Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-17
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city, came into the limelight last Sunday,
this time, however, not on the gof links.
but on the Rockville road at the entrance
to the county seat He was arrested for
operating his automobile in Maryland
without having a Maryland license num-
Der displayed on his car. He hastily ex.
planned to the sheriff that he had lost his
license tag on the way to Rockville. The
sheriff patiently listened to his story and
then said:
Mr.. Lard, I have known you for a
number of years, you always have borne
an excellent reputation and l believe that
you are an honest man, but you are the
twenty-third man who has told this same
story about losing his tag, and if you
go back over the same road you have
just Travelled you will find twenty-three
lost tags scattered along the road be-
tween Rockville and the District line. any
one Of which I am willing you shall
have for your machine" Mr.. Lard was
not permitted to depart from the court.
however. until he had paid 81 and costs.
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Joseph M. Stoddard returned Thursday
morning from a four-day trip to Cleve-
land, Detroit and Buffalo, where he Wis
tied the various firms of the cars which
his concern represents. He found all OF
the factories running full blast, in order
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Can any touring car on the marke.
make a mile a minute under ordinary
touring conditions and carrying four
passengers" is the rather pertinent ques-
ton to be decided during the running Of
the national championship track races
way, under the sanction and direction Of
the contest board of the A. a. A.
The test at Indianapolis will be inter-
eSttng, not only on account of the ex-
treme novelty Of witnessing touring cars
racing with a complement of passen-
gers, sitting upright. but the results Of
this event should effectually block a large
lately been the vogue among some mat
ers They do not hesitate for a moment
to rate the speed Of their touring models
at a mile minute. Tho customary as
sertion Is: This car can be driven from
two to sixty miles an hour on the high
speed
Event No. IA. the last event of the
championship races to be held at Indian
apolis. reaas as follows: Stock cars, class
=, for the John A. wilson tropay, valued
at $50; donated by Jonn A. Wilson Of
Franklin. Pa. to be awarded to the stock
touring car that first makes full mile
in one minute or less under regular tour
ing conditions and carrying four pas
sengers; the contest to be confined to
cars OF not more than so horsepower,
A. L. A. NJ rating; regular touring bod
les mot baby tonneaus or torpedo bodies),
tanks full. top on, but may be. down;
mud guards on and regular supply of
tools; passengers to weigh not less than
100 pounds each, and to sit upright in
the car; to insure there is no down grade
the mile Is to be- made both ways on the
track; II more than one entry in the
contest, then the car making the fastest
time to be awarded the cup, providing
said fastest time equals a mile a minute.
II the contesting cars average mile in
% seconds, for example, In going to the
right they will not be required to travel
to the left faster than a mile in one min
ute and two seconds. Thus 1t would be
demonstrated that they could travel on q
perfectly level course at the average rate
Of q mile q minute.
The smoker scheduled for last Friday
evening at the elubrooans of the Society
OF Professional Automobile Engineers has
been postponed until April =. The affair
Will be given by &. w. Bender and p. H.
Johansen.
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e. S. Heuman, a member Of the Auto
mobile Club OF Washington. has purchased
the Racine cruiser exhibited at the auto
mobile show In January and contemplates