New-York tribune., 1911-01-04
MANY BUYERS At SHOW
one Exhibitor Has Sold Eight
Automobiles in Two Days.
SMALLER CAR POPULAR
combination of Motor Car, Aero
plane and Ice Sleigh One of
the Recent Novelties.


the Recent Novelties.
.-,,s is a buyers show" said G.. w.
Zealand last night at the International
.u,onobile Show at the Grand Central
T.,oce Mr.. Garland is manager of the
leland Automobile Company, which is
e.bIhiting Velie cars at the show. There
On entire absence of mere curiosity seek
People who are here are here to buy,
"a NOT 10 look. We have sold eight Velie
,s since the show opened That we con-
- unusual The first car we sold was
-. .Racvtype roadster 20 f. l.. Wander
,, NJ No. % Gramercy Park. Miss Eleanor
s,are of Boston, also bought Nelie.
.7hsre Is a decided trend toward the
.d,,r sized car. The chap who wanted
.so he. showy car is less in evidence to-
-, than a few years ago, because he has
med that only the heavy purse can stand
- expense Of the big. heavy car, and the
-, who buys the cheaply constructed toy
Iii car soon finds that il does not satisfy,
.a,se he can ask but little OF il in the
,,,, ~ touring. If his purse Will stand IT,
',,rallv he buys that medium sized car
,.o, has strength to endure the severest
touring. - g.
Li,e for a car that has power 10 cllmD
- mountains and strength TO do 1t without
-. fselirg that the poor thing is being
..r,orked. When a car will do these
.s,ros and come home on time ii gives the
'.,er Great freedom of action, and he may
,.onder where he chooses.
THE Velie Motor Vehicle Company are
icing strong evidence that they are building
..s 10 meet this want One of its most
inactive models is the fore-door. The
S.ors are made Of cast aluminium and can
asmounted in five minutes, leaving the
=, without ragged edges, finished five
s.arear touring car. This arrangement is
=, invention of Major Fuller, general man
sesr Of the Velie company
3. ,,ss society day at the show yes
,eriav. and the attendance was large not
,i,bstanding the miserable weather. Inc
asr,,ssion was doubled. being placed at 81
,or both the afternoon and evening seS-
siors To-day and for the remainder OF the
snov which closes Saturday night, the al
mission will be 20 cents.
noIyClot sort Of transportation ma
o,irs sayoring OF the automobile, the
..ronIane and an ice sleigh. was placed on
evbibit'on at the show yesterday by the
Metz Company. of Waltham, Mass. TINS
apto-sIeish is propelled by 12-horsepower
o,r.cooled motor. driving a 5-foot mahog-
sDv aeroplane propeller and it is asserted
nat II can travel thirty-fve to forty miles
an hour over a smooth ice surface.
o II Metz. president of the company,
vas the designer of the auto-sleigh, and
fc
the time the Russian auto-sleigh built for
q grand duke. which was dedicated by
three priests OF the Russian Church.
The sleigh has accommodations Tor Two
passengers. who are slowed in twin auto
mobile seats, like those on racing autono-
bile. and who are protected from the wlho
and snow by shield OF the torpedo type.
The auto-sleigh is built 10 sell at &5oo, ana
Is intended for inland lakes and rivers.
The Hart-K Kraft Motor Company, OF York,
Penn sold two commercial cars in the
trst two DAYS of the show. one a closed pan
eued body car at $3.50. the other ton
end a half capacity truck, with a closed
body, at $3.50.
Hal Chase. of the Yankees. has taFen
Nm motoring. He bought a Bergdoh 80
e. The exhibit Of c. r. Teaboldt & Co,
at the show. and the car is on exhibition
with Halls permission. This is the same
make of car that Philadelphia fans pre-
sented to Connie Mack. Chase is now look
ing for the scalps of "Ty" Cobb, LaJoe
Sneaker and some OF the other big leaguers
who are fully as well acquainted with
autos as line drives
After being out exactly six weeks from
The time IL left Detroit, the Abbott-Detroi'
Bulldog arrived in New York City, with
500 miles added to its score and total
mileage Of q 900 miles 20 date and twenty
seven states visited. The Bulldog and its
crew were unfortunate in having to traye
IN November and December, and doubiy
unfortunate that Dame Nature took 1t into
her head 70 visit upon the Southern States
The worst weather and coolest season theJ
have experienced for years. Instead Of ind
ing a sunny South the Bulldog crew met
with even colder weather than they did IN
the North. and the extreme humidity OF
the atmosphere added TO the general chilli
ness
Georgia has fine dirt roads in the dry
season, but after a few days of rain they
are wellnigh impossible, and this condi-
ton. added 10 it's many hills and lack OF
sgnboards, make automobile touring
horror instead Of a pleasure The Abbott
crew have been all over the West, and say
that Georgia red clay and town mud have
The gumbo mud of Kansas and the adobe
Clay OF Colorado beaten.