The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-27
AUTO RACES
in KEOKUK|
Some Of the Sane Drivers Of Reckless
Motor Cars says That Such
May be Held During
Carnival.
MAIN STREET SPEED WAY
Good Time Could be Made In Run
From Here to summittvlIe,
With Fastest Cars Of
City Entered.
Automobile races for Keokuk.


That is the talk in this city among
automobile owners and the proposal
is to have such sport events during
the fall carnival The entrants would
be restricted to local owners and the
speed course would be MAR street
and Main street extension as far ous
as sSummitville. This has feen talk
ed of quite. generally among automo-
bile drivers of Keokuk and it is pos.
sible that such events ,,ill be carded
to make the next free fall celebration
the most attractive Keokuk has ever
had
OF course such classy events with
th +, streets crowded would incur a
certain amount of danger and would
be attended by accidents unless the
most careful preparations and plans
would be made. The local automo-
bile association has in mind just now
how conditions and elements of dam
ger can be met and many drivers
favor the project; in fact several
have signified their willingness to en-
ter. The races would consist of sew,
eral short dashes for various sizes OF
cars and then one distance race-pos-
sibly from Keokuk to Summitville
and return.
A local owner predicted Saturday
that before the season opened in true
style there would be one hundred
cars in the city. There are now
seventy and thirty are expected to
be added to the list. He stated that
the popular car locally is the moder'
ate priced one from $1,000 to $1,000
Many professional men are taking uT
with the cars as a means OF aiding
them in going about and answering
emergency calls.
/ Main street will be in good shape
for motoring, as far as the city distric,
is concerned, unless the spring thaws
! cause rises in paving.
Throughout Country and Iowa.
! Automobiling, the princely sport O
Yesterday, is the matter of fact time
labor and money saver of today. The
motor car was a short time ago VIVA
! the aeroplane is now. Speed, with 1t:
/ fascination and it's daredevil reckless
/ ness. is no longer the sole object Q
4 the automobiles From being the mil
/ lionaire's sport, it has developed int
! the business mans commercial re
lliance The automobile truck travel
the street by the side of the enthnsl
i asf,s racing car. Those who though
4 themselves yesterday too poor to Du
4 the whirring, quivering gasoline cars
have been taught by the experience 9
others that there is an economy ]
time and labor in the automobile ina
quite over-balances what is now TN
gradually decreasing initial inyes
4 ment. Besides being almost con
mercial necessity, the automobile r.
mains sport that has not altogethe
displaced the horse, but has In yer
manv WAYS taken his place. Only tn
expert knows Just how far the develol
ment of the automobile has gone frol
year to year and upon the advice
nearly all such interested persons, IN
automobilist has had to reply. Bt
as the industry has grown and tn
automobile has become more commo
New York and Chicago have create
, auto shows. Only those who hay
seen them realize the brilliance !
] those expositions, and the good sens
of the man who throws off persons
J influence Of factory experts and go'
to. the place where he can see cars