Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-06
MOTORING

The latest gossip is that Harry Har~
rison and Eddie Mailer will tour the
New England states this summer in a
Peerless six. They hope to be able to
keep ahead of everybody's dust, and as
Maier is q fast driver and has fast
car there is a probability that those
who would sprint with them on the
eastern boulevards will have to hurry
some to stay in the running.
Tod Ford of Pasadena has placed the
first order for a Thomas car with the
Western Motor Car company. The car
will arrive in about three weeks and
will doubtless attract considerable at
tention even in Pasadena, where there
is an outdoor automobile show in prog
ress every minute of the day.
Tire men are worried, as they can
find no way to keep UP with the enor-
nous rush OF business that they are
experiencing. At the branch of the
Diamond company depleted shelves
stare them in the face, and all of their
orders have to be marked rush and
then they cannot quite keep up.
Charles Coleman had happy lock sat
urday when some of his new tires be-
gan to arrive and he had chance to
make some delayed deliveries and par
TALLY fill his shelves. He has taken the
agency for the Avery gas tanks and
will handle them along with Continen-
tails.
John T. Bill reports an enormous de-
mand for motorcycles, especially the
Reading Standard He is the coast dis
tributer and If he tries to supply the
local demand the coast trade suffers,
and vice versa The local firm Is the
largest seller of Reading Standards In
the United States and is favored to
considerable degree, but the Immense
popularity of the machine makes the
factory work overtime to fill the ORDERS
Charles Fuller Gates has been back
at the helm of Pacific Motoring Tor
several weeks and the same old ginger
has been injected into the columns
again. While Gates spice has proven
too strong for some tastes 1t is Ger
tainly spice that will always pass In
spection by a pure foods commission.
A new record has been set by a
Premier to Bakersfield for the season
of seven hours and twenty-five minutes.
Numerous difficulties were encountered
en- route, such as tire trouble, swarm
of bees. a band of sheep and strong
head winds, to say nothing of a spell
of sickness that one of the party suf-
fered, All of these things taken to-
eether made the time much longer than
IL would have been with good luck. so
far as 1t actually being the record there
is some doubt, as 1t is claimed that
Hanshue set the pace for that trip over
the same route with REQ in sever
hours and eighteen minutes. Still II
may lay claims as the record for tour
ing cars.
GAY Lombard and Mrs. Lombard ana
Mr.. and Mrs. Stubbs of Portland ar
rived in Los Angeles from San Fran
cisco Saturday in a Thomas touring
car. The car was purchased In san
Francisco and driven here via the coast
route. the party having left San Fran
cisco March 16. Stops were made along
the coast at different points of interest
and the trip continued to Tia Juana,
Mexico. To San Diego the trip was
made by the inland route, stops being
made at.Riverside, Redlands. San Diego
and Coronado. On the trip back to Los
Angeles the coast route was taken, ana
Harry Rooney, the operator VINO
brought the party through, says the
road is fine all the way and that a pace
of twenty-five miles an hour is easily
maintained. There are no bad spots at
! present. On the northern route he
found several bad places, especially at
Gayiota pass and on the Casitas grade
he found mud hub deep. Since that
time, however, the mud has had
chance to dry out.