The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-09

AUTO DEALERS PLAN
ATRAVELLING SHOW
Motor Business Demonstration
Of Two Days Set for
April % and ~.
IDEA Is A REAL NOVELTY
Racing and Other News. Items
IDEA Is A REAL NOVELTY
Racing and Other News. Items
and Gossip Of Interest in
the Automobile World.

A decided novelty In the way Of an
automobile business demonstration Is
planned for the latter part of this month
The Motor Dealers Contest Association.
at a meeting held yesterday, decided to
promote this AFFAIR, which will be In the
way of a two day trip from this city TO
Hartford and return, April 90 and -.
The Idea Is to have makers and dealers
In automobiles and motor trucks. gaso-
lene and electric. enter new models OF
their cars and make a travelling show
which will stop In the important towns
on tho line.
Sub-dealers handling these goods will
be notified OF the time Of arrival OF the
motor caravan" in the various towns
and will be there. with persons interested
In the goods to inspect the travelling auto
mobile exhibition. Inasmuch AS there are
many models which these sub-deaiers do
not have In stock. this will give them an
excellent opportunity TO show them to
prospective buyers who might be inter.
ested. at the same time comparing them
TO others In the same class, which also
different makes Of cars already have been
pledged and the chances are that a very
big exhibition Will make the trip.
There will be main stops the first day
Mt Bridgeport and Hartford, and In the
latter place there will be a sort OF night
there probably will be a run to Danbury
and then over to Poughkeepsie. a noon
stop The rest Of the day will be taken
up with a trip down the Hudson Valley.
with stops at Peekskili. ossining and
Tarrytown. This Is plan which GER
tainly Ia something entirely new in the
history Of local motordom. IL indeed II
has been tried anywhere In this country.
The moving picture idea IL becoming
popular with local motor tradesmen. The
firm 81 Partridge. Clark a Kerrigan has
been giving movie shows displaying the
transcontinental trip of ten owners OF
Premier cars. one OF the makes the +.
C. X Arm represents. r. L. lngersoll.
manager of the Reo's Eastern branches.
says that views will be projected at a
local house showing the steps In the
manufacture OF these cars He says the
REQ was the FIRST company TO make use
Of the moving picture machine in connec-
ton with advertising its plant.
Another defender Of America" for the
500 mile race has come forward. This
Ia the Marmon car. which won the race
in 1911. 1t has been nominated ny
Charles Erbstein an attorney. who wants
to he sure that the American representa-
ton In AZ strong as possible against the
foreign invaders. one OF whom. Goux In
In 1912 Joe Dawson piloted the Ma
tional car into frst place. and he will
drive the Marmon this time. Ray Har-
roun drove the Marmon the year II won.
lie Is designing the Maxwell racers for
this seasons team
Among motor car marufa cturers seen In
town yesterday were Howard Marmon.
vice president OF Nordyke q Marmon r.
r. Odds OF the REQ Motor Car Company
and Frank Briscoe OF the Brscoe Motor
Company.
One Of the latest things in the way OF
a shock absorbing device to be put on
the market Is the Ames equalilng spring,
The underlying principle Is the eaualiz-
ing of the recoil. The Ames is practi-
cally the opposite side of a spring with
steel spacing block between 1t and
the main spring. This spacing block
makes the Ames a separate and passive
spring until the recoil brings It into sc-
ton. II IL said that the spring can be
put In place on any make OF car In n
/ few minutes only. number OF factories
are trying out the spring, and II is re-
| ported that "A feet OF five Ton trucks had
! their expense bills cut about 5000 by us.
ing this spring
| Clarence y. Peacock, who used to alb
sorb shocks for the Princeton hockc,
team an goal tender. handles the shocl
absorber here from his office In the L
s. Rubber Building.