The Washington times., 1911-10-29
CLUB WILL
MEET NEXT FRIDAY
First Gathering of Fall Season Called by President W.
Duva, Who Will Preside-Clubhouse Mort
gage to Be Burned.
Bv HARRY WARD.

road information as an aid to the
! forthcoming tours from different
can Road Congress. to be held at Rich
mond, November 1924. The first log
| of the Southern tour from Washing
ton to Atlanta. from this city to Rich.
of the Touring Club OF America some
months ago. and the Forthcoming At
lanta to, Richmond run, passing
board States, completes the entire
route Of approximately 1000 miles.
I'm the air use a Bleriot mono
anf ssys Esrs en oVnF
ton, the aviator, who has been chosen
by Postmaster General Hitchcock to
demonstrate the practicability Of
ovington. It is understood. is planning
a transcontinental flight from New
| York to Los Angeles under Govern
ment supervision. He will carry his
baggage car. together. with another
monoplane to be used In case of
emergency.
That shortage OF high-priced auto
mobiles in 1912 is inevitable, is the inter-
! esting prediction Of w. J. Higgins, sales
manager of the Willys-Garford Sales
Company, distributors of Garford cars
Mr.. Higgins has just returned to Toledo
from an extended Eastern trip. and
found dealers unusually optimistic, re-
gardless Of the fact they are facing a
Presidential year.
The predominating feature OF my
trip East was the Interest shown by
dealers in high-priced cars" said Mr..
Higgins. Dealers who have heretofore
handled only low and medium priced
cars are now looking for a good high
priced automobile to accompany their
other lines"
Aftermath Of the recent Santa Monica
road races in which the worlds record
meet to have been the most sensational
OF the year, and remarkable In more
ways than one. In the first place. tho
smashing OF the record Of 74.3 miles per
was a triumph for the American motor
industry as whole, for II is the first
time Yankee car has been able to
crack a high mark established by the
At the same races Louis Nikrent In
a Buick, shod with Goodyear tires. won
the first place In the 00-mile race, 60
Ing the distance without stop. Tingley
Goodyear tires. got second in this same
race.
The announcement by the Ford Motor
livery wagon for 1871? and sell it 4:
800. will doubtless be responsible fol
banishing thousands OF horses from tn,
streets the coming year. Within two
weeks after the Ford makers announced
the new wagon orders were received
for over 1000 OF the machines.
Miller Brothers, who handle the Ford
In this city. are demonstrating the car
to many merchants and have already
booked number of orders. 'The new
Ford delivery wagon Is certainly max.
ing a hit." said Claude Miller" and We
are confident 1t will be ore of the big
gest sellers Of the year.
While the number of actual entries
Tor the various races at Savannah, No
vember T-9O, Is yet small. II is assured
there VIII be at least seventy-five start.
| ers In the four races scheduled for the
| two days meet. Fred Wagner, the
veteran starter. who will send the cars
and drivers away in each event, predicts
the number will go as high as ninety
| The various racing teams are already
making plans for the establishment OF
| their racing camps.