Evening star., 1909-09-05

mense attendance at automobile events
all over the countryris the direct reason
for constructing the track.
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a few days ago a tire was found to
have sprung a leak and while pumping it
UP a screw was found embedded in the
casing so that only the head was visible.
Having pumped the tire till it stood up
full and round the leakage was very
slight and the car might have been run
for many miles before more air would
have been necessary. But unmndful of
the fact that he was in a hurry and that
he had no extra inner tube or facilities
for making repair. the owner thought
lessly removed the screw, whereupon the
tire quickly went fiat
Ed Ash and Fred Harveycutter have
returned from a motor trip in the latter 5
boat Quant:co, In the Potomac and Pa
tuxent rivers. They returned from Bene-
dick. Md, where they We're anchored TOR
several days, stopping at Colonial Beach
homewrad trip. They found the sport
pleasant, despite the few days of rough
weather which they experienced
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Ed F. Terry and Charles w. Terry
failed to enjoy their trip to Benedict, Md,
last Sunday as much as they might have
had they not run into the terrific storm
which they encountered on the return
trip the same evening. They drove in
their large Buick touring cars and were
accompanied by the members of their
families.
Lieut. w. l.. Pryor. United States Navy,
who recently ordered a ChalmersDetroit
30 has received his new car and is
highly delighted with it. The car is
equipped with a pony tonneau and has
many attractive features
Advice to motorists when leaving cal
standing on a grade or hill is to turn the
wheels into the curb, to avoid any posi-
bility of the car running away. The per
nicious small boy has again made his ap-
pearance and is causing much damage to
automobiles. Only few days ago q
small boy tampered with the brake on 3
machine standing on John Marshall place
causing it to tear down the steep grade
between G and ID streets and crash into
another automobile quietly resting by tho
curb. The runaway car was totally
wrecked and demolished the radiator
lamps, and, in fact, the entire front of the
other car as the result of the terrific
blow.
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1t is not improbable that within a short
time all of the collections and part OF
the delivery of Uncle Sans mail in In
dianapolis will be accomplished with motor
cars. Three cars are now in use and the
work has been so successful that the post
master of that place is uesirouS OF Secur-
ing several additional ones. Three horse
drawn wagons have been Withdrawn from
the service and it is claimed that each OF
the motor cars is doing the work of three
horses.
H. v Sanford and Lieut.. II. W. Butler,
L. s. ", have purchased Hudson 20
roadsters of the improved type. The cars
were delivered few days ago.
Many comparisons have been made con-
cerning the tracks at Indianapolis and
Brighton Beach, 1t being claimed t1at the
track at Brooklands. England. still holds
the reputation Of having the finest automo-
bile race track in the world. The English
track is said to he the most complete track
in the world for motor racing. The timing
devices. with electric chronOgraph, beside
which the stop watch is crude, are so mar
veiouSly accurate that the time reporting
tape, which automatically registered a
speed of 12S miles an hour recently
showed separate marks for the passing Of
the front and rear wheels over the rubber
tubes. There are many ingenious mechan-
isms, such as the machine for testing ac-
colo raj an RAT % at W
car can pick up speed from dead stop
In addition to actual races, the Brookiands
tracks is much used for time trials and
testing cars to efficiency in every posi-
BILE way. The track is built of cement
while the tracks at indianapolis and
Brighton Beach are composed of gravel
and tar, with top dressing of oil to lay
the dust. which probably accounts for a
difference in the speed as compared with
q cement track.
The local authorities of Pennsylvania
town arrested motorist at o'clock
in the evening because his lamps were
not lighted The accused pointed to the
fact that the sun did not set until 1:26,
and that the state law ordained that
lamps must be lighted one hour after
sunset The Automobile Club of Della
ware County. Pa, has taken the matter
up for the accused, and proposes to see
If the state law is not paramount.
To stimulate touring through the Shen-
andoah valley region, and In the interest
of better roads, garage company at
Shenandoah. Va, offers free storage to
all tourists.
AS evidence of the friendly feeling
which exists among the drivers of the
various racing machines the following
telegram, sent the day William A.
Bourque and Harry Holcomb were kill
ed on the indianapolis speedway, to the
Knox Automobile Company. explains it
self: Accept our most sincere sympathy
about Bourque and Holcomb. He won
his last victory from a Buick, and we
are proud of being defeated by SO worthy
and fair an opponent. There are not
many drivers like him left. The tele-
gram was signed by Strang. Chevrolet,