Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-16

passenger riding there has full support
for the back and ample leg room and
comfort. The first car Of this type was
shown to the public the first time. at the
New York show early in the year and
became the subject of much favorable
comment.
low-seated semi-racer roadster for two
and with toy tonneau for four. four
passenger toy tonneau. a four-passenger
torpedo. a. five-passenger ,-close-coupled.
front and fore-door bodies, and a seven
passenger limousine
The contest board OF the American Au-
tomobile Association has awarded to the
Chicago Motor Club the National Stock
| club, in conjunction with the Elgin Road
| Racing Association, will again this year
conduct the event. as It did in 1910,
with such marked success. The two, as
events. over exactly the same course. for
| exactly the same prizes. and the event
| bids fair to surpass any other road-rac-
ing contest scheduled for 1911.
competition August %: Fox River
| trophy, for Stock Chassis. 161 to go
| cubic inches piston displacement, mini
! mum weight. 1900 pounds; distance. 137
| miles.
Kane County trophy. for Stock Chassis,
231 to BOD cubic inches: minimum
| weight. 100 pounds: distance. ITO miles
Illinois trophy. for Stock Chassis. 3O1
| to $50 cubic inches: minimum weight.
1880 pounds: distance, 202 miles.
The big event for the ,Elgin National
| trophy. valued at more than $4,000, will
take place on the following day, August
26. and as this event Is open to Stock
Chassis OF under 600 cubic inch dis
| cars which will have competed in the
| three events the previous day.
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Frank G. Stewart and H. G. Hutton
returned last week from a fifteens
hundred-mile motor trip in the former 8
vania. Delaware. New York. returning
down the coast Of New Jersey as far
as Atlantic City. From the latter point
they motored to Philadelphia, and thence
home, via the short route"
tonneau was delivered last week to Henry
Hammond. and Flanders "20'' roadsters
| to William Jose and Albert Ober.
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| Among the purchasers of Buick cars
! last week were Charles w. Biondi, model
| w. Va. model 81 touring car: Richard
| Griffith, Winchester. Va, model 26 road
ster: c. l.. Young Norfolk. Va. one-ton
| Buick truck and J. H. Wurdeman, model
Is roadster.
A Cadillac "3V' fore-door touring car
was delivered last week to W. w. Mack
| all Of Manassas. Va. and a five-passenger
| touring car to a. s. Berger of Fredericks-
burg, Va.
During the past week there has been a
revival in automobile circles of q motor
drome near New York. Several sites have
been inspected during the past year, but
the promoters do not seem to be able to
agree on satisfactory location. The
latest suggestion is to build a permanent
speedway at Nassau boulevard, near Gar
den City, L.. l., which can be used for
both automobile racing and aviation. The
Aero Clubs of America and New York
are at present using the proposed site for
experiments and exhibitions. and the
project is receiving very serious consid-
Grafton There Is n well defined move
ment that favors the plan, and more esre-
cially since the aviation. field there has
attained popularity that has surprised
it's promoters, who originally organized
it merely as real estate development
attraction. More and more hangers have
been built, until the total number ex-
ceeds 2orty, and today the field Is bet
Park even at the height Of the inter-
national meets.
An easy way to clean a sooty ignition
plug on motor with more than one CYL
inder without going to the bother of re-
moving it from the cylinder is to detach
the high-tension wire from the msbehav-
cylinder and run the engine on the other
cylinders. Then hold the terminal of the
detached wire, being very careful not to
touch the metal part with the fingers, a