The Washington times., 1911-02-02
ELFEATURESFOR
AUTOMOBILE SHOW
Unique Decorations Are
Planned by Committee
In Charge.
By HARRY WARD.

Unique ideas OF decoration, interesting
exhibits of cars and all the latest now
elites for motorists will be features
of the national automobile show, to be
held in Convention Hall during The
week of February 10.
Details of arrangements for the show
are being carefully planned by the
show committee. Each of the dealers is
working hard preparing a new line of
talk to pour into the ears of prospec-
tive buyers at the show Some of the
most popular exhibits will be the cleo
trio machines. When motoring sprang
into popular favor the woman who drove
was regarded as far more mannish than
the suffragette leader of today. But
now with the convenient little electrics
for the use of women for shopping and
visiting a new field has been opened for
women operators and special efforts
will be made to cater to their wants at
the forthcoming show.
Another class of exhibits that will
be interesting to the man who has
followed automobile inventions and i'm
provements will be the many comforts
for all kinds of cars. The 1911 models
of pleasure cars are the embodiment of
models will be in evidence.
IN order to make automobile racing
safe wherever it may be held in this
country, the American Automobile As
ISOLATION will insist that the policing he
done carefully and systematically on
various courses. S. NJ. Butler. chairman
of the contest board of the three AS.
said recently:
The meets at EIgin and Savannah
last year taught us that troops are
necessary to police automobile road
courses. The possibility of accidents to
drivers, mechanicians and spectators
should be reduced to a minimum. We
are constantly trying TO perfect this
work and many schemes have been sug-
gested. The latest we have under CON-
sideration, however, looks good. The
A. A. A. plans to ask the governments
OF the States in which races will be held
for official recognition
The governor of each of these States
vii ie requested 20 furnish militia to
guard the racecoUrse. The State owes
something to these meets. Often tbey
are held in rather small cities and the
publicity these places receive from the
racing teams is no small matter. II
State militia had policed the Wander
bilt course last year do you suppose
here would have been the number of
accidents that did occur? Spectators
were kept off the course at Elgin and
Savannah, and the races were handled
perfectly. Philadelphia had the next
thing to State policing with the city
policemen on duty at Fairmount Park.
lf the police OF New York CITY were
available. an automobile race could be
htId IN Central Park with dangers ID
spectators eliminated"
t. c. Simms, Of the Sims Motor Car
Company, agent for the HAYNES. has
returned from trip TO the HAYNES fac
tory; IN kokomor Ind. He stopped over
In Chicago for a day and visited the big
automobile show now being held there
The Chicago show is a big affair, and
many sales are being made" said Mr..
Sims.
"One of the features of the Chicago
show is the Glidden trophy. which forms
part of the exhibit of the Chalmers
Motor Company" said +. c. Sibbald,
manager of the Zen Motor Car Com
pany. This is the first time the Gid
den trophy, which was won last year by
a Chalmers car. has been exhibited at
the Chicago show continued Mr.. Sib-
bald. 'and it is attracting much atten-
ton, particularly as Chicago was the
terminus of last years tour"
The Stiles Company is the name of a
new automobile concern which has ta-
ken the agency in this city for the Nc
Intyre car. 1t Is located at S13 Seven
teenth street northwest. The company
will have several cars on exhibition at
the forthcoming automobile show.
The Bergdoll Sales Company reports
the sale of Bergdoll go touring car
to Joseph A. Herbert.
L. E. Hoffman, of the sales DEPART
ment of the Franklin Automobile Com
pany, was in the city yesterday. and
called on a number of .fe dealers He
Is planning an extensive trip through
the South in a Franklin car. which will
be driven by c. E. Carris, the noted en-
durance contest pilot.
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