The Washington times., 1910-02-01
HATSON EXPLAINS
ORDEAL Of DRIVING
Would Often Welcome an
Accident TO Terrific
Nervous Strain.
By HARRY WARD

During the recent automobile show IN
New York q number OF Jhe auto racing
stars zathe- 4 in me press room and
began 70 tell OF their experiences and
Of the trials and trfbulatIons that are
the portion OF every driver. Among
them was Joe HatsOn. winner OF several
important races last year. including the
Indiana anz SLassapeqUa trophies
The pubic knows q lot about the
accidents which befaU racing drivers,
said AIstson, but II knows very little
about the inside Of race driving The
accidents a-e the least OF the trials.
Aishaps are things OF which q success
full driver can never afford 10 think but
the grind IS a thing many drive
fears In one Of my races there were
dozens Of times when I would have vel
coined an accident, because I was so
utterly exhausted. For nearly a week
after I was svvathed in bandages. and
the soreness resulting from the terrific
grind almost gOS my nerve"
The automobile dealers Of washington
have resumed the even tenor Of their
way after the hustle and excitement at
tending the show last week Demon
STATIONS apIeuJy have been booked, and
the dealers viii have Lheir hands fun
for the next few weeks taking care OF
those who want TO be shown
When The s100c0O00 amalEamation OF
the Mitchell Motor Car Company and
the NiuchelI-Lewis Wagon Company re-
Gently was effected, William Turner
Lewis retired as head Of both corpora
tiCns TO accept the post Of chairman
Cf the hoard OF directors OF the ne y
combination. lie is succeeded as Chlef
executive by his sen, Capt William
Mitchell Lewis, q former Yale athlete
and Republican candidate Tor governor
OF Wisconsin
where do all the cars Eo?~ IS a ques-
ton that is asked frequently by not
only the man IN the street but rather
more interestedly BY the motor car
manufacturer II IS an easy matter Tor
bis shipping OF sales department 70 tell
the latter i-1SO what terrific the cars
have gone, but unless he makes more
1horouEh study Of the situation than
that ne viii be at q loss 10 know Just
who buys the cars At least one COM
pauy can answer the question Not
long ago the pleTce-ArrOW MOtOr C6r
CCmDauv began systematic inquiry
along this line among its dealers Their
sales Of new models by January I, 1910,
the present years output, including the
cars not yet manufactured, could be
used in the statistics.
One result was the bringing out Of the
remarkable fact that for this year eX-
aCIy 4--5 per cen or practically half
Of the output gUvs into the hands gOf
former E1eTCe-ATreW owners VI Eii@
remainder S5-6 per cent are bought by
those who had owned cars Of other
makes and 16-9 per cent TO those who
had never owned a motor car before
The sales Of the year before were as
follows To former owners Of Pierce
Arrow cars. a per cent: to former OWL
ers OF other cars, 3-46 per cent; TO those
who had never owned a car before, Pa
per cent
The Motor Car Company has been
advised that the Chambers Motor Com
pany has decided 70 drop the name De
troit'' from its product This action has
/ Detroit in the names Of numerous other
{ Hereafter the cars will be known as
/ Chalmers 80 and Chalmers %
| The I. p Dorset Company recently
/ delivered StOGGar5-Dayton limOusineS TO
/ Representative J NJ Cox and Repre-
| sentative Y. NJ MOOrehead, and q
] standardization landaulet to Repre-
1 sentative Madden. Other sales made
! by this company include q six-cylindeT
I Kline Kar t. P l. Corby, a StOddard-
layton rlnabOut to Dr. Pippin. and
( STANDARDIZATION roadsteTs to r. ".
/ Bowling and George z. Walker.
Miller Brothers Automobile Company
I received word yesterday that Madar7e
/ De Navarro. better known % America rs
/ as Mary Anderson, the talented actress.
1 had purchased q Ford car from the Lon
/ don branch Of the Ford Motor Company.