The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-02-02
ENTRIES RECEIVED
FOR AUTO EVENT
Eighteen Motor Cars Nominated
for Endurance Run Next
Sunday
Dealers Expect Great Sport in
the Double Century Around
the Bay
By K. r. rHommedieu

By z. K. PHommedieu
The next event to hold the attention
of the local automobilists Will be the
double century around the bay. The
contest will be a tryout as to what the
motor ears and the drivers can do in
heavy going. The dealers association
is giving the contest and has asked the
/ officers of the San Francisco motor club
| to handle the event for them-that is, to
supply the officials to carry out the
rules as laid down by the runs and
/ tour committee of the Automobile
! Dealers Association of California This
Is compliment to the new club and
does not seem to be fully appreciated
| by the officers of the club. Some OF. the
| officials believe that they will have to
stand sponsor for the event and: do not
consider the contest hard enough, and
therefore do not care to handle it. 1t
was the idea of the chairman Of the
runs and tours committee to help the
new club by making it an official or
lganization, to be recognized as the one
to handle all kinds OF contests in this
part of California. The result of it viii
be, as was limited by one of the officers
| of the dealers association that there
may come a time when the officers of
the San Francisco motor club may want
to give an automobile contest and il
may be that the members of the deal
ers association Will remember the
present affair, and 1t may then be a
very hard proposition to get enough
entries to make the contests a success.
The main trouble with the new club is
that the officers do not recognize the
fact that they are holding very inpor-
| tant positions and that they can help
boost the automobile game in way
that no other organization can do at
the present time. There is plenty of
good material in the club, but there
seems to be no head to. it. The heads
of committees on whose shoulders the
responsibility of the different contests
rests are not doing the work that their
positions require
Eighteen owners of motor ears have
entered the twice around the. bay
eo es anu ~ IS eA
Entries for least least Is ' of them
nay Con.e-. WIN start Among
enter cars are the Studebaker brothers
company of California. Auto vehicle
company Howard automobile company,
Auto livery company and Osen & Hun
ter automobile company.
c. s Howard of the Howard auto
mobile company returned from the Los
| ,
! Endurance Run enthusiastic over
to Los Angeles. the event ia ana al,
show ever given on the coast. While
south he had talk with the southern
| men concerning an endurance run from
I the southern men coming up on the
return and making the finish in the
| home town. This would mean that the
1 enthusiasts of the two places would be
together on the road for half OF
! the course. ]. S. Conwen is boosting
! the scheme on the southern end. The
/ and retHrn by the valley road. Early
June or the latter part of May seems
| to be the most desirable time for hold
! ing the inteFcity run.
At the recent auto show in New York
I city, TO which several representative
san san t si,lil au-
| l tSs .s Sag ~ and at the indi-
'"e vidual show which
is in progress at
building in New York city. ore of the
most interesting ytpes of car shown
is the new Studebaker town car with
coupe body. The car is one of the new
1909 Studebaker machines and closely
resembles taxicab except that in its
luxurious as the Studebaker limousine,
two of which We're recently purchased
by Miss Lillian Russell and George NJ
/ Cohan According to adviceS from New
York city the Studebaker town car is
destined to become one of the most
popular cars of the year.
H. l. Pelton, manager Of the local
branch of the Auto vehicle company.
said yes a
PeItou Changes when the action
Plans for Cup. the 's San 0F FTsneise CO.
motor club in turn
ing down his club was being discussed
that he could easily understand. the po-
! sition taken by the officers OF thescIub.
Therefore the two cups are. now omen
for competition. All that he requires lis
that those who propose going after the
writing As hours before the start. Ihey
/ are to provide their timers and starters
| and to file a statement of the time
made, signed by those who are known
| to him. The starting point is at the
| salesroom of the Auto vehicle COM
pany in Golden Gate avenue. The full
checked in can be had from Pelton.
The first to send in his announcement
will have an easy time of it, as he will
be able to set his own pace.
It. p Williamson of Yass. New South
Wales, has converted into q delivery
-. wagon one OF the
old winton S31gte G th a n zGs e 7
sun ll- running shipped to Austria
liza in 1900. The
nine year old motor is declared to be
better than ever, Williamson stating
that he gets Is horsepower, although
the original rating was 10 horsepower.
| This is a noteworthy record, for few
cars built nine years ago are even in
/ evidence, to say nothing of running.
The local branch of the Diamond rub
Der company is just in receipt of infOr
!. formation showing
| : Ds,......, Daoo-a that for the ninth
=. ~ s, successive yea T
'e Diamond tires have
a big lead on the
| cars exhibited at the Madison square