The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-20
Motor Car News

Motor LAR News
After a run of seven days, four OF
(which were in weather conditions al
!1nost unprecedented for severity and
Hardship, eight cars of the seventy
Icontestants in the AtlantaNew York
.run finished in New York with per-
lfect scores to their credit.
These were the Ford car, No, 10.
sowned and driven by +. NJ. willing
lham, Of Atlanta. which is therefore
tthe winner in division .: the Cadillac,
No. So. owned and driven by d. x.
lNIcColl, of Bennettsville, S. c.. which
Ebecomes winning car in division 3;
1.-THE Mitchell, No. 81, carrying the good
sroads committee of Winston Salem, n.
&c, and driven by h. Stowe. which, with
ianother perfect score, shares the hon
ors in division with the Cadillac;
THE pullman, No. 40, entered and han
sdled by the Pullman Motor Car Com
ipany Of York. Pa. and the Columbia
NO. 90, owned and driven by Marcellus
tRambo. of Birmingham, Ala, which
is; the Pope Hartford, No 13, owned
Thy Edward II. Imam of Atlanta, and
driven by A l.. Armand, which is the
sole winner in division 6, and the Pope
Toledo, No. s, owned and driven by
edward NJ Durrant of Atlanta, and
f1he Lozier, No. 30 entered by it's own
Ter. Asa G. Gambler. Jr., OF Atlanta, and
(which high power cars came through
with perfect scores in division Z, for
tcars costing more than $4,000.
! AS there We're no perfect scores
I'm ade in divisions / and 4, the win
iners in those divisions are the con-
:testants having the smallest penali-
cation. In division /. therefore, the
award goes TO the little Hupmobile, No.
70. owned and driven by n. w Wal
lace. of Charlotte, n c.. which suffered
ia penalzation throughout the entire
gruelling contest of only twenty points
in division the winner is the Buick
no. 16. owned and entered by w. L
Wimply, of Atlanta. and driven by p
O. Parmalee, which was penalzed
total OF los points.
Members of the Richmond Automo
bile Club have been generous to
degree in offering the free use o
their cars for the annual orphans
outing, which will take place on Wed
number of cars ever offered for thu
event will be ready to whirl the
youngsters around the city, and ou
70 Lakeside.
The Richmond Automobile Club viii
hold meeting at the Richmond Ho.
E1el tonight. Refreshments will be
lserved
y,
sranged through the Valley of Virginia
tfor July and August. Because of
Ithe unprecedented rains which have
tput the roads in terrible condition,
June parties. planned month ago
had to be abandoned The Gordon
Swartwout. paSty IS happy on the way
land VIII cut through a big territory
Before returning TO Richmond three
weeks hence
Automobile dealers in particular are
interested in the proposed ordinance
which requires that every person oper.
0ting motor car must first pass
an examination and secure a license
There Is, of course, some opposition Il
The law, but it is held that 1t is in The
interest of public safety Considering
the number of cars owned here, Rich
mond has been singulai1y free of Sc
,-rious accidents. the most recent on,
not being due to any fault of the mar
fat the wheel
Speeding in Henrco oounty-sinc
sthe recent meeting held secretly at tn
,courthouse-has not been reported. Blu
this was not due to any undue &C
f1ivity on the part of the sleuths. Th
rain stopped it, mud being a create
deterrent TO high driving than law
Everybody, it seems, wants to ow
an automobile. When Glenn ii. Curtis
View from Albany TO New York tn
other day, winning $40, 900 for the fea
The promptly gave 1t to his wife. Some
body asked Mrs. curtlss what she ex
,pected TO do with the money "
am going TO buy a motor car wit