Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-19


side of New York and Chicago this year.
| failed to drop in at the Overland
| booth for view of that freakish wind
| wagon with its propeller and airship
| mechanism. 1t was decidedly one of the
night at the Overland booth with
others. were DR.. Q. L. Howe, Stanley NJ.
| Knock of Woodbine, Md; Mr.. Spalding
of Martinsburg. w. Va; II. c. Borden
| of Middletown. Va; DR.. Cure of Weston,
W. Va; r. l.. Myers of West Virginia
| and Commissioner Rudolph.
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There has been considerable comment
! since the announcement was made after
the recent meeting OF the Manufacturers
Contest Associations rules committee,
! that the Gl,6den tour would be succeed
ed by a capitol to capitol tour This
latter event will be for the national
! tour of the American Automobile Associ-
alton, and the tentative route is from
Washington, D. c.. to Quebec and Otta-
wa. Canada, and return to the states to
some point to be definitely decided
What will become of the Gidden- trophy
has not been made known as Yet, but
that it is hard to dispense with Lat
historical prize is acknow edged by those
closely connected with automobile sport.
The national tour has become SO well
known as the "Gidden tour" that no
matter what name would be given to
future event of its scope, it would likely
be generally termed the GliGden tour,
1t is understood that there are to be
several changes in the conditions govern
ing the forthcoming tour over those held
in previous years. In addition to the
cars being divided into touring and rum
about classes. they will also be sub
divided according to price classification.
and a prize will be offered in each class.
Probably no other class of men, with
so modest reward for Their services,
have taken to the automobile so speedily
as have the rural free delivery carriers
of this country. Although the aVerAAe
rural free delivery carriers annual sal
AIRY runs between 500 and $500, they
are coming to recognize the utility Of the
automobile as one man. Those who
have discarded the horse for the automo-
bile declare that it is not only more
economical, but enables them to cover
their route with greater speed and al
lows them more time for other work.
Fred Ingersoll Of Pasadena, Cal, a
pioneer among the rural free delivery
converts to the automobile, has the fol-
lowing to say in the matter:
NV runabout has covered over 5000
miles | have used moe than 2,0D gal
Ions of gasoline and have started and
stopped the machine over 100000 times.
NV route carries me over forty-five miles
of good and bad roads each day, and
there are .Oo stations at which a stop
must be made each trip. Although |
have To make the route in all kinds of
weather. have found the automobile
fully capable of pulling through the
worst roads and 1t has fully demon
strated its superiority to the horse III
my work.
Scores of other r. +. u. carriers have
testified in a similar strain. and it is
only Il matter of few years when the
entire rural force of Uncle Sam will he
equipped with motor cars.
i i !.
When Starter Wagner lines up tho con-
testantS i'll the H0-milc International
sweepstakes race at the indianapolis mo-
tor speedway Decoration day the first
big event in the grand circuit of auto
mobile racing will he under way. This
is the plan of the officials of the Ameri-
can Automobile Association. who are
taking concerted action to put the motor
racing sport a more definite basis
than ever before. y. r. Pardington. who
has been referee at many of the great
race meets of the country. and managed
the running of the last Vanderbilt cup
race on Long Island. will take a long
effort to organize the manufacturers SO
that the circuit plan may be carried out
successfully.
Nearly all of the greatest drivers and
cars now in the motor-racing game will
be contestants in the Indianapolis race
and the 4. a. A. officials believe it will
be the most advantageous place to start
the circuit ball rolling. Nine entries
have been made thus far with the race
still three months and a half away. The
nominations made are Lewis Strang
(captain) Louis Larsonneur and Joe
Ja@ersburger In Case cars. Happy Johnny
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