Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-02

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from end of pike into Rockville.
daughter, Miss Gladys Some. and Mr..
and Mrs. Benjamin L. Palmer spent last
Sunday touring over Maryland roads.
The route was via Rockville. Washing
ton Grove. Laytonsville and Damascus to
Ridgeville. where dinner was enjoyed. In
the afternoon the party returned via FL
licott City. Relay and the Baltimore
Washington boulevard. The run was
made in Mr.. Sonne's Studebaker touring
car.
Among the many notable racing pilots
who are to compete at the Brighton
Beach motordrome meet which will take
4 place July 80 are Burman Patschke.
drive his meteorfc ''Blitzen Benz in
record trials and in competition with
other cars.
This will be the first time that the eel
seen in open competition in this country
in the hands Of the new speed king,
whose modesty, coupled with. unusual
victories, has made him favorite with
Jenatzy Mercedes also will be. seen for
the first time at q track meet.
Teddy Tetzlan, the Californian who Is
the pride OF western racing enthusiasts,
has record of caliber that would
make him an equally popular eastern
favorite were his records established
here. In 1910 he won the Santa Monica
Il races free-for-all, and stock in one day
with his Lozier, establishing the present
worlds stock chassis record of 1871 miles
per hour.
These were the two fastest races ever
held in America. He followed up his
VICTORIES by defeating De Palma this
spring In a 1OO-mile race at the Los An
oil eighty
miles per hour for the entire distance.
defeating the crack fastener by several
miles This average is more than five
miles faster to the hour than Ray Har-
troun travelled at indianapolis in the Dec
grafton day meet. Tetzlan Will plot
the same car with which he established
his wonderful records on the coast.
4 Patschke hardly needs an introduction
to the eastern motor fans. He relieved
!, RAY Harroun at Indianapolis May 10, and
took the car from second or third posi-
! ton to the front in less than fifty miles:
: MANY claim that this clever driving OF
be that as it may he at least performed
/ his share Patschke won the last twenty
four-hour race at Brighton Beach and
holds the present record for the track TOT
the twice around the-ciock performances.
:, Billy" Kupper is a seasoned veteran
Of the road and track who has partlcl-
pated In the big events on the motoring
calendar. One Of his notable victories
was accomplished at Savannah last year.
when he won the light car event in the
grand prize race.
De Palma, Whalen. Disbrow. Louis
Chevrolet, .Strang and Hughie Hughes
are expected to enter in the various
events scheduled for the two days. which
lare promised to be Of q higher class than
any ever before seen on the metropolitan
mOtOrdrome.
With the advent OF real summer
L 49, 1t~nN rod
!. for. the automobile which will doubtless
. add materially to it's popularity In the
sunny days. This latest duty Of the
family machine is that Of power plant
on a houseboat, simple but ingenious
device serving to apply the power OF the
engine to navigation.
: 1t was the owner Of touring car on
the upper Mississippi river who first de-
: vised the simple method of lacking up
the rear wheels OF his car, after firmly
, blocking it on his houseboat and then by
means Of skeleton sprocket wheels bolted
on to the wheels Of the ear connecting
the machine with the paddle wheel on the
rear Of his craft. BY having the driving
, sprockets small and the paddle-wheel
sprockets rather large the proper ratio OF
speed and power IS obtained
After this has once been done 1t takes
but a few minutes to remove the attach
I ments, or to put them on again. and a
party may have either an automobile OF
2 q power houseboat at will
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One of the largest western motor COM
! panies has ANNOUNCED that its cars WILL
. | In the future take no part in races OF
: contests on dirt tracks or horse tracks OF
), any character unless they have been re-
= built and remodeled for the express pur-
! pose Of automobile racing and shall have
. received the approval OF the proper A. "A
: A. committee. The fatal accident to Basic
!, at the Hawthorne track in Chicago re-
!. Gently and the accident to Strang In the
Wisconsin races add but additional in
stances to prove that. racing on these
tracks is dangerous and entails useless
: sacrifice Of human lives. 1t gives one
t more opportunity to sensation mongers
: to decry all forms of automobile racing az
t dangerous, when. as q matter OF fact
erly guarded roads can be made as safe
as any other sport or form Of athletic
contest in which it Is generally admit
! ted a certain element of risk or danger
exists.
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last week as follows:
DIR. A. v. Parsons. Takoma Park. five
passenger touring: Louis Bush. seven
passenger touring: L. Caben Williamson
five-pa ssenger touring; Louis Kann. Ave
passenger touring; s. j. Venable. five
passenger touring: Louis Callisher, five
passenger touring; Hyman Brown, Bla
: densburg, Md. seven-passenger touring
passenger roadster.
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|, Rudolph Jose who has been confined
to his home for several weeks past will
3 ptomaine poisoning. is slowly recovering
from its effects and is able to DO on
again.
I Progress in everything that contributes
to the enjoyment of touring has been TIT
Q KEYNOTE of the automobile industry eve
since the day when the so-called horse
u less carriage gave promise OF becoming
Y the great travelling medium of the future
S The requisites that have stimulated tn
y ever-increasing popularity of motor tour
ling have been the perfection OF the car
Z lbetter roads and their proper mainte
q nance, reliable Information on routes AM
e Accommodations, and, on the part OF Tn
y man at the wheel, sane and safe driving
The fact that more cars are being mad
u and sold every year shows that manu-
:. facturers are meeting the demands 10
: comfort and stability. The growing de
: sire TO visit different parts OF ones coun
: try and to take long pleasure trips Is a.
s lfIlustration Of progress in the good road
movement while attesting at the sam
! time to the Importance of the work per
. formed by the Touring Club In conjunc
q ton with the American Association 10
Highway Improvement.
IN respect to sane and safe driving
d there is, as with the road situation, niue