Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-21

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as some expressed It., ''they forgot there
was a race on" The ten-mile course.
with wider roadway, is better for hold
ing the interest OF an audience than q
longer course, particularly during the
last half OF race.
Many times when ON the road 1t H. nee
essary to jack up wheel for cine reason
or another. A small piece Of two-inch by
| four-nch board about foot long will
| then come In very handy to stand the
jack on. especially II the road il muddy or
the ground very soft This also serves to
make the jack higher and gives It q
greater height Of lift.
A. a result OF the educational campaign
now being conducted by manufacturers
OF storage batteries and Of electric vehi-
Giles throughout the United States, 1t has
been shown that storage batteries have
Deem greatly increased from an efficiency
stanapoint. Among the users or pros
| has been for some time past a feeling Of
mystery when the storage battery has
been mentioned. The construct on Of the
battery and Its methods Of accomplish
ment generally have been described in
techn cal terms. which meant little or
nothing to the average reader or listener.
Batteries are composed OF lead plates
placed in rubber jars filled with dilute sui
phuric acid. AS q result Of the action Of
| the electricity these lead plates gradu-
ally disintegrate, and the particles of
material which are eaten from the plates
| fall to the bottom of the jar. This neces-
sarily reduces the capacity OF the battery.
A new battery known as the ''Ironclad-
Extde," on account of its strength, dur
ability and reliability. accomplishes a re-
suit never before practically obtained in
any lead storage battery-that of having
| plate construction which not only re-
stricts the loss OF active material, but
also maintains the activity Of this ma
terial.
Joseph M. Stoddard. who has been at
tending the automobile shows in New
Springfield, N H. where he Is building
| a summer home. From there he will go
| to Buffalo, Detroit and Cleveland. visiting
the Pierce-Arrow, Cadillac and Baker
electric factories.
When speaking of American cars, our
foreign contemporaries usually refer to
the low and moderate priced makes
| which are exported in considerable num-
bers. 1t is this class Of car that has
recently given considerable concern to
European automobile manufacturers. The
| types OF cars referred to are runabouts
selling at from 5000 to $1,000 and touring
| cars selling at from $500 to $1.5OO In this
country. What makes these cars at
| tractive to- foreign purchasers is the
great value for the money that is offered
| in them.
Preheating is the praetice of warming
the air used to form the charge of a
gas motor before 1t reaches the car
buretor by means of q hot jacket placed
| around the air inlet pipe or by drawing
| the air from around the hot exhaust pipe.
i 60 I'D $a6 in ardo 70 "a fOy.
the heat absorbed In the vaporization Of
the fuel. and thus to facilitate complete
| evaporation The term also Is applied to
the practice Of supplying heat to the
carburetor passages and while 1t Is pass
ing through the intake pipes, hot air and
hot water jackets around these parts
| being resorted to.
The State University Of Lexington, KY,
makes the announcement of the organ
ization of a new department.. which is
to give a ten-week course In road build
ing. The term will begin January 8 and
extend OF March 10. Every county Judge
in the state is entitled to appoint two
men to take the course, which will con-
sist Of lectures on grading. con-
struction and maintenance of earth, ma
cadam and sand clay roads: also on the
theory and practice Of leveling. making
profile. establishing grades and stalking
out grade lines on the ground. with in
struction in surveying. mapping and the
calculation of land areas and earth
quantities. drainage and farm sanitation
including plain concrete culverts and
short-span reinforced concrete bridges.
| .
g. Hazen Bond has purchased a 191.
six-cylinder Franklin touring car, and
Gilbert Perkins a four-cylinder touring
car of the same make. Deliveries were
made last week.
In order to reduce the speed Of auto.
mobiles on r street between 32d and 35tf
missioners last week extended the fire
limits to the north side Of this thorough.
fare. Heretofore motorists. by reason
Of the fire limits not extending farther
than the center Of the street. operated
their machines on the north side at the
rate Of twenty miles an hour, which is
the speed allowed outside of the fire linn
its. while on the south side Of the same
street they were not permitted to motor
faster than twelve miles an hour. This
settles a question which has bothered the
police in that section Of the city for some
time past.
Seven entries have been received fol
the second annual 5O0-mile international
sweepstakes race next Memorial day al
entry being that Of Spencer E. Wishart
of Port Chester, N. T., the wealthy young
sportsman who drives Mercedes racing
cars.
Wishart's entry names the same cal
which the fastener drove in the last 500
mile race, finishing fourth. Wishart's cal
Is almost duplicate Of the Mercedes en-
tered by Ra phi De Palma. Both Of these
cars made a wonderful showing at Sa-
vannah in the recent Vanderbilt and
grand prize races, Wishart finishing third
in the Vanderbilt, while De Palma fin
ished second in the Vanderbilt and third
In the grand prize.
At this time last year there had been
but four entries made to the 500-miie race.
so the event this year gives promise of
being even more successful than that of
1911. The other five entries to the race
consist Of two Stutz cars a Flat. with
Joe Matson named to drive, and two Case
cars. Joe Jagersberger and Louis Dis
| brow having been nominated as pilots.
The fact that such famous drivers have
been entered early in the year. and that
| all the cars SO far named are among the
foremost racing machines in the world.
makes 1t seem certain that the field of
| starters next May will have even more
| class than the bunch that took the word
| from Starter Wagner last year.
| Owing to the fact that there have been
| SO many early requests for seats and
parking space reservations for the next
race, the Speedway management opened
| the seat sale January Is and seats may
now be obtained for the next Memorial
day event, either in person or by mail
with reservation requests already and are
hooking hoir FOR J,iSS Ma