New-York tribune., 1911-03-15
AUTO NEWS Of THE DAY
Racing Cars To Be Registered
with Year Of Making.
TO PROTECT PURCHASERS
Dunbar Wright Discovers That
the Algerian Roads Are A.
tractive for Touring

.. rho food expert that canneo
80 goods should be marked WIN
- ., their birth has been put i''0
t"e o,,orohila racing. Hereafter
p'd0''- 80 a racer will be one or the
cb,of facts 10 be shown plainly " '"o
10 as dictated in recent '"',"e
confess, board Of the American :, o.
Association. Now the puFe"' ~.
a,,to,,ohiIe can really know "he'"e'
az 10 huvs is Identical WIN the
,t,,.,sis that wins speedway or rodo
1T, .,. revisions OF the racing ruiee
ard registration was not caii a.
d"N =. >. entirely effective. stu IL IL
,,isfactorv than the ola way OF rae.
iii'i7 ..,.,,,arr, sneedv model Of ancient
"ls " mo ,et 70 be built and adver-
',li. i,s ,.rformances as that OF the cur
-. ;ssue Under the old system the pun
10 cots the wrong impression ""''V
7rio,,s racer IS IN the strict sense U.
,ho ru,cs stock chassis. In the sp'r't y,
- ,s not. as cars OF that mooe'
sro not in the market
d.. -. ,he now system does not make
. ,,,r,,,sor,, for the manufactures 10
came out frankly and give the eaI VI.
7
M. 90 the ssme thing. Each RACINE
of,I b. registered and nHrnOe'
,.toh ., r,u hold TO- the life OF tne od'
Tho records Of the American Au'o'''UNlo
association will be gone over anu "'i"'
+, s4eigred 20 all cars that ere IN INC
/ ,,ame While tho details are nov YET '
/ ,.i1ed ON The idea Is ~ arrange lue Num-
bsre serially as n the year of Tanuiac''i'e,
2 .,sa n
N the public can recognize the vintage OF
any car readily.
~. referriuc 70 these NUMBERS the pros
coc,ive owner can posltvel" know Nhe'n'i
/ ho ie getting d counterpart ~ the car tla'
- -, Handsomely in road race or on
~noadrav The automobile public will be
/ srla 10 SOC a. 2 glance VINO are ana '"0
are not racin. stock chasses IN both '"s
letter and the spirit OF clean. honest com
potition The whole racing game 0ill De
J benefited The real purpose Of the Amen-
can Automobile Association viii be more
arnarert The manufacturer who races
models Of strictly current issue Will get
credit for r.. and more than ever before
the road race and speedway Will be a
valuable auxiliary 10 tho testing depart
r,ert and q guide 10 the cars designer.
Af,or selling automobiles in 42d street
for twelve wears the pioneer automobile
dealers ~ this city. \. -. Spaldins &
Bros have decided 10 open another store
on Broadway on April !.
The company has taken The salesrooms
Nos. ls,S and IsI5 Broadway, between 6lst
and sed streets for its shovrooms and
tho entire top floor for n thoroughly
a chain Of four stevens Duryea salesrooms
conducted by \ -. Spaiding & Bros
,hair old stand az No % West i2d street.
NO 1S77 and $50 Rroadvsr. 10 si5 Rroid
street. Newark. and No. 20, North Broad
street Philadelphia
Dunbar Wright. ~ Nev York. uho Is
nov making A tour Of the world In an
Oldsmotile six-cylndor ar. in recent
letter from Algiers 10 Cien.-al John T. cut
ting Of the Oldsmobile company. writes:
II arrived az Mustaphs -Slpericur on the
ith. and had considerable trouble in getting
nv family ashore, owing 20 The high sea,
and for while We gave up hope OF getting
ashore But We we're determined 20 at
tempt IT, and here We are. Ny car met me
in a light rain. drove 10 the hotel, anu
have since done some motoring over a
country quite superb and on roads that are
perfect.
As yet We have been only around Al
giers in radius Of two hundred miles, but
it's wonderfully fine. and tie variety OF
scencry. together with the splendid roads
and sunny sky make IL all that could be
desired. My ear is greatly admired By all,
and think il is the best ;hinG yet IN Al
giers. IL goes well and ! am having a
great deal Of pleasure out of it. To-day |
had a run of some l56 miles over a coun-
try of mountain posses ard beautiful val
leys. trees in bud and the grapevines be-
ginning and in the distance the Atlas
range of mountains. snow-cap apped."