Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-06

! a fortnight after the Prince Henry cup
contest.
| Jamaica will probably become favor
| ito racing ground in the future II Eng
| land will consent. The island has some
| of the finest macadam roads in the
world. and thousands of American au-
| tomoblistS have found it Nerltable
PARADISE for tourists.
| II has been found that engines with
crankshafts turning left handedly are
easier to manage on left hand turns. AS
most races. arc run counter clockw1Se,
with REORGANIZATION of left hand curves.
| this sense of rotation is largely used for
racing machines.
| DIR. A. Bading health commissioner of
Milwaukee. and f. V. kock. building COM
missioner are both of the opinion that
the locating of a garage near residences
increases the value of property instead
of depreciating it. as is the general opin-
ion
Although the Ardennes race had to be
abandoned this year. owing to the dates
c'ashins with the events organized in
Italy. the Belgian Automobile Club has
decided to hold the Coupe de Liedekerke
contest and race for light cars on the
Ardennes circuit at the end of August
next.
The taxicab has conquered Boston COM
pletely. 1t is estimated that the 'cabs
there now running earn $40 daily.
Work has been started on garage i'll
Salt Lake City which will be an artistic
Spanish mission architecture throughout.
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! 4 "non-repair' competition. to he held
In connection with the 1909 Gidden tour.
has been proposed, and a 1000 god tro-
ply is the prize that is to be put UP if
the plan is adopted. The rules and con-
ditions will be left, to the judgment of the
touring committee of the A. a. A.
One-tfth of the accidents in large city
streets occur from drivers not turning
corners legally. according to William Nc
: Adoo, fomer police commissioner of New
York. Autoists must curb reckless chauf-
feurs and thus solve the whole speed
problem. he believes.
Taking the estimate of q, 600 cars wort h
1920, 100000. which has been heretofore
given as a basis of computation. 253 cad
ing motor manufacturers of the United
States will market a car for about every
LOCO of population and the car will aver
age $500 In price, during the coming
year.
Providing there is no opposition on the
part of state or county officials. an eighty
mile automobile road race is to be run off
in the vicinity of Jacksonville Fla, dur
ing the next few weeks. The race Is to be
between at least ten individual owners,
for a silver cup valued at not less than
500.
Horse racing has long been the sport
of kings Automobile racing cannot
successfully aspire to that honor SO long
as King Edward has the Say-SO on the
subject. He has frowned upon the sport,
consequently it has found less develop
ment in England than anywhere else.
The country school superintendent
has been the official packhorse and dray
cart long enough according to c. II.
Hemenway. head of schools of Rock
county, Wisconsin. In an address be-
fore the Wisconsin State Teachers As
sociation in Milwaukee recently he ad-
vocated the purchase of motor cars for
school superintendent.
The Royal Automobile Club of Great
Britain has begun movement .or plac-
ing at the disposal of the British mill
tary authorities a large number of auto
mobiles In case of emergency. The &C
| ton is similar to that put into effect in
this country last spring by a number Of
clubs.
! Cuba will witness the modern auto
mobile race this winter. Plans are be-
ing made by the Cuban Automobile AS
ISOLATION for a great rpad race in Febru-
airy. Gov. Magodn is Lending aid. and
the indications are THAT there will be
some a1as ertr h; The c@yse will be
The Worcester, Mag, Automobile Club
mile endurance and reliability contest
has completed arrangements Tor "a 900
mile endurance md reliability contest
to the drivers until tire start of the rum
which will not only require all bonnets
to be sealed but gasoline consumption
will be taken into account when the
final reckoning comes.
A constitutional amendment authoriz-
ing $4,000 600 bond issue for highway
| improvement is the ambitious aim of
Pennsylvania motorists. They are being
! ably aided by Edwin s. Stuart. the gov
| ernor. 1naSmuch as 1t will take five
| years to adopt the amendment under the
| statutory provisos, they will endeavor
| meanwhile to obtain $5,OOO,OOO for i'm
| mediate use.
Motor car manufacturers having found
! that it is more profitable to sell three
| cars at 81 900 each than one car at s. 800
| the era of popular prices is being reached
With the populariZation of the automo-
| bile will come corresponding growth
| of interest IN automobile races, and it
| is probable that the next few years Will
| see a great thirty mile track in every
principal section Of the country, where
all leading automobile events may be
| held.
Base ball can muster It's crowds of
$1,000: foot ball can go it 10000 better,
| and horse racing has sometimes drawn
| q bigger crowd than the two together
| but automobile racing can show a record
| which the combined attendance of the
| biggest base ball game, the biggest foot
| ball game, and the most largely attended
horse race cannot equal The recent
| Vanderbilt cup race brought together
more lovers of sport than any other event
| in American history.
! That shooting is the only remedy that
, will stop the speeding of automobiles
! over roads in the country districts is the
belief of members of the Oneida county
| board of supervisor: who reside in the
rural sections. The supervisors have
/ called on the state legislature to enact a
| law requiring the use of automatic me
chanical regulators or governors on all
| automobiles using the public highways
| which will absolutely prevent their ex-
ceeding a speed of fifteen miles an hour
| Next year will be long stroke year
| in motor racing. under the new interna-
| ably will be seen. To draw full ad-
vantage of the long stroke, and to give
| the engine the necessary fiexiblity on
| the crowded course. piston speeds much
| above normal will have 10 be resorted TO-
and the most successful motors certainly
will keep up TO 800 to $50 revolutions
per minute without any appreciable drop
! in the power curve. which conservative
| estimates place above 13O-horsepower
| The electric timing apparatus which
| has been employed with much sue
cess at the Brooklands 'England, track
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