The Washington herald., 1912-08-11

One Of the most enthusiastic meetings
ever held by the distributors Of the
Mitchell car has just been closed and
the Representatives 20 back to their
several homes. firm in the belief that
they will easily double their sales with
| the new models. So strong was this
assurance that the company has already
issued the shop orders doubling the out
put Of 1872.
Every section Of the United States and
Canada was represented in the gathering
of these one hundred and nifty distribu-
tiers. from Nova Scotia to British Colum-
bia and from Maine to California.
and then quantity" They have always
believed II better to build a thousand
good machines than ten thousand which
would be only ordinary as to quality.
With a message Of greeting from the
Akron factory to the Detroit branch on
Monday. The Goodyear Tire q Rubber
Company put into operation the latest
! extension of its service policy. wireless
| communication between the factory Of
fice at Akron and Its branches in the
Stations at New York. Boston. Phila-
delphia. Chicago. and a number Of other
cities will be equipped at once.
Another feature has been added to the
annual Elgin road race. scheduled for
August 3o-a1. under the auspices Of the
Chicago Automobile Club and the Elgin
Automobile Road Race Association. It
Is to be baby car event for machines
with motors having less than 80 cubic
inches piston displacement II Is the
a. ~ AI-& ~H %hA
speed carnival on this course that such
an event has been run. The race will
be approximately ninety-six miles In
length, the little fellows having to cover
twelve laps Of the course. The first prize
will be $500 In cash to the winner, and
$500 will go to the second best.
Already four entries have been assured:
two Flanders and two Herrcshoffs. the
Flanders pair to be piloted by Bob"
Evans and Jack Tower. The Herreshons
have been nominated by the Chicago
agent, W. Wordingham, and the drivers
for these have not yet been nominated.
Entry blanks embodying the added event
are to be sent out at once, and 1t Is ex-
pected that a large number OF makers
of light vehicles, especially some Of those
who have not been identified with racing
in the past, will be represented at Elgin.
1t was at the request of several Of these
small car builders that the baby event
was added to the programme.
As yet no definite reply has been cabled
from France by the Peugeot people. rela-
lot, the Grand Prix winner, who is in
Paris. received a cablegram this week.
sent by Fred ]. Wagner and David
Bruce-Brown, in behalf of r. ]. Collier
and F. c. Patterson, who are anxious to
import a pair Of Peugeot cars. An allur-
ing offer was made. and. one OF the cars.
IL brought here. may be piloted by E. A.
with the factory officials. relative to ac-
cepting the terms and inducements offer
ed for the pair of Peugeots.
1t is thought that the winner Of the
French Grand Prix viii accept the chal-
lenge made by David Bruce-Brown,
namely, to come over here in time for
the Elgin meet. in which case a duel
between the two-time winer of the Amer
lean Grand Prize and the French Grand
Prix winner would be a feature.
At present Wagner and F. z. Edwards
are in Galveston, where they have been
officiating at the beach meet and have
been working to secure entries. wagner
has been making an effort to land some
of the Southern stars, among them
George Clark. with his Mercedes: A P.
Pringle. and w. H. Bertrand. in a Sim
plex; August Berring, with his Marion;
George De Witt, of Houston. with his
special "gila monster" in the free-for-
all event; Capt. J. W. Munn's National.
another National owened by R. H. Wood.
of Victoria. Tex, while among the more
known entries expected are those Of the
Lozier. owned by Otto Applegate, which
Joe Koran Is driving; Louis Disbrow.
Joe Nikrent. and others Of the Case
team, Fred Dusenberg's Mason, John De
Palma (brother of Ralph De Palma), in
Grand Prize Fiat. and others.
The four events in addition to the
230-inch class event are the Aurora
Trophy for cars of 2a1-3oo cubic inches
piston displacement, 152-mile affair:
the Illinois Trophy for cars of 23l-i5o
miles (both of which will be run on
Friday, August 30. as will be the baby
car race), while on Saturday the 254 FL
gin national event for cars Of 600 cubic
inches and under and the 3o6-mile free
for-all will wind up the carnival.
Upon learning that David Bruce-Brown.
twice winner of the Grand Prize race.
had challenged George Boillot, winner Of
the last French Grand Prix. to a match
race, on any sort of a course In this
country. officials of the new Metropolitan
Motor Speedway, which is now in course
Of construction on the Newark Meadows,
made a bid for this match.
The Inducements are 50 alluring that the
Frenchman who will shortly receive the
formal offer In France, can hardly af-
ford to refuse. A prize Of $4,000 Is offered
by the Speedway Association for the
winner.
It is proposed to hold the Brown-Boil-
lot event at an early date next season.
but the match will not be confined mere
" to these two drivers The race. with
this pair as q nucleus, will be an In
" alton affair, and all winners of VAN
dsrhilt Cup and Grand Prize races In
this country will be eligible to compete
Winners of former French Grand Prix
races, such as Lautenschlager, Sxiz, and
would be invited as well. This
means that such stars as Ralph Mulford,
Harry Grant, 1909 and 1910 winner; Louis
Wagner, the daring Frenchman who won
the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup race and the 1905
Grand Prize: Victor Hemery, the dashing
winner Of the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup, and
George Heath, the amateur who won
the FIRST cup race held in America (should
he desire to come back.D George Rob.
ertson, the 1908 winner, while eligible,
has retired permanently and probably
would not compete. Joe Dawson and Ray
Harroun, who won the 5o0-mile race this
season and last. respectively, would be
invited, Dawson's eligibility depending
en- his being reinstated by, the A. A. A. |
by that time.
Included in the list would be the win