The Washington herald., 1912-02-18
lie News---TimeIy Topics Of Horses and Horsemen

Robert Stone; an EMF demi-tonneau
TO G. ]. Hopkins and Flanders road
ster to W. A. Davis.
The Overland Washington Motor Com
pany report the following sales made last
week: c model 50 delivery wagon to
George C. IiiHeary; an Overland model
/ 59-T to DIR. Price; an Overland model
59-T TO DR.. Marvin Custis; an Overland
model s3-T to DIR. G. A. Campbell: an
Overland model SIT to Lieutenant Black
burn, Of Annapolis. and an Overland
59-R to. Clifford Bangs.
From twcnty-sixti place TO ninth IN
total value of production among Amer
lean automobile manufacturers is the
remarkable story OF the Metzger Com
pany's rise in the last six months More
Everitt cars" says Sales Manager Hood,
who was a recent visitor in washington.
''have been produced and sold by the
| factory in that period than in the previ-
GUS two years OF the companys exist
ence. We have received, since last July.
dealers contracts for more than twice
the factorys 1912 capacity. New orders
are stili coming in faster than the old
orders are being filled.
y Iu4BnlN lultIEHtlUk iilNAe HukdI4lEr
is THE Goodrich" published monthly
by the B. F. Goodrich Company. MAX
ers of Goodrich tires. The February
number is just out and contains many
timely articles Of interest to the auto
ist. Two eminent good roads men. Mr.
William Sohier, OF the Massachusetts
highway commission. and Mr. Logan
Waller Page, director. Office OF Public
Roads, United States Department Of Ag-
riculture, are contributors 10 its col
umns. A map showing the roads mark
cd and to be marked by the Goodrich
road marking crews and THE Story OF
Crude Rubber in addition to many
other well written articles, make The
Goodrich Of more than ordinary inter-
est TO the 1otorist.
The Warren car. which has been ex-
tremely active and conspicuous in recent
motor car events, has added one more
TO its Pacific Coast trophies. n. S.
Bowles. local dealer, is in receipt Of a
telegram apprlsing him Of the fact that
a 1912 Warren. a standard roadster.
model "35, - won first honors at Tulare.
Cal The event was a fve-miIe race
against time on kiJe-shaped track.
The Warren entry won rything in
sight. although some Of its competitors
were special racing cars. In negotiating
the distance. the Warren had to make
four hairpin turns In spite Of these
obstacles. the Warren entry. EiChner
driving and Grindle mechanician, made
worlds record, covering the distance
in Sis.
William Hinds local agent for the
Lion and Schacht cars. expresses him
self strongly in the belief that the pres
ent year will he the most successful that
local dealers have ever enjoyed. Despite
the fact that this is Presidential year,
when trade usually slaCkens down, the
demand for motor cars has steadily
grown until now the principal factories |
are running day and night in an effort I
to keep up with the orders. which con- |
tinue To come I'm increasing volume.
Mr.. Kinds believes this is due 10 the |
fact that owners are using their cars |
more generally the year round, rather |
than laying them aside in the winter. /
The. result is that the buying season Is I
less concentrated In the few months OF /
spring. and that as models are becom- /
ing more standard a healthy buying de- .
mand is evident the year round.