The Washington times., 1911-08-25
LACK Of TRAINING
|. THREATENS TO BAR
MOTOR CAR RACER
Association Talk Of Exclud-
ing Ogren From Elgin
(lll.) Events.
RULE REQUIRES
PROVEN ABILITY
Accident to Ogren Car Held Up
As Example of His
lneficiency.
BY HARRY WARD.

Advices from Elgin, ILL.,. where a
series of four big automobile races Will
be run today and tomorrow, state that
one OF the drivers, II. W. Ogren, is
likely TO be prevented from starting
because of lack of experience
When the Automobile Racing Drivers
Association was formed some weeks
ago it went on record as favoring the
adoption Of a rule requiring drivers TO
show proficiency before being allowed
to start in long-distance races. This
rule was adopted by the racing author
tiles, and the Ogren case is the first one
to come up since the rule went into
effect. Veterans like Harry Grant, the
two-time Vanderbilt cup winner; Ralph
Mulford. ana Ralph De Palma, who
will drive in the Elgin trophy race to-
morrow. declare Ogren showed gross
carelessness in the official trials yes
.~rday by running his car into a ditch,
throwing himself and the mechanician
out. Neither was injured. 1t Is
claimed the accident would not have
happened TO a driver more familiar
with handling high-speed racing cars
over country roads.
Requiring the drivers 10 show skill in
handling their mounts before permit
ting them to participate in a Cruel
ing contest like a 3OO-mile road race is
a step in the right direction.
James ]. Flynn, manager OF the ZeII
Motor Car Company, agents for the
HupmobiIe, today was advised that
Charles D. Hastings had been appointed
general manager of the Hupp Motor
e. Hupp. who has resigned to devote
his entire attention to other interests.
Mr.. Hastings has been identified with
the HupmObilc since it was first placen
on the market, so that the retirement OF
Mr.. Hupp Will in no way affect tho
plans or policy of the company.
Another evidence that the motor truck
is fast displacing the horse was the
awarding of the contract to the Baker
Motor Vehicle Company for furnishing
the Government Printing Office with six
electric trucks said George Weaver, of
the Cook & Stoddard Company, Wash
ington agents for the Baker MIR.
Weaver, who is spending the summer
with his family at Colonial Beach, was
in Washington yesterday and was de-
lighted to learn the Baker was selected
by the Public Printer. When a large
institution like the Government Print
ing Office replaces its horses with cleo
tTiC trucks, 1t helps to prove the super
iority of the motor truck over the
horse" continued Mr.. Weaver.
Eighteen thousand orders have been
received from dealers by General Sales
Manager George w. Bennett. of the
Willys-Overldnd Company, makers CT
Overland cars" said r. c. Smith, pTesi-
dent of the Overland Washington Com
pany. 1T Is expected this amount will
be increa sed several thousand before
| the end of the month" continued Mr..
Smith. The unusual demand for cars
| has made II necessary to install new au-
| tomato machinery and rush the work
on the new factory additions"
Having successfully braved the dam
| gers of the recent Mexican revolution
| and conquered the desert wastes OF
| New Mexico, Arizona, and California, in
| addition to having covered 5000 miles
! in the past twelve months in all kinds
Of weather and over all sorts of roads in
| forty-foUr States and Territories, the
! Abbott-Detroit Bull Dog" in which
| DR. c. G. Percival is making 4 tour
| Of the world. Is now In Portland, Ore.
being fitted out for a dash to the Arctic
| regions DR.. Percival will attempt to
| take the car into Alaska as far north
as the sixtv-fcurth parallel and special
equipment Is being installed on the ma
| chine for the excursion into the icy re-
! gions.