The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-17
DEALERS WILL TALK
OF MOTOR CARAVAN
Meeting to Be Held To-day to
Discuss Business
Demonstration.
"P. G. X" DROPS LEWIS CAR
Won't Hendle Racine Made Six
Other Motor
Notes.
"P. c. X" DROPS LEWIS CAR

In order to perfect plans for the coming
automobile business demonstration, which
is TO take the form of a motor caravan
trip to Hartford and then over to Pough-
keepsie. there Will be general meeting
OF The LOCAL trade at the Ma nhattan Auto
mobile Club this afternoon. Invitations
have been sent Out to about 100 dealers
IN motor cars and accessories, and they
have been asked to come TO luncheon,
III which the plan will be discussed.
II is the opinion of men prominent in
the automobile business that II Is n good
idea to run such demonstration, espe-
cialy at this time of the year. The
opinions OF these men are expected to
have weight with those others who have
not made UP their minds and as Il result
1t is believed there will be n good sized
turnout of agents and dealers. The af-
fair Is in no sense contest and there
are no certified reliability or economy test
features connected with IL.
The plan il to send out caravan of
models that can be displayed to those
Interested along the line OF the trip. Stops
are TO be made at towns along the road,
and local dealers are expected to be
there and TO have with them prospects
interested in the various models.
To Judge from one expression of the
National Committee on Prison Labor. the
best feature OF the using OF convicts in
road building is that it keeps the men
out in the open air That's like golf and
baseball.
Partridge, Clark 4 Kerrlgan will not
handle the Lewis car for this territory
the arrangement between the local dealers
and the l.. y. G. firm having been can
celled. The reason given is that the
builders of the car found 40 great a de-
mand for II in tho East that they were
sure they would be unable to come up to
the number contracted for by the L. G..
X. Arm and that this made IL necessary
10 end the agreement.
Conditional on the use OF Bosch mag
neto and plugs in the coming 500 mile
race, the drivers to finish one. two. three
in the race will get prizes from the makers
Of these accessories. The prizes for using
the magnetic alone will be $500 for first,
5000 for second and $500 for third In
the event OF the driver using the spark
plugs OF this make in addition, 500 each
will be added 10 the prizes.
Numbered among the buyers of Hupmo-
biles from Charles +. Rless Il Co. in the
last few days are DIR. Alexis Carrel, win
ner of the Nobel prize Dr. Edgar still
man of the Rockefeller Institute. Robert
sterling Clark Harold a. Loeb Norman
Peck. Paul 81. Thebaud Ir.. Robert Will
lam Straus. T.. II. Fallows. X. X. Brown
ing, Clarence Mitchell. X. j. Bucholz. Hun
ter =. Marstuu. r. G. Potter. Kenneth Ives
DR. f. Hasbrouck and Mrs. Emma h
Dresser.
There were no changes in the makeup
oi the board OF governors of the Auto
mobile CLUB OF America as the result OF
IT'S recent annual meeting, James a. Blair
,lr.. f. II Gary, Oliver q. Jennings. Dave
H. Morris, William *. Vanderbilt Jr.
and Frederick W. Whitridge were unani-
wously reelected to serve until 1917. The
governors who hold over are: Henry Il
Anderson, president of the club Horace
T. Andrews. James e. Brady, Henry
Evans. Alexander j. Hemphill, Colgate
Hoyt Hamilton r. Kean, Dudley Olcot
"a, Percy \ Rockefeller. Henry Sander
son James \. Stillman Edward Shearson
Henry Il. Taylor and Frederick ID. I'm
derwood.
The amendment TO the constitution Il
permit OF women becoming members wen
through as expected Their numbers arr
limited 20 500. without initiation fee. Thu
annual dues will lie $50, and the womeI
Will have no equity in the property an'
no vote There have already been man!
applications for membership made b,
women motorists.