The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-30
Football--Motoring general Sporting News
Motoring Notes,
Good Roads News
and Trade Mattesl

The campaign conducted by the
chamber Of commerce has brought SO
many members OF Richmond Automo-
bile club into the fold that Chairman
J. II. Palmatary, OF the executive COM
mittec, liz proposing to put the club
| In as body. In the opinion OF more
than one member he might do worse.
Saved One For Bob,
Several of the business associates
OF Robert 3. Airport went down to the
| municipal wharf yesterday TO witness
the ceremony of turning over the prop
erty to the city. Among these per-
sons were noticed J. B. Moore. Victor
shelbusne and George ". Hunter. Mr..
Hunter claims to be the original
pioneer OF the Richmond Washington
Highway association. which claim 10
! always made In the absence Of Mr..
Airport or Preston Belvirh now chair
! man OF the good roads committee OF
the Richmond Automobile club. Mr.
Hunter. however, WAS nsrlber of
tile original party that made the path
AnG.ns trip to Washington to mark
GU. the proposed highway and he re-
members with alcep feeling the great
arouth that came urcn the pathiinj-
ers tho nignt they ca:uped in the open.
, Just beyond Catlotts. Only ,wo pants
OF water could be- fourd anc as Mr.
Hunter xsE sJtler TO the PARTY. and
Mir. klipart was net only chsof guide,
LII, tlse driver OF the leading machine
UP to thfs point, the satler had insist
/ ed upoa saving one from Bob"
Now 1t changed thai little light
! lunet4on was served on the Thomas
Cunningham. Jr., yesterday, In honor
" the occasion and George Hunter was
seen TO possess himself OF two bot
ties OF apolllnaris water. Why.
George" demonstrated Chief Construc-
ton Eng. neer Louis Shuman. what DO
you want OF two bottiesT'
"sh." Missed the former pathfinder,
; I'm saving one for Bob"
| Racing Committees Meet.
Memi,ers OK the committees in charge
OF the automobile racing meet. when
y. at be held on the State fair grounds.
/! riday and saturday. November zsth
and ssth. held a meeting In Ruegers
yesterday at noon.
letter from Fred j. Wagner. who
will come here 10 act as starter for
Sxtfs Il - MI HEHeF mott
fed the committee that he had signed
Spencer Wishart and Ralph Muiford
TO appear for the meeting. and said
hat If Ralph DePalma was in any
kind Of shape he. too. would be aions.
In the event OF DePalma being
unable TO appear. Mortimer Roberts,
Caleb Bragg, Barney Oldfield or some
other speed king circle will come in
DePaima' place. DePaima, now
ever. will probably make the third
of the trio OF stars.
Motor Truck For Guns
The success of a motor truck In
hauling the 220 centimeter motor in
the recent French maneuvers Is at
,racting the attention of the war de-
nartynerit. II is possible that some
recommendation for experiment
with motor trucks In the transporsa-
,lon of heavy field artillery VIII be
submitted to the secretary OF war.
II is estimated that II would require
/ thirty horses To haul the new french
tieia mortar No attempt has ever
! been made To handle gun OF this
size IN mobile Rrtiiiefy- The gun IL
carried on three cars. One contains
the gun carriage. the second gun
,,rcf,ar and the third the metal plat
~
I a load. consisting OF cable and other
I equipment for the gun. A seni-oiii-
| .lal report on the rnaneuvers states
| that the motor hauled the cars on
/ sfood roads al the rate of SIX miles
+ per hour Each wheel of the large
| motor. which weighs seven tons. mas
| fntienendent power, which enables II
/ to climb hills and travel rough com
| try. II is stated that without much
| trnuhta the motor crossed a ditch
| three and a half feet deep and passed
| over n tree sixteen inches thick Win
! out siackenng it's speed. During 'h2
! ynaneuvers il followed the troops
| through the worst roads and over the
| toughest fields. The claim is made
| that this equipment would be adapted
! even To the rough terrain of this coun-
| try The motor was such success
| in the French maneuvers that II Is
/ being thoroughly Investigated by the
| war department.
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