New-York tribune., 1910-01-09
AUTO SHOW JAM MED
DISPLAY DR4WS HUGE
CROWD TO G1RDEN.
Exhibition Makes Enthusiasts
Happy and Makes the In
different Enthusiastic.

when the doors of Madison Square Gar
den were thrown open TO the public last
evening there was revealed of the
greatest industrial displays that has ever
been witnessed in this country While
uominally and officially the show is known
IS the Tenth National Automobile Show OF
the Association Of Licensed Automobile
Manufacturers. il has really outgrown Its
once limited confines, having developed into
an industrial exhibit pure and simple.
trsnginE together the products Of one OF
the greatest army Of skilled artisans to be
found in the world. One cannot help look
ing back, comparing the past with the
present, and wondering what the future
las in store for the development Of the
industry that means so much to the world.
Leaders in the motor car industry have
evidently reached that stage where they
believe in thoroughness not only in con-
struction OF their product, but likewise In
the showing Of the same. Here in the vast
Roman amDhitheatre, that gives to the
building q more dignified and massive ap-
pearance Than ever before, there is little, II
sny, tawdry display. tho keynote through
out evidently being TO produce results OF
dignified tone.
Those familiar with the old Garden and
transformation that has been brought
about Directly opposite the main entrance
stands Roman fountain. fronted by
curvipe seat for visitors. The water from
the fountain itself drops into long, mar
row basin, in which goldfish play amid
natural pond lilies and artificial water
plants. The bare walls Of the building are
hidden beneath a wealth Of bunting
At intervals OF twenty-five feet there
arise Doric columns twenty-five feet In
heighth, surmounted by the show emblem.
an eagle mounted on wheel. Between the
columns and below the elevated platforms
are boxes Surmounting all this Is huge
canopy OF blue, beneath which scores OF
decorated arc lights and thousands of small
incandescent lamps shed a warm glow over
the amphitheatre, bringing into greater re-
lief the excellent individual displays.
There is a general impression of spacious
ness that has often been lacking in motor
car shows, and IT adds materially TO the
attractiveness of the exhibition. In the
decorative scheme the predominant colors
ere silver and white, although TO give tone
20 the same there is a sprinkling of green
and crimson. In the basement below is
Dutch Colonial rathslleller, or inn, paint
cd in white. and adorned with autumnal
foliage. Close at hand is one of the most
extensive and valuable displays of motor
.rophies that has ever been assembled in
The world, including Glidden. Vanderbilt
snd other famous prizes.
The crowd last night was like unto those
Of the opening night at all great shows
The world and his wife were there The
crowd was so great that it was impossible
for one TO make any headway against the
stream of humanity that flowed down this
has ain he or
was no stemming OF the tide. One had to
he content to get In the midst of the stream
and become part of the fiotsam and Jetsam
landing wherever the current might hap
pen TO throw him. There was, of course,
an occasional opportunity TO make short
anchorage. IL was only occasionally. Dur
ing these short stops one managed to get
4 cursory view of aligned objects of inter
est, but IL was only cIrsory.
Some time before o'clock, the time
rounced for the opening. q crowd gathered
at the Madison avenue entrance and grew
l~ager and larger until 1t stretched for
block or more both up and down the avenue.
To prevent a rush, the police kept the big
front door locked and allowed the crowd
10 pass through the two smaller doors on
both sides OF the large one, that they
could better keep the pushing mob in check.
The policemen formed tWo lines at both
doors and through these lines the visitors
fled into the building. 1t was more than
half hour before the last OF the impatient
walters got into the arena
II was & far larger crowd than ever at
tended previous Garden automobile shows
. on the first night. Two hours before the
opening IL looked as If many of the exhibits
would not be got in order until late in the
night. but when the first of the spectators
got into the amphitheatre there was little
more to he done in the way OF completing
arrangements.
From the boxes. the elevated platform
or the upper gallery the sight was one sell
dom equalled. On the floors below pleas
iugly displayed were the results of fifteen
wears Of hard, earnest work and experi-
cnce OF pioneers of the motor industry II
Is interesting 10 know that there are no
less than 131 different models selling a.
varied prices The cheapest stock car in
t1e aggregation is a runabout selling for
$50, while the most expensive is q li1nou.
sine selling for $500. There are specia
inclosed cars. which bring even greater
prices than the latter.
All OF the cars shown arc the product OF
Americans. there being not single foreign
car included in the list, and the prices
quoted are for goods free from high pro.
]
lows: There are thirteen cars selling fo-
under s1,5o0, thirteen for prices betweer
$500 and 5000. eighteen between 5000 anc
5000, nineteen between 5000 and $4,000
thirty-one between 5000 and 5000, nineteeI
between 5000 and $500. and eleven selIin,
for 5000 or over. Included in the latter ar.
FIVE open and six incIosed bodies.
Mechanically the models displayed show
little change as contrasted with those of
lat year, fully % per cent of the cars being
virtually the same as they were a veal
ago especially in the bore and stroke
There has been remarkable advance il
excellency in the body construction how
ever. This has been brought forth in the
so-called gunboat or torpedo style, the
majority of which are finished ii battle
gray dust color.
noticeable torpedo body is that brought
out by the Air Cooled Car Company. It is
long and racy, finished in gray with nicke