The Washington herald., 1911-12-17

From present indications the Twelfth
National Automobile Show, to be held
in New York, january to 90 will sur
pass, both in the number of exhibitors
and the innovations displayed, any held
heretofore.
The Carter Motor Car Co. reports the
sale Of the following cars: To Charles
Simmons, 7-passenger; Ed Cary, 7-pas-
senger; W. D. Hyde, 4-passenger. De-
liveries as follows: DR.. Luce, 4-passen-
geer touring car; Henry P. Etz, road
ster, and to William Hill, passenger.
Chickens and dogs are the bugbear OF
the cross-country tourists who seeks to
see his own country from the seat of a
motor car,'' says DR.. Charles G. Percl-
val, editor of Health Magazine, who is
driving the Abbott-Detroit Bull Dog"
on its 1OO,OOO-niIe trip around the world.
They force the driver to keep con-
slant lookout, with one hand lowering
near the brake all the time. The aver
age man hates to run over living crea-
ture and besides, a dog when run over
is apt to derange your steering gear.
One always meets hordes of chickens In
the country.
1t doesn't pay to try and hit these an
to the car sometimes does not compen-
safe for the satisfaction. 1 have fallen
back upon the old-time ammonia gun
of the cyclists of a dozen years ago,
and 1t repays one for the bother of keep
ing it loaded. In Mexico there are more
dogs TO the square inch than any. other
country in the world, Constantinople
Notwithstanding, and they were such a
nuisance that they become a positive
hindrance, but one revolver shot scat
tered them for two days, they being ar
rant towards. In California We found
ourselves constantly running over the
little gray ground squirrels, so peculiar
to the country, and such a pest to
farmers
The Auto Exchange and Supply Co.,
Unc). will be open for business on Mon
day, December Is, at their new store,
1710 Fourteenth street northwest This
company will carry a full line OF sup
plies, oils, gasoline, and material for
repairs. This company also secured the
agency for the Bergdoll Mr.. B. T.
Greaves is manager of the supply de-
partment, Mr.. r. c. MangUn will handle
the repair department, and Mr.. w. S.
Boteler is the general manager of the
company. Mr.. Mangun was formerly
located at 1915 Ninth street, in the same
No other mechanical invention has un-
dergone a greater process of evolution
than the automobile.
1t is but a few years since the auto
mobile was single shape and style
vehicle. A car has to be red and have a
rear door or it is not admitted to the
best society. That age was one in which
its many possibilities were not known.
The gasoline or electric propelled ma
chine was then purely a vehicle for
pleasure and show. Its use was limited
to the best roads and weathers and to
a few hours at a time usually. In short,
1t was toy. Tops were not fashionable
and cars were not used in bad weather
But. as the motor car became more
widely used and known and its many
superiorities over the horse became
known it was fitted with bodies better
adapted to daily use and this process
has been going farward ever since. un-
I'll to-day We have the little open-bodied
runabout, suited to short trips and er-
rand service, with the lightest, simplest
body construction possible.
Makers of more pretentious cars fit
bodies with doors to the operators