The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-05
Motoring Notes.
Good Roads News
and Trade Matters

President L. NJ. Foster, or the Ru-
tomobiie Dealers Show association,
has called a meeting of all the MEM
bers. including the auxiliary com
mittee on exhibitions Of the Richmond
Automobile club. for Wednesday night
In the Automobile club headquarters
at $40 o'clock.
Mr.. Simms Has Returned.
j. M. Simms. general manager Of
the Eastern Motor Sales company. has
Just returned from a trip around Vir-
ginia making a circuit which included
fredericksburg and Roanoke. Mr..
Simms established fourteen rev Viz
ginia agencies for the Eastern Motor
Alec. stevens Duryea, Abpotr-Detroit,
and Maxwell cars. as well AZ Fisk tires.
Norfolk to Hold Races.
Norfolk is going to have a racing
meet there Saturday but II will IN 40
way compare with the meeting to be
held by the Richmond Automobile
club, November 18th and 20tn. The
Norfolk entries include some fast driv-
|ers, Mr.. Poweirs team attracting u
great deal of attention in the New
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clean up in several meets.
The Richmond meet, however. Will
eclipse anything hitherto held in the
South. The drivers will be such well
known stars as Spencer Wishart,
Ralph DePalma and Ralph Milford
II Is also quite likely that Disbrow
with his famous racing car. Jay Eye
See, will be seen in an exhibition. Dis
brow holds 50 many track records that
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fiji a regular sideboard.
Election Day Races
In New York b star riders VIII
be seen in a meet at Brighton Beach,
which promises 10 be as sensational q
track event as has ever been staged.
The Mercedes car with which Wlshart
scored third place in the Vanderbilt
Cup race this season and In 1911 is
among the entries. wtshart will pilot
1t as well az the Mercer Special"
which ran second in the Fandsreiit
Cup race.
Wishart's German car is known to
be tiss fastest Mercedes ever brought
to this country--faster even than the
car OF the same make with which
Ralph DePalma won the Vanderbilt.
This means that the young driver VIII
| be seen In action on two Of the speed
tss, cars In existence -
Ed Pulien. who drove 30 sensation
| ally at Milwaukee. will pilot his first
| track race at the wheel OF a Mercer.
Thomas Costello, who drove on the
winning Gitdden tout team last year,
| will be at the wheel OF a g. j.. g.
| racer. Caleb Bragg. winner OF the last
Grand prix III In the West at present
| AND provided he arriSes here In time
will be seen In competition. Haipn
milford, who captured the Vanderniit
| cup In 1911, and Bin Chandler. who
did sensational work at acorn ana
Elgin, are tuning up their cars. Le-
land Mitchell, Armour Ferguson. r.
| e. Wood and J. G, Thebaud and q
| host of others Are preparing Tor the
/ meet.
| The track has been massagsd. man
| toured and ACKNOWLEDGMENT until 1t
il tn the pink OF condition. Al the
meet last month the drivers declared
IL was better than II had ever been
before.
New Sfearns-k Knight.
This season has witnessed the ad-
vent Of a new model-tne siS-cyIihosa
| Observation-Disclosures has already
taken a prominent place among hign
grade cars. This model Is new only
| to tina public. however, To the Sfearns
49,
| people IT liz a car thar has been trieo
cut In every conceivable way. While
| speak.ng Of the car. b.. a.
| local representative, said:
For nearly a year the steains
night ak has been subjected to rigid
| tests. more severe than h car would
receive in years of ordinary service
| Each part was tested by itself. then
| the assembled chassis, and finally the
completed car. The result has ex-
| ceeded even the expectations or tne
,na~ ns,fartyrrprs and they realized in 9
early sta ges Of its construction that
| In this car they had a masterpiece
FOR months now test cars nave
| been worked ont In all parts OF the
| country In a vain endeavor TO locate
west over Ali kinds Of roads. in good
weather and bad. in all kinds OF ell
mate. the test runs have taken these
| cars"