The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-06-10
ORPHANS EAGERLY
AWAIT THURSDAY
FOR ANNUAL RIDE
Captain Johnston, Pleased
With Responses From Au-
tomobile Men.
By HARRY WARD.


The orphans of this city are count
ing the hours between now and next
Thursday, when the members of the
Automobile Club Of Washington will
give them their annual ride.
Capt. Tied" Johnston and his assist
ants are busily engaged in rounding
up cars for the event, and 1t Is like
ly that when the parade starts from
the Peace Monument about 1870
o'clock Thursday. afternoon more than
100 automobiles, loaded down with
happy little tots. will be in line.
Should the weather be unfavorable
the trip will be postponed until the
next day.
81 am much pleased with the way
the motorists are responding to the
appeal for cars" said Captain John
ston. land the outlook is that orphans
automobile day this year will be the
biggest thing the club has ever at
tempted"
Congratulations today are being show
cred upon Bruce Emerson for the rec
ord he hung up yesterday in driving a
Detroit electric one-ton truck to Balti-
more and return on one battery charge.
The total distance covered was seventy
nine miles, and the time was eight
hours and ten minutes. The car started
from the salesroom of Emerson & Orme
yesterday morning and arrived at the
corner of Baltimore and st. Paul streets
in the Monumental City shortly before
noon. The return trip was made in
slightly over four hours, and the meter
showed there was sufficient current left
in the batteries to drive the machine
several miles farther.
No mechanical troubles of any kind
were encountered, and as the machine
was equipped with solid tires. there was
also an absence of tire trouble. The
run was made under the observation of
newspaper men, and is said to be one
OF the hardest tests to which an cleo
trio commercial vehicle has ever been
subjected. The machine carried LOO
pounds of merchandise. Two Baker
electric pleasure cars and the Detroit
electric truck now hold the round-trip
record from Washington to Baltimore
on one battery charge.
The national automobile racing cir
cult has been abandoned and no ef-
of the American Automobile Association
to carry 1t through during the 1911 sea-
son. The three AS explanation Of the
ndScO lS as follows:
The original intention of the pro-
posed national circuit was TO provide a
series OF automobile contests following
each other in logical sequence, both as
to date and geographical location, and
to enable a maximum number of par
Elephants in each contest at a minimum
cost of transportation. Discussion with
the racing team managers at Indianap-
oils on May 80 of the tentative list Of
contest dates. heretofore published by
the contest board as proposed national
circuit dates. has served to demonstrate
that such dates are too many in num-
her and beginning on Nav 30 and ex-
tending to November !. cover too long
Il period 10 secure consecutive and con-
tinued support of sufficient contestants
to Justify their designation as national
events"
The summer meeting OF the Society Of
Automobile Engineers will be held at
Dayton. Ohio. June l5-l1: The Washing
ton members OF the society are Logan
Waller Page, w. H. Conant. L. A. Hill.
and Dempster VI. Smith.
George w. Bennett, general sales
manager of the Wi1Iys-Overland Com
assistants c. s. Jameson, formerly sales
manager OF the Stoddard-Dayton Motor
Car Company, and r. J. Buell.. formerly
advertising manager Of the Regal Motor
Car Company: Both are widely known
in the automobile world.
Billy Sunday, the noted evangelist
and reformed baseball player, will here
after travel in a Hudson ''S3' touring
car. Mr.. Sunday, as is we'll known, was
a star baseball player before ne became
a preacher. His work takes him from
city to city, and he will now travel in
an automobile instead Of using the rail-
road trains.