The Washington times., 1911-02-11
AUTOMOBILE SHOW
PLANS COMPLETED
Installation of Cars for Ex-
hibit Will Begin To-
morrow. i
TROPHY DISPLAY
TO BE A FEATURE
Sociability Run Is Being Proposed
for Next Memorial
Day.
By HARRY WARD.

The automobile show committee
met yesterday and completed the ar
rangements for the exhibition, which
will be opened Monday night for a
weeks run. The work of decorating
Convention hail is nearly completed
and Chairman Long is confident
everything will be in readiness for
the opening night The cars will be
installed tomorrow.
One CT the features of the show
will be the display of automobile e
trophies. The Glidden trophy, won
last year by a Chalmers car driven
by Bill Bolger, will occupy a place
on honor in the exhibit of the Zell
Motor Car Company. Wine and Ben
son will exhibit the trophy won by the
Moline in the Chicago Motor Clubs
tour, while the Massapequa cup, won
1y the Cole. will be shown by the
Wilson Company
The suggestion that the Automo-
bile Club of Washington hold a socia-
bility run on Memorial Day with
gettysburg the objective point, is be-
ing we'll received. T. S Johnston
captain of the club, is working on
the proposition. The road to Gettys-
burS via Rockville and Frederick, a
distance of SeVenty-seven miles is
one OF the best in this section.
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The automobile races on the Atlanta
Pablo Beach course under the auspices
OF the Jacksonville Automobile Club
VIII be of an international character
Not only will many American cars
participate, but several of the famous
European makes will also be sent over
Tor The four-day meet, which begins
March p. In order to insure fast time
fl the long-distance events Il course
Twenty-Five miles in length will be laid
on. and the character Of the beach near
Jacksonville is such that IT will be near
iy straightaway. 1t is expected that
In the hour race for cars of the large
class a speed of nearly one hundred
miles an hour will be made. That Old
fields mile record, made last year, will
be broken seems to be the general opin-
ion among followers of automobile rae
ing. Several special racing cars are be-
ing built for the meet, and all will he
sent after OldfieldS mile mark of 27.$3
seconds. The National. Buick, Pope
Hartford, LoZier, Case and Cole racing
crews will be entered in all the prin-
cipal events of the meet, and interest
in the racing game IS now so great that
it is expected a record-breaking entry
list will mark the meet
More than ordinary interest at
taches to the announcement that
David S HendriCk will handle the
Franklin line of automobiles in this
city The deal was cOnsummated yes
ager of the Franklin Automobile
Company Two popular Franklin
models will form part of Mr.. Hend-
ricks exhibit at the automobile show
next week. With the Franklin Thorn
as, and Interstate Mr.. Hendrick has a
strong line of cars and is looking
forward to a busy season.
The first steps for the organization
of the national racing circuit pro-
posed by the contest board of the
American Automobile Association. was
taken yesterday by the departure
from New York of A. r. Pardington
On a trip to the automobile factories
throughout the Eastern and Middle
West States for the purpose of inter-
Viewing the makers who had racing
teams in the field this year. All that
remains to put the proposed circuit
into operation Is the support of the
automobile manufacturers, which from
present appearances seems assured.
"ProbablE the first time that an ele-
phant has been hauled in an automo-
bile happened recently in Hutchin-
son. KAN" said Manager F. c. Sib-
bald, of the Zell Motor Car Company.
"The Polly of the Circus company,
wfhich was PLAYING the Kansas town,
had an elephant with them. and II
was hauled around town in a 1911
Chalmers touring car. The elephant
wasn't any Jumbo, of lcourse, but
hS hSlSn dDOul l,4UU pounds. Pla0kS
were put in the tonneau of the car
and the animal was led into the ma
chine, Besides the elephant, three men
rode in the car"
Many entries are being received for
the Florida beach races to be held un-
der the auspices of the Jacksonville
Automobile Club March 27-3O. Among
the leading American cars to compete
are the Buick. Lozier, Marmon, Ma
fiOnal Cole and Case Mapv snaod
creations from Europe will also be in
the lineup. 1t is expected that in the
hour race for cars of the large class the
speed attained will exceed 100 miles for
the hour. That Oldfield's mile record
will be broken is the general expecta-
ton. Several special cars, thought to
be capable of greater speed than the
one used by Oldfield when he made the
mile mark, have been promised for the
meet. and with the drivers ambitious to
hang up new mark, there is no tell
ing what limit will be reached.