Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-20

car. especially II the road is in a slip
perry condition. If both wheels are set
parallel to each other. and parallel to the
roadway, steering will be far less diff
cult. but it will still be far from perfect
One way to overcome the troubles OF
steering as they come from the set of
the front road wheels is to have both
wheels toe in. The amount of the intoe-
ing should not exceed a degree from the
center, for each Of the wheels, but 1t is
desirable to have the angle of the two
wheels carefully adjusted. SO that they
VIII both toe in the same amount.
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A meeting of the Automobile Club of
Washington was held last week at the
Grafton. when a number OF important
matters pertaining to the welfare of the
club were discussed and acted upon. The
meeting was presided over by President
III. Chadwick Hunter. with Secretary Ell
lott p. Hough recorder. The follow
ing were elected to membership in the
club: Active-A. II. Collins. Charles E.
Miller. DR.. L. L. Frederick. ]. H. Eber-
sole. j. +. Conrad. A. l.. Moore. Charles
r. Myers. III. L. Turner. Honorary-H.
f. Duckstein. Washington Post; How
ard Fisk. Washington Star
IAHtDlls on the WnOle IN TINS year 6
motor shows throughout the country are
conservative. Half the models displayed
show little il any change from those of
last year. The most startling feature is
the great number of torpedo or gunboat
bodies shown. These are of every de-
gree of radiCalism. Some are only ordi-
nary touring bodies with square doors
front and rear; others run to the most
extravagant curves and bulges. The
manufacturers have found, however that
the torpedo body is a difficult proposi-
ton to handle, and it is doubtful if
many of the models shown will be re-
peated very often for the benefit of pros
pective customers.
Phil Drake OF Philadelphia was re-
ranging for local agency for a large
tire firm.
W. c. Durant, president OF the Cen
eral Motor Works, greeted some Of his
old friends In Washington last week
prior to his departure for the south.
II. Chadwick Hunter, president of the
Automobile Club of Washington, has
Deeu appointed a. MEMBER or the eXecu-
tive committee of the American Auto
mobile Association
Frederick II. Elliott, secretary of the
American Automobile Association, and
Charles ThaLueus Terry. chairman OF
the Legislative committee of the same or
ganiZation. were the last of the repre-
sentatives of the association attending
the convention at the New Willard last
week to leave. Having closed up the
affairs of tho meeting in good shape they
left Friday night for their homes in
New York.
! Peter ]. Fersinger has returned to the
ranks of the local motorists in a new
Washington car. This is a model A.:
type fitted with a toy tonneau body and
FULLY equipped in every respect. Mr..
Fersinger will be one of Washington
ardent motorists with the opening OF
spring.
George Robertson. who intends to do
considerable track racing during the
coming season, is having a specially de-
signed racer built. The car will have a
9O-horsepower engine, a wheel base of
the seat will be close TO the rear axle
In order to fit it for track racing the
steering post will be located on the left
side. The car complete will weigh about
500 pounds.
| Automobile licenses were issued during
the past week as follows:
William X. Mitchell, 1918 A street
| southwest, Overland.
Rose Sacks, 112O 5th street northwest,
Mitchell touring car
Dodson & Hodgson. 500 18th street
northwest. REQ runabout.
Annie c. Cunningham, 1000 street
northeast, Columbia.
John C. Ewald, 1874 Florida avenue
northwest, Atlas runabout.
William Russell White, the Farragut.
| Marion touring car
James F. Oyster, 800 Pennsylvania ave
nue. northwest, Capitol delivery wagon
William Robert Perkins, 924 P street
northwest. Brush runabout.
Peter Fersinger. "a New York avenue
northwest. Washington touring car
| j. A. Burns, PIT 18th street southeast
commercial truck.
c. L. Marlatt, 1921 10th street north
west, Detroit
| cab.
Carrot A. Hobart, New Willard. Co.
lumbia brougham.
Garet A. Hobart. New Willard. Re-
nault Landaulet.
Carrot A. Hobart, New Willard, Co.
lumbia Victoria.
Carrot A. Hobart, New Willard, Pierce
Arrow touring car.
| James T. McDermott. House OF Repre-
sentatives. Hupmobile runabout
| Harry Wardman, 1912 New York ave-
nue. northwest, Packard 600 touring car
II. NJ. Dixon, 2013 I street northwest,
Maxwell runabout.
| NJ. 8. Carpenter. 1905 14th street north
west. Maxwell runabout.
| George Z. Walker, 1760 Park road,
STANDARDIZATION.
B. L. Grove. % NJ street northwest, Ell
more touring car.
E. T. Conley. College Park, Nd, Pack
ard touring car.
Robert G. Irby, 2318 18th street north
west. Lozier touring car.
| Horace Wylie, 1905 Thomas circle
Packard touring car.
| The new Los Angeles board track mo-
tordrome will be one mile in circumfer-
ence and a true circle in shape. The
TURNS therefore will have an enormous
radius, much greater even than the IA
nous Brooklands track in England The
Los Angeles motordrome will be seventy
feet wide and uniformly banked to a
gradient of three in one, and twenty-fiy
feet high on the outer edge.