The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-31
Football---Motoring---General Sporting News
Motoring Notes.
Good Roads News
and Trade Mattesr

Many inquiries are being made in
regard to the races for owners Of
cars. in the meet to be held under
the auspit es OF The Richmond Au,o-
mobile club. November 2Sth and
z9th. There will at least four races
for owners Of fully ecu pped touring
cars and runabouts and the entry
blanks for these events are now be-
ing prepared.
Motorists In Henderson, n. c..
Washington, Norfolk, Lynchburg and
Roanoke have written asking II they
will be permitted to enter cars and
they have been told that their entries
wiz be rscoraed az soon as the blanks
are ready.
Tl.te IS little doubt now about the
appearance Of De Palma The cele-
brated driver In recover .ng and will
soon be on his way East from Mil
waukee. With Spencer Wishart and
Ralph X. Milford as his opponents
De Palma W. II have to be in the best
of shape to win. Wishart IL the man
who has been cleaning up lately and
the races at Brighton Beach election
day will be watched W tn interest as
they will shed some light on the
Richmond races.
Milford will be seen at the wheel
of a National and also Mason car.
Wishart will drive Mercer cars, in
Guiding the Special with which
Hughes scored second place in the
last Vanderbilt cup race. These are
the cars that they will use. In all
likelihood In the races here.
Marmon TO Head Engineers.
Howard Marmon. of the Nordyke IL
Marmon company. Indianapol q. will
be the next president of the Society
of Automobile Engineers. He has
been selected for the Office by the
nominating committee, the nom ma
ton being equivalent to election.
The nominees for the other Offices
are VIE pEeaiden,s, hus-
sell HUFF, Packard Motor Car COM
pany; treasurer. Hermann F. Cuntz,
automobile board OF trade: members
OF council. Eugene F. Russell. Loco
mobile company: Harold L. Pope,
Pope Manufacturing company, and
Joseph A. Anglada. C9ker +. Clark
-Gn 4 zen - aFy md gene Al
manager of the society. Marmon win
succeed II. w. Alden, OF the Thinker.
Detroit Axle company. who. as vice
president. succeeded TO the higher Of
e ..4i. II RI. r. donaldson
in August last. The constitution Of
the soc ETY. does not permit of re-
election to the presidency ee4.s.- .,s-...
IL auN.t.Ih - ss.4siat Alden, the
officers who will retire are Harold l..
'enn. Vice president; Hermann +.
Cuntz, treasurer; Henry May. Ho-
sa4u Aai a.on and Charles Ethan
"a Is. nletn beers OF fhe council the
members Of the council who hold
/, yer are Charles h. Whittiesey, Hart
I, I'd. Conn, Arthur b. Gunner. Phil
adelphis. Pa; Andrew l. Riker.
Bridgeport. Conn; Herman +. Cuptz
New York: Howard e. Coffin. Diet ! il.
dich., Henry Souther. Hartford,
Conn.
The officers are elected by small
vote. the result Of which will be pro-
mGlgated at the annual meeting of
the society. which viii occur in New
York city In January-
/ Car Whistles for Oil.
\ fitting for automobiles depending
ON splash fabrication and without a
guage on the dash, has been invented
by Hardy Parsons. Of kibworth, near
/ Leicester. England. This Is in the
shape Of IA small whistle on the dash
board. connected with the crank
chamber by means OF a pipe.
+ The pipe paases through the crank
/ case to point little below the
proper level Of the oil In the stump.
AS long as the lower end Of this
Pile. ls covered all. Is well, for there
lis enough oil present. But when the
end is uncovered--presto,- whis.
j tie starts operations. thereby notify
/ ing the driver that the oil has fallen
below the proper level and that the
supply needs replenishing. The
whistiing does not start all at once.
but as the Level of the oil falls, an
occasional note Will he produced
when the oil is sleshed around In
turning corner. or on hill. when
the bottom OF the pipe is une overed.
Between the first occasional note and
the continuous blowing there will be
] q lapse OF time. long enough to give
ample warning and to permit calcu-
! iation on getting new supply OF lu-
! brican;.
/ The whistle does not depend on
/ steady crank case pressure for its
/ operation All crank cases are pro-
/ vided with breathers to take care OF
/ the pressure. except in the case of
have no effect in the whistle, which
/ Is blown by the pulsation OF the
motor.
The device Is a stump indicator. II
Will tell whether or not there Is sufii-
/ cient oil in the crank case to givesthe
proper splash. but 1t will not indi-
cate anything about the circulation
CT the oil by the pump. In connec-
/ ton with the usual feed glass on the
| dash. however, II makes the motorist
| pretty safe as far aa motor lubri-
| cation goes.
! First Order for Kline Cars.
L. n Duc