The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-11-08
CADILLAC AGAIN
GETS TROPHY

Cable advices received at Detroit
announce that the 1914 Cadillac has
been awarded the Dewar trophy by
the Royal Automobile club of Great
Britain. This trophy, presented by
Sir Thomas Dewar, is awarded annu-
ally to the motor car demonstrating
the greatest achievement toward the
advancement of the industry. This Is
the second victory for the Cadillac in
the classic. contest Of international
motordom, the winning of which any
motor car manufacturer in the world
would consider to be his supreme
achievement. The Cadillac is the only
car in the world. that has won his
trophy twice; n the only American
car that has ever come out triumph
ant in any of the contests.
The significance of the victory,
which is a distinction that will re-
dound to the advantage Of American
made cars and is a vindication Of
American standards and methods. lies
in the fact that the test is something
more than mere speed. 1t has to do
with the basic principles of everyday
service. Thus the Cadillac's first vic
tory five years 6 was the result of
a Standardization test. The entrants
presented three stool cars which were
then dismantled and their various and
several parts thrown into a. haphazard
heap, so that Identification was i'm
possible. Eighty-nina parts were
withdrawn from the heap and dupii-
Gates were taken from the stock Of
spares. Three cars were then rebuilt
from the conglomeration Of parts.
Wrenches and screwdrlvers were the
only tools employed. Neither files nor
emery cloths were permitted, yet ev-
cry piece fitted as perfectly as in the
car from which 1t was taken. A vari-
alton of n one-thousandth of an
inch in any one Of several hundred
parts Would nave meant failure. There
fore the Cadil'ac's victory meant a.
complete demonstration Of it's perfect
standardization, an achievement hith-
erto. not dreamed of, one which Great
which put the high-grade American
car for the first time ahead Of the
European car Of first grade.
Each year these tests for the De-
war trophy, conducted by the Royal
Automobile club of Great Britain, take
IN new conditions and always they
include a thorough test of a cars eff
cheney in the line Of normal high
grade service. The second victory for
the Cadillac, just announced, was
based on a test even more compre-
hensive than that Of complete stand
ardization. 1t involved the driving Of
1000 miles over give and take roads.
90 puA aoSQ III Tue CdDlCSTdED. the
thorough testing Of fuel and oil con-
sumption, the recording Of the num-
Der of times the electric cranking de-
vice was used, the duration of the
current for lights during n after
the run and numerous other practical
matters that have to do with effcien-
cy and service.
The contest was conducted with a
compulsory average speed of 1915
miles per hour. Several facts in the
Cadillac's record stand out dominant
ly. The gasoline consumption, for
example, was 1911 miles per gallon; |
the oil consumption IA pints (more |
than 1000 miles per gallon), which
n motorist would recognize as ex-
traordinary. Although the electric !
cranking device was used 1870 times
during the trial, the engine was turn
ed over 1000 compression strokes at
the end of the trial: and although all
the electric lights were on continuous
Iy during the road trial for sc hours
compression test at the conclusion Of
the road run, the side. rear and speed
ometer lights continued to burn for
twenty hours. It was observed and
noted that the ignition was perfect
throughout the trial. ''~I Sc "
Ever of greater significance was
the achievement of the 1914 Cadillac's
oPONd - uIiN6 lSdI
axle. One test Of this revolutionary !
development which means so much In
the efficiency. economy and luxury Of
motor cars involved the shifting of
the rear axle gears from high to low
and vice versa, $50 times by means
Of the electrical shifting device, yet
a perfect record was shown.
Thus were tried out, all the tests of
mootr car features which make for
successful give and take service, es-
pecially as to the practical application
of those peculiar modern factors
which ecure luxury. fi~exfbility of OPP
GRAFTON and, above all, dependability.
to the Cadillac makes the officials of
that company feel that once and for
all the American-made car has prov
ed it's superiority to the foreign caht
of any class.