The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-02
Glideien Tnurfsts Rack.

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Glidden Tourists Rack.
NEW YORK. Nov. with a pas
bsnger list Of less than 100. and corn
posed for the most part of Glidden
tourists returning from Jacksonville,
Fla. the goal of the tour. the Mo-
hawk OF the Clyde line, anchored at
Pier No. 81. North River, yesterday.
Among the passengers was the TArry-
town Maxwell team. winner OF the
Qidden trophy. and to the other
passengers and a thousand or more
persons on the pier 1t looked as IL the
president of the United States were
landing.
But the Maxwell team was the win
ner OF tho Glidden trophy and far be
II from the United States Motor Gem
pany. OF which the Maxwell car In
q division. To overlook the opportunity
OF showing its qualification TO the
men responsible for the record mada
by their cars. SO big six-ton truck.
converted into portable band wagon.
with a regular band on board headed
a parade OF Maxwell cars up Broad
way to the office of the company. at
Slxty-first street and Broadway
At the suggestion of Benjamin Bris-
eoe and Alfred Reeves further ev;-
dcnce OF appreciation has been post
poned until next week. when BAN
auet VIII be given in honor OF the
yicte -ious team and its friends.
Not alone did the three Maxwell cars
survive without a penalty of any kind.
but they were the only team that fin
lshcd without penaiizatioii thereby
eN.,.ine ono OF the most sweeping vic
tor g. in the history of motoring Tho
&C fties' undoubtedly supplied the most
sa-'.-c trial to which n.,.or cars have
been subjected.
Besides the laxweIl's team victory
and capture of the GIidden trophy
offered by Charles j. Glidden. the Bos-
ton capitalist, for amman competition.
a Maxwell entered by Governor Hoke
Smith, of Georgia, carrying him and
his daughter on the journey. also had
q clean record
The winning drivers Of the three
Maxwell cars were H. r. Walls. e. c.
eager and Thomas Costello, while
Eliery Wright was the pilot on the
Governors car.
Entries For Savannah Races.
SAVANNAH. Nov. with the re-
ceipt Of a batch OF sixteen new en-
tries for the Grand Prize Vanderbilt.
and light car races at Savannah on
November anu OV ~ Ut@tuGu lfu-
petus has been given the arrange
ments for the big automobile meet.
Fred Wagner. who has charge o.
securing entries for tho Savannah
Automobile Club, has wirai President
;Js,yey Gr1.lger that the following
additional entries have been secured:
Three Etudebaker-F Flanders IN the
Tfedeman cup race. three Marmon
cars In the Savannah challenge race.
t..p Mafmen- cars In the. Vanderbilt
cur race, two Marmon cars in tho
Grand Prize race. two Aebott-DetrsHit|
cars in the Vanderbilt cup race twDt
Abbott Detroit cars IN the savannah
challenge trophy.
The cars which have already baen
entered are the three Bens oars IN /,
the Grand Prise race ana the two Case
cas In tho Savannah Challenge Trophy |
race
II 10 eighteen days before tha en-.
try list closes and It II believed thar
bsfors then theroa viii ba ssHenfy-
ave csrs named for the four races
Autosnohdlea Exported.
During the last year, but partiru'ersy
In the iast three months. there mas
been . constant increase In tho NUM-
her Of American automobiles solo N