Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-03

.dd;t;onal factory building, which mas
heen made necessary owing to increased
demand for Washington cars, Will pe
ready for occupancy by June l.
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cta,,de r. Miller reports that the sale
of Ford cars during the past week has
been unprecedented in numbers, as the
firm of which he is a member mas TAKEN
orders for seventeen cars in slightly over
a. week. The demand throughout the
country is unusually large and the for1
factory states that its output Tor Aprli
was entirely sold out the last week III
March.
Frank w. White last week purchased
an Apperson four-cylinder thirty-horse-
power touring car, with full equipment.
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The Cook & Stoddard Company will
open its new salesroom at 1913 II street
northwest tomorrow. The new home OF
the company has been elegantly fitted up
Tho garage will remain at the Old ioca-
ton, ed and P streets northwest.
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Automobile racing enthusiasts are in
terested in a mammoth national cham
pionship race, which is to be held under
the direction of the contest board OF the
American Automobile Association at the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Decoration
day.
There will be fully fifteen races in the
championship events, and the entire day
will be required to run them. Every d.
q
cars will contend, and nearly half hun
dred medals will be distributed among the
winners. The cars finishing first in each
division will receive gold medals. the Sec
onds silver and the thirds bronze.
The contest board has had g. champion
ship meet in contemplation for some time,
but no public mention was made of the
matter until the board met last week at the
headquarters of the National Association.
No. 437 9Th avenue. Chairman S. M.
Butler then announced that the board had
authorized the Indianapolis motor speed
way owners to positively schedule the
championship meet for May so. following
a grand circuit meet to be held on the
speedway May q and 2S
Entries must be made with the A. A. A
contest board. and they will not only be
the first real championship races ever
held in this country, but will also
be the initial national races run under
the new 1910 rules of the contest board.
1t is likely the starters in the several
divisions will far outnumber the field in
any previous motor races. Every manu-
facturer will naturally be anxious to win
one or more championship medals because
the fact that his cars have competed
against and defeated all Of the stock
cars with the same piston displacement
will be of immense commercial value dur
ing the ensuing year. Such a medal
would carry with it very much more
weight than many minor local or even
state track racing trophies
Rules and entry blanks for the 1910
Glidden tour, which starts from Cincin-
natl, June Is. were ordered printed and
distributed to the manufacturers and
other possible entrants. The board also
authorized the positive announcement
that the tour will start from Cincinnati,
notwithstanding numerous unofficial re-
ports to the effect that other cities are
under consideration as starting points.
The board directed that printed instruc-
lions be sent to the boards technical rep
resentatives throughout the United States
and to its referees and associate men,
bers There are twenty-four associate
members Of the contest board now scat
tered throughout the country. together
with q large CORPS OF technical repre-