The Washington times., 1910-02-21
FLAG-TO-FLAG RACE
DATES ANNOUNCED
Will Leave Denver May ? TO
Have Advantage of
Dry Season.
By HARRY WARD.

with many Of the worlds best known
automobile drivers plotting American
made cars, the fag-to-fiaE endurance
and reliability contest for the wahl-
green trophy will leave Denver on May
for the City Of Mexico on one Of the
most unique and picturesque interns-
tionsl automobile tours ever under
taken.
The actual starting date Is now for
the first time definitely announced from
New York, where the work Of securing
entries Is being prose Cuted by Mr..
VahlEreen. Il was originally planned
L. have the tourists arrive in the City
or Mexico in September during the
Mexican centennial celebration. Owing
20 the fact that the rainy season would
ther he a. its heigh- this plan was
changed az the request OF prominent
:u-facturers, who want the most IA
Vorg BILE weather conditions in order 20
mar' the best possible showing OF
American cars. having In view the pur-
chasing market Of the sister republic
The first car 10 be entered in TINS con-
test IS Premier 'Clubman,' which
Ray Mcnamara will pilot.
The National Highways Protective
Society, Of New York. has luaugUrated
campaign against noises. particularly
objectionable at night, made BY auto
mobiles left standing In the street with
the engine running The trouble j.
specially prevalent during winter days
and nights, the society finds. for IL is
then ;hat the engine is kept running
iu order 10 prevent freezing The SO
ciety has repeatedly acted 10 suppress
the evils ana enlarge the good features
Of motoring
The Police Depa artment Of this city
has reputation Of responding IN
hurry TO calls for assistance, the aver
age time in making a run being six and
scven-eighths minutes In city or the
size OF Washington this has necessi-
tated fast work. and 10 has been accom-
pliShed by means Of an alT-cOoled
Franklin patrol automobile The patrol
car after being i'm service eighty-sIN
davS has responded to 355 calls from
patrol boxes and made 113 miscellane-
Gus runs for a total distance or f6i
miles. An extra chauffeur now pro-
vices p twenty-fouT-hOur service with
the car Major Sylvester has found
that the expense Of runnine the patrol
car is less than the expense Of Operat-
ing n horse-drawn patrol wagon.
Automobiles are a rapidly increasing
factor in international commerce, the
value thereof entering the worlds s mar
kets in 1903 having exceeded S50Oo00lo,
as against 100000 in t9O2 In this trade
cars Of American manufacture supply
worlds requirements. Recently con-
piled figures show that the value Of au-
tom obiles and parts exported in 1870,
from France. the United States. the
United Kingdom, Itaiy. and Germany,
the I'VE leading countries engaged in
heir manufacture, showed a growth Of
200 per cent since 1902 The percentage
II growth in these exports from this
country during this period was 40 per
cent.
The second annual show TO be held In
Baltimore under the auspices Of the Au-
tomobiIe Club Of Maryland will open
tomorrow night at the Fifth Regiment
Armory. Twenty makes Of cars that
have never before been on exhibition in
the Monumental City will S'ie with the
old favorites for public favor Fifty
three makes Of cars IN all will be ex
hibited. A large delegation Of Wash
ington motorists will attend the show.
Miller Bros Auto and Supply Com
pany report the sale and delivery of
Ford touring cars. fully equipped. to
Or. A. 4. Marstellar. DR.. ". T. Fore
man, and G. kershner.
The latest purchaser of Moon 80
with baby tunneau is Clifford NJ.
Lewis The sale was made last week by
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