Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30


The display of foreign cars at the in
ternational show in Grand Central Palace,
New York, New Year week is expected
to eclipse anything similar ever produced
In this country. as the show takes place
four weeks after the Paris exhibition. Civ
ing time for shipment of exhibits direct.
A we'll made. severely tailored coat of
mohair is perhaps the best all-around
light weight motor coat. 1t does not
sound so modish as pongee. and unless
1t Is smartly made 1t has no style, but II
does keep its shape and trimmings, 1t
does shed the dust, it is cool and it wears
| everlastingly.
Atlantic City's motor club has scored
signal victory by obtaining the capture,
conviction and punishment of Louis Hess.
| a chauffeur. who took his employers ma
chine without permission for Joy ride"
and smashed 1t. Hess was fined 500 and
his license as chauffeur revoked for
year.
For the woman who ''chauffr'' her own
machine there are now most womanlike
looking suits Of leather, skirt and all, but
the leather is so perfectly tanned and
clumsy. as might be feared. Clad in this.
the fair motorist can defy oil and grease
and tinker her machine to her hearts de-
sire.
E. r. Thomas. the banker who has
been ordered to show cause why he
| should not be expelled from the New Jer-
sey Automobile and Motor Club. is the
| first member to undergo trial for reckless
driving.
By placing ban on all cars that par
| ticipate in the Vanderbilt Cup race and
| offering 5000 in prizes for the Savannah
prize contest the Automobile Club of
America has thrown down stern gaunt-
| let to the A. A. A.
The Savannah course for the Grand
Prize race will be properly policed for
| four hours of daylight each day for at
| least three weeks before the race to give
| drivers opportunity to practice.
The entrance fee for the stock car road
| race to be run September Z. over the Mer-
rick course. by the Lowell (Mass) Club.
sums of money left over will be refunded
| to the subscribers pro rata.
BY replacing it's horse-drawn insurance
patrol wagons with motor cars the
board of fire underwriters of Milwaukee
believes the cost of the service can be re-
| duced nearly one-half.
Ethine, synonym for acetylene.
| A club is being formed by motorists of
Council Bluffs, Iowa. to be affiliated with
the A. A. A. and to form the nucleus of a
state association in conjunction Wa clubs
| at Davenport and Mason City.
| The Massachusetts, highway commission
| is to issue restricted licenses for nom
resident operators for the benefit of those
| who wish to run their cars into the state
without being held up.
| September Is and 10 have been set for
| the big race meet to be run at the Brigh-
| ton Beach track by the Motor Racing As
ISOLATION of New York. The program will
have for its star feature a twenty-four-
| hour race.
| The Lowell (Mass.) Automobile Club
would enjoy the unique distinction of be-
| ing the first organization to boast of two
sanctions for its race. one from the A. A.
A. and the other from the Automobile
| Club of America.
1t is expected that entrants in the elm
ination trials for the Vanderbilt Cup race
will begin practice on the course after
| December 1. between sunrise and O'Clock
| In the morning. The cement portion of
the new course will be. twenty-eight feet
wide.
The total friction loss in a motor car
as a whole is the difference between the
power developed by the motor and that
/
A motor car used by Fire Chief J. r.
Canterbury of Minneapolis is proving such
success that members of his companies
are now asking for motor hose carts and
engines.
Soft, dull greens, blues and browns are
best for the color of costumes of fair
motorists, for one never tires of them.
They look well and they are serviceable.
|
September o and "a are the dates set
| by the Bay State Automobile Association
! for Its twenty-four-hour endurance con-
| test. The start will be made from Bos-
| ton.
| According to the president of the ma
| tional hay dealers convention, recently
| held at Cedar Point, Ohio, sales of low
grade hay are rapidly falling, all because
Of the gasoline buggy
The california promotion committee"
offers to supply all motorists who con-
| template touring that state photographs,
road maps, ETC., free of cost, upon appli-
| cation.
The Automobile Club of Pittsburg, Pa.
| is compiling new edition of the club
| road book. covering western Pennsylvania
and through routes out of Pittsburg.
| The sign post committee of the Auto
iiOUile SiuD Oh f1dTt1OrQ is DuSy carry
| ing on its sign posting campaign. 1t is
| the intention to post practically all the
| roads within twenty-five miles of Hart
| ford.
! September % and &c are the dates set
| by the Associated Automobile Clubs of
| New Jersey for the good roads and leg
| islative convention which is to be held in
Atlantic City.
The secretary of state at Albany, n.
Y. issued licenses to 5.247 chauffeurs in
the first six months of this year. as COM
| pared with 5191 for the same period in
| 1907.
| A prominent maker predicts that within
| the next twelve months every city of
| more tnan 100000 population in this coun-
| try will have a taxicab service.
| Some of the most difficult grades for
automobiles in the entire country are to
| be found about thirty-five miles east of
Salt Lake City, yet motor cars are gain
ing steadily in the city.
The automobile clubs of Hartford and
New Britain. Conn.,, are planning to
consolidate under the name of the Auto
| mobile Club of Hartford County.
At Los Angeles. a conference will be
held on the proposed highway from the
northern to the southern boundary of the