The Washington times., 1910-10-16
MANY CARS ENTER
SAVANNAH RACES
Every Indication That Grand
y Prize Events Will Be
Holly Contested.
NEWS AND GOSSIP
IN AUTO CIRCLES
New York Show Promises 10 Be
on Larger Scale Than
Ever Before.
By HARRY WARD.

rams are rapidly progressing for the
Grand Prize and light car races at Sa-
Vannah on November II and L.
Two more entries for the big event
have been secured. The two additions
to the already representative list are
Marmons, one Of which Will be driven
by Joe Dawson, who was second i'm the
anderbilt Cup race. while RAY Har-
roun will pilot the other. A smaller
MarmOn has also been entered in tae
light car race. Officials of the Savan-
nah Automobile Club will attend the
racing carnival on the Atlcuta speed
way during the first week in November,
and viii endeavor to secure some addi-
uonal entries for the light car race. 1t
is expected that a great many Of the
smaller cars that race at Atlanta will
be entered in the small car race at Sa-
vsnnah
There is every indication that the Sa-
Vannah races viii be among the best
ever held in this country All the crack
drivers Of America and Europe will par
ucipate, and as the seventeen and one
half mile circuit is being put in racing
condition, fast time may be expected.
Speaking OF the future OF the automo-
dent Of the SeIden Motor Car Company,
said:
That the automobile industry is here
10 stay is a fact that is becoming more
evident every day, and with the many
uses there are at the present time for
the car il is hard to see Just how people
could get along without IL. There need
De no concern, either, about oVerpro-
CuctlOn, i0S ~ spite of the fact that
there are produced in this country about
-uo,OOO cars each year, and there are now
ABOUT 10000 cars in use in this country
me population and the many uses 10
Whlch the automobile can be put are
proof of the fact that the original de-
mand alone viii not be satisfied for sew
eral years TO come. The number of cars
at present in use is less than One-half
OF l per cent Of the total population,
very small percentage, yet one that
means years of production before the
demand for pleasure cars alone is filled.
Then. too. il is claimed that there are
100000 farmers and sUburbanites in this
country who are in a position 70 buy
automobiles. This number does not in
clude city residents. and with produc-
ton OF HO.UO cars year for several
years 10 come. this one field alone VIII
be only partly covered.
With $40gO0O.000 invested in the indus
try. S6O,O00,000 spent by the manufac- |
turers annually for rubber, steel, iron. |
and aluminium, etc, and SIS, 10000 spent |
during the year in freight charges alone, |
II looks very much as though the bust
ness had assumed proportions which |
NOIl1 seem 10 warrant the belief that
II is large enough to take care OF St |
self for some time to come. The indus
try really as vet is in its infancy. and |
there Is a future ahead Of il too gigantic
FOR any Of us TO ever conceive
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When Al Mitchel's Chadwick car re
tired from the recent Paramount Park |
race in Philadelphia. the impression got
abroad that II was due 10 4 broken
axle. It tranSDires however, that the
car struck a bank. the accident putting
Il out of the race, but neither Of the
aNleS were harmed and the car did not
go to pieces. The chief damage was
sustained by the wheels and tires. The
car made the first, third, fourth. and
fifth laps in the fastest time of any Of
the cars and was IL a commanding po-
sition when the accident happened.
1t is evident that the eleventh ma
tionaI automobile show, TO be held in
Madison Square Garden, New York. |
froIi January to p, will be larger
and better than any of its ten prede-
cessors- II will afford the public the
first opportunity TO study the 1911
auto fashions and see what is most
representative of the industry. Only
cars licensed under the Selden patent
will be exhibited at this show.
The Carter Motor Car Corporation has |
delivered Washington cars during the
week 20 w. ". Price and Mrs Sarah
Miller. and has booked an order for a !
machine from John Keefe. The agency
for Washington cars in eastern Viz
Cinia has been given TO Melville Ed |
wards
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