The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-23
Roth VIRGINIA LEAGUE Leaders Win---Washingon Loses
Motoring Notes,
Good Road News
and Trade Matter

Chicago has court for motor Eases
only, the Windy City boats. Hun IA
Richmond there are not enough NIola-
tions of the law to cause A Court 40
sit once a week, and if there Was sGch
d thing as a civil suit shark @ttorneE
he would starve III death.
Jo- Dawson is in New York 'Ity.
His mission. it is thought, has 10 q"
with his reinstatement in the A. \. :,
from which organization he was re
Gently suspended for driving eShihi-
tions on unsanctioned tracks in his
National ear in which ne won the 500
mile rate, breaking the worlds record,
in the hardest long distance race of
history. Dawson's trip TO the A A.
4. governing body lends color to the
story that has been going the rounds
that he may be seen in car in the
races at Elgin the last Of this month,
and in the Vanderbilt Cap race In Sep
tember The National company says
ii is out of the racing game for this
season and much speculation is astir
concerning what car the National pilot
may select.
The three Peugeot racing cars, whose
appearance in this country has been
expected, are id actually to be ON
their way to this country. Georges
BoiIlot, winner OF the French Grand
Prix, Is therefore going to take UP the
challenge of Bruce Brown, who was
a contender in the French race toe
so prominent a factor that he led al
the end of the first days running.
II the Peugots get here in time they
i'll compete at Eign the last of this
month. At any event they ara enterec
by the makers, whose factory is a
Audincourt, France, for the Crane
Prize race at Milwaukee and also FOL
the Vanderbilt. Hearne viii have th'
/ mount on one Of these. Boiilot doesn
drive. ii is said. The name Of the thire
I driver isn't known,
I Statistics compiled from governmen
reports show that in comparison Il
populatiou, Alberta has more automo
| biies than any other province in TIN
/ Dominion of Canada, there being ON
car to every 124 persons. estimatin'
the population at 37l.663 and the mum
Der OF autos at 5000. Manitoba is see
( ond with one car 10 every lo3 Per soh
in tho province. and British Coiumoi
has third place with one auto for ever;
! 1875 persons. Saskatchewan is toQft
with one to every 1914 persons. Ontario
! which has the largest number of ear
IN use, reports Que ~ VAIN "FI VI -
population. $780,
Nova Scotia has the smallest mum
Der of cars. The ratio of autos to IN
population there is the lowest. IN
province has one car to each $50 Of II
| popuIatfon which Is placed at Az. 3ss
New Brunswick with population o
35f.ss9. has hs4 automobiles. while IN
province of Quebec with -,o02.7l2 rap
ulation. has sol. Prince EDWARD ~
land is the only province in the DO
minion which prohibits the use of mo
tor vehicles on it's highways and pup
lie places.
There is a growing demand for me
tor trucks. which are operated at ffot
IA ~ 40 per cent less cost than hoFs
vehicles Market gardeners, datryme
and poultry growers in the rural ols
tricts of Alberta are employing moto
traction mower to large extent an
l. is predicted that this win have
beneficial influence upon the goo
roads movement