Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-27
Of the hall, with spaces for the display
of accessories on the sides.

| of accessories on the sides.
The Automobile Club of Maryland oceu-
| pied quarters at the end Of the hall. where
| members and visitors were entertained
during the exhibition. The officers Of the
show committee were C. Howard MILL
kin. chairman, and Thomas B. Hutchinson,
assistant chairman. who were ably as
| sisted by Joel G. Nassauer. Thomas G.
Young, H. NJ Rowe and H. M. Luzius,
members Of the show committee. The OFF,
GERS Of the Automobile Club of Maryland
are as follows: President, c. Howard Mil
| likin; vice president. Osborne /. Yellott;
secretary, Frank w. Darling: treasurer.
Thomas G. Young: assistant treasurer.
Thomas 3. Hutchinson. Board of gov
ernors: James Stone Reese. H. NJ. Luzus.
s. NJ. Zamoiski, Joel Nassauer, Edward
s. Dickey. DIR. III. M. Rowe. Chairmen of
committees: House, James Stone Reese;
membership. Edward 8. Dickey; exhibit
ton and contest. Thomas G. Young; runs
and tours. Joseph n. Zamoiski; laws and
ordinances. Osborne /. Yellott; printing
| and publishing DIR. II. NJ. Rowe. The
/ exhibition was one of the finest ever
given in the history of the club. and was
a decided success from every standpoint.
Among those who attended the show from
the National Capital were Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles w. Bender. Mr.. and Mrs. Elliott
p. Hough, C.. Cassard SchrOth, Z. HI. Jo-
hansen. F. w. Powers, Ed B. Terry, WI
| liam JOSE David s. Hendricks, w. d. Ar
rison. A. Gary Carter. Frank Nye. c. M.
Welsch, Napoleon Hill, w. NJ. Ballard.
| George Deatel, H. c. Hengster, L. b.
| Spence, Frank Boyd, Fred 8. Lincoln.
| Harry Ward, C. l.. Henderson, Gardner
| Orme. H. E. Duckstein. Walter Carter
! and others.
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] One hundred and fifty miles an hour is
the speed which will be attained by the
winner of the one-mile worlds straight
away championship ON the Daytona
| Beach in the 1910 speed carnival. to be
| held March %. % and "a, according to a
startling prediction made by Hemmery,
the great French driver.
| In letter to Barney Oldfield, who is
| the new owner of the 200-horsepower
Benz with which Hemmery drove mile
| over the Brooklands track I'm England at
| the rate of 12S miles an hour. the in
| trepid Frenchman tells Oldfeld that $50
| miles an hour speed can be made If his
| instructions as to gearing and adjusting
the carburetor are followed. Hemmery
knows the Daytona Beach we'll and the
big Benz was built for him to eclipse the
record of Navarro, the Italian. who had
| previously attained a speed Of 121 miles
an hour on Brooklands.
Hemmery cautioned Oldfield to work out
on the beach with the car for at least two
weeks and to have wind shields for his
| head and body before he attempted to
| open the monster to its limit. Oldfield
will arrive in Florida March l ready for
early practice.
The automobile officials are hopeful of
! having the BenZ-Fiat match decided at
4 Daytona-
Oldheld asserts that W. c. Arnold. own
| er of the 200-horsepower Fiat. agreed to
race against his Benz in Florida, and
| ba Chnn
| man will have to make good his agree
/ ment and race In Florida or not at all.
| Barney seems to have the best of the
argument, as the Florida course is the
| can be sent at their greatest speed.
I Oldfield has announced that he will
positively not go to Los Angeles for the
opening meet of the board track, and
| until the racing circuit opens in the east
| the monster Benz will not be seen in ac-
ton except in Florida.
In 1904 Oldfieid defeated w. *. Van
derbilt, jr., and his Mercedes with the
Winton Bullet, but Vanderbilt captured
the record for the fastest mile ever
driven in the word up TO that time. Since
then 1t has been Oldfeld's ambition to
| hold the mile straightaway record. and
| this was foremost in his mind when he
paid $4,000 for the big Benz.
After a strenuous days run of seventy
miles over rough roads. axle deep with
mud. at times almost impossible.
party Of autoists. travel-worn and be-
| spattered with mud, arrived In this city
/ Friday night about $50 o'clock. after q
4 trip through Virginia from Washington
| to Leesburg. Leaving the Capital city
4 at 100 o'clock in the afternoon in a
Locomobile touring car, with Clayton
/ Schooley at the wheel, the party motored
/ up the river road. crossed at Chain
6od fnr dnv, md
Leesburg. for the purpose OF inspecting
| the new turnpike which by next fall
K will be a reality. According to present
plans work will be started on the rebuild
Ing OF the road about April 1, IL the
| weather permits The WashingtOn-Lees-
burg Turnpike Company, which was in
corporated under a special act OF the
Virginia legislature last month. will build
the road. and over the sections which II
controls will charge a small amount Of
| toll for the upkeep OF the pike when
completed. The road will start at the
Chain Bridge. thence to Great Falls and
from this point 1t will connect with the
Alexandria turnpike. The company will
not rebuild the entire road, as a portion
of 1t has already been reconstructed. but
will tackle the turnpike at several differ
emit points between Chain Bridge and Lees
1 burg, which are mostly in need of i'm
provement- John G.. Hopkins Of Lees
burg lis one OF those prominently identi-
fled in the movement, having subscribed o
large amount in the cause Of good roads.
He Is at the head Of the company and