New-York tribune., 1911-01-15
AUTO RE|GNS SUPREME
First Part of Big Show Breaks
All Previous Records.
POPULAR INTEREST GREAT
sulendor and Magnificence Ur-
eoualled in History of An
nual Exhibitions.

GARDEN last night was conservatively
..lna,ed that fully two hundred thousand
o.rsons had looked over the newest models
AZ American motor cars on exhibition. The
venderful success surpassed che highest
hopes Of its promoters The brilliance OF
,he decorations the excellence OF the cars
exhibited. which represented millions OF
ssIlars: the spectators. great IN numbers,
thousands Of them being prominent and
distinguished in all walks of life. lent 10
,bs exhibit q degree Of magnihcence which
rcver before has been reached.
The interest on the part Of the public
vh,ch caused the streets near the Garden
% be blocked for hours by waiting crowds
"a bo sought admission on the opening night
vas sustained throughout the week. Not
for one day did the enthusiasm flag.
Whether the sun shone or the falling rain
dirou1ed the glass fronts of the shining
Ir.cusines which brought patrons 70 the
entrance there was not an afternoon or
evening when the aisles were not packed
50 as TO make progress around the arena
6iHculj Magnihcently gowned women
we're found IN the crush night after night
rubbing elbows with the shop girls who
came 20 gaze AZ the motor cars which found
a place in their romantic dreams Of the
future
Miss Vivien Gould and her future hus-
band. Lord Decies. visited the show during
the early part Of yesterday afternoon. and
brought with them the interesting report
thas George J. Gould had presented 10 his
daughter 4 touring car and had told her 70
select one 10 her liking.
.. The future peeresS and Lord Decies spent
their time examining touring cars OF large
, horsepower and making notes. Miss Gould
and Lord Decies will spend part Of their
honevmoon in the South in their new au-
tonaoble
Great as had been the attendance in for
rner years. all previous records we're broken
last week Up TO Friday there were more
visitors in the Garden than there were dur
ing the entire tenth national show last
winter The box Office figures show that
the part one period drew IS per cent more
vis.Sors than did the tenth national show
year ago
Colonel George Pope. chairman Of the
show committee OF the Association of
Licensed Automobile Manufacturers. seid
last night that he was greatly pleased with
. most striking features was the interest
displayed IN 10th cars and accessories by
the boys and girls who had visited the
Garden with their parents. Colonel Pope
noticed that even the children knew lot
about automobiles. and he believes this
must have a beneficial effect on business.
as a great many cars in these days are
simple enough so children can run them
for short trips around country homes
Without exception the men in charge Of
exhibits Of cars reported that their firms
he's made a great many sales during the
week Most all Of the sales we're retail
ores. as the makers who are members Of
the Association OF Licensed Automobile
Manufacturers are so well established that
they have no need Of getting new agents
a. the national show The New York deal
ers and branch houses benefited most from
the sales made but dealers from most
every BIG city in the country met custom.
srs from their home cities from whom
they took orders.
One Of the visitors yesterday was Paul
Venator, of London, a technical writer on
automobile subjects He made a couple OF
rounds Of the car exhibits. and then de-
cared the show was too big 20 be seen in
one day. He said f. was a bigger one than
either the Olympia show in London or the
great German show at Berlin.
He SAID the exhibitors az both London
END Berlin showed a greater proportion Of
glasses tnan the autoNohile manufacturing
concerns that have space AT the Garden.
He noticed that the American makers dis
play more complete cars than is the prac-
uce AZ the European exhibitions He was
surprised st the evident development o,
fhs American industry. He thinks the in
dlstry In this country has developed SO
isWdly owing 70 the fact that American
concerns have invested so much money In
getting new machinery and equipment for
their plants
Two wrmen visitors. who came from At
lanta or some other Southern city, puzzled
one OF the special officers at the entrance
locby Yesterday afternoon by asking him
Where DO We register" The officer told
them that he did not quite understand, and
vas thereupon told that at the automobile
shows in their city all the visitors wrote
the-r names in a book kept for that pur-
pose lie told the visitors that such plan
would be q trihe unwieldy at the Garden,
as On Wednesday alone there we're thirty
thousand visitors
AS a society attraction the show last
evening was a pronounced success. No
great public attractions aside from the
morse show and the opera. have equalled
me automobile show In this regard. So
eeiy. as applied TO the automobile show,
Is much broader term than that used in
me ordinary sense. Automobile society in
GUIDES the bar and the professional worlds
whose representatives found recreation in
studying the newest designs of the manu-
tacturers
For Instance. on the closing day Eve
laeses IN the local and state courts salts
NED their curiosity as 70 things autonio-
hisuc. The representatives OF the judiciary
were Supreme Court Justice lie Beuf, JUS
uce Zeller, % the Court Of Special Sessions:
justice OKeefe. Justice Morschauser, OF
,Ae Supreme Court OF Westchester, and
supreme Court Justice James W. Gerard
Al the same time the practising branch OF
the legal profession was represented by
,orfner District Attorney Jerome. Frank
= Polk. James ". OSBORN and Colonel
"Aoe' Gruber
V'her visitors were Cornelius Vanderbilt,
Sohn Henry Bradford. z Berry Wall.
oeoge j. Gould. Collector Loeb r. A. G.
sn'ith' Emil Voight, Charles Thorley. Nine.
josephine Jaeoby. Frank ]. Otis and Ru-
dolph Neeser.
O'her visitors during the closing day were
"a and Mrs. Charles Elliot Warren, Mr.
A0 Mrs. John Tyson. Miss May Miller,
.OIo Fairfax, Francis Roche. Vincent
-'''' D. Henry Alexandra. jr. z. II. Har-
nHah' r., Robert P. Breese. l. Townsend
Hurden, Mr and Mrs Charles Keyes. Mr.
snd Mrs Alfred wsgstaf. Spencer wishart.