The Washington times., 1910-11-14
AUTOMOBILE SHOW
BEING ARRANGED
Meeting of Dealers to Be
Held This Week to
Decide Date.
By HARRY WARD.

A meeting of the automobile dealers
viii be held this week to determine on
a date T0r the annual automobile show
The success Of the last show promoted
By TIE Washington dealers was so pro-
nouUCed and resulted IN so many sales
that the dealers feel 1t should be re-
peated on a larger scale The meeting
wild be called by ". c. Long, who vas
chairman OF last years show commit
tee Officers viii be elected and the
hundred and one details that must be
worked out will De taken up IN rOta-
ton II is expect ed the show VIII be
held some time IN January anu VIII
proba bly, follow tbs, Philadelphia show
Automobile show play a very pronni-
nent part IN the motor car world New
York has two o. them each year, one
promoted BY the Association Of Ii
censed Automobile Manufacturers. and
the other by the manufacturers who are
not in the licensed fold. their organiza-
ton being known as the American NO
tor Car Manufacturers Association The
show TO be given by the latter wlA
open New Year even In Grand CeItTat
Palace and Will continue one week Be
ginning January : and continuing tOr TWO
" eelxs. the eleveth national show OF tPe
a L. a.
square Garden. promises TO eclipse All
former exhibitions Of the kind
Nearly every city Of any size n the
country has It's annual snow Iney q
ford motorists and prospective motorists
a good opportunity 10 see the newest
things IN the motor world ana SeneIa ally
have a very stimulating effect upon the
auto business
". c. Long, Of the Commercial Auto
mobile and Supply company mas - r.
ceived the following telegram rom a F1ui
II BTUSke. Of the E-A-f company
anent the international light car race
at Savannah last Friday
The one element OF lnteTnaIlOnaI
character developing Ia tOday's racing
VS. the contest between the LanciaY
made in Italy and the EMF 80, which
represented Detroit, and was the only
car of the American contingent Wnlcn
seemed able TO give the foreigner an ar
gumenI. The EMF kept close on the
Lancia's heels for eight OF the eleven
laps. Driver Witt then stopped to axe
on oil, a precautionary measure IS II
proved The Lancia's immense tanks
allowed her to continue without a stop
This made II impossible for the Araert-
can car to close the gap. although he
E--M-T' averaged J0.2S FOR the 1903 miles,
q clip faster than that OF the winner IN
any American road race Of that length
in the annals Of motor racing Witt, III
the EMF. tore OF the fastest lap OF
the race. L %. unoficially timed, and
did not falter in the least at any stage
of the race The other cOntendeTS in the
race selling for $1-50o OF more did not
-iguTe. except as demonstrations Of con-
slstency Of lower speed A gap Of near
" fifteen minutes separated the cars
finishing second from the one finishing
third in this event
Milton n Smith, who was connected
with the Auto Livery Company and the
Federal Taxicab Company for a number
Of years has been appointed manager
Of Barnette Brothers, who operate an
auto livery service, with offices IN the
E.bbitt-
The Carter Motor Car CORPORATION has
been advised that the Virginia Motor
Car Company, Of Richmond, has
changed its name to the Southern Motor
Car Company, Incorporated The new
concern has the agency for washington
cars in Virginia, and has placed orders
for $1,000 worth Of machines for early
delivery
Not since the start Of the GIIdden
tour from Detroit last year has q mo-
aSJiC send-Off as that accorded the
Notwithstanding" HupmObile and its ad-
venturoUs occupants when the globe
CIrdIng trip was begun this week. In
the CaivaCade Of Hupuobiles which es-
COrted the Hupmobile were twenty-five
touring cars. ten tOrpedOes, six rlina-
bouts ana one coupe IneE were driven
By dealers bound for points in Indiana,
Illinois and Wisconsin
From Chicago the Notwithstanding party
j. R Drake. Tom o Jones. and T. R
HaDIon-made Davenport, Iowa, the
first day out, a run Of rs miles: and
are losing no time n order Il, he as far
on their way as possible before the snow
becomes troublesome in the West Be
yond Omaha they will have TO depend
upon their own rOad-chOOsing abilities
and local information. for no cross
route has ever been laid out
bv the touring club authorities. 1t is
to So December IS from San
Francisco for Honolulu, that being the
terminal point OF the second leg Of the
long Journey.