The Washington times., 1911-06-28
MOTORISTS ON WAY
TO SAN FRANCISCO
WILL CALL ON TAFT
New York and Pennsylvania
Party Numbers Over
Score.
By HARRY WARD.

A party Of New York and Pennsyl-
vania motorists who are en- route from
New York to San Francisco, will ar
rive in Washington this afternoon in
time to meet President Taft at the
White House at 2:30 o'clock. Among
those who are making the transconti-
Mental trip are w. E. Sprague, Mrs.
Sprague, G. E. Horton, and Mrs. Hor-
ton; F. A. Moller Mrs. Moller, and W.
H. Rose; J. H. Murphy and Miss Muir
ply; Countess de Calatraver, John Mat
thews. DR.. H. F. Cook and Mrs Cook;
George c. Allen, president of the Re-
public Trust Company; F. F. Lippman,
who is in charge of the long run; F. z.
Moller, John Guy Honohan, PhiIadel-
phia; John Murphy, one Of New York's
city commissioners; Judge H o. Bechtel,
Scuylkill county, Pa; c. G. A. Loder; c.
Francis Jenkins and P. w. Barker,
broker, Philadelphia
Ellsworth sprague and Ray McNa-
mara, who have been over the route,
Will pace them over the roadways The
tourists, who are going on the journey
Tor pleasure and sport, and to give an
illustration OF the enduring powers of
the modern motor car, plan to spend
eleven Of the forty-seven days at various
points.
Twelve cars are being used to convey
"A
lantic City, where the tourists baptized
their machines in the surf Of the At
lantic ocean with the hope and expec-
tatton of again christening the cars in
seven days hence.
During tie trip they will enter sixteen
States and cover about 1850 miles IL
is expected that all of the tourists will
get through. rs in addition to 4 car for
special purposes, another car will be
provided with eight mecharicians and
tools which NAV be needed when out
OF touch with civilization. II the trip
the motorists may return in their cars.
Premier cars are being used by the
transcontinental tourists.
When the Remy brassard is contested
for en- the Brighton Beach motordrome
next week. il will be the prize in the
free-for-ali open race which will be az
the distance of three miles. The first
entry for the brassard is the National.
the makers Of which now hold the
trophy. This will be the first time the
hrasssrd has been competed for on 4
mile track and in 4 free-for-all event.
The National company will send its en-
tire team to Brighton to retain possess
tered is the one that holds the straight
away beach record for stock cars. This
machine has also been entered in seven
other events.
An expenditure of about 5000 is to be
made in remodeling the salesroom of
the Buick Motor Company. of Connect
cut avenue. Manager Ted" S. John
ston today awarded the contract for the
improvements. and the ulans call for
one of the most completely appointed
automobile salesrooms in the city.
The growth of the Buick Company's'
business in this city, said Manager
Johnston, has made 1t necessary for
US to enlarge and improve our present
quarters, and 1t will be cur intention
to make the Buick store one of the
finest in this section of the country
The Lozer Company announces that
Lozier cars will, in the future, take no
part in races or contests on dirt tracks
or horse tracks of any character unless
they have been rebuilt and Temodeled
for the express purpose of automobile
racing. The fatal accident to Basic
at the Hawthorne track in Chicago
recently. the death of Walter
Donnelly, and the serious injury
of Lewis Strang in the Milwaukee
prove that racing on these tracks is
dangerous. and entails useless sacri-
fee of human lives. II gives one more
opportunity to sensation mongers to
decry all forms of automobile racing as
dangerous, when, as a matter of fact,
racing on motor speedways and prop
erly guarded roads can ne made as
safe as any other sport or form of ath-
letic contest in which it Is generally
admitted a certain element of risk or
danger exists. The step taken by the
and it is hoped other makers will follow
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