The Washington times., 1911-02-07
Racing Interest Grows and
Star Drivers Are
Numerous.
MANY OLD-TIMERS
WILL BE REPLACED
Speculation Is Rife Who Will Sue.
ceed Harry Grant, Ray Har-
roun, and Others.
BY HARRY WARD.

Automobile manufacturers who sup
port racing are evincing increased inter-
est in the game, indicating that 1911 will
be banner year mot only in speedway
and road events, but also in reliability
runs and hill climbs.
The sport is well equipped for the sea-
sons campaign. Star drivers are nu-
merous, promoters are anxious to bill
many contests, while the support of the
trade in the way of sinews of war is as
sured. Who will succeed Harry Grant
and Ralph Mulford as road champions
is the burning question among automo-
bile racing enthusiasts, while specula-
tion is rife as to Ray Harroun's success
sor as king of the speedway drivers.
Will Ralph De Palma hold all his nu-
merous mile track records at the end
of the season? Who will depOse Ray
Mcnamara, Harry Walls and Bill Boil
ger as the best of the reliability contest
drivers? These are few of the ques-
tions being propounded among those
who follow the automobile racing game.
Many Changes Noted.
When the season opens it will be
noted that several of the old familiar
faces will be missing, for at least four
OF the old stars have retired since the
close of competition last fall, while
death has claimed others.
Al Livingstone Tobin de Hymel, and
Tom kincade have crossed the great di
vide, while George Robertson, Ray Har-
roun, Louis Chevrolet, and Walter
Christie have quit the game for good,
and Barney Oldfield and Ben Kerscher
have removed themselves beyond the
pale of A. A. A. competition because of
the Jack Johnson incident.
Replaced by Others.
The quitting of these men, however.
does not leave the racing game shy of
stars. Indeed, the outlook is most
promising. AT this distance it looks as
If the top notchers would include Ralph
De Palma, Joe Dawson, John Aitken,
Caleb Bragg, David Bruce Brown, Bob
Hearne. However, there are several
others of likely caliber who are expected
to be heard from before the season is |
veteran of the lot.
Caleb Bragg and David Bruce-Brown !
are examples of young chaps with lots ,
OF money who race for the excitement
they get out of it. Bob Burman is dan
gerous in any sort of contest, taking
more chances than even his former rae /
ing partner, Louis Chevrolet. Burman,
Bragg, and Bruce-BroWn have most
dangerous rival in Joe Dawson, the
youngster who went to the front rapidly
last season.
With all these men striving for the
driving honOrs of 1911 the season holds
much promise of good sport.
The automobile show which will open
in Convention Hall next Monday night !
will offer a wide variety of cars and
equipment, undreamed of a few years {
ago. 1t will show everything that an
eXacting public needs. Although the
growth of the automobile industry in
this city has been of magical charac-
ter, the zenith has been reached with |
out and great reaction, mainly because
the trade has been in strong business |
hands. The strength of the industry
here Will be shown at the exhibition |
next week, as practically every SdeaIer |
has engaged space to show from one to |
ten cars.
L. E. Hoffman, sales manager of the |
FRANKLIN Automobile Company, was in ,
the city yesterday. He is making a |
Southern trip, and will meet Clean |
Score" Carris, the veteran endurance I
contest driver, in Atlanta Saturday. !
From that city they will make an ex-
tensive tour in a Franklin, visiting |
Franklin dealers in many Southern !
cities.
The latest purchase of an under |
slung Regal roadster is William Orme.
The sale was made yesterday by Emer-
eon & Orme.
A feature of the exhibit of the Cook /
& Stoddard Company at the automo-
bile show next week will be a Cadillac |
Cut-out chassis operated by an cleo
trio motor to show the mechanism of |
the machine. A Baker electric chassis
eral complete models of Pierce-ArTows, |
(NadillaCS and RakeTS