The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-03-18

Iuea Is TO arrange the mum berS SER
tally as to the year of manufacture
SO the public can recognize the vim
tage of any car, readily. The ar
rangement will make the new ruling
| Immediately effective. BY referring
| to these numbers the prospective
he's getting counterpart of the car
| that cleans up handsomely in road
race or on speedway The automo-
bile public will be able to see at a
glance who are ard who are not
| racing stock chassis in both the let
Composition. The whole hole racing
game will be benefited. The real
purpose of the A. A. A. will be more
apparent. The manufacturer who
| races models of strictly current issue
will get credit for it, and more than
ever before the road race and speed
way will be a valuable auxiliary to the
testing department and a guide 10
the cars designer.
RoADsTERs FOR
TRAVELLING statesmen
Twelve of the Abbott-Detroit, 80
Roadsters, the latest production of J..
G. UK. the designer Of the Chalmers
Detroit, have been sold to the Van
Camp Packing Co., of Indianapolis
for the Use of their travelling sales
men. "The value of a sturdy reliable
roadster of this type for statesmen
who have many small towns to make,
cannot be over estimated" said one
of the officials of the Van Camp Co.
and such type of car saves time and
money and is sure to be more gener-
ally used from year to year.
AUTOMOBILE ON SCOUT DUTY.
Arrangements have been made by
Dr.. c.. G.. Percival, editor of Health
M NH, Of nr1y hn IN
conducting the 100000 mile run Of
the Abbott-Detroit "Bull-Dog,''
whereby the bulldog and it's crew
will be active participants of the war
manoeuvres of the United States Ar
my along the Mexican border and In
Texas. When the Bulldog" ar
rives at San Antonio. Texas, it will be
turned over to Major General Carter,
commanding the u. s. 1v-"es along
the Mexican DorSsr @1d with it's crew
wards proving the actual value of the
automobile in future warfare. The
"Bull- will cooperate with Gen
eral James Allen, chief of the United
States Signal Corps who has entered
into negotiations with the Curtiss Co.
the Wright Co.. and the Burgess Cur
tiss Co., for the immediate possession
of three aeroplanes, so that the COM
bination of the bulldog" for scout
ing duty along the border sand the
aeroplanes in the air above will give
the army the unexcelled chance Of
trying out the latest devices in the
Industrial world. Immediately upon
it's arrival at San Antonio the "Bull-
Dog" will be equipped with both field
telephone and wireless outfit so that
constant communication Will be had
with headquarters.
PROCESSION OF FORD CARS.
Residents of Sturgis, Michigan,
were very agreeably surprised last
Thursday to see procession of twen-
ty-three brand new Ford Model T
cars come quietly and swiftly into
their city, From the dust and dirt
on the wheels of the twenty-three
cars it could be seen that they had
done some travelling. One hundred
and seventy miles from the Ford Mo-
tor Factory in Detroit over the coun-
try roads to SturgiS- Each car was
decorated by a large white banner
bearing the inscription Watch the
Fords go by to Sturgis," and was driv-
resident of Sturgfs. On Wednes-
day. the eighth, the twenty-three pur-
chasers Of the cars, headed by Mr.. e.
G. Wright, the Ford dealer at Stur-
gis, arrived in Detroit, coming by
train and immediately went to the
new salesrooIn of the Ford Motor
Company. Here Manager Doyle and
his group of assistants had arranged
the twenty-three Ford Model rs SO
the arrival of the men from Sturgis.
Some of the new owners were unac-
customed to the handling of car
which necessitated some speedy les
sons in driving, given by the Ford
statesmen.