Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19

taneously, according to classifications
recommended by the general rules COM
mittee of the Manufacturers Contest As
ISOLATION: the smaller cars being stopped
at different shorter distances. leaving the
larger ones competing for the Vanderbilt
trophy to hold the stage for the final
rounds of the course. The course, as ten
tatively selected, is triangular in shape,
with each side practically straight. The
turns can be easily negotiated.
Mrs V. Padelford of Stoneleigh Court
has returned to the city with her Stude-
baker town car. having enjoyed motoring
trips at New London. Conn.,. and New
port. where she spent the summer.
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John r. Wright, who has been touring
in his Wayne car through New York.
New Jersey and Pennsylvania, has re-
turned after covering 1900 miles. En-
route home he stopped over at Atlantic
City.
While the governors Of practically
every state in the Union have made
favorable replies to the requests that dele
gates be named to represent their states
at the good roads convention in Cleve-
land, beginning Tuesday. September q.
no letter has exceeded In it's expressions
Of appreciation of the good roads move
ment that of Gov. Joseph NJ. Brown Of
Georgia.
No less than f1fty-four delegates have
been named by Gov. Brown to represent
his state. Gov. Brown. In his letter to
the officers Of the A. A. A. naming the
delegates, says:
The improvement Of the public high
ways being the demand Of progress and
necessary to that commercial and civic
intercourse which makes for q quicken
ing. of patriotic endeavor. conventions
that are called for the purpose of such
advancement should receive executive ap-
prevail"
Among the delegates, many Of whom
will be recognized as acknowledged good
roads advocates. are Clark Howell, Frank
c. Battey, president of the Savannah
Automobile Club: Asa G. Gambler, presi-
dent of the Atlanta Automobile Associ-
alton; Prof. c. Strahan, w. F. Holdman.
F. L. Seely, Wiley Williams. Gen. Cliff
ford l.. Anderson and E. H. Inrnan.
w. B. McBurney, who went to New
York a few days ago to drive four
cylinder Matheson touring car over the
road. arrived Wednesday without acct
dent He will drive the car In the Mum
sey run to Boston, which starts Tuesday
morning.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. D. Darnell in their new
1910 Washington touring car spent last
Sunday on a trip to Ridgeville, Nd, and
return. The trip going was via Olney.
where the tourists came to grief in the
mud for over an hour. They returned
via Laytonsville. Washington Grove and
Rockville, where they found the roads
in much better condition.
George Thomas has returned from a
visit to several Of the large automobile
factories in the west. He found the fac
tories running night and day, enlarge
ments being made In many instances
and the west automobile crazy" The
automobile business is rapidly increasing,
and this year there will be, he said, q
greater demand for cars than was ever
known. He feared a scarcity Of cars II
the present demand keeps up.
It now seems probable that the fight
waged by the makers OF popular-priced
cars to compel the Motor Racing Associa-
ton to admit cheaper cars in the twenty
four-hour races at Brighton Beach will be
successful. The technical committee Of
the association is now at work on the pro-
gram for the next race meet at Brighton.
the letting down of the bars for the fea-
ture event so as to permit the entry of
popular priced machines.
The next race at Brighton will be Sep
TENDER "a and %. This event will be held
in conjunction with the Hudson-Fulton
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