Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26

w. H. Lalley as foreign sales manager.
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y 1912 Locomobile go fve-passenger
touring car was delivered last week to
8 w. Ferguson, with Limousine body
for winter use. The bodies are finished
in dark blue. The sale and delivery of a
1912 Locomobile '4S'' six-cylinder. type
NJ, is also reported to J. NJ. Rothwell. 1t
is a fve-passenger torpedo finished In
Locomobile light green.
The pleasant weather of the past week
not only lightened the hearts of many of
the local dealers. but encouraged demon
STATIONS. resulting i'm a noticeable in
crease in the number of sales over pre-
vious weeks.
The past year has been record-breaker
from the standpoint of securing new and
more commodious quarters for the display
Of motor cars in the National Cap tai.
This is not only sign of good business.
but also speaks we'll for the pride which
dealer takes in the machine which he
represents.
Don't forget the dates of the Auto
Clubs endurance run, June Ii. II, IL.
1t is expected that large delegation
Of "rooters" will be on hand at the auto
mobile races at Benning track. Decora-
ton day.
Bob Burman, the worlds speed cham
pion. will be seen at the wheel of a Cut
ting car in the coming oD-mile race on
the Indianapolis motor speedway Me-
mortal day.
Burman claims he has not named his
pet; declares he will let the scribes in the
press stand do this. 1t would be hard to
call the new car anything but the Streak.
She is white with wasp-like tail. Send
her 40 miles. and she looks like nothing
else than what Webster's book desig-
mates "streak."
The Cutting lust gets in under the pis-
ton displa cement limit of GOO cubic inches.
She has 1919 inches. with 1-32-inch
bore and finch stroke. She is a four
cylinder car. The weight is 2.1o pounds.
which is 300 pounds above the minimum
figures.
NThe 30 0Oa who saw Burman drive in the
Memorial day five-century last year re-
member a fellow scooting around the
two-and- "a half-mile oval throwing rub
her bouquets into the stands. Burman
had a set of loose Jugs that put tires to
the bad as fast as the pit men could re-
place them. The speed king had no me-
chanical trouble.
The speed average will be raised TINS
year" saws c. D. Cutting, the man VINO
made the Burnan car
Inasrnuch as there are thousands OF doi-
lars being bet on this point the statement
is interesting. ,;.,
would do ninety miles on the sprints cas-
ilv enough but they could not hold the
pace" continued Mr.. Cutting. ms
wear the cars are being built larger IL
Is useless to enter a machine which Will
not do the track i'm 40. This means
speed of ninety miles on the turns with
l03 to los miles on the stretches Bur
mans car will hit 10 miles on the
stretches with ease
1.-THE 5co-mile international sweep
stake race this year will show
broad application of several of the prtn-
cilpes of body construction, which proved
so successful in the great CLASSIC on May
10 1911 SAYS Ray Harroun of Nordyhe
& Marmon Co.. makers of the wasp,
which won the nVe-centurV SIhu idS'
Decoration day.
Quite number of manufacturers nave
adopted in one form or another. the
principles which at the time OF the
race last season were considered by
many to be mere vagaries of construction
but which proved to be fine applications
of the truest scientific principles. When
the speed monsters came to the scratch
last wear the Marmon Wasp was the
only car that was radically different from
the others in body construction, ana Il
attracted widespread comment ana dis.
cusson. This year will see swarm OF
w aSpS DredStlnS the tape when otoi .Ci
Wagner sends the racers away on the
long jaunt The long wasp-lihe tail
boIted on the rear of the winning Mar
mon proved its usefulness in last years
race. Several makers were quick to take
advantage of this method of lessening
wind res stence The tail acts as a guide
for the wind. which rushes over the hood
of the car. Instead of the air forming a
buffer in front and leaving almost
vacuum behind the racer, the tai tapers
the rush of air and greatly lessons the
resistance. 1t would not surprise me,
all things being equal, if the cars this
year which have the tapering tail con-
struction finished well up with the
leaders
Another feature tried out last year IN
the Wasp which has found general fa-
vor is the high dash. When the driver
sits low the air hurting over the top of
the flying car does not strike him at all
and enables him to get all the more power
out of h s mount by reason of this de-
creased obstruction to the air. l have
noticed a number of cars this year with
the drivers and mechanician's seats so
low that the men will be practically
invisible from the front, and I feel sure |
much greater speed can be attained
through the application of this prin-
ciple, which was first tried out in the
Marmon Wasp /
1.-THE application of these prime: pies |
may not result in the record being |
broken. but ii IS my opinion that
speed will be made by the cars using |