Evening star., 1909-04-18

| Interest is being manifested by auto
mobilists in the reliability sealed bonnet
contest under the auspices of the WASH
ington Automobile Club May 10. A large
number of entries have been received and
many more are expected.
| officials of the Washington Automobile
Club and the committee in charge of the
arrangements of the contest will take
two-day trip over the route this week.
Signs will be posted along the road for
the guidance of the drivers in the contest,
and dangerous spots will be indicated.
Many other details will have to be attend
ed to in connection with the affair. The
official pathfinder will be a six-cylinder
Oldsmobile.
The distance will be about 10 miles,
which the contestants will have to cover
in a day. Two mountain ranges Will De
| crossed between Frederick and the Penn
sylvania state line, which will tend to add
interest to the affair. The route will be
Washington to Rockville. to Frederick. to
| Hagerstown. to Waynesboro, to Buena
Vista Springs, to Emmitsburg. returning
] to Washington via Westminster. Suitable
trophies have been donated. and the
affair promises to be one OF the most
eventful in the history of the oTganiza-
| ton.
A Cadillac, model 80, won the mile high
| hill-climbing contest recently at Redlands.
Cal, defeating everything in it's class by
more than five minutes. The climb OF
| sixteen miles with a rise of $500 feet
was made in twenty-nine minutes, with
out boiling the water.
| X
Ed. B. Terry of the Washington Auto
mobile Club, who recently took 12J-
mile trip in his Buick. is contemplating a
number of pleasure runs during the
summer. For several seasons past he
has toured considerably between this city
and Greenport l.. T. His brother, Charles
w. Terry, is also an enthusiastic autono-
bilist and will spend a portion of the
summer touring.
The Automobile Club OF Washington is
perfecting arrangements for entertaining
| the contestants in the Harrisburg Motor
Clubs reliability contest. The motorists
are expected to arrive here the evening of
| May 3. The clubhouse on Georgia avenue
will be thrown open to the visitors and an
entertainment provided.
William Orme made a century run last
| Monday. He proceeded to Marlboro, and
from there explored some Of the roads In
| the neighborhood. He found everything
/ III hlSt-SloSo SIopCp pdiIiHB SOIiC SpolS
that were rather too sandy for auto COM
| fort.
Members of the Automobile Club Of
| Maryland are enthusiastic over a tour to
be taken In May. Details of the run have
| not been completed, but 1t will probably
be an efficiency test. According to pres
| ent plans the course will begin in Balti-
more and extend to Ridgevile and
| thence to Frederick. The distance cover
ed would be in the neighborhood of a
hundred miles.
Mrs. Taft Is rapidly becoming an ex-
pert in handling the runab0ut which the
| President gave her and bids fair to be
one Of the most enthusiastic drivers in
John Clapp has added another automo-
| bile to his garage. This time 1t is a
| Cadillac go roadster, sold by Cook &
| Stoddard.
| Automobile licenses issued since April
1 are: William II. Syme, 1923 Vermont
avenue, Maxwell runabout: Ennolls Wag-
gaman. Annapolis. Nd, Oldsmobile. No.
10: Jessie c. Kaufman. the Grafton,
| Woods electric; Bird MCGUIRE, the Oc-
cidental. E. NJ. r. tourabout Charles w.
Hyde. NJ. D., the Plymouth, Mitchell
roadster; Mrs. Gardiner G. Hubbard,
| Twin Oaks, Peerless, No. 10; Frank E.
Gibson, M. D.. a27 1 street, Overland
runabout; Joel IIillman, 1916 Pennsyl-
vania avenue, Columbia touring; A. H.
Sonnemann, Chevy Chase, E. M. F., No.
80: j. S. Fassett. 1850 N street, Packard
| touring car; w. p. Simpson. 1883 Meri-
dian street. package cart: u S. Realty
Company. 7th and PENNSYLVANIA avenue,
Buick touring; American Truck Company
1O42 Wisconsin avenue, American: Ameri-
can Truck Company, 1912 Wisconsin ave-
nue., Hartkraft: Thomas Miller, NJ D.,
1916 7th street. Auburn: Herman E. Bur
NJ
Johnston. 2111 Massachusetts, avenue,
Lozier touring; w. S. Harlan, 1889 X
street. Baker victoria; Mrs. Mamie T.
Langhorne, 1910 18th street, Glide; George
Thomas H. Melton, 10 T street. E. NJ. F.,
No. 30; Thomas II. Melton, 10 T street
Studebaker Stanhope; B. F. Rider, 1l27
11th street, Thomas. 1903; Edison Bradley
1923 Connecticut avenue, Peerless tour.
ing; William H. Sholes. 101 Maryland
avenue northeast, Jackson. model H: E
H. Snyder, I'LL Pennsylvania avenue
Overland touring: Valerie q. Padelford
Stoneleigh Court. Studebaker gasoline: J
A. Watson, 2O1 Monroe street, Anacostia
Ford, model T; Frank p. Miburn, Home
Life building, Overland touring: Roland
Evans. 1101 18th street northwest, Cadil-
lac. No. 80; William L. Miller, 40 K
street. Overland, No. 20: D. N. Clark
DR.. H. J. Rhett, 1907 Connecticut ave-
nue., Buick touring; Joseph A. Berberich
Ills 7th street. Carter runabout; N. L.
Francis, 17O5 n street, Franklin. model
D.: Randall II. Hagner, 11O6 Connecticut
avenue, Buick touring: C. ]. Lang, ehe
Benedick. Buick touring; Robinson White
6O2 street, Overland touring; Walter
E. Clark, Hibbs building, Studebaker
touring.
The Michigan supreme court has made
an important legal precedent by holdinf
! that motor cycles come within the mean
} ing of tho law relative to motor vehicle:
generally.
; Some chauffeurs paint the car mat!
from time to time to restore them to thei
original condition. and undoubtedly thi
is the best method of keeping then
, bright.
The new Motor Racing Association O
, New York contemplates holding thre,
race events, one each in June July ant
August, and a suitable track is bein,
sought for.
Indianapolis dealers estimate that tn,
; number of automobiles sold during the
annual spring opening had an aggregat,
value of S45O,OOO. Not less than 800 carr
were sold.
This years automobile touring season
will probably result in more motorists
making the west the scene of their travels
! than any previous year since the automo
bile gained It's popularity as touring