The Washington times., 1910-12-25
MULFORD DEVELOPS
DURING PAST YEAR
Young Auto Pilot Comes to
Front as Champion Dur
ing 1911 Season.
By HARRY WARD

By HARRY WARD.
The road racing campaign OF 1910 de-
veloped a champion driver in Ralph
Mulford-
To this young pilot and thesT1ozier car
belong the driving honOrs OF the year.
as is evidenced by a study Of the racing
statistics compiled by Motor Age. Null
ford started in all the big road events
of the year, save the Thanksgiving Day
race at Los Angeles. and in each OF
them he either was placed or was
among the finishers, the latter an honor
not easily won. Nfulford won the Elgin
National Cup Of the Chicago Motor
Club, which IS emblematic Of the na-
tioral stock chassis championship Of the
year; he was dfth IN the Vanderbilt
Cup race and a big factor at all stages
cR the game; he was beaten by a scant
five seconds by Zengle in The FairmOuut
Park race, and IN the Grand Prize at
Savannah he landed a consistent fourth.
In addition 20 this ne is credited with
another first through capturing the class
event in the Fairmount Park meet.
This. therefore, gives him a record OF
two frsts and one second out of Eve
starts, which record. IL the opinion or
g G. Sinsabaugh. a noted aathority. is
better than that Of aay Of the other los
drivers who handled cars IN American
road races this year.
Al idea Of the consistency Of Null
ford's performance is had when II Is
remembered that in every one OF his
races he did better than sixty miles an
hour. and his grand average Cor the
l-lSs-2 miles covered IN the EIgia. Van
deTbiit. Fairmount, and Grand Prize
races IS 62-49 miles per hour for all four
Of these contests.
". c. Long. Of the Commercial Auto
mobile and Supply Company, today re
ceived the following telegram from the
Lord Motor Company, Los Angeles, Cal.
regarding the nonstop run being made
FLANDERS 90 nonstop mileage now
1,f0o- All parts working perfect. Non
stop car made Ss2 miles last twenty
four hours"
F. I. Ferguson, of the ,smerican Au-
tomobile Association who is conduct
route from New York to San Francisco
By way OF the Southern States, has ad-
dressed communication 20 Gov.
Thomas NJ. Campbell, Of Texas. urg-
ing his cooperation, along with the
governors Of the other Southern
states, IN plan 20 create a national
highway from coast to coast The route
as proposed originated with the AmeTi-
can Automobile Association and viii
traverse Virginia, North and South
Carolina. Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi,
and California It Is identical with that
ROW being toured by the Ohio pathhnd-
ing car in charge Of Mr. Ferguson. VINO
IS collecting the necessary road data
Splendid progress is being made for
the eleventh national automobile show
which IS 70 be held IN Macon Square
Garden from January { to -. under the
Automobile Manufacturers. Already The
work Of preparing the garden has be-
g1u in those parts OF the building not
ia current use From January ! on the
work viii be prosecuted vigorously, the
big building being given over entirely 10
the carpenters. steel workers eIectri-
detail in connection with the fOrthcora-
ing affair IS vast beyond all ordinary
conception. The fact fs. that the work
is In progress for months and those IN
charge are busy every minute until It
is over.
Christmas cheer was much IN evidence
last night at the salesroOm OF the Pope
Automobile Company, when the COM
panv gave It's annual entertainment 10
the employees. President 7. 3 spence
presided and was assisted by Louis
Weaver and w b McBurney- Mr..
Spence was presented with a set OF
brushes
Motorists who have seen the 19u Stod-
dard-pavtoa models pronOunCe them
among the best constructed machines 70
be shown in washington this year The
DAYTON Motor Car Company repre-
sentad here by the Barnard Motor Car
Company. determined TO make the line
for 1S11 50. complete that a prospective
purchaser could find almost any type OF
car 20 meet his fancy. With prices
ranging from S1.1o9 70 S4.20G, with four
distinct sizes Of power plants. mounted
In six chasses and equipped with twenty
nine different styles Of bodies, the most
fastidious purchaser is sure 10 md
something to his liking in this line Of
cars.
Emerson and Orme have been advised
the Regal Motor Car Company has
added a new department to its institu-
tion. It viii be known as the technical
department and will be II charge OF
Virgil Oldberg- The new department
viii work in conjunction with the re-
par and trouble departments of the
company
Major R b Davidson, in charge OF
the Northwestern Military Academy, IS
In Washington for a few days. Major
Davidson has accomplished wonders in
demonstrating the utility Of the auto
mobile IN military affairs During the
last Giidden tour g squad of his stu
dents took two Cadillac cars carrying
route and demonstrated IN 10 uncertain
manner the effectiveness OF this mode
of transportation for war duty Major
Davidson yesterday had a conference
with War Department officials and also
visited 7 II. Sto lizard. of the Cook &
Stcddard Co, Cadillac agents here.