New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-27
AUTO NEWS OF THE DAY
OIdfieId's Threat to Drive at At.
Ianta Causes Amusement.
TIRE PRICES TO BE CUT
Ralph Milford Writes from
Savannah That New Records
Are Sure To Be Made.

Oldfieid'S announcement 'H~l ~
going to Atlanta to win another oattie WIN
the American Automobile Associator' mas
aroused amusement among the men con-
,-arsant with the automobile racing situa-
ton. II can mean only one thing thst "e
intends driving there next week
The second annual races at the Atlanta
motordromc will be decided on November
s and 5. They are licensed by the Amer
lean Automobile Association, and the most
notable and famous drivers and cars no"
in competition I'm this country are entered
II Oldfeld was allowed 10 appear on the
track the entrants, owners. managers and
drivers of these cars would be disqualihed
from further racing in this country under
American Automobile Association sanction.
so that Il is hardly probable that J. n
Nye. manager OF the motordron1e, will al
low Oldfield to appear on the course.
Apropos of the Oldfield- Johnson perform
apce-it can hardly be called race-at
Sheepshead on Tuesday, one Of the "cld-
timers is telling an interesting story.
He says that on Wednesday. october 10,
which was the day on which the press
agent of the performance sent out descT'p-
tions of the discussion between Oldfield and
johnson as to which should use the track
for practice. his son came home TO dinner
covered with dust. He lives not far from
Sheepshead Bay, and the boy had ridden
his bicycle over there. When his father
asked him what made him So dusty he
said
"Oh, OldiieId and Johnson have been hav-
ing moving picture race there this after
noon aud and about hundred other boys
had to throw bags of dust into the air.
The moving picture man went in front of
the two racers. He was In a touring car
and his machine stood in the tonneau He
had big megaphone, and he would say,
Now you come up, Johnson; now you ride
a little slower Oldfeld; get together now on
this turn Then we boys would have to
throw up the bags OF dust"
Here is welcome news for owners of auto
mobiles. The tire companies have decided
to reduce the present prices 10 per cent on
December L. On July the prices were adj
Vahced IL per cent, so that this will brins,
the cost below what it was before.
This will be the last wear that tho CO
called licensed show will he rosDased ~,
the Association of Licensed Automobile
manufacturers. 1t has been decided that in
ISl2 the several organizations op daarere ~,
licensed cars in the various cities 1vt,r ~,
Ine SHOWS. In this way the dealers ore,s,i
%auoils VIII reap the benefits, financial and
o'her"lse' that heretofore have gone m tho
paienI association The Boston show has
always been handled In this rnanner II "a
Saiu that the new plan will meet with mi
'eradi approval throughout the country
AT the West Side Young Mems Christian
80 Iast evening several addresses
c,o,,sI. On automobile topics by men
AIS-as - speak III their respective lines
1Ahieu reeves. general manager os t,o
A. l.. a. NJ, spoke on "rri,a - 'iie
OPPORTUNITIES Of the AUTOMOBILES Jnd,,s.r,- ;,
HIS address will be printed an go ,S.,
OH one or the sporting pages Of tn rs, III
une on Sunday ne ITO
g., a., g, "o new records at Savannah
w the Grand Prize race on No,,an,Ln- a, ~
II 'he DEMONSTRATIONS of such exn.-i.,,-.
n IN the racing game as RaInb NJ
mo urlVer of Lczier cars. and - -.
inc manager of the racing de,ot,
- AoNler Motor Company, eoun+ Co..
joe Moran, too, another Jo,tar
a"u PIooabiy the best known mach
aa1',1a iueiitiiied with racing In .bi,
~ agrees with Mr.. Emiss and MI
20 'na' IL Nazarro's world record of
's-' HllIes an hour for long road -,
-~@>N htVnIn JneV will h.
greatly surprised. De
after pelilg nearly kicked to piso.. % .,
MT Ehilse expressed IT. by tho tan ana =,
the Southern hurricane. the I,oy,.- -
arrived at Savannah safely ON Fr,d.-.
last ana lost no time in going over tt.
ne" course which is to be the scene of ,ho
international struggle on November 10
Ralph Milford writes: l."
The new course Is a wonder snd
worlds record Will be set or wa -.
missed our guess. It is from s,x IN .taht
miles faster than formerly, on account 90
the elimination of the Isle of Home .,,1
Ihunderbolt turns With the inproy.
ment In the speed of cars In the las, two
years the old Savannah time of e5.os miles
an hour will be badly broken.
III my Lozier stock car-with which r
won the national stock chassis chsronjor-
ship at Elgin. finished fifth in the Wander
bilt and was only beaten by less than siv
seconds In the Paramount Park race-is
able TO go the route 1t should average
seventy miles an hour, and the big foreign
racing cars ought to beat my stock car
time at least four or five miles an hour
The Lozier headquarters for the Grand
Prize race Will be at the Casino at Thun-
derbolt. picturesque spot on the river
one half mile from the course milford
Horan, cars and mechanics went directly
from their Savannah inspection to Atlanta