The Washington times., 1910-12-23
PLAN RACE CIRCUIT
FOR AUTOMOBILES
Wagner, Veteran Starter, In
Favor of Prepared
Schedule.
By HARRY WARD.

Inc plan OF forming an aulOInOOle
racing circuit Is gaining many friends
Fred Wagner, the veteran starter, who
has officiated at all the leading events
in the last h5If dozen years, and who
knows the interest people in all parts
Of the country take IN this branch OF
sport, says the time is ripe to form a
grand circuit Vsgner's views on the
subject are interesting
Racing at the beginning OF the year, -
he says. could be conducted best on
the Pacific coast in those sections where
II IS warm Santa NOuica's boulevard
course, in fun view OF the ocean, Is a
fine spot for racing. and il is. apparent
~ one OF the fastest If not the fastest
Of all the courses san Francisco and
Seattle are other places where there
could be races in the spring as late as
the end Of April
From the coast the racing stables
would journey 10 the middle West. on
the indianapolis speedway late in May
there VIII be one of the biggest meets
Of the year It is suggested that va
Tious conditions make II necessary for
the drivers 10 practice and tune up their
machines for several weeks after Ieav-
ing the coast and getting into the diff
ferent climatic conditions Of the mid
die West
Chicago, Cleveland, and other tracks
tHereabout would follow naturally in
the circuit and then the racers would
come further East Buffalo and New
York would get the meets thereafter for
time and then would come the racing
In Philadelphia, where the FairmOuQt
Park event has been a successful fsa-
ture for some seasons
This would carry until well in the
autumn After that Atlanta Follow
ing the Georgia city would come New
Orleans and the places in Texas where
race meets are held Galveston. Dallas,
and San Antonio There would Be
beach races at Galveston and then later
on the sand paths at oTmOnd and Jack
sonville- This would round out fun
year Of racing, with every section get
ting as much as was needed and de
handed
The result Of all this racing would
undoubtedly be much higher average
Of performance The foreigners enjoyed
an advantage over Americans for years
because their drivers had had so much
more experience in big and important
racing events They had eight or a
dozen events OF high grade IN a season
n which they could take part and As
result they did better when they came
70 this country
If our drivers have all this experience
Of racing they viii undoubtedly arrive
at a point where they viii show the
way, all Of them, and presently should
hold Undisputed sway IN this country
no matter who is competing II may be
too that an invasion Of foreign terri
tory can be made later and that the
cars Of this country viii show the for
eiEners the advances that have been
made in building automobiles not alone
for touring but for racing too
Frank Stewart. manager OF the REQ
Auto Company, received word this
morning that R y Owen & Co,
wholesale distributors Of REQ cars, VIII
have q comprehensive exhibit Al the
Madison Square Garden auto show next
month Five Of the popular REQ pleas
ure cars viii be exhibited during the
first part Of the show, while three or
four % the new REQ trucks VIII COM
prise the exhibit during the second week
OF the show
William c Shepherd has been elected
PRESIDENT Of the Matheson Automobile
Company. Of WilkesbaTre, Pa With this
entry into the automobile world Mr.
Shepherd brings a ripCned business tx
pertence and a rare insight into bust
as general sales manager Of the COM
pany, with Frank Natheson as secretary.
John Thomas, manager OF the United
Washington Motor COMPANY Is spend
ing a few days in Philadelphia
walter BTOOk1uS- TIA aviator VINO has
been breaking records for the Wright
brothers drove q Narren-DetrOit ''9J' In
the last DAYS run Of this cars nonstop
test at the Los Angeles automobile show
which closed Saturday The Warren
made "A record Of 2,401 miles during a
nonstop run Of six days and six nights.
with '-ScOOt' Miller, the Warren driver.
At the wheel except on the last day-
Brookins and Miller left the coast tvyo
years ago. bCtt under IWeuty-One, one
going into the automobile business and
the other into the aviation field Now
both are back at home. having made
good in their efforts Miller is one OF
the most successful drivers on the coast
and BToOkins' name IS known from
coast To coast
The Automobile Owners Supply Com
has embarked in the accessory business.
with headquarters at 1865 Fourteenth
street northwest
Several Of the new WaveTIey electric
Carpenter Automobile Company and at
84cted much attention The Carpenter
company has insugUrated a strong cam
paign On the Waverley-
Clarke Signs SouthpaW.
PITTSBURG, Dec. 23.-The Pirates
have picked I'D another pitcher for a
tryOut next spring, making the total
nov under r-eSe~l-, twenty non