New-York tribune., 1911-03-02
AUTO NEWS OF THE DAY
Motor Truck Club Plans a Parade
for Saturday, April IS.
DISBROW'S TRAINING PLANS
Saws He Will Drive Two or Three
Hundred Miles Daily Before
indianapolis Race.

Tho Motor Truck Club has decided 10 give
4 parade Of commercial vehicles on the
afternoon OF Saturday. April 10. This de-
cision was reached az an enthusiastic meet
ing OF the club held at the Hotel Empire
last evening. All the motor truck makers
and dealers in New York Will be asked to
enter and It is hoped that IN this way the
remarkable increase of trucks in New YORK
will be indicated to the public.
, Mr. Stone Of the United States Motors,
said: we are warmly IN favor Of DEM
onstration Of this kind, as there are still
many business men in New York who do
not realize the enormous number OF COM
merciaI vehicles in daily use. The Alden
Sampson will enter in this parade a COM
pIste line OF models. ranging in carrying
capacity from 1000 to 1000 pounds
Mr. Porter. OF the Chase Motor Truck
Company. also expressed HIS warm ap-
proval OF the plan. Mr. Porter said; Il
shall make it my business to enter all the
Chase cars that I can possibly get, in
cluding our new model OF q two-ton truck.
ard l shall not only make 1t my business
TO enter our own demonstrating car, but
shall use my best efforts 10 secure the cars
Of customers for the parade"
L A Levy. secretary OF the club. said
I'VE anticipate having between 20 and lo00
motor cars in line. there being more than
three times this number OF cars in New
York and the immediate vicinity.
our object is in massing these cars 10
Ha Nou hue b.
the motor truck industry Is to-day on a
firmly established basis. We constantly
hear that the motor truck is the coming
thing whereas those that are intlrna tely
acquainted with the actual conditions know
that the motor truck has already arrived.
Cordial invitations are extended TO all
the trade, as we'll as 10 the individual
owners OF motor trucks. and we will be
pleased 10 reserve place in line for any
commercial car which the owner may de-
sire to enter.
L have carefully interviewed many mem
bers in the trade, as well as individual op-
orators or motor trucks, and base my as
sumption or the number OF cars in line on
the conversations / have had with these
people
The Motor Truck Club has postponed the
projected run from New York TO Boston.
This run has been temporarily awaiting the
final outcome Of rules which are at present
being formulated by the American Auto
mobile Association.
Many methods Of physical training for
automobile race drivers have been tried,
but the most novel plan suggested for some
time is the one which Louis Disbrow.
driver Of the Pope Hartford car entered in
the J00-miie international sweepstakes race
at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on
Memorial Day. May 50, VIII Use. Disbrow
recently visited Indianapolis to make ar
rangements for the workouts Of his big
special car now being built at the Disbrow
garage at Jamaica, Long Island, and told
his idea OF keeping in good physical condi-
ton.
Gymnastics won't do race driver much
good" says Disbrow Neither will any
specified course Of exercises There is one
thing alone which viii make a man fit to
sit behind the wheel through a strain Of
seven hours such as the 500-mile race Will
mean. That is taking a daily course of
hard knocks over the country roads in a
racing car az q tdlrly GOOD rate or speed.
have made plans 10 do this for at least
thirty days before the race. anu Will be In
Indianapolis with my racing car and two
practice cars BY May 1.
The practice cars will be used the most,
but the big car will he tried enough to put
10 into perfect tune. In the practice cars
shall take 'cross-country trips 30 the cities
Of the Middle West, such as ST. Louis Chit
cago. Omaha. Kansas city and others.
shall drive two or .hree hundred miles
daily for several days at a stretch, and in
that manner harden myself 20 that the 50J-
mile drive will he nothing unusual for me
'1t is my plan now to drive my practice
cars through from New York to Indianapo-
lis, and this viii give me fair start in
training. Ny mechanics will be carried
along at all times. 30 that they viii be in
Al good phy scal condition as | am. / be-
lieve that every driver in the long race
should carry q mechanic, as the course VIII
have thirty-Gye or forty cars going al once,
and the mechanic viii be forced TO keep
his eye TO the rear. watching for cars that
will want 10 pass"