The Washington times., 1912-04-21
BLANKS READY FOR
SOC|AB|L|TY RUN Of
AUTOMOBILE CLUB
Reliability Contest Is Also
Suggested to Give New
Cars a Showing.
BY HARRY WARD.

Entry blanks for the sociability run
OF the Automobile Club of Washing
ton May IS probably will be issued
within the next three or four days.
One or two details governing the run
have to be threshed out by the board
OF governors before II will be possible
to issue the blanks. A meeting for
this purpose will he called by Presi-
dent Harrington Mills at once, after
which an active campaign for entries
will be made by Capt. Rudolph Jose
and Lieut. Gardner Orme, assisted by
members of the club.
Social bility runs are one OF the most
attractive competitive events on the
motoring calender and 1t is believed
the club will be able to round up the
largest entry list of any motor event
ever held here. The conditions Of the
run are so framed that women driv-
ers can compete for the prizes and 1t
Is expected many members Of the
fair sex will take part in the forth
coming contest. In events of this
character the object is to cover a
prescribed route as near as possible
to the secret time set by some prom
inent person. The time set is always
we'll within the speed limits and such
runs serve to educate the motorists
to observe the speed regulations.
Considerable interest is being mani
tested in the suggestion that the club
promote a three-days' reliability con-
test through Maryland and Pennsyl-
vania, making Harrisburg and PhiIa-
delphia the night stops. Despite the
many obstacles that confronted the club
last year, when It promoted the four
leaf clover reliability run, the event was
q big success, and 1t is believed the pro-
posed contest would bring out a big
entry list, particularly as there are so
many new makes of cars now on sale
In Washington, the dealers in which de-
sire to put them in competition with the
makes more familiar to the motorists
of this city. The time suggested for the
proposed tour Is the first week in June
when the roads are in good condition
The club Is expected to take some action
regarding the tour within the next few
days.
by all means let us have a reliability
contest under club auspices said one
of the new additions to automobile row.
From what ] hear from fellow-dealers.
such contest would have fine entry
list and awaken new interest In auto
mobile touring"
Washington business men who are
interested in motor trucks in connec-
ton with their delivery systems are
congratulating Charles w. Semmes. sales
manager of the Congressional Garage,
on the record run he made last week
to Frederick in a Wilcox truck Ac-
companied by w. A. Simpson, a dairy
man of this city, MIR. Semmes left the
city at o'clock in the morning and
arrived in Frederick three hours later
the distance being about fifty miles
After taking on a big cargo of milk
weighing about 4,1G0 pounds, the Will
cox truck was driven back to Wash
ington In three and one-half hours. The
performance of the truck, particularly
in negotiating the steep, sandy hill at
Hyattstown, Nd, was meritorious
Considering the condition of the roads
the load carried and the time consumed,
the record maed by the truck is likely
to stand for some time. At the pres
ent time there are more than fifty Will
cox trucks in operation in this city
and the number is increasing every
week.
Among the sales made this week bY
the Cook & Stoddard Company was a
a. nar