The San Francisco call., 1908-03-20
San Jose Motorists
Will Meet Racers
Garden City Club Members 10
Act as Pilots From Gil
rop North
BY r. r. I'Horr,n1edieu

Chairman a. B. Watson of the runs
and tours committee of the Automobile
club of California perfected arrange
ments yesterday for the run that will
be taken by the members TO meet the
international racers. Chairman Wat
son has named his committee. which
will not be made public until the mem
bers named have sent in their accep
tance. If the time of the arrival of
the cars makes it possible the commit
tee will journey to San Jose TO pilot
them up the peninsula to San Fran
cisco.
j. R. Chase, vice president of the
Santa Clara county automobile club,
stated that the Garden City club would
meet the cars at Gilroy and bring them
as far as San Jose where they would
be turned over to the San Francisco
delegation in front of the st. James
hotel. Chase also said that pilots would
go down the road from both Gilroy and
Salinas. The racing cars will be es-
corted TO Van Ness and Golden Gate
avenues, where the run will end in
California.
Samuel G. Buckbee. acting president
of the Automobile club OF California
yesterday announced his policy Tor the
future of the club. He states there VIII
be active campaign III lhC rOeA 80
line for which the club will oner some
yery handsome trophies. Events, how
ever. will not be open contests, as IN
the past but only for members OF the
club. The executive comm1ttee at its
Hast meeting, he states, set It's marx ol
disapproval on all races Hereai.et
the only contests that Will De heiu oy
the club will be gymkhana sainvs sa,,s
Del Monte and other rendezvous
Rnckbee also announced that he would
shortly make public a very interestl,s
program for the future, which was us-
cided upon at the last meeting
| III. A. Phillips of New YORK Is tno
guest of G. N Easton, the well known
noo,orist of This city. AS Phillips and
| his wife will remain on the coast sew
| eraI months. Easton has arranged a
| number of interesting motor trips Aie
! initial trip will be made early TINS com :
ing week when Easton Will take ms
wife and daughter, Mr- and MIS- ruli- III
| lips and Mrs. Henry ). Philips IN ms
big White steamer TO Del Monte anu
vicinity.
The Pioneer automobile company re-
ports the sale of model F. 90 horse
! power Thomas flyer TO C. H. Relchasd
| of this city The company received a
letter Yesterday from Gay Lombard.
| who recently purchased a model
/ Thomas and who is now touring the
southern part of the state He writes
| from Los Angeles as follows; Ma
/ chine has run through TO here, lnclud-
! ing side trip to Mount Hamilton.
without an adjustment or trouble OF
any kind"
| The Mobile carriage company reports
| the arrival of two carloads of Pierce
I y
! four six cylinder 80 horsepower, and
one four cylinder so horsepower ma :
=! chine The company reports the sale
! of a six cylinder. 45 horsepower tour
ing car to each of the following people;
w G.. Gerber of Sacramento. Louis IL
tus of Oakland and S. w. Waterhouse
of San Francisco, and a 80 horsepower.
| four cylinder touring car to Mrs. Van
voorhies of Sacramento.
c. s Howard of the Howard automo-
bile company announced the arrival
! yesterday of two carloads Of 1908, two
cylinder. % horsepower Buick touring
cars. which will be delivered to Gus
| toners today.
A. NJ. Barnett of stockton yesterday
purchased 80 horsepower. four cylin-
der Studebaker touring car The COM
pany also sold another of the same
model to Augustus Schuman of Homo
lulu. The car will be shipped to the
islands on the Alameda. which leaves
| tomorrow.
w 3. Miller. general manager of the
Diamond rubber company, has been vis-
iting San Francisco. Miller leaves to-
morrow for Los Angeles on his way
back home.
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