The Washington times., 1911-12-12
AUTOMOBILE SHOW
TO Be ATTRACTIVE
FOR ALL DEALERS
Large Delegation From
Washington Will Attend
New York Event.
By HARRY WARD.

washington will be we'll represented
at the twelfth national automobile show
in New York from January to 20. En-
eryE dealer will be on hand to see the
latest products of the factories. and
get "a line on new agencies. while the
200 or 800 individual motorists will cru
brace the, opportunity to see all the
leading, makes Of cars displayed to-
gether. There will be more than 800
exhibitors.
During the first week there will be
sixty exhibitors Of complete pleasure
cars, gasolene and alectric, with the
former in the majority. In addition
there will be 311 accessory manufac-
turers exhibiting every possible con-
trivance that will add to the pleasure
Of mot9r,i5nss There etornxc,s aiso will De n'ns'
. The second week of the show will te
given over to makers of commercial
vehicles, who will display tnirty-one
ness wagons of all sorts and sizes, while
practically the same number of acces.
sorry manufacturers will be represented
as during the first week. It is expected
pS%0er tsis city. o. who are investsatiss the
commercial vehicle proposition, vii! vis-
1t the commercial truck part OF the
This will be the last automobile shcw
to be heid In Madison Square Garden.
and the promoters expect It to eclipse
all previous exhibitions. The interior
color scheme will be crimson and gold.
A stsff of artists Is now at work OIL
mural decorations.
A great good roads congress will be
held next year by four association associations the the
American Association fof Highway Inn
provement, the American Road Build.
ers, and the National Association ol
facturers. Each Of these intended t.
hold it's own congress In 1912, put It nov
has been decided TO pool their interests
IN order to have one of the biggest con
crosses the United states @ mas esce ever sssn sss
citation will meet In New York on De
cember n, and draw up tentative plans
and select the city where the congress
Ia to be held. Washington mas put il
q request.
George Robertson, the old racing driv
err. who achieved fame by neing eng tn an,
ideas about what is going to become o
racing in this country.
There have been lot Of statement
anis. are says ysons he to quit rasiSs and tha
eventually there will be only . very feI
left in the sport. That may be the wa
1t looks now with winter coming OH, pu
let me tell you 1t will be different whe
the racing season starts again.
"Some one Of the little fellows will Sc
what he thinks is his chance to get
lot of public notice by racing with tn
, other fellows out Of It, The minute n
decides to try to do that some one Q
the fellows who has decided he is goin
Z to quit will decide he'd have q chanc
| to put something over II he rushed
and got little Of the glory that woul
, be easy for him to acquire as long q
all the others stayed out of IT. That
! turn will mean they'll all be back @
1t again when racing starts"
With six months of its 1912 seaso
8 still to run. sales of the Packard Mote
Q Car Company equal the entire outpl
Q for the season of 1911. Orders fe
: spring delivery have broken all record
( Nor this time Of year. More SPECIFICS
Q tions were received during the pa
= week than any other week since July
o The original line of enclosed bodies Il
this season Ia practically closed ou
d and a supplemental factory order is no
- coming through. The impetus given
n the appearance of the Packard 'SiS
|, has been a powerful factor in the II
: crease in sales. Orders now being r.
II ceived call for, three times as mar
t Skies as for the well-establishs
% "Thirties." 0ae f