Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-11
BIC AUTO SHOW
OPENS MONDAY
Beautiful Shrine Auditorium Used
This Week for Great Auto
mobile Exhibition
200 CARS ARE ENTERED
Music and Other Special Attrac-
tions for Every Day of
the Show
200 CARS ARE ENTERED

The beautiful Shrine auditorium,
which was the scene of such a gay as
semblage at the Charity ball, was given
over Yesterday to the decorators to
make ready for the great. automobile
exposition, which will be staged in the
building this week by the Los Angeles
Motor Car Dealers association, and
the 200 or more beautiful cars that will
be shown, representing in value more
than million dollars, will claim the
public's attention for the next six
days.
When the doors open Monday evening
there will await the public one of the
handsomest and best arranged auto
shows ever seen in the United States.
The young organization promoting the
show will remain In action as a per-
manent association, and its member
ship is composed of many of the best
known auto dealers and accessory men
in the city, and they are, sparing no
expense to make this show an attrac-
tive and educational exhibit of all that
is best in motor cars and things used
by motorists.
One of the big features of the week
will be the musical program, Every
afternoon and evening there Will be- g.
band concert by Ohlmeyer's concert
band with special soloists The Ven-
isse ladies' orchestra will play in the
balcony and as an added feature
Thursday evening, society night. the
male chorus of the Orpheus club will
make these special musical programs
practical.
One of the most complete exhibits
viii be that of the Fiat agency. There
will be large and small Flats and as
an added attraction the Flat racer
which made the fastest laps In the
Savannah grand prize race and the
hea owl
tied. This will be one of the most
complete exhibits of foreign cars ever
shown on the coast and will be a pop
ular section at the show.
The sport lovers will find much to
interest them. In a prominent place
on the main floor will be shown the
fastest motor car in the world Barney
Odheld's Bitten Benz, and also the
famous little Prince Henry Benz. Bar
ney will be on hand himself during the
greater part of the show to tell the
many visitors his thrilling experiences
on the track
Another racing car which will come
i'm for share of the public attention
will be the Kissel racer which won the
Phoenix race. The Kissel Kar com
pany will show a very complete line
of cars in addition to the racer.
An object of unusual interest will be
the original Vanderbilt cup, which will
be shown in the Alco exhibit. This
cup has been sent to the coast ex-
pressly for this show and will be hur-
ried east Immediately following the
Shrine show to be, shown at the famous
New York show.
AS an educational feature nothing
does more at a show than the stripped
chassis with its exposed parts being
operated by electricity. There will be
several of these models and the novice
who knows nothing whatever about
the operation of a motor car can spend
thirty minutes at this big show and
secure very good knowledge of why
and how an automobile Is run. These
working cars are always surrounded by
crowds and those agents showing them
VIII have men on hand to answer
questions and explain any feature.
The California Automobile company
can always be depended upon to pro-
vide some unique feature. and this
year will be no exception. COM
plete charging system VIII be shown
in connection with the Columbus elec-
trio section of the exhibit and several
special cars of the Warren Detroit and
Firestone Columbus models will be ex-
ehibited. Volney S. Beardsley, the head
of this company, is one of the best
known automobile men in the west and
Will be In attendance each afternoon
and evening.
q. Roger Stearns will have numer-
Gus models of the Ford and Velie,
among them being a coupe, roadster,