The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-25
whizzing, zigzagging 50-H-P Mitchell

1000 TO FOREIGN MARKETS.
 Of the 5000 automobiles, which the Mitchell-Lewis Motor Company will ship from its big Racine, Wis, plant during the year 1911, one-eighth, or a total of 1000. will go to foreign mar kets. Every continent, every nation that makes any pretense of being world power" and many small prin- cipalities that the average American has never heard of will receive con- signment of one Or more of these nla- chimes. A feature of this extraordin- ary foreign trade is that every car an exact counterpart of those sold to dealers in the United States. Two countries where the demands for Mitchell cars are especially insistent are England and South Afrca The Englishman is proverbially cautious and the merits of the better grade of American made cars are rapidly being discovered by him. In South Africa where long ''trelxs'' form a part of the life of every man of consequence the Mitchell cars have established a claim for reliability A break down near a street car line and within a mile of from one to twenty garages more miles from railroad in a semi civilized country it may easily be- come tragedy.
 ASSURANCE FROM THORNLEY.
 Assurance to the public that motor- cycle racing will be conducted this year on a higher plane than ever be- ley, Chairman of the Competition Com mitteee of the Federation of Ameri- can Motorcyclists.
 Chairman Thornley is the man with "the last word'' in the motorcycle racing game His frown makes or unmakes American records, and it's safe to say that he'll frown if every rule has not been absolutely followed in any speed or endurance trial. AS chairman of the competition commit tee, MT. Thornley issues all F. A. M. sanctions and passes on all records.
 T would like to say that my exper- fence in the past has taught me that the best thing for all concerned is a rigid and cold-blooded insistence up- on carrying out the rules for compe- tition,' says Chairman Thornley. eff promoters and riders will. study these rules carefully and inform themselves properly as to what is required of them, and then stick to them, things will be very much better and very much more satisfactory.
 ''The slick article in the promoting
 
 a few things for a time but sooner or later he will have hard fall and it will be difficult for him to rise again. -blooded insistence upon the observance of the rulesswill be the order of the day from now on, as long as I am chairman of the compe- tition committed"
 The racing season which is just ahead seems particularly promising to Chairman aThornley, He looks for wonderful performances in the motor world. Every feature that makes for greater reliability, efficiency and econ. omy in the improved motorcycle of to- day shows immediate results on the track. It is the combination of these 1 qualities that has made the motor, cycle a rapidly growing figure in com mercial life and in recreation Thi. same combination has produced tht racing machine, with it's wonderful speed and endurance. It has made 1 possible such a record as that early in this month when a rider went al. l most 100 miles, without stopping a the average rate of 42 2-5 seconds tt ! the mile