The San Francisco call., 1910-03-28

The course Is faster and lne cars nave
shown considerable more speed in the
tryouts.
The postponing of the contest al
though exceedingly hard on the deal
ers-for it has tied UP their cars
has, however given the drivers lot
Of time TO practice which they have
not been slow to appreciate. This
means that if clear weather prevails
from now until Wednesday it will more
than repay one to be at the course
when the cars are sent away.
Another new torpedo body has reached
the city. II was the latest creation OF
Stoddard-Day-
, Ne,x Tornedo ton factory and was
Received Here received by j. w.
=. ~ Leavitt & co. last
Saturday. The car
is finished in the peculiar French gray
which is strictly Stoddard color. 1t IS
a massive vehicle and reminds one very
much of the vessel from which the style
Of body takes its name. LeaEltt q Co.
also received the first of the 40 horse
power StOddard- Dayton models. These.
like the torpedo, are striking vehicles
by the Stoddard factory during the last
year.
The first Of the 1910 Corbins has been
received by Tracy Holmes, manager of
the Corbin automo-
! 1o1o Corhfn bile agency in this
Now in Town city. city The e: mqdel t6I Feo
passenger touring
car 1t is much longer than the pre-
Vious models. having 120 wheel base
and about five horsepower more, being
rated as 30-35 horsepower. The car is
finished in red and black and shows
power and comfort in every line.
The much talked of Anhut six has
come to San Francisco. The roadster
Ademonstrator
Gets the New been received by the
Anhuf six Durant auto sales
company, Of which
r. G. Durant, the
son OF ". c. Durant,; the head of the
General motors company, is manager.
The car is surprise when the price is
taken into consideration The motor is
IF the valve in the head type, and the
few hours tryout showed a world of
power.
c. s. Richardson Of the Reliance
automobile company has received word
from President An
derson of the An
hoeHn Coming West onsO1 faTrisge S1IIr5ag;e
Of the Detroit cleo
tries, that he is on his way 10 San
Francisco The company mas just re-
ceived q carload of four cylinier Knox
tonneauette touring cars.
s. C. Chapman, agent for the Hup-
mobile and Oakland cars. reports that
the first shipment
of Oakland "30's"
New 0Mners will be on the
of HuPmobile salesroom floor to-
= morrow. He also
reports the sale and delivery of Hup-
mobiles to y. K Mcpherson of San
Mateo. Roy Phelps of San Jose. Miss
Morrison of San Jose, H H. Shields of
this city and three to c w. Hobson of
Fresno. ]. H Martin of Coalinga and
DR.. Wallace ]. Terry have each taken
delivery of a 80 horsepower Oakland
touring car.
A. I. Hunter, head of the firm of
Osen & Hunter in this city, has received
word from the
Testing Track hon home office of the
= A the Mitchell Lewis
manufacturers of that make of car in
Racine, Wis, Is completing its new
testing track. which is half mile in
circumference and wide enough for
three machines abreast. A track was
built last year. but did not prove ade-
J. c. Smith. who lives about II miles
from Providence, has written a letter
to the Winton mo-
xE.-.~.- r,,-.---s- tor carriage COM
in winton car gS Which has sopE been en-
owesney. manager of the local branch. an h
The letter reads in part: Il live about
II miles out of Providence and not
one of my trips to or from the citv in
nv Winton Six has been missed
through the entire winter season.
Sometimes the banks of snow were so
radiator, but they Were negotiated sue
cessfully. I have owned five other
makes of cars and must say the Win
ton Six is perfection"
THE desire of economy in the unteen
n automobile LEADING
owners everywhere
A Lesson to 70 seek driver
Auto Owners Who gnl ans Is both S,ensss care e.
automobile con-
struction," writes an official of the II IT
Franklin manufacturing company to
John L. McLain, local agent in this CITY
for the Franklin cars.
Experience as comprehensive a that
of Henry Potter of Salt Lake City is
wanted He has had a course in the
school of our company, has driven
thousands of miles in the vicinity of
Salt Lake City and recently guided a
AZ horsepower Franklin touring car for
George 7. Oden on a trip of $4,000
miles through Europe. On the Euro
than SIS. '
There are plenty of people who
know how to drive a car says this
driver, but that is the least important
OF all. The essential in the making of
a good driver is the knowing how TO
should know the car he is driving.
and first of all, he should make care
ful study of the parts and see how
they are put together
Speaking of his experience in Switz-
erland Potter says: On our road to
Zurich we passed over the Alps, TAX
ing the same route that Napoleon did
with his army. Most of the time we
were 5000 feet above the sea level, and
at the highest point we Travelled
through a binding snowstorm.
while we were going through the
pass / could not help but think of the
changes in the mode of travel since
the days of Napoleon. The snowstorm
would have defeated the French army,
but a modern automobile made the trip
as easily as If it were a bright sum-
had plenty of chances, Of trying the