The evening world., 1911-12-06
Gpager Any Reason fol
I'm Is Means Of Adver-
Say Manufacturers.
RAwuSo pubic interest, the use

~AD1ulo public interest, the USE
isssnsss Of demonstrating how
~ 90 can travel and the
oolaeQD waste Of human ffe are fast
n11aS automobils racing IN the dis
- Tor three years attendance at
~ racss has steadily decreased.
10 recent running Of the Vanderbilt
, raos ct Savannah. despite the fact
4 phenomenal speed was attained
the cars. was not an unqualified
pseoe. and to-day Alfred Reeves. for.
D msmber Of the Vanderbilt Cup
Emmieeion and the racing board Of
3 American Automobile Association.
Ddictsd that about n more running
h snA that classic.
IN 10 not to be denied" said Mr..
Doves, that the Vanderbilt trophy did
Tot for the automobile industry. II
accomplished all that william X.
nnAerbtit set out to do when he Of
nd the trophy, proving that America
10 produce the best cars and nerviest
Overs Of the world. When the run
pg Of this race began the foreign
rtvers, notably those Of France. were
oding the earth in speed. For the last
mr. years American cars and Ameri-
"a drivers have been in front. and II
was Just this that Mr.. Vanderbilt
wanted 70 prove. This accomplished,
- usefulness Of the race Ii past. and
I an convinced that there will not be
Dors than one more running OF it-Al-
though know OF no oficial attempt to
80 II.
MONT JUST AS WELL HAVE
LOCOMOTIVES RACE.
1.-THE Vanderbilt will not be the only
rsee TO 70. however. for all speed o n
tests are now seen TO be useless by the
majority Of automobile manufacturers.
when Benjamin B~riscoe. president OF
- United States Motorcar Company.
sstired from racing a year 8 he was
eondemned by many manufacturers. yet
sfncs that time many of these have
come to his a Of thinking. When
companies like the Benz. Lozier. Aico
and Locomobile-all Of which have been
csntsnders in the Vanderbilt n other
ba1 races-get sick of the game there
mr,et be something with II. No
one thinks Of races between locomo-
[tfyes, Races between automobiles are
I1ust A. Illogical, for We all know now
[fhat you can manufacture automobiles
nhat Win go as fast as any one can
drdve them. Furtt ,rmore. the buyers
automobilcs-to whom races were
bupposed TO appeal-are not ookin TOT
ned. What they wan 10 reliability.
nj Il IL a fact that so per cent. OF all
ma sold are OF moderate speed. Ac-
unlike speed contests reia-
|huity runs are here to stay.
Five years ago practically every auto
mobile spanufacturer raced. Through II
ktAere was a great deal to be learned
and there was real need OF giving cars
abnormal tests. Automobiles have now
reached such a high state Of perfection,
however, that the need OF these tests
Roes not exist.
THAT tie public IL no longer inter-
listed TO any great extent was evident
u the recent running OF the Vanderbilt.
fact that was largely Instruments In
zthe abandonment of the race by Savan-
nah. There has also been steadily de-
attendance at all the meets for
three years, with the sole exception OF
races at Indianapolis last year.. when
ythere was interest in the 5oo-mile race
Ipoqely because Of the big prize at stake
|-S3.0 OO.
OF LITTLE HELP TO IN
I pUsTRY At THIS STAGE.
"Annther big factor in the determine
'ejon OF so many manufacturers to retire
oc~n vs,ip1 u tho naallaaa tyas.a nf