New-York tribune., 1911-02-12
AUTO NEWS OF THE DAY
What the Trade on the Row Is
Talking About.

Probably tho first time that real live
elephant has been hauled In an automobile
happened recently in Hutchinson. Kan.
The Polly Of the Crcus' company which
was playing in Hutchinson had an ele-
phant, and II was hauled around town In
a Chalmers 1911 touring car. The elephant
wasn't any Jumbo. of course. but he
weighed 300 to 100 pounds Planks were
put In the tonneau OF the car, and his ele-
phantine highness was led into the ma
chine. Besides the big animal three men
rode In the car, which was driven b.
Harry n. Taylor, It's owner.
The Warren-Detroit wolverine" the
transcontnental car which is hghting its
way to Frisco through the snow, had
difficult time securing passage through
Chicago because OF the Windy city police
regulations. It Is decreed that only pri-
vate cars Will have passage on Chicagos
boulevards, and when Jack Mohrhardt was
bowling merrily down Michigan Boulevard
last week intent upon no harm and sim
| ply wishing to get further along toward
| tbe Pacific Ocean, q burly traffic officer or
dered him to 60 back where he came from.
| From the instructions OF the uniformed
| guardian the only way to get TO 'BTisco
vvas by way Of New Orleans or the Pan
| anna Canal. A discussion at the station
house where Mohrhardt went 10 protest
revealed that automobiles with any let
/ tering on offend the artistic sense Of chi
cagoans Furthermore. the inscriptions
which the Warren Wolverine" bears tell
q story which excites interest and results
a., IN a crowd that blocks pavements. In or
der 10 get out Of the "I Wilp' town Mohr-
bardt had 10 make n wide detour. 1T
ain't no place for any auto driver where
they grow policemen seven feet high
was the comment OF the Detroiter.
Mr. Toback. OF the A. Elliott Ranney
COMPANY. announces that A. r. Shattuck'
ex-president of the Automobile CLUB ot
| America. has purchased a Hudson car
Mr. sbattuck has owned almost every auto
mobile built and states that he VIII buy
q Hudson roadster next month. The Ran
new Company states that It Is delivering
on an average seven cars day.
The fact that Louis Renaut. the famous
French designer has adopted the Sterns
.vne OF rear axle construction In his latest
models served to call especial attention
|
bih,ted at the Chicago Automobile Show
The stearns axle is a solid one-piece forS-
ing. drilled to take the floating drive shafts.
II is hand forged from solid blank or
alloy steel and has as much strength as
the solid axle on a chain driven model.
Another Stearns feature widely commented
ON was the dry multiple disk clutch.
This design, embracing the best features
OF all multiple disk clutches. with none OF
their drawbacks. is coming into great
vogue
The convertible torpedo type Of car which
the Jackson Automobile Company's engi-
neers created this season promises to be
ono of the standard designs in the seasons
70 come. with the advent OF the closed
door car the Jackson builders were In q
ouandary as 10 its feasibility. especially in
cities where a car is used for hurried calls.
With quick exits and entrances. The Ques-
ton whether they would equip their car
With fore doors was solved by a question
ing Of many Jackson owners by postal
card. Their vote decided the policy Of the
company.
ON February 1S Frank Kulick, tho driver
for tho Ford Motor Company. leaves the
factory for New Orleans. where he will
participate In the Mardl Gras races, to be
hen the week OF February g. Two of the
Ford Model T racing care have been
shipped TO New Orleans. Kullck will drive
one OF these racers in the FIVE and ten
mile dashes against such men as Strang,
De Palma, n his Simplex, and many other
we'll known drivers. in such cars as the
I,ozier and the National