The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-10
RALPH De PALMA
TO TRY FOR MARK
Edges Record in Twenty
four Hour Race Is Goal
TO Be Passed.
By HARRY WARD.

Ralph De Palma. ore Of the king pins
OF the auto racing circuit. is 10 be a
free lance in the future
He has been released from his con-
tract with a geII-znOwn foreign com
pany, and VIII make his first appear
ance Is q free lance in the twenty-four
hour race AZ Los Angeles, December =
and IS. De Palma was q great bicycle
racer several years ago, and since en-
barking IN the automobile game he has
been signaIIy successful. his record in
GLIDING thirty wins out OF forty-eight
starts. He has been unDlaced only three
times.
A large number OF records are to be
found opposite the name OF De Palma
in the A. A. A contest board list He
has the speedway records, regardless
Of class al Eve, twenty-five, and dfty
miles His are the records on one mile
circular dirt tracks at one. two three,
four, I'VE, and ten miles He made q
new mark at twenty miles IL the Isl 70
60 cubic inches displacement division
for sDeedways- He also made a small
car record for fifteen miles with 2 ma
chine OF the 10 cubic inches and under
displacement class He is familiar with
the track at Los Angeles. and there vas
some TAX Yesterday that he Is IN hopes
:
| ord established by :. F. Edge at Brook
lands track Edge covered Isl miles,
1,s10 Yards In a 60-hOrsepOWer car In a
twice around che clock stunt, avera gIng
63-s-l5 miles an hour
This is a long standing record, and
there was much discussion when some
one said De Palma would 20 after II
The agreement was general that IL
would Ue a hard task for him, 5 Brook
lands track IS W. and thrce-quarter
miles around and Of cement and Los
Angeles IS a one mile board saucer Il
( Is thought that De Palma would have
good chance on a two mile board tracE-
At the Grand Central Palace auto
mobile show, which opens in New York
on December q, there viii be seen some
new ideas that may tend 20 revOlU-
tionize the industry Prominent among
these are two new three-wheel runa-
bouts, for which the makers claim
great economy OF operation They are
entirely different in conception and de-
sign one having the single wheel in rSe
rear and the other Utilizing II at TIE
forward end OF the car In the pleas
ure vehicle division viii also be found
standard cars AT a vide range OF prices
Many rea ~ remarkable new efforts IN
the line of decreasing the cost without
iuIpairing Efficiency viii make their bid
elaborate and expensive high-powered
cars
The Eel Motor Car Company gave a
dinner Thursday night 10 its Washing
ton staff A Stanley Zell- president Of
the company. presided, and plans for
an active campaign on the cars han
died By the company were formulated.
The board OF governors OF the Auto
mobile Club Of Washington VIII meet
/ tonight at the Grafton TO discuss 3
number Of matters Of vital interest to
/ the organization
L. Z. Hoffman, district manager Of the
/ Franklin Automobile Company, Is IN the
T city. accompanied BY Clayton z CaTTlSs
better known as Clean Score CARTS
+ the hero Of many reliability contests
I NTT. Holman is arranging for Wash
Ifugton agent for the Franklin and eU-
reefs TO close up q deal within the next
. day or two. The Franklin factory IS
catch Up with orders said Nh Hon
man. and the outlook for 1911 IS
bright"
! "A fine and complete exhibit Of Noon
cars viii be made at the Madison
SQUARE Garden show n New YORK next
month" said John LaTcombe- OF ne
3 Motor sales Company. 1t VIII lnciu9s
la Moon 30 inside drive coupe
TORPEDO. a co torpedo, and 81
chassis
The growth Of the automobile in
dustry has been so rapid and the
Z market so eager. that IN the past NJ
I tie attention has been paid 70 Speclal
STYLES Each maker made the form
that he believed most popular and
/ few makers attempted 10 specialize
But this IS no longer true ana the
~ereat double shows at Madison Square
; Garden next month viii show many
divergenCes- each having some spe-
cial object IN view. One OF the most
Noticeable features IS the attention
Maid TO actual use by the women. IN
! The past IL has simply been assume,
that women would not drive. ara so
long as the tOnneau was rooTny- com
/ Portable and well inCIOSed her needs
were supposed 10 be well met
/ The growing competition OF the
mast few years as well as the needs
II the feminine buyers themselves,
{ have Couspired to make a consider
able change IN this position The
! doors that kept the dust mud. and
Ind from mfIadv's skirts IN the ton
neau have been applied TO the front
and she can sit there equally well