The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-06

ting up motordromes elsewhere. At
 Atlanta, for instance, 1t was found
 that the turns were not banked quite
 high enough to stand the maximum
 speed of several sensationally last
 cars. The Indianapolis Speedway
 builders made their course originally
 with concrete surface, and when
 this proved unsatisfactory were obliged to re-surface the entire oval
 with vitrified hriaIr at great addition
 al expense Hor I1aterial and labor.
 Lessons can also be learned from the
 Los Angeles motordrome at Playa. del
 Key, which was the first experiment
 made in mile board track building.
 Every known and tried device to
 make the track and stand safe for contestants and spectators alike will be introduced. The same energy and management which prepared the, 12
 miles of Long Island Motor Parkway for the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup race in four months will be employed to put
 the new Stadium into shape by July Fourth of next year, at which time the formal opening will take place. A. R. Pardington, general manager of the Speedway was general mana ger of the Long Island Motor Park way during the years of it's prepara-
 ton and construction and many Of the same. engineering force who put
 through the long scientifically banked cement rOdQ WILL uIlQ OIIlpIOy IIl0nl IU1 mind, feet and hands on the new worlds greatest autom obile speedway.
 A point wherein the Speedway should be a huge success is that it is locat- ed so near New York City, and ac-
 cessible by more than a dozen lines.
 The 300 acre tract in the Meadows
 near Newark is bounded by railroa ds, trolleys and automobile highways. The
 McAdoo Tunnell system trains run. di-
 rect to the property. The fare is but 10 cents. The railroads running
 there are the Pennsylvania, Erie, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, Central Railroad of New Jersey, while the Public Service Corporation can transport immense { crowds to the course promptly and without conges- ton. Trolley lines from Hoboken, Weehawken and Fort Lee, connecting with the ferries at 129th Street, 42nd 23rd, 14th, Desbrosses, Christopher,
 Franklin, Barclay and Cortland streets will run direct to the course. The railroads will have special stations at various portions of the enclosure and
 patrons will be able to elect the trans portation they desire and rely upon being deposited at the point of van- tage they select in the grand stand or boxes. One means by which thous.
 ands will reach the course is by auto mobile, taking any one of the Ferries and riding over good boulevards and turnpikes to the Speedway. Grand
 stands are to accommodate 100000 persons. The Muffler-Cutout Ordinance for Greater New York, which was return ed by the Mayor April 18th, will be- come operative July 10th and it is believed that so many complaints have been made of unnecessary cut out nuisances throughout all parts of the city, the police will be active i'm mediately after. the new law takes ef-
 feet. Owners should instruct their drivers to be careful The better element of motorists has always eadvo- cated the elimination of the muffler cutout and everyone who is interested in sane and reasonable motoring
 should assist the police in every com munity where muffler- cutout laws have been passed. It has been thor oughiy established by motor engineers that the cutting out of the muffler adds very little to the power of the
 average touring car, and there can be no possible excuse for the continu- ance of a noise which tends to aggre- vate non-motorists and place the mo- torist in an unfaVorable category.--
 Automobile Club of America.
 Non resident motorists who contapn-.
 plate spending all or any part of July August and September in Massachu-
 setts and New Hampshire should take advantage of the half yearly license rate offered by these States to sumnn CT
 residents. In some cases, particular l ly If rnotorist has two or more cars, quite a saving can be effected through l the half yearly rate. The license l fees range as in New York, from $500 to s25.00 according to the horse power of the car.gApplication blanks can be obtained at the Touring De-
 Dartment of the Automob bile Club of America. For. residents of New York k- lew during the entire year, just as New | York extends to holders of Vermont licenses, full reciprocal courtesies.
 The delightful English custom of taking luncheon in the car on short 1 tours and enjoying meal "a Ia. fires
 co" is gaining ground rapidly in Am
 erica. Let us urge the picnic motor ist not to commit any nuisance upon | private grounds where he may chance to stop. Care should be taken to burn all discarded papers, etc. When a l fire is built in the woods, extreme Ecare should be taken to extinguish the embers upon leaving. By way of advice we would suggest to those who have not tried picnic lunching, that care should also be taken in packing 1 the food which is to be carried, and we would advise against the use of
 baskets as dust easily penetrates through the wicker. We would also l advise against carrying heavy lunch
 con boxes on the running board. This
 practice invariably places too much weight on one side of the car and is apt to break springs. Luncheon should be placed in box designed for that purpose or in some dust and wa
 ter proof box which has been sub-d -di- vided and so partitioned that the diff ferent kitchen utensils and dishes can be held securely. Novelty makers are showing rather elaborate lunch con outfits and folding chairs and ta- bles. This is a luxury, of course,
 but it is also quite enjoyable to build
 one's own fire and get back to nature,
 discarding all table cloths and tables. Advices received by the American
 Locomotive Company from Toledo, O., are to the effect that the Transconti- mental Alec truck passed through that city, completing the eighth day of, it's journey with mileage of 934 miles Despite the bad roads of sand and the hills encountered at times, the