The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-05
News of the Motor
World Happenings

soCiation Since then IL has run day
and night. the entire - hours without
skip. total Of more than 500 hours
this alone "A feat never before accom- :
pliShed To date the car has Travelled
more than four times the distance Gov
cred I'm the Glidden tour or last wear
This tour occupied nearly three weeks
g. w Kelsey. who has had charge or
the run has decided TO put the ensine
that X being used in the car INTO one
Of the cars IN the race across the con
tinent for the Guggenheim trophy.
which starts in June.
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Motor boat rnces Mt Seattle
The Alaska Yukon PacifiL exposition
which opens In seattle on June ]. VIII
be made the occasion Of the greatest
motor boat and yachting pageant IN
the history OF the west. The SAILING
races are To he held under the auspices
OF the Northwestern international
Yacht Racing Association and viii be
the most elaborate ever planned ny the
clubs which come under the Jurisdiction
Of that body.
The motor boat races will be held in
Lake Washington the week OF July .,
upon the banks OF which rest the eN-
position grounds. and under the aus
pieces OF the Pacific International Power
Boat association. with the sanction or
all American and foreign motor boat
organizations
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Many sports On Indiana polls Track
when completed. the Indianapolis
motor speedway Will be the scene OF
contests showing no less than four gen
erations Of Development in the Held or
lOComotiOn The great nve-mile course
viii bc ideal for cycle racing. and with
cycling revived. AS now seems certain.
the course will be found ideal for road
races The motorcyclists have already
arranged to hold great national meet
on the course. and autOmobiling Will
be the leading sport As matter or
course. The operators Of airships have
I found I'm these grounds conditions
whiclunake them perfect for aero work
and the great national balloon race Is
to he started from the speedway
grounds The speedway VIII be tho
starting point Of the national cham
pionship balloon race on June ., and
many aeronauts have asked permission
10 try out their craft on the ground
during the summer
Touring Contests Improve Tires
Hard touring contests serve 10 pro
tcCt not only automobiles but tires as
wcll Since the early inception ~ auto
MODELLING certain makers ~ automo-
bllcs have taken the livelicst interest
In the great annual tours. They have
seen the defects in their cars and the
weaknesses through open competition
against other cars, and have benefited
by the yearly struggles The tire
maker has gained from the tours also.
for the tire troubles have decreased
from year 10 year. In early tours the
carry 80 big loads. vet cars were found
along the roadside. frequently with tire
troubles. rs tho years went by the
cars became heavier and tire troubles
decrease every season.
o
Machioe-mnde Tires Are Good
Automobile tires We're formerly
built. d. hand. aud makers We're proud
10 advertise the fact " said q. VI. Stad-
ltmdn. secretary ~ the GOODYEAR Rub
ber A. Tire Co. OF Akron. Ohio. but
now American ingenuity has again sur
passed European. in the invention 81 ~
new way ~ making auto tires nv ma
chiucrN. For more than a year. the
Goodyear company has been working
on an original idea for n tire- making
machine and tho result IL that we have
recently placed -four of the machines In
active operation. These machines were
only pat into active usC attcr tests Of
tires made hv the aumpauy's original
machine had proved that tires made by
10 not only COuld he constructed with
much greater speed. hut were even
moro durable taan the hand made tire.