New-York tribune., 1910-07-11
Plan B|G POLO MATCHES EAGER FOR AUTO MATCH
Robertson and De Palma Train
ina for Big Race:

That the matinee OF motor Sprlnt races u
be given by the Motor Racing Association
| on the Brighton Beach Motordrome on
| Saturday, July g, will be exceedingly pop
| ular with metropolitan sport lovers is al
ready assured. Though the entry blanks
will not be ready until to-day, A. B. Cord
! ner. chairman of the Brighton Beach COM
| mittee, has been besieged by prospective
| contestants for information concerning the
| nine programme races and complete entry
lists for each Of the ten-nile dashes are
| assured.
Particular interest is attached to the
match race for the purse of $500, in flve-r1ile
heats, between George Robertson. driving
the big Simplex racing machine, and Ralph
De Palma, at the wheel of the Flat. These
two have been bitter speed rivals for sew
! eral years and are now generally recog-
nized as the two most daring American
race drivers.
Both will be in active training this week
for the match and their work Of prepara-
ton will be keenly watched by close fol-
lowers of the sport. 1t is said that
coterie of Fiat admirers are prepared to
| wager a considerable sum that De Palma
will return a victor in the match
Several cars that have gained fame either
by the breaking of records or the winning
of sensational races are probable starters
| in the free -for-all dash. The race for cars
that have competed in twenty-four-hour
contests held under the auspices Of the
Motor Racing Association will find goodly
number of warriors on the track Among
these are likely TO be such regular twenty
four-hour performers as the Simplex,
Stearns Rainier, Lozier, Fiat, Palmer &
Singer, Buick and Houpt cars. As the en-
tries in all events will be limited in the
interest of safety, intending participants
are advised to communicate early with Mr..
Cordner at the city clubhouse of the
Motor Racing Association, No. 30i West
58th street
Castor Plaintiff, manager of the Ford
agency in New York. returned yesterday
after answering call to Detroit head
quarters.
He is full of enthusiasm over the new
Ford factory, an inspection of which he
made with the company's officers. Moth
ing like this plant has ever been seen, -
he states, from any angle one wishes to
view it" The tract upon which Henry
Ford has erected the plant occupies sixty
five acres, with railroads bordering it on
the ground floor, the visitor sees, covering
the entire length. very fine machine shop
Here is where the vanadium heat treat
ed steel from the old plant is put through
TO the finish. Opposite each machine. or
set, are the compartments which receive
the finished stock This shop faces the
east without any obstruction, and is flooded
with light, making it possible for the me-
Il ftas- ,to6a
ditions. The machinery on this floor Is
valued at slooo,Ooo
''One thing dovetaiIs into another in this
new plant, all making for economy in
time, labor and money. AT one end of the
plant the trains carrying the raw ma
terial are shunted right up to the factory
door and at the other end the finished ma
chimes are loaded into box cars for ship
ment. Practically all the parts that go to
make up complete Ford car are made
on the premises, and a jaunt through the
various floors show how 1t is done.
"One of the principal features is the
provision made for the care of the old
Ford models One of the floors is well
stocked with parts ready to be shipped at
the call of need to any part of the country
AT one time on the second floor 800 900
wheels and tires were stacked, which gives
some idea of the immensity of the stock
requirements Thirty-eight hundred men
are employed, and the output is 1872 COM
plete cars a day.
Final scores of the contest for the Gid
den and Chicago trophies credit the Max
well team with making the best average
score in the severest test of cars and men
ever conducted in this country.
When the technical experts of the Amer
lean Automobile Association completed
their final examination and operative test
1t found that the team of two Max
well cars had survived the racking run of
ESQ miles through thirteen states In bet
ter condition than any two or three car
teams in either division of the contest
The penalties assessed for slight trouble
with equipment gave the team an average
OF l29Is points, which was SO points penalty
less than the nearest competing team. Fur
thermore. only three Of the nine teams
which started were able to remain in the
contest and of the other six teams only
one car of the team finished the contest in