The San Francisco call., 1908-03-15
Exodus OF Motorists
From This City
Opners of Cars Take Advantage
of Warm Weather to Go
on Trips
BY R. r. I'FIor11r,edieu

by ES. *. I'f1OrT1rr1GofSd
There was an exodus of automobile
owners from this city yesterday. They
scattered TO the four points of the COM
pass, some starting for places as far
north as Las1eport and witter. Others
kept TO the lowlands and toured down
the peninsula through the Santa Clara
wiley and on to Del Monte. Monterey
and Pacific Grove. Most of the own
ers went in the latter direction for a
rest over Sunday.
Not only is the owner OF the motor
car enjoying this pleasant weather,
but the garages report that all of their
rent cars have beer enga sed for today.
Norman Debaux, manager of the City
Hall automobile company. reports the
sale and delivery of an Auburn roadster
10 A. B. Ward Of Fresno and one to
Miss Beatrice Jones OF San Jose, who
VIII drive her car home today. Arthur
Gordon has taken the delivery of a
touring car, as has L. B. Brown of
Medfcrd, Ore. The company reports
that carload of Auburns is to arrive
Monday, all OF which have been sold
George c. Boland. sales manager of the
Auburn company. is now in Los Ange-
les and will return at the end of the
week
In the midwinter economy test of the
Long Island automobile club recently
the six cylinder Winton defeated all
other six cylinder cars by covering the
2S4 mile course with the use of only
z6.375 gallons OF gasoline and seven
eighths Of quart of oil, which cost
$3.50 As the car. carried seven
passengers 1t made the per capita cost
81 81 cents
E p. Brinegar Of the Pioneer auto
mobile company received a telegram
FRIDAY from II. c. Harrison at Los An
geles as follows:
Leaving at noon TO break record to
Fresno in Oldsmobile, model NJ. Will
wire"
At an early hour yesterday morning
Brinegar received the following:
Lowered Los Angeles-Fresno record
one hour in spite of much tire trouble
Model III Oldsmobile can beat any car
made on this course"
A. D. MeBryde is spending today at
Del Monte, having gone down yester-
day in his 1908 Packard runabout.
Lewis & Johnson of Stockton have
sold a 40 horsepower Oldsmobile to
John Gall A X Jansen. who was in
town yesterday. reported the roads
around Stockton to be in a very bad
condition. The road master had re-
Gently given them a dressing. which
was poor drawing for the automobile
1t will take at least 80 days of con-
tinued good weather before they will
be in fine shape.
Frederick II. Elliott of the Ameri-
can Automobile association has sent
word of the fact that at the last meet
ing of the directors it was reported
that four new state associations had
been elected members since the last
meeting These comprise the Auto
mobile club of Vermont, the Delaware
Automobile association, the Automobile
club of Hawaii. and the California State
Automobile association. The report
that the latter had been made a mem
Der is gratifying to local automobilists,
as ii is expected that part of the state
Will now receive more recognition from
the national body.
Chairman Hover OF the runs board
reported that he had made arrange
ments with Victor Bryer of Paris to
become European touring consul for the
association for 1908. Bryer was man
ager OF the 1906 Grand Prix for the
Automobile club of France His SER
vices will be without expense to the
members applying, and will include in
formation to persons desiring to tour
abroad.
1t was decided to hold an open con-
vcntion to discuss good roads" legis-
lation and so forth, at Buffalo. July
and Z, these being the two days pre-
vious to the start of the Glidden tour,
which will take place at Buffalo.
The White company reports the sale
of a White steamer runabout to a
company in Modesto. 1t is for the use
of the manager, Z. S. Dunbar. The
company also reports the sale of one
of the new straight line body cars to
W. de Laveaga.
MY one consuming ambition said
Z. R Thomas. lis to send the Ameri-
can entry in the International race to
Paris. You can just put 1t down, no
matter what anybody says, that one
car will push through Alaska, Siberia
and all the other troubles of the $4,000
miles ahead of il. and will spin into the
streets of Paris. If there is only one,
1t will be the American car. There
has been no thought OF giving up. That
car now stands for far more than the
reputation of one manufacturer 1t rep
resents American ability in automobile
industry and building, hghting out the
battle to prove its superiority over the
foreigner beyond any doubt. This race
will settle the question decisively.
That's the view the public has taken
OF ii. Look at the interest all along
the route, Look at the enthusiasm
over the American cars success The
people want to see II win, and it will
win. 1t ought to be plain to anybody
by this time that when il comes down
to the real automobile test--bucking
the worst roads imaginable, day in and
day out--the American car has them
all beaten. 1t would be- something
like treason to disappoint the patriotic
sentiment behind our machine, so you
can look forward to an interesting
story Of the American cars great jour-
ney, under a Paris date line. It's on
the cards."