The Washington times., 1912-02-18
NEXT WEDNESDAY
TO Be WASHINGTON
DAY IN BALTIMORE
Local Automobiles Given
Special Attention by
Show Management. !
By HARRY WARD.

THE Baltimore automomibe show
committee has selected Wednesday,
February 81, as Washington Day. !.
and 1t is hoped a great many of the
motorists and dealers of your city
will take this opportunity of visiting
the show"
The above message was telegraphed
to The Times today by Thomas G.
Young, of the show committee, and
will be welcome news to the automo-
bile owners of Washington, many of
whom are planning to visit the show
on the day and night set aside in
honor of this city The officials of
the Automobile Club of Washington !
have been invited, and have signified
their intention Of taking over a large
delegation from the club on Wednes-
day. Nearly every dealer here will
also attend and will have as their,
! guests prospective buyers of cars who
want to see all the latest models on
display.
Among the dealers who will visit the
| show are Ted" s. Johnston, Robert
Martin, A. r. Hall, r. c. Smith.
Charles Felter. Joseph Trew. James
0rme, j. M. stoddard. Tayloe Pollock.
J. Flynn. A. Stanley ZeII, T. Jackson
Lamar, Elkins Reed, J. z. Macdonald.
william Jose, Clarence Barnard, w. p.
Barnhart. Fred Harveycutter, Wade
| Powers, Bruce Emerson, c. M Storm.
F. {. Sibbald, Harry Cunningham.
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! The Lozier company has decided to
withdraw from automobile racing.
| This means that the Lozier stock
car will not be registered with the
contest board of the American Auto
| mobile Association and will prevent
competition in stock car events by
| private owners. A number of Lozier
owners have expressed a desire to
| enter their cars in the Indianapolis,
| Fairmount Park. and Santa Monica
| races, but as the company has de-
| cided not to support racing in the
| future. II is doubtful If individual
| owners Will care TO compete without
| the support of the factory. The with
drawal Of the company from racing
! IS a Keen disappointment to Ralph
| Mulford. He finished second in the
Indianapolis race last year. won the
| Fairmount Park race for cars in the
| 6OO-inch class. and after his brilliant
| win of the Vanderbilt cup race, he
had great hopes of being able to an
mex the big Indianapolis event this
| year. A driver of Mulfofds caliber
| will have no difficulty in obtaining a
last car for the big events this sea-
| up with one of the companies plan
: ming racing campaign.
Every week letters come to the auto
mobile factories from boys and men who
are eager to drive in automobile races,
said Howard Wilcox, the noted racing
pilot. of late, these ambitious writer's
promise to do their work for nothing ex-
| cept the glory. | have often been asked
! why we dare DEVILS as we are fire.
qucntly called, follow such a vocation
of risks. believe I have a different
answer than has ever before been Of
fered. 1t is my belief that during times
of peace there is a certain excess spirit
| of bravery. daring. and love of excite
ment and danger that must work itself
off through some channel. During times
of war it was the young men who glad
| ly and without reason took dangerous
risks. u was hard work but it was
| new and there were thrills galore and
| above all else was glory. So ] believe
that the automobile and its speed battles,
coming as they have at time of peace,
have furnished many young men that
desired outlet for dangerous work with
glory as the reward. Ny advise to
young men Is to stay out of automobile
simply as part Of my general work
and study in the automobile factory
with which l am connected"
W. T. Taylor. who was formerly COM.
neCted with the Thomas branch in
Philadelphia has Joined the organiza-
ton of the F. B. Stearns Company and
will handle the sales department of that
lor, who is spending day or two IN
Washington. has a host OF friends in
this city. The Stearns is handled local
ly by c. Cassard Schroth.
eve have no fault to find with bust
ness conditions" said W. c. Long. of
the Commercial Automobile and Supply
Company. Our sales this week included
ert stone and B. J. Candy, Flanders
roadster, sold to w. A. Davis, and an
EMF demi-tonneou sold to S. G. Hop
kins.' :.
Wallace c. Hood. sales manager of the
Metzger Motor Car Company. who was
formerly identified with the automobile
trade Of this city. was in Nv washington Rs tor
. hardt, agent for the EVeritt. In com
! pany with the latter. Mr.. Hood drove to
: Baltimore in one of the Everitt six
! cylinder cars. and, despite the rough
: condition of the roads, he had no dif-
ticulty in taking the car over the road.
The Overland Washington Motor Com
pany reports the sale of Overland cars
TO the following: Dr.. Morgan Gusts,
; DR.. Warren Price, DR.. Charles A. Camp
bell. An Overland delivery wagon was
also sold to George G. Hilieary'
Ford cars. fitted with special narrow
bodies to enable them to negotiate
| jungle trails, were used In connection
with King Georges recent hunting trip
, in India. Special tire equipment was
yrovided for because of the sharp
; thorns which are so numerous in the
jungle and play havoc with pneumatic
tires Natives were employed as drivers
and the cars demonstrated their su-
periority over elephants. which have
. formerly been used for the same work.
In this case the latter were used only
when the party was actually hunting, I
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