New-York tribune., 1910-09-11
AUTO NEWS Of THE DAY
Bits of News Gathered from
Makers and Dealers.

IS the new model 81. four passenger
broughan1. resembling in many respects last
years model 75-C, but with a few impor-
tant differences. The body of the car is
built in single piece. three inches wider.
the front has swelled side panels with
rounded front quarter French plate glass,
and the general effect of the car is larger,
roonier more luxurious and more distIn-
suished. The Waverley motor. that gives
$50 per cent of turning power for every 100
per cent of overload. forms part of the
equipment, as we'll as the Waverley full
elliptic springs. Next to model 81 In the
point of novelty is model IS, WaNerley
electric roadster. a car that vas introduced
last year but only in tentative form.
Numerous alterations and Improvements
are embodied in this years model The
body. for instance. is low hung There is
= roony. comfortable rumble seat at the
rear. with a step to reach it by. The length
Of the car has been increased TO 11412
inches. and the wheel base is 96 inches. A
change has been made in the shape of the
cape top.
Following the success of the Marmon
racing crew in the Indianapolis Speedway
races which ended for the season Monday
afternoon Ray HarrOun, Joe Dawson
Dave Buck and Louis Heinenann, the yel-
low Jacket pilots. will leave for New York
within a few days to prepare for the van
dcrbilt Cup race and other events. They
will have their racing camp at krugs Cor
ner, where they have reserved acconmoda-
tions for fifteen men and five racing cars
Howard Nar1non. designer of the car, and
Homer George, manager of the team, VIII
accompany the crew East. They take their
! la
the Marmon people have built two new
/ cars more powerful and much faster than
/ any they have ever raced in the past.
These cars have four-cylinder motors with
! a 4lo-inch bore and q 6l2-inch stroke.
In addition to entering these two big cars
! in the Vanderbilt. they have been named
! for the Grand Prize event which will fol-
low on October Is For the Wheauey
Hills which viii be run October l, the
Marmon cars coors will he represented by
! the stock car which won last year, the
model with an engine AZ by Alp. This car
/ viii he piloted by either Buck, winner of
| the Kane County trophy at Elgin, Ill. or
! by Heinemann, who finished third in that
| race The Eastern engagements of the
| Marmon include the Fairmount Park cup
! race at Philadelphia. in which two stock
/ cars will start. with HarroUn and Dawson
! at the wheels.
The old established dealers in New York
are making sales nowadays as regularly as
! clockwork The Oldsmobie Company. of
New York has been greatly helped in keep
! ing up its daily average of sales. General
| John T Cutting says. by the timely ar
rival. six weeks ago, of the first of the 1911
models the "Oldsmobile Special" This car
| he iaI Of Of
! the four-cylinder type. standard Oldsmobile
! construction. 1t shows many little refine
ments in details, the most striking Of which
are the Dutch deta able forward doors
The arrangement of the tool and supply box
/ is another new detail. This is set between
| the two steps running from the front mud
guard to the rear.
! Surprise and qualification were evoked by
! the announcement of the entry of the 1911
| Briarcliff model Lozier stock in this
! years struggle for Vanderbilt Cup honors-
| The Lozier interests have hitherto stead
! fsstly refused to enter their cars in any
| event where the conditions did not call for
! strict stock chassis, but the brilliant victory
| of Ralph Mulford at Elgin, Ill. when he
| drove the Lozer stock to national
championship honors. averaging 62.5 miles
an hour for the journey Of 305 miles,
| persuaded them to enter the car
| against racing machines engaged in
| the blue ribbon event of the
American motoring year. II. A. Lozier, in
| speaking of the Vanderbilt entry, called
| attention to the comparative paucity of true
| stock events this year. We dislike en-
! tering competitions of any kind unless the
/ conditions call for stock chassis" he said
! Our championship victory spurred US on
to make a showing in the Vanderbilt, al
! though IL is much against our principles as
ested in the performance of a car the
duplicate Of which can be purchased for
| everyday usage, as against special racing
| machines. We hope 20 in the stock car
| shall try TO secure the Atlanta trophy at
Atlanta on November g.
An addition to the ranks of the motoring
business world In New York was made last
week, when Harry NJ. Bronner. known from
| coast to coast among wide circle Of
| friends and business acquaintance, took up
| his duties the general Eastern sales
| manager of the Dayton Motor Company of
| Dayton, Ohio, manufacturers of the Stod-
| dard-Dayton cars.
GLEN RIDGE GOLF CLUB.
/ D,.,, for the cbamnionship of the Glen