The Washington herald., 1910-07-03
AUTOMOBILE NEWS
NOTES AND GOSSIP
continued from Page Four.


ing IN the A. A. A official REQ $50 Miss
Younger noticed that an old high bridge
near Burlington Junction had been
wrecked by a Glidden car just preceding
the REQ, and. believing that other cars
would soon follow. she improvised red
flag by taking a small piece from her new
dress, attached ii to a stick. and signaled
the flying Gliddenites against their i'm
minent danger. and stopped them within
a few feet of the death trap. The pas
sengers were E. /. Ferguson, tour sec
rotary: c. w Mcdowell, driver; ]. W.
Gogarn. Of Mount Vernon, n. Y, and j..
A. Hemstreet. assistant tour secretary
Of the A. A. A.
The ZeH Motor Car Company announce
the receipt OF their new 1911 Peerless
demonstration
Owners of Warren Detroit cars will be
interested in a communication received
by Mr.. George W. Wells, the local agent
of the Warren-Detroit. in which it IS
stated that the Warren-Detroit 80
made a good showing at the Kansas
City races. making the fastest time in
the five-mile handicap Time, 5:l7 10"
Few people realize" he says, what It
means to attempt TO maintain a schedule
OF twenty-five or twenty-three miles an
hour on the road day in and day out
and for every minute of the time on the
road. An experiment will prove how
difficult this is. particularly II the driver
Is careful TO see that he IS charged with
all the time from the start to finish. no
stops or allowance made and deducted.
This viii be found hard even on roads
adjacent TO cities. and is, OF course. more
difficult in the reliability contests where
the going is continuous. day after day,
over strange roads, and often over no
roads.
"A perfect or good score in one of
these contests is all the more appreciated
when 1t is remembered that Il Is i'm
possible TO replace a part. to grind a
valve, to even tighten a bolt, without
penalty. Any one who has attended one
of our large racing events and has seen
the amount of work done on the average
car within 100 miles will see what it
means for car 10 go $500 to 1900 miles
without being permitted to adjust or re-
/ pair It. These accomplishments. again.
are all the more remarkable when one
| considers that at the conclusion OF a run
the car is torn down by mechanical ex-
perts, and if there is deranged part or
a loose connection. or a loose bolt, or
anything wrong. the car is yet subject to
| penalty.
In Europe racing was at It's height
four or five years ago. There is some
racing done in Europe yet, but the for
| eigners attention is now turned TO en-
durance contests. For example, in the
Prince Henry trophy competition jim Ger
many the great reliability run. corra-
| spending to the Glidden tour. there are
/ 1S2 entries this year, and they represent
the foremost concerns Of Europe Il Is
| easy to understand why they have be-
come so much interested In this form Of
showing the abilities OF the cars In
Europe the producing capacity is great
enough to supply all the cars there is
a demand for, and possibly a few more.
/ Consequently every maker is seeking the
| opportunity Of demonstrating IN the most
practical way to the public that his car
! will perform satisfactorily or that Il Is
the best car: and the buyers OF Europe
J have become very discriminating. de-