Motor Club technical committee
10 be appointed by that club shall examine both
cars a. the start Of the and also at the fin
ish, 70 determine cars are 4O-horsepower
stock models factory representative Of the stude
baker must ride with the Pullman and d factory
representative of the Pullman with the Studebaker
Conditions regarding route. distance, drivers OBJ
servers and other details are TO be decided bv
the contestants in session with the contest COM
/ mittee Of the Quaker City Motor Club. all condi-
tons and rules pertaining the race 70 he signed
by both contestants.
After having fully recovered from the strain Of
the part he took in the New York TO Paris race
Montague Roberts has gone into training for the
Briarclln international stock car race. in which
he viii pilot Thomas flyer, Roberts with a
picked lot Of assistants from the Marry s Houpt
Company organization, has established his camp
at BriarcliR and spends all his daylight hours
learning the course thoroughly. He is using the
same car with which he broke the worlds twenty
four hour record at Brighton Beach and with which
he carried of numerous other prizes, In fact, this
has never been beaten, and Roberts is confident
he viii make good showing in the coming race.
He felt the yesterday for his ground
and lofty tunbing act on Friday when his
jumped ditch in practice.
Entry blanks have been issued for the second
I
Racing Association Of Maryland. 10 be held the
PimIico Memorial Day. The programme
includes the following events:
No. I-Five miles, open 70 stock touring cars.
costing s2001 TO $3.50, For silver cup. No. .
Maryland runaboUt championship at ten miles, for
Z g specially designed silver cup No. 5-Five miles.
open 10 stock touring of 4oI 60 horsepower.
inclusive, for & silver cup. No. 4-Piullico free
for-au handicap, miles, for silver cup. No.
5-Hundred mile championship open to stripped
stock cars or stock chassis. Prizes to owner of
winning car specially designed silver cup; driver
of winning car SO in gold To owner OF second car.
silver cup; 10 driver. SIS in gold.
The entry fees $40 for all events except No.
& for which the fee is s25. Entries close Mon
day. May 25 and should be sent to Edward a. Cas-
sdy general manager, 26 Franklin Building. Balti-
more.
The Navy Department has decided TO experiment
with automobile ambulances. following the example
Of the War Department It purchased recently two
suton1obile ambulauces from the White company,
~ Cleveland One Of these is for at the naval
osnitaI AT Philadelphia and the other at the tuber-
culosis hospital at Los Aninas, Col The new ambu
Iances are similar TO those which have been pur-
.bases from time TO time by the War Department
from the same company.
Ope Of the interesting cars IN the parade OF the
Automobiles