Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-18

ern factories. He is expected TO an
nounce q number Of new entries Sc.
cured. Wagner stated q few days ago
that about forty coatest!ag cars vil
surely line up at the tape October 1.
The course ever which the or at speed
contest will be run Is mace UP e the
Long Island Motor Parkway and the ad
jacent roads Of Nassau couaty. The en-
! tire circuit Is Il 81 mill In ] ngtl. and
| It will be covered twenty-five { me-. ma*.
| ing the total distance OF the race act y
| 276O6 miles. Great prog ess his bee
made on the Parkway and by October l.
twenty-five miles OF p-actic lily ON
pleted road will be added to the twenty
! miles CT motorwav which was thrown
open to the motoring pubic last Iure'
| The first race to be ruin ever the Plrk
! way course was In 1903.
! The dayhreak START u,do'b'edl' has
! added fresh interest to the treat ! g c
Judging from the large numb T Ct p i
cations for seate, boxes and ark
snaces now pcuring into tie otiace OF III
/ Meter Cups Ho'ding Com a"y.
The list OF entries t. d,te inc:rde the
following well known drivers:
Vanderbilt cup race@Gf ore Rob-rtson,
Edward \. Hearre. D,v!d Bru e-B own.
| ley, John Aitken. A. Livingstone. Lnl nd
| Mitchell. Ralph e. Beard ley. RI Mu'
frrd. Louis Chevro'et. brit b sman.
! Arthur Chevrolet. N,rrts Ha.shu J'e
! Dawson. Ray Harroun. e r. Scheihe : -.
Wreatiy Hills Observation-Disclosures
| Basic e. II. Sherwood.
Massapeuua swsepetakes-Bfll Endicott,
Louis Edmunds. William Knipper.
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N. F. Carpenter returned few days
ago from an extended motor trip in his
machine through Virginia and West Vir-
| ginia-
It 10 not unlikely that a very interese-
ing report will be received by the War
Department here on the efficiency OF au-
tomobiles In military operations. bassd
on the work at the recent Peoria. III.
rnaneuvers Of the two gun cars owned
BY the Northwestern Military Academy.
II. e. Benson has returned from trip
to Moline, ILL.,. aud indianapolis. Ind.
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More than 900 road signs have been
erected by the New Jersey Automobile
and Motor Club within tho past few
weeks Before the end Of this month
It is expected that nearly every road
in northern and central New Jersey Will
have been thoroughly sign-posted and
danger signals erected. and the work will
then be continued into southern New
Jersey.
E. p. Chslfon.e Of Detroit. Mich. spent
several days during the past week as the
guest of local motorists.
G. g. Hammer returned Tuesday from a
50o-mile auto Trip throush virginia b,
his touring car:
One Of the most commonly neglected
parts of the motor car. a. TAR as lubrica-
ton is concerned. is the clutch operating
mechanism. In the case Of some multi
pie disc clutches inclossd In oiI-tisht
cases. the oiling Of the thrust collar and
the lever which operates It Is autonat-
ic, but in many cone clutches, in fact,
all that do not operate In an oil hath. the
thrust collar or bearing and the operating
lever require oitng by hand. The duty
Of these parts is very severe. they be ng
clutch In and out, and fabrication Of the
ball thrust Is demanded.
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T. B. Spence enjoyed q weekend trip
to Benedict. Nd. last week with q
party Of friends The members Of the
party spent q portion of the time with
the rod ana reel on the Patuxept river,
resulting In several dne catches
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The best way to make an acesyleue
lamp work we'll is to keep # clean.
The cleanliness should extend to every
part generating chamber. water valve.
; water chamber. litter and burner: and
| when these are clean there Is little
more to do. The carbide chamber should
be cleaned as soon as possible after
the lamp has been In use, for the resi-
due Is simply lime.
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Ralph Mulford had his Vanderbilt
car out over the 1910 course last week
| sizing up the new corners and getting
q liNe on the probable speed Of his car
over the twelve-mile circuit. Mulford
is the first driver to go over the course
with a car that will compete in the
race. and his opinion OF the course
and its possibilities are Interesting. 81
favor the fat turns on the corners.
said he. rather than the banked COR
ners Of last season. An experien ed
driver understands Just how much
speed nat corner will stand. whereas
every hank requires q different speed
according to its angle. For the reason
strange as II may seem. banked turn
Is more didicult to negotiate than a
fat one"
Milford spent one day going over the
| course and trying out the turns, after
! which he left with his car over the
road to the factory at P1attsburg. n
Y. drive OF $50 miles, rounding out
q road journey Of l.460 miles from Ell
gin. Ill. The car Is being inspected and
will be driven down to New York In
time for regular practice on the Goth
In changing from lower to higher
gear 1t will be necessary to speed VI
the motor by means Of the throttle OF
accelerator In order to store enough
energy in the flywheel to furnish the
work needed to accelerate the car to
its new speed. AS the speed OF the
| car increases the higher gear should
be engaged. the autoist not being In
too great a hurry to make the change
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