The San Francisco call., 1908-12-26

InOSe VINO Keep q tAdu SafC tAS
latter a day off to enjoy the Christmas
festivities.
Mrs. Gertrude Bradford. who win
race Manager John II Eagal Of the
automobile depart
ment of the Stu
/. Race Now On company or Cali
s'----------------.. fornia, through the
shopping district. Mrs. Bradford driv-
ing her Studebaker electric agalhst
EagaIs Studebaker gasoline car; mas
found herself the center of much in
terest, especially on the part of women
auto enthusiasts. AS a result, Mrs
Bradford, during the last ttra1,, week, mas as.s
cupied driving many or her rrlends
around In her machine.
In the coming race Mrs. Bradford
and Eagal Will start from common
point. The race Will cover distance
of 10 miles through the shopping dls-
trict- Twenty-Five stops will be made,
at each stop the contestants completely
shutting OF their machines and leav-
ing them. The coming event. which
promises TO be one of the most novel
suit of friendly banter between Mrs
Bradford and Eagal, in which Mrs.
Bradford maintained that an electric
car would be found more serviceable
in the general running about in a large
city than Il gasoline machine. Eagal
maintained the reverse. The challenge
followed.
An expert. speaking of the manufac-
ture of automobiles recently. said in
!. =. reference to the
E,,ne-, o.,.,on White steamer: +:
of the white a well known
American automo-
bile may be taken as one example.
chiefly for the reason that the French
are credited with being the foreor-
daired manufacturers and exporters Of
these vehicles. An American company
which had met with great success in
the manufacture of sewing machines
entered this field a few years ago, and
its factory was given the task of pro-
ducing a car that would win in COM
petition with those made in Europe.
last year. Nearly so cars of American
and European manufacture undertook
to climb certain hill under specific
conditionS-and an American car, the
/ by-product of the sewing machine fac
i tory. showed the highest efficiency.
The company has a branch Office in
London and claims England as one OF
its important markets, in spite of the
| proximity OF Paris Its triumphs In
other parts of the world are equally
significant. The traveller may find the
automobiles of this company in Japan
where 29 of them are used as passen-
ger buses in the city of Osaka: ir
India, where another company operate:
10 on the bus line between RaWal Pind
and Muree; in Java. where the Dutcl
government uses them for carrying tn,
mails. and in such widely scattered
cities as Mexico. Melbourne and Jo
hannesburg."
The new Rambler Forty-Four Road
ster, the latest product of Thomas B
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! Rambler Breaks started sr eb ahe seaSei sc;e
Anotner hecord coast creditably b!
breaking the rount
fsfr< hAf
San Diego.
! The trip was made in 45 minutes les
lthan the record time previously made
I by a six cylinder car. The distance il
S31 miles and the Rambler time was II
hours and 81 minutes.
At the same time. on the other side o
the continent, a Rambler Forty -Fou
touring car won second place in tn
Worcester 200 mile sealed bonnet en-
durance run. finishing with clean roaI
score. although the car was penalize,
two points by the technical committee
Norman de Vaux of the Auburl
agency reports the sales of Auburn
as most encourag
Auburn Car. lDgsna,d ing; He ,,af has J
Are Popular ssisaa'a ssiss Oa which hsi de
pOSitS have bee
made, his principal trouble being a
the present time to get enough car ar
sale and delivery of "a horsepowe
two cylinder 1909 Auburn touring ca
. | to J. w. Souther and a roadster of th
same make and power TO George Nc
, Elroy of Arbuckle.
The Touring club OF France is OF
, ganizing an automobile sleigh contes
.:. which a,; wi win .,t:s, be ops,: 2. ::
MOI fopniar IN place at MonestieI
on the affernoeo
/, of January "a, 1909.
To this effect the sleighs Will b
! submitted to different level way an
? hillside experiments which will hay
/, the character of tests rather than {
races.
Captain Pourie, stationed at the Pr.
sidio, is the latest army man to joi
~ ~oa-- torists. Every da
Army omcvr T,,.. the captain taks
I Buys . WniIe a spin about u
: new White steamer, and lately III
! gained enough confidence to go O
alone on trips out of town. He report
> as having the greatest of success.
. The automobile parade on Ne,
Years eve, which is to be held unde
!. /. the direction
!. Auto Parade on motor cifb
t New Years Eve meeting with with
!; thusiasm in auto circles. 1t will be or
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