The Washington herald., 1914-05-03
About People You Know
Along Automobile Row
BY LOUIS CHASER.

Il
BY LOUIS CHASER.
Irwin T. Donohoe took possession Of
his new automobile supply store at $50
Fourteenth street yesterday. He was
formerly located at 1s0c NJ street, his
business having grown to such an ex-
tent that larger quarters were necessary.
Donohoe Ii the Washington distributor
OF ]. NJ. Shock absorbers, Batavia and
Republic tires. He also carries a COM
plete stock of motorcar accessories and
Is rated as one Of the best posted men
in the automobile field.
Emerson & orme report a De-
troit Electric Victoria sold and de-
livered OF Mrs. Robert Lansine The ma
chine Is finished in blue and upholstered
in blue morocco.
Miller Brothers automobile and supply
house report the sale OF the following
Ford cars during the last week:
Touring cars to DIR. ID. l.. Bush. Percy
c. Lange, F. X. Schaffirt, ]. F. Kelchner.
Moorman Drayage Company. r. NJ.
Walsh, ]. ]. Allen. Robert Layton. @.
w. Bonnette. DIR. F. S. Avery. Z. T.
Shea, ]. G. Weinberg. George T. Wilson.
Harrison, II. c. TaIbert c. II. Leavell.
J. II. Randolph. Francis C. Adams. DIR.
Eugene Jones. Edwin II. Eshleman. F.
F. Kimmel. Miss Dorothy F. White. and
J. Milton Jester.
Runabouts to Charles F. Miller. Miss
NJ. v. Lederer. Soper & Mcdonald. George
F. Eamich & Co. Boyce Garage. r. s.
Willing, Louis Altemus, J. S. Merrill. and
L. O'Neill.
Hal A. ReifenberE. representing the
Hupp Motor Car Company. OF Detroit.
spent several days in Washington. and
Is now visiting motorcar dealers in
Virginia and North Carolina. Dealers
here are bidding for the Hupmobile
agency. and it is expected this car will
be represented within the next few days.
HuPmobiles have long been popular here,
and motorists will hail with delight the
placing Of a new agency.
June % is the day selected for the
start of the national reliability tour of
the American Automobile Association.
which this time will be in the form OF
a day and night nonmotor stop run
from Chicago to Boston. Managed by
the Chicago Automobile Club. the run
will be under the direct supervision OF
the American Automobile Association.
Touring and contest boards and Chair
men Frank Y. Mudd and Richard Ken
nerdell have jointly agreed upon the con-
ditions governing this quite unique con-
test.
The contest board has provided a stock
car definition which will call for regis
tration OF the different models by the
manufacturers and this will require
number Of cylinders. bore. stroke: make
and model of magnetic; make. model and
size OF carbureter: tire sizes, wheelbase.
and such equipment as starters. lighting.
shock absorbers, horns. etc. The stock
car definition is a simple registration not
requiring the technical committee to visit
factories.
The contestants VIII be divided into
three classes. One will be for stock cars
listing over 81 200. for which the prize
will be the Glidden Trophy; another 70.
stock cars listing under 100, with the
Anderson Trophy going to the winner;
and a third-class of nonstock cars en-
tered by private owners with the posses
sion of the A. A. A. artistic touring trophy
as the incentive. Certificates OF merit
will be awarded to every competing car
the run without stoppage of the
motor.
The run will require approximately
sixty-five hours. starting from Chicago
at o'clock, Monday, June %. and reach !
ing Boston at L o'clock. July > The
schedule calls for twenty miles per hour
sunrise and sunset. fifteen miles
per hour between sunset and sunrise the
first night. and eighteen miles per hour
sunrise and sunset the other !
nights. Controls will be established at
Bryan, Ohio: Cleveland. Buffalo. Syra- |
ruse. Albany. New York City, Spring !
field. and Boston.
With Boston as the conclusion OF the !
run. that city will be a popular rendez- !
pous for many motorists who will par
ticipate in the A. A. A. midsummer |
gathering which will take place in the |
White Mountains. This latter event calls !
Ior assembly ut Breton Woods on the |
morning of July 4. and from the inter
sst already taken in both events. II is a |
that they will prove notable |
n the seasons motor calendar.
The Commercial Automobile and Sup
'ly Company reports the sale and delivery
II Studebaker touring cars to J. Ernest
Oulin. G. F. Peverley, Joe McReynolds
lnd J. Z. Burroughs.
Through the efforts of John T Crowley
md lie Roy Mark. Chapel Point. Charles
County, Md, the only nearby resort that
motorists can make in a
lays journey, in which they can have
| dip in salt water. is to be reopened
again to the public. and admittanCe to
he grounds can he had by card only. u
applications for which can be obtained
II the Office of Mr.. Mark in the Colorado
Building. These are to be forwarded 10
he manager of the Point. who will in
urn send the card to the applicant. II
The price is to be 800 per annum for
his privilege. and = cents will be collect
d each time you enter the grounds. The
ntre amount collected in this matter
will b used for improving the buildings
nd grounds at the Point. supplying bath
ng suits and making ii an up-to-date
esort. 1t Is not the desire of the Catho-