Evening star., 1911-06-11
MOTORING
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formed with Andrew d. Lofier as presi-
dent Mr.. Lofier is well known in this
city and has already placed several or
ders for the Speedwell car.
A feature Of the annual outing Of tho
printing and allied trades OF Wash
ington next Saturday will be an auto
mobile '.sociability rum from Washing
ton to Cabin John Bridge. The time OF
the contestants will be sealed and tho
driver coming nearest to the correct time
will be served dinner at the expense OF
the printers. The start will be made
next Saturday from in front of the Co.
/ lumbia Theater. The cars will continue
| to Great Falls. returning to Cabin John,
where dinner will be served at o'clock
The committee in charge of the tour con-
| sists Of Lew Thayer. chairman; c. X
Brands, George H. Judd, c. ]. Brown and
r. E. Mathers. Ed B. Terry has donated
his Washington car for the members Of
| the press.
The Mears Auto Supply Company has
| opened headquarters in this city at 916
New York avenue northwest and will
/ carry a full line of automobile supplies
! and SundrieS. B. b. MearS Is the repre-
sentative here.
The Automobile Club Of Maryland has
mounted several motor cyclists, attired
| in khaki uniforms. with "A. c. NJ" on
| the arms Of the coat. who police the va
rious roads in the state Sundays. where
speed traps" are located. and notify
motorists Of such fact. Last Sunday the
speed catchers'' were found located in
the branches of trees overhanging the
road. with stop watches in their hands,
with a measured course between the two
timers nf ha
of America happened to watch the pro-
cedure, after having been stopped a short
distance just before reaching the trap"
The trap was located on the Baltimore
| boulevard In the vicinity of Elkridge, Md.
| A leaky tire patch can easily be removed
by the application Of a few drops Of gaso
line This liquid can also be used in clean
Ing the surface of the tube, but should
| not be applied until the place has been
old patch away for future use and ap-
ply fresh patch. two coats of solution,
spread on thinly and well rubbed in, es-
pecially the first. squeeze the patch and
tube together as hard as possible with
| the finger and thumb. beginning In the
center Of the patch and working out to
| the edges. A block Of wood may be
held under the tube and the patch beaten
with hammer, but care must be taken
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Harry Knight. twenty-one years old, of
Indianapolis, Ind, the acknowledged hero
of the 500 mile Memorial day race. held
In his home city. Is to have meritorious
recognition from the Carnegie hero fund
commission of Pittsburg, Pa, If the in
fluences of the largest promoters of this
sport and the race spectators Is of any
significance.
Knight is now patient. with his
mechanician, John T. Glover. in the Meth
odist Episcopal Hospital in Indianapolis
II ~ ho In, rryIi ~
mechanician has two boken ribs and pos
sibly internal injuries. His car was a
total wreck, but will be rebuilt. This
was his own personal property.
knight was one OF the youngest pilots
named for the 5OO-mile race, and owned
the car that he drove. This is the sec
ond time that Knight has acted quickly
and saved a human life. On the day be-
last October the mechanician on a Mer
Ger car was thrown from his car on one
of the turns. and Knight. a few yards
behind. turned his car into the fence and
brought up in field.
In the event at the Speedway knight
risked the life of John Glover. his me-
chanician, as well as his own, and
wrecked Herb Lytle's racer and crashed
yesterday that he counted his head strik-
ing the ground three times, and after be-
ing hurled over the heads of a group of
spectators he says he remembered every
petitions asking that he be honored will
be distributed about the country.
Track racing is to become feature OF
Philadelphia motoring life this season,
with q determination to bring the sport
to that high plane Of respectability that
Quaker city folk command. With this
end in view. the Philadelphia Automobile
Trades Association has determined to en-
ter the racing game
Philadelphia Is eminently a city Of
sports, but its people will not give recogni-
stion, as q whole, to any game unless
promoted solely for sports sake. In road
racing the Quaker city has established a
reputation practically nation wide. This
well deserved reputation. as the result of
meets held, was made possible by the
Fairmount Park commission giving over
for the day its ideal course. the city gov
ernment turning over IS per cent Of its
against accident and maintain order, and,
more still. the interest manifested by the
trades people entering their best cars.
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The usual method employed to fx the
leather to the metal center of a clutch is
per rivets. whose heads are countersunk
into the leather. If the rivet heads are
not knocked in lower than the outer sur
face of the leather, then when the clutch
is let in these grip fiercely on the metal
outer clutch surface. and thus prevent
the clutch working smoothly and grad
ually getting up way on the car Some
difficulty may also be experienced in
taking out the clutch. owing to the seiz-
ing Of the copper rivet heads on the metal
clutch. AS 1t is rather difficult to obtain
leather suitable for clutch work of any
greater uniform thickness than a quarter
OF an inch. and some of this must be
turned of in truing UP the leather after
riveting, there does not remain more than
an effective depth of one-eighth of an
inch Of leather held by the rivet head.
This should be one-sixteenth of an inch
below the leather outer surface. to allow
for wear and compression. Those who ex-
perfenced trouble with fierce clutches
should examine the rivets and knock them
lower to level with the leather outer sur
face
To secure the best possible service from
his tires. the motorist must care for
them properly. and nothing is of greater
importance than prompt repairing OF
small cuts In the treads.
It is impossible to avoid these cuts as
small stones and other sharp objects are