The Washington times., 1910-04-11
GAN TOURING CAR
MAKE SIXTY MILES?
That Is, in One Hour, With
5O-Horsepower and Full
Equipment.
By HARRY WARD

'Can any touring car on the market
today, rated at 50-l:orsepower or less,
make q mile minute under ordinsrv
touring conditions and carrying four
pa>seusersZ'
That is the rather pertinent question
60 be decided at the national. cham
pionship track races on the Indian
ap0iis motor speedway, Nav 50. under
the sanction and direction OF the con
test board OF the American AutomO-
bile Association.
You nave OFTEN heard motorists say.
-WaiIe we were running along at tire
rate OF about sixty or siNty-hve miles
an hour and tHen without so much as
giving you tire 10 absorb a slight
portion or the meaning Of such a bold
1 assertion, they would race right along
with a hair-raisiE- automobile yarn
which w655id fairly hold you glued u
attention
Last winter when the directors OF
tEe three AS gathered Eor q quar-
terIy meeting The discussion of cham
DiOnship racing came M. md the
happy suggestion was made 10 hold
one event in the series Cor fully equip
ped touring cars. carrying four pas
s-eHSers. such a race has never been
held. but several Of tine directors have
often expressed the opinion that there
! VS. not a touring car built which
would travel siNt- miles an hour on q
+ perfectly level road under average
touring conditions. and carryi-.s four
passengers and TegUlsr equipment
John A Wilson. OF Franklin. Pa one
OF the directors VINO has Tor years
driven " nat he considers an eEcep-
tiOraIIy fast touring GER geared TO
TWO and Une-half 20 one. said he was
so positive that no 5H-EDrsepO
could make mile minute under
touring conditions he was willing To
.Irar 4 frophy for a race He was
taken al his word. and ~ emu "A. TIE
last event of the championship races
81 Indianapolis on Decoration Day,
las been scheduled FOR TIE Wilson
The test viii be interesting not only
Ola account of the extreme novelty Of
a full complement Of passengers. sit
ting upright hEr the results IF this
event should eneCtuall- block a large
quantity Of wild claims wnicn have
lately been the v5 .(ue among some
makers
4 believe the future Is absolutely as
suTed fer most of the standard makes o.
automobiles, because the motor car
more than anything else, has been the
greatest advancement in transportation
IN more than century recently de-
CIarCd hugh Chalmers. president OF the
gain he continued, The motor car Is
replacing the only thing that has been
the same throughout centuries OF civil
iZJtI0u- and tFat is the horse So #
seems tu me that the automobile is here
TO stay as lcnE is the horse mas been
with IS That bling the case, none of
Us need Gear much about the future OF
TIE business during our lives
The Roman Automobile Company has
sold and shipped the first automobile
that has ever been seen in San DominS7.
The purchase Of this car CompeiS The
buyer To carry EasoieIC and oil into thar
psr- NJ tho world as there Is neither 70
The runIor generally circulated last
week that the Winton Motor Carriage
Company had been sold % the United
States Motor Company. Is officially de-
MED bv Alexander WintOn. president Of
Tie NintOn COMPANY
The fine weather yesterday brought Gus
che motorists IN GTCveS and there was 2
constant procession OF cars on ali the
roads leading out Of the city The tour
Isl brought back the good news that the
roads are generally in good condition
the few bad .,pots being gradually
ground Gown TO smoothneSs-
Charles r Miller. accompanied by Mrs
Miller and Mrs. Manning made a trip
iurO Maryland yesterday in a Ford tour
ing car. Rockville. Washington Grove,
RjdEeVfile. EIljcott City and Elkridge
were among the places visited. Mr.
Miller found the roads in excellent con-
dition-