The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-21
AMONG THE AUTOMOBILISTS
THO CARS PRACTISE on VAN
DERBILT RACE CIRCUIT.
Leland 4. Mitchell out In simplex Entered
BY Henry ID. Harris ana waiter Jones
Drives Two Cycle Amplex- WilliaIn
kaIpper Trys LaneIA On the Parkway.

by Henry ID, Harris ana " alter Jones
Drives Two Cycle Amplex-- william
knipper TrSs LAncIA on the Parkway.
, A the time for the closing OF entries
approaches the Vanderbilt cup race and
the two sweepetAks races 70 be run In
conjunction with Il assume larger proper
tons t'p TO Yesterday twenty -one entries
had been made for the Vanderbilt race.
sIH for the Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes and
three for the MassApeaua SwespsfAke- IL
- expected this number will he Increased
, before the entry lists are closed next SAtur-
day Practice for races started yest@rdas
morning and with continue each weekday
morning until the day before The races "n
! October
! only Two cars were ont on he - 81 miles
| circuit Yesterday morning the SIMPLIFY
! entered bv Henry u Harris, the 'haa'ri'a'
mana eer. and 'hs NmpleN thar was entered
I on MONDAY uight bv = : Mise 4 60, lora'
agents for the machine Mr. Hams "ul
. again have I-land Mitchell. "a veteran
| racing pilo'. a. "a" u heel % ms car. a. he
did la,' wear Ralph y Baa rdslev who will
drive the second simpler IN The cup race.
acted a. Mi'ch-ll's mechanic yesterday
morning Mitchell made one round Of the
/ circuit in - minutes - seconds from
/ standing start Walter Ions-. driver OF
tn. AmpleE. which has a Two cycle 50 horse
power engine. vas timed FOR one round In
Il minutes - seconds Inc om"lAl pTa''l'e
mum Der Of the AmpleN IL Il.
william e Poertner. local distributor OF
the National. entered National in the
Vanderbilt cup race Yesterday The driver
OF the car will he Louis \. Dsbrow, who has
achieved considerable fame IN short 'racE
events and twenty four hour races Thomas
y cooke ~ GresnN lch. conn YESTERDAY
entered an y - ia the Nhesiey HIS
Sweepstakes. lean luhaSl. Who made hnv-
NJ NJ IA a hOHtr a HTlRnfOD
Bearh Williams y - will drive Mir tooke'-
car on October ! Mora BOYLE also made
SNeep-take-. naming torreIa Tor Shlch
he has not selected a driver The onicial
prac'ice number Uf the p j. IS and the
torr-la will carry ia IN the practice
Z n lansenan dd some pui'k work
Nth he cu-' Oms officials and Suc, e~ded
out Of he custom House LATE on MONDAY
william knlpper. Who vii drive The CAr
IN the Ma>-apegua SMeei-'ake-. iaslrneI
u our - he circuit Yesterday afternoon.
taking Prank strobe With aim IN the me
driving the entire leaEth Of the PARKWAY
several times and travelled IiO mil before
PAW ma"hine shop IN Motor Hal Knip.
per expressed himself a. greativ pleased
over he c-r's Performance He viii begin
practice before neSt Monday morning
quarter at Huntington. where the Mar
gue'te- Buck team = also In, ated Harry
Win an .ic"' sill drive he same Ear on
October and has his camp Al MineolA
J1s Mal;on ana : ) M-rsny'li. aans -
li,ok-n1'i. The fLfs. NsrionsiS 'o' 10 ss
driven Sy LOui~ 4 pr~brow, Al Livingstone
and The Mercer vii have quarters At Gar
len ely
Ralph De Palma. ~ho has heen very
generally regarded he most skilled
'rack driver in 'he World bit whose star
GeorR" Robertson t~ice defeated hun WITH .
more powerful ,ar and Barney oldheld
rracs proved ls-t Sa'urdsv hr- ability /.
10 come bac~ he Palma drove the .
tta' yciqn- on The one mic dir track N .
I he STATE p ar grounds a. Syracuse last Sal .
urda, and offi,s'lN broke r,e world
Tcc2rds for tnst ~" Of C"urs" We COY
all rutermsdis'e marks up to hNe miles
IS hl'h t~ made N rninute- io ".-l"' -.
Oidn-ld record ~ minutes "a IS seconds
De Palma nroke The me ru'le dir trs,A
mark had been -, a. ~ ,s.io seconds the
ureNlou- saturday nv bldn~ld AZ NJ Paul
~; r,Ih ne ;cS ho... s.nt 1,osT Re
De Palma had held the one mile dirt track
record Tor more han Two years a. figures
In hi- nr-t trial a. Syra'u-e on saturday
De Palma ade one mile N ~ 7s-I,O seconds
caash IA .s Ss'rcS S., on bS me Warnsr
automatic timing device. Nhich j. orrCiallv
re- cgniSed nv the contest board
me for he frs milo waSsg I3-Its, seconds
and for he i've miles II was minutes 20
~ ioo seconds
DURING the lAs' tWo y-a-- the increase
in Tho number Of automobiles oNned by .,
"a rmerS has been little short % marvellous
In the opinion Of hSmAs president
Of the u Thomas Motor Iompanv 81
'ion - the subject ct tho RToWll of tho
motor car business IN the south and south
vest this l. Of the most remarkable
features Of the industry
The social 80 nofnv Of many othsr lines
oi human endesNor ~avs Mr. Thomas :
has been changed .. result ~ he son.
ferful spread 81 fh~ automobile Tho
sogial life Of the country districts has been
revolutioni1ed and the people have been
brought IN closer touch with each Other bv
Tho greatest time ana distance Annihilator
NJ modern times
To persons VINO have not kept IN close
touch with tho trend 81 the automobile m.
tusirv The most remarkable feature OF the
whole business - the phenomenal Increase
u iatm aufomootle~ IN the las' ~" years
ne eject roads has been far rsarhiny
aud beneficial 20 an extent that - ImpOSSi-
bic ~ estimate This certainly demon
strates that The motor car industry j. hot
governed bv the same conditions A. the
Bankers and other men who fr,n the
very nature OF their business must be eau.
iious and conservative have pred ic'ed al
That their reasoning vAs from false prem /
l-e- l. shown nv the steady demand for all
kinds OF 'srS and an ANALYSIS of the dis ,
irthntl"n ~ ihe wealth of 'hs ,"un'r'
steadily Increasing and -hoVs health, and
natural growth. The aufomobils has come
10 S'av aud has not seen - hest days by
any means