The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-02
Motoring Notes,
Good Roads News
and Trade Mattes1

The attention OF the writer has
been called to the fact that Friday
and Saturday OF the last week in
November fall upon the 2sth and
s0th and not the 2sth and asth. The
courtesy Is appreciated. The late of
Thanksgiving Day and the Virginia
and Carolina football game have
given Thursday. November 2sth, g
special significance.
With the foregoing remarks it may
be we'll To state for=tffs st-Hefft of
everybody Interested that the two
days automobile racing meet. To he
held under the auspices of the Rich
mond Automobile club, will BE held
on Friday and Saturday, November
2sth ana Goth. the two las, days OF
the last month in the fall.
-. The weather should be .itsst a8sN-st
at that time. just crisp en- ,ukh to
be enjoyable and warm enough to do
without NUTS and ulsters.
letter from Fred j. Wagner, who
Will offlciate as starter of he races,
says that Spencer Wishart, the mil
itonaIre Fneed king" Is eager TO
come 10 richmond and show his now
racers. Wishart has been leading all
the other drivers Of late, End viii
make Ralph De Palma look - his
laureis. De Palma is almost c"r
tain to be in the Richmond meet.
although the committee having the
races in, charge does not care to state
SO positively until his signed entrance
blank Is received. Mr.. Wagner has
assured the committee that De Palma
to drive a car, and the famous starter
says he knows that the great driver
will surely be In condition.
With these two AZ n starter and
Ralph milford to make up trio OF
stars, the meet promises to be the
best OF the year. Two Kline cars and
a Cine ear are expected to enter. and
1t Is possible that Louis nishrow will
maxi his appearance here in his big
Jay Eye See Fiat.
Meanwhile the committee Is doing
its best to make the meet interesting
10 the owners OF cars and especially
to the members OF the Richmond Au-
tomobile club. There will be four
events for these amateur drivers. and
four very pretty silver cups will be
put up as prizes.
This is the open season for long
distance touring among Chalmers
owners" says b. A. Blenner local
representative of the Chalmers Motor
company Il have Just received let
ters regarding three notable long dis
lance tours.
y" Perhaps the. ssaost interesting lis fhe
trip made by George Webb. who re-
gently drove his 1918 Chalmers Six
from New York to Los Angeles over
the old Santa Fe trail. covering n
total distance OF Also miles. The
total running time was 206 hours and
16 minutes.
''Mr and Mrs. Webb left New York
July 22d. and made their transconti-
mental trip through Buffalo. across
Canada to Detroit. through South
Bend to Chicago, and westward
through Springfield, Illinois, and down
to st. Louis. At this point the chal-
mers party struck the ocean to ocean
highway which has recently been
mapped by q Los Angeles newspaper
and followed this route practically all
Of the way to the Pacific coast.
"Mr. Webb says thar he found a
Ereat deal OF touring In the Middle
West. In Arixona he met three Chal-
mers owners who had driven from San
Francisco TO Los Angeles and then
across to Phoenix.
Another remarkable tour was that
made by. Harry Hauschar, who. made
the trip from. .GAicRyo to San Fran
cisco in = Chalmers 'Thirty-six' car
wing q party Of ave- Following q
'oundabout route. Mr.. Bauscher COW
red 1870 miles without a puncfure
II mechanical adjustment. Among
he features Of tho trip were the
Of tho Great American Desert
Ind side trips through the canyons
II the Rockies.
l "A J. Rich, Of San Francisco. IL
trip 0f hoo miles through
he most mountainous country or Cali
erniA aud NevAda. Che III the shig |
AAtn spArkcr1na0 bY' M. llieh's Chal-s