The Washington times., 1911-04-15
FANOOh WILL AID
AUTOMOBILE RUNS
ON NEW CIRCUIT
Loyalty of Public Will Have
Big Effect on Organ
lied Racing.
By HARRY WARD.

Organized automobile racing, like or
ganized baseball, is bound to build up a
fandom that will nearly rival the 10y
atty of the followers of the national
game.
Not only will the cars swinging around
the national automobile circuit receive
hearty welcome when they approach
their home districts, but the drivers
will find their home rooters turn out
enthusiastically for them. When a man
and his car are known IN a locality
where motor fans have a chance to see
them In practice and to get to know a
mans personality. the chances are
strong they will turn out to whoop 1t
up for that man and his machine on
race day.
The whole result Of the cifcuit will be
to stimulate genuine interest In rae
ing by means of greater personal at
traction to drivers and cars. The in
terest will be solid because there will be
some progress to watch. Each circuit
meet will have a bearing on the sea-
sons results, and because the circuit
will be handled by the same men
throughout the results will be coher-
emily kept, and SO made public that no
Misrepresentation will be possible II
things are claimed for a car which are
not in keeping with the facts, steps can
readily be taken to see that the false
claimant Is trtated according to his
deserts. Then the public will have a
safer guide than ever before to the
purchase OF cars on a basis of real ac-
complishment on the track and road.
David s. Hendrick, the Franklin
agent, has been advised that hence
models Of Franklin cars. The practice
of annual announcements has been dis
continued, and the only cars to retain
designation by years being those which
were made by the H. H. Franklin
Manufacturing Company prior to the
previous years will continue to be so
known, but there win be no models Of
1912, 1918, and succeeding years. This
announcement of a radical departure
from the custom followed almost gener-
ally by automobile manufacturers is re-
garded by many as the beginning Of a
change of policy in the whole industry.
The fact that the Packard Motor Car
Company will bring out six-cylinder
machine as q part Of its 1912 line, will
be interesting news to motorists in gen.
eral. The new Packard, like the four
cylinder models, will be made In a va
riety Of open and enclosed styles.
twice across the American continent
by automobile. with five side trips from
each OF forty cities, totaling a mileage
greater than the circumference of the
earth, ls a tour that will be made by
B. o. Ttlden. starting next Wednesday.
from Fifty-seventh street, near Broad
way. New York. Mr.. Tilden, with sew
eral associates, will conduct a national
educational campaign in the interest of
sanitation He has purchased 70
horsepower STANDARDIZATION AUTOMOBILES
with special equipment and will be on
the road continuously for eight months.
travelling more than 25,0oc miles. The
trip will not only cover the United
States. but will include the Hawaiian
Islands, British Columbia, and a large
part of eastern Canada. In addition. the
coast on the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
viii be skirted for a considerable dis
tance to take in the larger seaports. On
each trip across the continent new
routes will be mapped out In this way,
the sanitation experts will render an in
valuable service to the cause of good
roads by gathering road information and
They will fly the pennant
Of the Automobile Club Of America, and
make their data available to its touring
bureau.