The Washington times., 1910-10-15
WINNERS WILL GET
HANDSOME PRIZES
Valuable Purses Are Hung
Up for Successful Driv-
ers at Savannah.
By HARRY WARD.

Entries for the Grand Prize race to
be run at Savannah viii close Novem-
Der ). It is expected the field win be
a classy one, embracing the pick OF the
American and foreign racing cars, and
the star drivers of this country and Eu-
rope.
The winning drivers Of the big event
will receive 1900 IN cash, while $1,000
VIII go to the second man. and s1,O10 TO
the third. The entrant Of the winning
car will have custody for one year OF
the 5000 gold eup-the Grand Prize of
the Automobile Club Of America
In the light car race to be run No
vember Il, there will be two trophies.
the Savannah challenge trophy and the
Tiedman trophy, named in honor Of the
mayor Of Savannah. The entrant OF
the car winning the Savannah chaI-
lenge trophy will have custody Of Il
until Il is raced for again, and viii re-
Ceive a permanent trophy In the form
Of a suitably inscribed silver bale Of
cotton The drivers Of the cars win
ming these two trophies viii each re-
drivers Will train on the Atlanta motor
speedway, where q three days racing
carnival will be held November 2-5.
The first Washington purchaser Of an
Owen car. for which Miller Brothers Au-
TO and Supply Company are the agents,
IS Major James y. Richardson, a for
mer Member Of Congress from Ten
neSee, and the head of the Scottish Rite
IN this country The machine IS equip
ped with pinch wheels and contains
all the latest ideas in motor car con-
structiOn.
The latest addition to the sales force
of Theodore Barnes & 60, Pullman
agents, IS Clayton Graf. who has
OF this city for several years. Pull
man cars were delivered this week 10
DR.. Charles W. Richardson and Gus
tav Hartig-
The Overland Washington Motor
Company has leased a building at re
corner OF Sixteenth and L streets
northwest, and will transform il into
an up-to-date machine shop.
A Stanley Eel. PRESIDENT OF the ZeII No
tor Car Company, returned yesterday
from an extensive auto trip through v.r-
GINA and West Virginia in a Hupmo-
bile The purpose of the trip was to
select subagents for the Hupmobile.
Joseph I. GottschaIt, of Baltimore
has placed an order with David S
/ seven-passenger touring car. This will
/ make the second Thomas car he ha.
! owned.
The large field Of uses that seem Ger
} tain for the future Of the aeropIan,
/ promises to soon open up a brisk trad,
I for the manufacturers of aeroplan,
tires According to James A. Braden
or the Diamond Rubber Company, Their
is already a considerable demand 10
aeropidne tires, and indications al
point 10 growing trade for the nea
future.
The Diamond people say that they ar
now turning out quite a number o
tires to meet the demand Of many o
the prominent sky pilots. The damon,
n aeToplane tire Is made in two tvDes
one with the regulation rubber tread
and the other with a tread of chromt
. leather Some Of the avlators who hav,
! equipped their machines with the Ola
mOnd product are CurtiSs, Wrigh
brothers, burgess, Johnson, Kitchener
and others,
Z. Leroy Pelletier. who has directe
all the big EMF Company advertisin
campaigns, is back from Europe, and /
/ daily expecting an Antoinette mono
plane, for which he will build hanga
1 near his recently purchased cOuntr
home on Orchard lake
The EMF Company, of Detroit. be
lieves that 1911 will be the biggest yea
! Yet IN motor car production, and
| planning 10 build $500 more Flander
90 cars. and as many EMF go car
| a s the capacity of the factory will en-
| able, up 10 August l, when the hscs
year ends.