Evening star., 1909-06-18
AUTOMOBILE GOSSIP.

Owners of runabouts in New York
have started movement 10 oFSdiiiHe
what is to be known as the First Army
Motor Corps.
The Quaker City Automobile Club OF
philadelphia has decided to hold second
bir race in December, in addition to the
two-hundred- -mie contest in paramount
Park October I.
French company, headed by the
Duke Decases, has been organized to
guarantee the condition of s-cond-hano
automobiles sod at public auction rooms.
An auto funeral car. with new features.
has been patented by three residsh,s OF
cleveland 1t is large enough TO dispiace
the hearse and hVe car ages, oh @ .ne
way to a cemetery it is divided INTO tMo
commandments by partition, ana IN IN,
clement weather this may De coiiapsel
and the coach used as chdlei u. WIN"
to conduct the service at the grave
Few motorists except those OF long eS-
ner;ence realize the strain that is put
upon the steering mechanism py tWisl-
ing the wheels around by means Oh tno
steering wheel when the car Is stalioi
ary Where this is done an unnecessary
amount OF wear is put upon the steering
mechanism and sometimes even the steer
ing connections may be Dehl.
It frequently hapens that the branches
of snlit pins not bent back upon a bolt or
nut iacerate the drivers hands when they
come into contact Herewith. The threat
ening branches should be turned bacK
with the hand and then fattened down
with copper hammer.
A new clubhouse has just been opened
nv the Fulton County Automobile Club
Of Atlanta Ga. The building is located
ont in the country, some nve miles from
the city.
A handy thing for the motorist who
does much touring or following or road
maps to have either on the dash or in
some convenient part OF the car is d
COMPASS 1t many times happens that IN
travelling a winding road one soon loses
ALI idea of the actual direction lie Is
going and turn incorrectly made may
bring him far off his course and thus
cause him to lose considerable time.
Those VINO hab.tually use it find the conf
pass a very valuable addition to the mo-
torist's equipment.
AS at present projected, the Glidden
tour will cover $3.50 miles. starting from
Detroit July II and finishing at Kansas
City July -. This makes an elapsed per-
iod of eighteen days for the tour ana
fourteen running days. These figures al
low for reduction OF about loO niles
by changing the route so as to go from
Minneapolis to Fort Dodge and Omaha
by way of Mason City, instead of Man
kato, as the pathfinder went AS nearly
as can be figured out, the itinerary OF
the tour will be as follows:
July t. Detroit to Kalamazoo, Mich,
142 miles; July 13 Kalamazoo to Chi
cago. 1873 miles: July IA. Chicago to
Madison, Wis. 10 miles; July II. Madi-
son TO La Crosse, 14.4 miles: July IL.
La Crosse to Minneapolis, Mimi, LIS
miles; July II and IS. At Minneapolis.
July -, Minneapolis IL TO f, Fort Dodge.
Omaha, Neb., iS7 miles; July u. Omaha
to Kearney. Neb. 200 miles: July -.
Kearney to Julesburg. Col. 3O6 miles:
July B, Julesburg to Denver, Col, POS
miles: July "A. and - at Denver; July
26. Denver to Hugo, Col. 17o miles; July
"a Hugo 10 Oakley. Kan, 16" miles,
July .S, Oakley 10 Salina, 200 miles:
July -. Sa'ina 10 Kansas City. MO-, 100
miles Total 2,oa33 miles.