The Washington times., 1912-05-03
CARS
| ARE ENTERED FOR
) SPEEDWAY RACE
Machines of Less Speed
Than IS Miles An Hour
|, Barred From Saucer.
BY HARRY WARD.

Automobile racing enthusiasts of this
city who expect to witness the running
OF the 600-mile International sweep
stakes race on the Indianapolis speed
way, Memorial Day, will be interested
to learn the entries have closed with
twenty-five nominations.
The speedway management had put
! limit Of thirty cars for the competition
and stipulated each machine must be
able to show a speed of seventy-five
miles an hour on one circuit of the
speedway, which Is two and one half
miles. 1t was desired to keep the num-
ber Of entrants down somewhat because
last year the field was too big to be
handled easily and the chances for acct
dents were multiplied thereby. OF the
twenty-five entries four are of foreign
make, the others being American built
cars.
The drivers will be the best in the
business, including David Bruce Brown.
two-time winner Of the American Grand
Prize race and the favorite for the Santa
Monica road race tomorrow; Ralph De
Palma, Ralph Mulford, winner of the
last Vanderbilt Cup race; Harvey Her
rick, holder of the worlds road race
record; Eddie Hearne, Hughie Hughes,
I wild Bob" Burman, Spencer Wishart
and Barndollar. Barney Oldfield, who
makes his first appearance at the wheel
OF q racing car in two years In the
Santa Monica race tomorrow, Is likely
also to have a mount in the Indianap-
oils race. Ray Harroun, who won the
race last year, will not have a car in
this years renewal.
W. p. Barnhart, the Everitt agent, re-
turned yesterday from a trip to Nor
folk, where he established an agency
for Everitt cars with the Tidewater
Garage Company. While away he
closed sales for six-cylinder Evertt cars
with j. s. Wynn. of Norfolk, and
FRANK Lenz' OF Newport News.
Innovation after innovation has come
in the automobile shops of Detroit and
there seems to be no end to them The
latest comes from the R-C-H. Corpora
ton, which makes the R-C-H. car and
10 to the effect that hereafter the cor
poration will supply its men with their
working clothes.
'.Here's an ambitious trip proposed by
W. H. McKinnon, of Oakland, CAL"
said Elliott Hough, manager OF the
Matheson Automobile Company, of
Washington. He intends driving down
the Pacific coast through California,
Mexico and Central America to the
Isthmus of Panama, across from Pana-
ma to Colon and back up along the east
coast Of Central America and Mexico,
through the Southern States to New
! York. Mr.: McKinnon is going to drive
@ Mathsso ssan "a n machine ni1ns h. he has has
be accompanied by his wife and two
sons. He has a new Matheson, but
he likes the old car very we'll and 30
vtli go along In II"
A million miles of road in all parts
Of the United States this year will re-
ceive attention OF one kind or another
as a result Of the greater use of the
highways brought about mainly by the
Increased number of self-propelled vehi-
cles In making this estimate Chairman
George C. Diehl, of the A. A. A. ma
tional good roads board, believes tho
total Is a conservative one, for there
are now 100000 miles of roads, Of
which easily ope-half comes In for a
substantial amount of daily travelling
In the spring reports which the good
roads board receives from all parts of
the country, there Is unusual grist Of
Information, indicating positive prog
ress.
''There is another side to racing quite
as important as the trophies and pub
lic;ty that come to the winner in the
testing OF the various parts Of a car to
prove their strength and efficiency"
says H. H. Rice. sales manager of Nor
dyke & Marmon Co. Road racing,
track racing, ard participation in vari-
Gus reliability tours, all play important,
though different, parts in the testing
Of a car. Let the maker confine his
attention to only one department of the
sport, and his product Is certain to de-
velcp unevenly. 1t has been our policy
TO enter every sort of competition by
which we believe we may be helped III
the development of the Marmon car,
and the fact that the cars stand the
test in the various contests shows that
the plan Is a good one