The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-10-28
Football Motoring and Other Athletic Sports 1T
Motoring Notes,
Good Reads News
and Trade Matters

some idea Of the calibre Of the driv-
ers who will appear in tho races 1T
the State fair track, under ttc
auspices ct the Richmond Automobile
cub. NLS ennber 2Sth and Goth, may be
gathered by the performance IF Spen
Ger r. NishArt at White PIains. ~.
r.. SATURDAY
Wishart. who had beaten the best
Of the stars at Brighton Beach. The
Saturday before, took four out I'll The
Ave events for racing cars.
He WON In every event tn which lie
vas entered. His browning victory
WITS Iii the five-mIie free-for-sil hair
aicap race, In which he gave his near
est competitor a handicap d twenty.
flss Seconds. The summary soiIows.
E~ent No. I---Five miles. WA ly
L. A. Mitchell, OF New York, in Ma
son car; Thomas Costello, OF larry
town. In Maxwell. second Time, en-.
81 1-5s.
Event No 2--Five miles. Won by
Spencer n. Wishart, Of Portchester,
in Mercer: Paul G. Thebaud, Jr.. Of
WHITE Plains. In G.. ]. c., second: l.. A.
Mitchell. In Mason. third. Time. sm.
% 1-4s.
BY Spencer u. Wishart, in Mercer;
James a. Benedict. of katouah, in
Flat, second. Time. I'M lis.
Event No. 5--Ten miles. Won by
Spencer II. wishart; Paul q. Thebaud.
Jr., second. Time, I2m. IS 3-4s.
Event No. Five mile automobile
handicap. Won by Spencer r.. Wis.,
hart tscrntch1. In Mercer: Paul q.
Thebaud, VI. fz5sl, in G. ]. O.. sec
ond. Time, SIN 21s.
Events three and six were for mo-
torcycles.
with wishars, Ralph Milford and
either Ralph De Palma, Mortimer
| Roberts, Caleb Bragg or Barney Old
| field, AZ the third Of the trio from,
New York, and Louis Disbrow. ~
| Alexander Gloan's racing stable. Rich
mond win have the best in the bust
ness. This will be the biggest race
meet ever held in the south. ami
should interest," not only the city
proper, bur the entire State.
| The races have been 80 arranged
that the amateur drivers. or owners
OF machines. will have a chance to
demonstrato their ability and the
speed OF their cars. Entries are ex-
pected from Roanoke, Luxembourg.
Charlottesville, Norfolk. Newport
! News. petersburg, Danville and In all
probability, Washington.
Entry biAnlKs are now being prepared
and win be sent to the secretaries OF
| the various automobile clubs in the
! state. They also can be had by ap.
plying 10 Secretary Jay Lewis. OF tins
/ Rsch1noraa Automobile club. 5.. s.-.s.s...s.
Fred J.Naguer. known Is the Otis
cial starter of all the big racing meets
will oficiate NJ the Richmond races,
which Ii sufficient warrant that every
thing viii be done according to Hoyie.
LADIES' Would Enter Races.
| The members OF the racing commit
tee have been amportuned to add an
event Tor lady drivers. They are told
! that there are enough fair experts to
make up q classy field. but thus far
the COMMITTEES has turned an unwn-
ling ear to the proposition. II ~ not
unlikely. however. IL any lady driver
wishes 10 give an exhibition of her
| skin that she viii be Afforded the
opportunity Of doing 80,
Cheaper Gasoline Unlikely.
] Because signs have appeared at
many garages along the road offering
vasoiine al IL. IL and Is cents per
gallon, where In the summer the price
MA. II. is and 20 cents, the impress
sicn has gone abroad that the Stand
| ard f,ii company has changed the pol
I lev that II has been pursuing since the
| nrst of the year in steadily pushing
uu the price. and has begun Ia drop
| II. That is false hope, This standard
| oil company has not reduced the priee
and apparently does not sniend 10 90
-. Its price for gasoline to garages
IN lots Of fifty gallons or over Is now
1S cents q gallon, and to consumers
IN barrel lots, not including the charge
for the barrel, the price 10 also pfac-
ideally Is cents.
The reason that garages are able TO
cell gasoline at lis cents or less wnen
the price Is Is cents 10 that many Va
them last January made contracts Win
the standard Oil company Tor 8 ysal
af 10 cents a gallon. And those VINO
wars ~ fortunate al to secure such
contract have been forced to sell at
the prevailing rate by competition.
Where there are two or three garages
| IN one locality the competition forces
down the price.
Alter the first OF the new year it IL
predicted that there will an advance
III along the limo, for the Standard
OH company and other producers are
not likely to renew contracts at the
| ten-cent rate. This will mean tnal
| the garage owners will have to pay
lxomethinx like tho present current
price and consumers will be charged
probably twenty cents.
A year ago gasoline for motor cars
was selling at 10 cents q gallon 70 gar
ages and the practically universal re-
tai price was rs cents. Since last
| January, however. the price to the
garages has been advanced q little at
Z time TO the present rs cents lever.
| which has been maintained for sew
eral months. OIL men say that they
think that the high level has been
Preached and that motor gasoline Will
stay at about the present rate Tor
time. They do not look for amy im-
mediate increase In the price OF any
reduction