The sun., 1908-03-01
AUTOMOBILE NOTES.

Ice boating on Laks 81. Clair hAs been supplanted
BY AutOmObinE, Tho foot deep blankets Of snow
spread entirely the thirty mile circle OF Ice
ended the usefulness OF the sail craft but gave
an ideal for the testing OF motor under
winter conditions and in Dunglng. The
Packard Motor Car Company OF Detroit was quick
TO perceive tho opportunity and Immediately sent
It's testing cOrpa Ont the Ice. Ths lake s sOlidly
frozen ami it IL possible 70 drive all over IL. al
though on account OF snow covered cracks Il Is
not safe 70 from shore 70 shore without local
guide who 10 familiar with the location OF the dan
geroas places Ono day the testers, together
with Manager n. B. JOY in q runabOut and Sales
Manager 5. ID, WaldOn In a touring car. engaged
in an lmpromptu racing carnival. The crowd
was particularly delighted with races OF several
trips up and down long straghtaway course.
Coming across the lake at sixty miles an hour the
long line Of cars suddenly seemed to jump out
Of the immense bank OF snow thrown up behind
them. then reaching the turning point swung
sharply around In q high swirl OF snow that almost
obscured the dozen closely punched cars and darted
back again 70 the starting point.
Castor Plaintiff. manager OF the New,York branch
OF the Ford Motor Company, spent three days In
Detroit last week and says he has come back so
full Of enthusiasm for the ias product that he Is
seriously considering increasing his order for
do you know what made the biggest kind OF Inn
presaiOn on me, 1t was watching Mr.. Wills. who
y Mr.. Ford's chief engineer; test the new special
dsrfui. Wills took two sets OF springs and on the
scale showed me that they weighed exactly the
same Then he put one In a tension or crushing
machine Of some sort and sPranE Il until Il reached
rs elastic limit. then a llt!e more pressure broke
in the same machine and applied the pressure
nAs spring e pSS5 s Say sGp Psp 0eaS
four Zines the pressure that y had taken to break
% o' be- i': sIsS' % pss pounds Then the
was removed the spring resumed Its original posi-
Sa ssrs s HSs SS SS an sdsson OF Sn ssn 70 be
seen. That, said Mr.. wills; ,ls what our special
An interesting feature OF the recent automobile
S~ so HS SS sar whose sSs Ss re- IN the
exhibit vas equal % that OF those who could see
FRANKLIN booth where with his fingers and the cane
with which ne makes measurements he examined
searching questions as 70 the Franklin principles,
studying In detail the auxiliary exhaust, the CON
soSpa Ee dsS ana piece Of
snrineerinE, said Mr. HeTreshOT. at is beautiful,
~SisS Ss OOnSidsrsd The idsSi Vehicle for winter
service.
Under the new definition OF an auto amateur
WIN Linkroum OF Newark viii probably be Prom.
seSor ngsTs IN Of sS ET0um sTo hsomOb Com
nAny OF Newark, agents for the LoEier car ana mas
driver. Last summer he drove as racing partner
With SmelseI In the twenty -four hour races Is a a.
In the Philadelphia contest I.nkroum and Smelser
led for three hours when owing 10 the car sklddng
It Morris PARK however the 40 horse power LOller,
driven by LinkIoum and Smelser, ran second 70 the
Onstratng for the nrm he comes under the new
dennltion OF the auto amateur and VIII drive the
district - ''-''' - '''''''' - ' ~
AmonE the cars which have done an excellent
business since the Licensed Show and one that
stands by OF the fact that for three years
Ssm.ntSi pHScipIss o, 20" cons,r,ictIon laid down
then. Is the oldsmobie. Nlnteen hundred ana
siK saw the OdsmObile practically standardized,
And Development has run along smoothly on the
same lines ever since, Doing one tnng wei -
and the success attained is evidenced in the stanch
support OF their customers from year 20 yaE ySsL'
by the resemblance II bears to It's predecessors
Bigger and handsomer II Is true, but the earInarks
the same. improvements on the line Of detailed
rennements 70 the power plant and chasss are
without the long walt between seasons and IL often
happens that a car OF the same model may dlher
In some small detail By reason OF THIS pohcS.
Announcement has ben made that z. II. Inman
the savannah races MIR. inman owned Steans
last year and was very much pleased with the run
distance Of $50 miles in 6l hours IL viii be OF
interest 70 New Workers TO know that Frank W.
who made many nne records last season, Will
drive Mr.: Inmans car. A Stearns entry has also
Cincinnati turfman. will drive his own Stearns
there.
Blrdsali, who drove the Mora racytype IN the
Long Island economy test, Is the same who drove
Ths latter event was quite a factor in brn ging
the before the public. as it started the Mora
SHOWS this car better than Mr. Rir,isaii fof he Is
the designer, and II Is his hobby whenever ne nnds
bringing the Mora through the recent economy
test with honOrs he assured W. W. burke, the
he would make every % effort r. to ' have the Mora
six cylinder entered IN every manner Of contest
this season which will unqualinedy demonstrate
the practlcabliiy OF the modern motor car to the
lAyman.
A different running schedule for big and little
car: is favored BY manu- maaautactgrers for this years
equity. ~ james Joyce. manager OF the American
Locomotive Automobile Company. whose single
summer. nc Say says that the Injustice Of uniform
schedule was most plainly shown on the day OF
Pit,sSurT 70 O Redford spriusS. The locomotive
car made the best running time that day and was
cars a SO that arrived hours Sftefwsrd and were
CHECKED in the nick Of time got Jus! as much credit
ii Is probable that the rules Of 1905 win provide
dinersRt schedules for cars OF different classes.
Paul LacroIk, genera, manager OF the RenAult
Freres selling branch. announces that on or about
S story " bSGnr a. ga sIs Wss, sixty IN NTH street
q splendid structure especially built for the sole
SseUs sso o. tas aSd RsnaSIt tsIcaS depSTtnsnt se
garage viii be for the use OF Renault car owners
com pete In every detail any OF the Renaul Paris
garages and will be conducted on similar lines.
Adding interest 70 the rewards to be won in the
Br1arcnd trophy stock car road race on April "a
ls an oner OF prizes made BY tho Diamond Rubber
Company 70 the winners OF the race who use Dia-
mond tires. These prizes are $500 TO the car COM
ing IN nrSt equipped with Diamond tires. $3.50
ond and $50 third The Diamond corps OF men
trained In rapid work with tire equipment will give
attention 10 In the race, the majority OF which
viii be equipped with Diamond wrapped tread
tires.
Tho winner Of tho Long Island contest. the
FrAyor-Nnl or, has q motor which Is mechanically
air cooled by means OF dTauEht Of air generated
By Q blower IAN. IS performance In carrying ave
passengers 24S miles az a total per capita cost of
III is oenta s Q notable one figuring out .OOe cents
per passenger per mile.
A new classification entitled Tires and Aces
sories" starts 90 day In The SUN and win appear
each Sunday. The advanced stage Of the automo-
bile industry and the knowledge which 10 now
general among automobile owners as 70 what they
want their cars makes listing devoted TO their
needs wherein they can md ready references as
10 their requirements q necessary adjunct TO the
advertising columns.