The Washington herald., 1912-07-14

unsettled periods Mexico City's enthu-
siasts have travelled cross country. Since
last November I have sold twenty-one
of the american Underslung" cars IN
Mexico City.
The Englishman also looks after the
interests OF the American Motors Com
pany in Cuba and Porto Rico.
The four States tour. which started
from Indianapolis last Tuesday morning.
promises to develop before its fifteen
days Of life expires, into one Of the most
successful sociability tours ever held In
the Middle West There are over two
score cars In this run. which will end at
the Hoosier metropolis on July "a, after
passing through fifty cities. situated In
Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, and Ken
lucky. More than 800 people are passen-
gers on the tour.
One Of the finest appearing teams of
cars in the tour is that Of the American
Motor Company, Of Indianapolis. makers
of the well-known American Under
slung'' types. A big american Trav-
eler" is acting as chairman's car. while
Jeffery Fletcher, the American dealer
In Mexico City. has come all the way
north to drive the American Scout A
third car Is the America Tourist"
Now that the Tacoma and Old Orchard
race meets have become history. only one
big event remains before the running of
the Vanderbilt and Grand Prize races in
the fall. This Is the Galveston Cotton
Carnival meet August s. 9. and 10 on the
famous beach at Galveston. Tex. That
city is becoming better known each year
as the summer resort of the South
west" When Northern people hear Gal
tnclfDad
think OF it as a boiling-hot place in sum
mer. whereas as a matter of fact II Is
cooler than many cities a thousand miles
farther North. II is swept by cooling
Gulf Of Mexico breezes." and the new
concrete causeway connecting Galveston
with the mainland 10 . most attractive
promenade and drive. Most of the rae
ing drivers who have been there at
former meets know this. and hence do
not dread the trip.
The races are to be run over a COM
paratively short course on the beach this
season-two and one-half miles-making
a full lap Of five miles. This will insure
the cars passing the grand stand at
frequent intervals. In former years tho
chief criticism OF the Ormond-Dayton
course. about twenty miles in length.
was that Il was too long for the races
to be exciting.
At the beach classic in Texas there
will be none Of the 'hippodrome" style
OF racing No appearance money Is 10 be
paid to any Of the drivers, and no one
team Of the circus type will be able to
60 there and stair through the events.
running the programme TO suit itself.
All cars and drivers will enter on an
equal basis. and will be forced TO drive
to win. More than 5000 in cash prizes
is offered in addition to numerous tro-
phies to be fought for. Cars will be
timed by an electrical timing device reg
istering to hundredths OF a second-such
as is employed at all big events.
Announcement was made yesterday at
the ofices of the Metropolitan Motor
Speedway Association in the new L. s.
Tire Building, New York. that jefferson
De Mont Thompson has been elected
president Of the association. which is
building the new two-mile motordrome
on the Newark Meadows near Newark
Mr.. Thompson. who has been interested
In the proposition of building a motor
drome for some months, is beyond all
doubt wise choice TO be placed at the
helm of the new enterprise. for he is
thoroughly familiar with automobile
racing and its history.
He has always been connected with II
In its sporting side, however, and now
the commercial. In staging the early
Vanderbilt Cup races his influence was
a big asset and during lso6-o7-os he was
chairman Of the Vanderbilt Cup commits
sion. Much of the heavy work of arrang-
ing the 1906 and 1903 cup races fell upon
his shoulders. For several years he was
chairman Of the American Automobile
Association Racing Board. and was on
the original plan and scope committee
of the Long Island motor parkway, Of
which he was treasurer and a director.
With sixteen OF twenty-five cities on
their itinerary visited. the forty-two-
piece brass band of the Willys-Overland
Company of Toledo, Ohio, has demon
strated several very interesting facts to
music lovers and to the general public
of the Southwest West, and Northwest
sections of the United States. Chief
among these demonstrations are that
factory workers who, six days of every
week in the year, are engaged in builing
can make themselves prof.
cient in strictly high-class music, a con-
tention which has long been combated
by musical critics the country over.
The band started on a vacation tour of
one month as guests Of John n. WHY'S.
president and owner OF the Toledo plant
June L. On their return they will
have visited twenty-five OF the prin-
cipal cities of the West. The route takes
them through twenty States and over
1000 miles of railways. In every city
visited record-breaking crowds have
turned out to their concerts in the mu-
nicipal parks. and the audiences have
been liberal in their appreciation. St
Louis, Memphis. Dallas. Houston, Gal
weston. Fort Worth, El Paso. Tucson,
Los Angeles, Fresno, San Francisco.
Portland, an Salt Lake City
have heard the concerts and applauded
the factory musicians. In Tucson, espe-
cially, the appreciation was great, the
people forcing the players to give encores
for each Of ten selections on the regular
Crowds reached the enor-
nous total of 5000 In several cities, and
~ every stop the parks and surrounding
territory have been thronged with eager
and appreciative listeners.
The Knight motor has scored again
this time in far-on New Zealand or
the twenty-four cars competing in the
New Zealand annual reliability contest,
under the auspices of the Canterbury
Association. four that were
fitted with Knight sliding-sleeve motors
made nonstop. perfect scores, and the
Silent knight made a record Of
Els ton miles per gallon of gasoline,
earning the Canterbury gold medal and
Star silver trophy.
The Cole Motor Car Company has been
given an encore on its years output.
Right at the end Of the season the de-
mand for its product was so great IL
has been compelled to increase its out
put by several hundred cars