The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-21
Motoring Notes,
Good Roads News
and Trade Matters

Entries for the reliability run OF
tinue to come In to former President
J. T. Palmatary, now chairman OF
the executive committee. Thus far
l. Nj Foster. of the Foster Motor
company; John B. Alsops of the Alsop
Motor company: Ashby Jones of the
Jones Motor company, B. A. Blenner
and the Eastern Motor Sales com
pany have signified their intention of
taking part, in the run Mr. Palma
tary. Rufus c. Williams. Claude s,
Batkfns and 3. w. Wilson have sent
in their entries, and number more
are expected at the meeting TO pc
held tonight in the rooms of the clup.
Dr. Bassett requests all who are IN
terested In the run TO attend the
meeting, at $50 o'clock. hear the
rules and regulations under whicn
the run will be conducted and enroll
their names.
The run will be to stanton, Lex
ineton. Natural Bridge and Roanoke,
with the return by way Of Lynch
burg. Farmville, Appomattox and Pc
tershurg The start will be Septem
her a6th and the tourists will be oack
in Richmond, September sVth'
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Here is little matter that is iikeiy
TO come up in Richmond oe1ore
long:
"The motor vehicle law in New Jer-
sew proyides that vehicles. whether
motor driven or horse driven, snail
carry at night red light on the rear
There lis nothing. however, as regards
automobiles, to make It imperative to
nlacs the light so that IL falls on the
license number. Thus registration
numbers are practically valueisss Tor
LIBERALIZATION after dark.
State Motor Vehicle Commissioner
Lippincott plans an amendment 70 the
law which shall make 1t correspond 10
the New York State statute. This
requires that the light be so placed
as to make the number visible from
a distance Of fifty feet.
However, although the New YORK
State law requires this, the desired
effect is by no means always obtain
ed. Almost any night in the city
here it Is possible to see numbers OF
automobiles whose rear license tags
are so poorly lighted that they
can hardly be read from distance
greater than thirty feet, and That when
the car is standing still. When the
ma chine fs in motion there might as
we'll be no light on the license plate
at ALL"
Joe Dawson Refnstated.
The contest board Of the American
Automobile association announces
that the reports from Milwaukee thai
Joe Dawson had bean reinstated and
would drive In the races out there
were untrue. Dawson will not be
reinstated in time to compete there
and Chairman Sohimpf has given no
indication OF when he will put Daw-
son back In good standing.
Art OF Getting Publicity.
The British manufacturers appar-
entity do not have to be told any of
the nner points OF getting publicity
for their product. One soatch CON-
Germ not long ago sent out the fol-
iwwinE letter from an o-Rart asa q
good testimonial: The car was sto-
len from my motor house early on
Sunday and was driven by the thieves
to Penrith and back. $40 miles in all,
apparently at top speed. the dam
age to tires alone being settled by the
insurance company at 10 pounds. ]
had fortunately allied up the sump
with oil on sthe Saturday and there
was no mechanical damage. When
I questioned the ringlsader. an cx-
chauffeur. II he had fabricated the