Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-25

rules applied a motor cycle event in
this Countrywide Chicago Motor Cycle
Clubs sixty-mile endurance run, July 8.
10 and 1.-THE three Yale machines fin
ished without a single penalization, win
| ming the trophy. The run on the first day
was from Chicago to South Bend. Ind,
and return. 23O miles: second day. to
| Rockford, ILL.,, and return, 1856 miles,
! third day, to Ottawa, ILL.,, and return. lib
miles.
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| A deal in automobile circles of more
| than ordinary interest was consummated
during the past week when the EMF
Company Of Detroit, Mich, purchased the
plant and business of the De Luxe Motor
| Car Company Of the same city. The price
paid was not made public. but 1t is un-
derstood was in the neighborhood Of
$4,000. tine plant carrying that amount
of insurance and representing q far
| heavier investment in the way of build
/ ings and machinery
| Several other parties had been dickering
for the De Luxe plant. which is valu-
able one. but Walter r. Flanders, presi-
! dent and general manager of the EMF
Company, shattered all previous speed
| records by opening negotiations in the
morning and turning over the cash in the
afternoon, closing the deal before others
| knew what was transpirng.
| Coincident with this transfer comes the
news that the EMF Company will next
season put on the market a new car, 10
\ be known as the Observation-Disclosures
! 90" and which will sell for less than
| $50, the exact price yet to be deter
mined. The Studebaker-Flanders 80,
which will be marketed by the Stude-
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EMF output, will he four-cyiinder car
with 1OO-inch wheel base.
Twenty-Five thousand of these cars will
be made during the twelve months begin
ming January / next.
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John ]. FYster has returned from a trip
to Newark y. Y. While there he signed
contract and secured the agency in this
| city for the Mora automobile Several
/ cars were sold by him this season, and
! for 1910 he predicts busy season.
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| Roy Palmer has been enjoying a trip
through the Shenandoah valley in his
Stanley steamer. He reports the roads in
| good condition for motoring.
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| mobile Club OF Washington, will leave
| tomorrow morning for an extended tour
in his Buick car for Harpers Ferry. Mar
tinsburg and other points through West
| Virginia.
W. W. Biggs left yesterday i'll his Buick
roadster for Atlantic City over the long
route. via Ridgeville. York and Lancaster.
After a short sojourn at the seashore
he will return to Washington over the
short route. via Philadelphia. Wilmington
and Havre de Grace.
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/ G. Il. Chapman is having his Briar-
cliffe Lozier car overhauled. preparatory
to taking an extended trip along the
Atlantic coast with a party of friends.
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Il arrangements We're completed a few
days ago by Lester D. Moore jr, who
has secured the agency of the Empire
20 car in this city.
party Of local autoists motored to
Braddock Heights. Nd. last Saturday
returning home Sunday evening after an
, enjoyable run. The route on the return
trip was via Frederick Ridgeville and
Washington Grove
On the outskirts of Rockville a heavy
shower surprised the occupants of the
cars. Up to that time the roads had
been dusty. The shower made travelling
pleasant the remainder Of the journey.
The total distance covered was about 13O
miles
In the party We're Mr.. and Mrs T. b.
Spence, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis A. Dent. in
IA new 1910 Matheson Six with William
3. McBurney at the wheel, and Mr. and
Mrs. William ID. West, Miss Katharine
West Miss Katherine Dent and Miss
Bessie Yos, in Mr.. Vests Maryland tour
ing car.
Charles A. King has purchased a model
y Stevens-Duryea car of twenty-fo
horsepower. 1t is a five-passenger car,
and Mr.. King is expecting its arrival
daily.
Mr. and Mrs Robert b. Caverly and
daughter have returned from a ten-day
tour to Suffern, y. Y. in their new Mary
land car They went to Reading, Pa,
where the car was delivered TO them
From there they motored TO New York
and return.
A motoring party, composed of Mr.. and
: Mrs. Otto DE Mol, in their new Buick
roadster, and MIR. and Mrs. Hamilton
Smith, in Ford spent last Sunday tour
ing leisurely through upper Maryland. re-
turning Sunday evening TO the automobile
] clubhouse on Georgia avenue, where sup