New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-20
CARS FLY In PRACTICE
DRIVERS TEST COURSE.
Special Prize offered for Worlds
Record at Savannah.
tsy Telegraph to The Tribune. J


Savannah, Nov. 1S.-Frsnk De Palma IN a Fiat
car. made the fastest round to-day in practice
the Grand Prize Thanksgiving Day. He
covered the circuit OF 25.i3 miles in q minutes and
Is seconds at the rate Of about seventy miles
hour. Hemery made five rounds, in a Benz car. in
2231. 224o q "a 2252 and 23O2 his for I'VE
laps being better than sixty-hve miles hour.
Haupt had his Chadwick for the first
time, making round in a:15 Zengie in
Acme car. made three rounds in good time. and
Szisz. in his Reraut. also made three rounds. the
last in 2314
Rigal was not far behind De Palma as he sent
his Clement-Bayard machine flying over the circuit
in q minutes and "a seconds, while Hanrfot also
opened his throttle wide for one round in Benz
car only twenty-seven seconds slower Nazzaro and
NEST OF the other drivers were satisfied with slower
rounds
The Savannah Automobile Club has offered a spe-
cial prize of 800 the winner the Grand Prize
if he beats Nazzaros worlds record Of seventy-four
and one-quarter miles IN hour made with
Fiat car in the F7orio Cup race abroad this year
Joseph Grinnon, who was injured when Burnan's
Buick car struck tree yesterday. reported
improving to-day, and the physicians hope he may
AL Poole whose collarbOne broken in
accident in the road race at Lowell. Mass, has
entirely recovered and will drive the Isotta-Fras-
chini car IN the Grand Prize race at Savannah
Herbert Lyle, who was to have driven this
chine. is Ill with typhoid fever.
One box has been set aside in the grandstand
Britain. Sweden and Germany. Italy will be rep
resented by the viscount Garibadi Coltelett while
the French interests will looked after by Charles
Raoul Duval, the well known baloonst- George
B. McQuestian will represent the Royal Automobile
Club of Great Britain, while Pontus Lindstrom will
act in like capacity for Sweden cable mes
sage received yesterday from w s. Hogan.
the foreign representative of the Automobile Club
Of America. saying that the KaserIiche Automobile
Club had sent an envoy, but failed to state his
name.
Benjamin Briscoe. president OF the Maxwell-Bris-
coe Motor Company, denied yesterday the rumors
OF merger of the Maxwell with other makes OF
cars. According to Mr.. Briscoe's statement. the
Maxwell people are not involved in any merger ne
gotiations whatever nor do they know Of nego-
tiatons being carried elsewhere in the indus
try. As far as the Maxwell product is concerned
It will be turned out in the three factories or the
company New Castle, Tarrytown and Pawtucket
'I do not know said Mr. Maxwell, who IS re-
sponsble for this prolific crop Of merger rumors,
but one of the untoward results Of the efforts OF
some irresponsible publicity promoter can be seen
In the uncertain of the dealers who do not
know on which side OF the fence they are going
to fall Now that nearly every important COM
pany in the automobile industry has been merged
with others, it is time to call halt and say that
at least the Maxwell Briscoe Motor Company Will
remain independent concern
The four drivers who will handle Maxwell cars
in the light race at Savannah have been an
nounced. They are c. W. Kelsey, Arthur See Jo-
seph Muntwyler and Thomas Costello.
That the automobile trade in the west ana
Southwest is better than ever before IN the MS
tory of the industry was the news brought yester-
day by c. f Jensen. president of the National Re
tail Automobile Dealers Association. who has come
here to arrange space for his association at the au
tomobile show IN the Grand Central Palace, which
opens New Years Eve
1T is remarkable" he said. how many agents in
the small towns contracting for fifty or one
hundred and fifty cars, and declaring there Is no
question of their ability to dispose OF them.
Our association. he added. "is growing rapidly,
the agents for cars approaching the fact that mapy
advantages can be secured by cooperation There
are many abuses IN the trade which the association
will try to remedy, and in doing 50 We believe ne
manufacturer will be benefited, as well as the
DEALER We are trying to help the agents TO secure
the agencies for cars in which there Is a good
profit and on a fair working basis