The Washington times., 1912-02-22
MANY WASHINGTON
MOTORISTS ATTEND
BALT T|MORE SHOW
Exhibit of Pleasure Cars
Continued Until Satur-
day Night.
By HARRY WARD.

A number of motorists and dealers
from this city helped to swell the at
tendance at the Baltimore automobile
SNOW Yesterday. The day had been Of
ncially selected as washington Day"
IN honor Of the motoring fraternity Of
thls city, and had it not been for the
,iiei'i1 ImcigLheht weather several hundred
would have made the trip,
The exhibit of pleasure cars will con-
unue until Saturday night, when they
VIII be removed and a large display
2I T, commercial trucks will be, installed.
The truck show will continue for three
gays, ana Is expected to draw many
business men from this city who want
to see the latest offerings in motor
trucks and delivery wagons
Among the Washingtonians at the
snow yesterday were Ted s. Johnston,
isJ0ert Martin, James Flynn. Roy Nc
20" ell, John Lutz, TayIoe Pollock,
r. p. Haskin, W. A. Ward, Wade Pow
ers, T. II. Johansen, J. II. Ebersole, II.
q. Haskin, Norman Bowles, G. Cassard
Schroth, A. II. Drew, f. Selby Frank
Stewart and A B. Bailey.
Ralph Mulford, winner of last years
Vanderbilt cup race, has cut loose
from all automobile mapufacturers and
account He has purchased a six
cylinder car. made in Springfield,
Mass, and will pilot it in the 5OO-mile
race on the Indianapolis speedway,
Il NJ
derbilt and grand prize races in their
order. Mulford feels sure he will be
able to clean UP with his new car.
The Federation of American Motor
cyclists has become so thoroughly in
terested in the 2,00O-mile motorcycle
| tour proposed by a. B. Coffman and
| A. J. Musselman that the federation
| the tour was originally proposed it was
understood that it was to be carried
| on under the auspices of the Fedora
ton of American Motorcyclists. This
naturally would have required certain
! cooperation and assistance from the
| +. A. NJ. and it's officers. AS the idea
! of the tour grew, it became evident
| that it was full of possibilities for
pleasure and direct good to motorcy
Iclsts.
! Since the F. A. NJ. was partly in"
| 1t was argued, why not go all the way
ana put the federation right behind
, the tour-in a position where it could
! and would back it with all its strength
| and resources
The tour Will undoubtedly be routed
and timed so that it will end in the city
| where the annual +. A. NJ. meet is held
| this city having not yet been chosen.
An expensive trophy will be offered.
| The man who sees a motorcycle zip
ping along the street knows in hazy
| sort of way that one of these single
| trackers goes right along even on
country roads. He has heard. prob
| ably, of motorcycle trips of 100 miles
or so. But, the fact that the modern
motorcycle goes thousands of miles
| through the country as easily as it
travels hundreds, is just beginning to
dawn on him. He is the average man,
and there's great awakening jus:
ahead of him This coming 1000 mile
| tour of the +. a. NJ. is expected to
| awake the average man." 1t will be
spectacular, for it will be the greatest
motorcycle demonstration ever staged.
Hundreds of motorcyclists moving
swiftly through the Country-traveling
200 miles with the precision of an CN-
press train-proceedinE easily, comfort
ably, and steadily across the country.
The tour will attract much attention
in the territory through which it passes,
but because of its magnitude the eyes
! of the whole country will certainly be
upon II. The +. A. VI. expects 1t to be
the one big event in its field for 1912.
Automobiles have reached the point
where they are no longer a mere sea-
sons proposition, to be used only in
summer or fine weather and laid up
| during the winter months. Anyone
| who visits the larger cities in this coun'
try can scarcely fail to note the con-
| annually increasing number of business
men, and other automobile owners, who
instead of laying aside their cars al
the approach of winter, as they used to
| DO. now keep their cars in commission
the year round. Automobiles are com
| ing more and more to be a staple means
of transportation, relied upon more and
more each year as necessity of mod