The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-02
SPEEDWAY ENTRIES
NOW So IN NUMBER
And More Likely to BE Heard
From-Lists Already
Have Closed.

Entry lists for the 80 mile race at In.
annapolis on May 80 closed at midnight
last night with thirty-six cars already
nominated for the event and the chances
that few more may be in the mails
tnnt Will show to be postmarked in time
10 the counted for the competition. The
latest To enter WAS a Washington spe.
eial backed by +. q. Stamm OF New York
Mel Stringer will be at the wheel. II l.
believed that forty cars altogether will
snow up for the elimination trials
There are no less than eight European
drivers In the list. as Ernest Friedrich has
been named to pilot the Bugatti. The
DINERS are Goux. last years winner :
Duray and Boiliot OF the Peugeot; Guyot
ana Thomas of the Delage Chassagne
OF the Sunbeam and Christiaens of the
Excelsior.
The mileage test OF the Franklin six
cylinder car made yesterday morning
showed total Of 1914 miles to "a gallon Of
xasoiene. a result which disappointed
Glenn a. Tisdale the local dealer who
had made +S.5 miles on a gallon in private
trials before. The high wind yesterday
which held back the car when IL was
coastinE with throttle shut Is what held
the mileage down he explained. The
method used was to accelerate to twenty
miles an hour and then shut on coast
Ing until II became Necessary to open the
throttle again to keep moving.
The car started from Long Island City
and ran out To krug's Corner and back.
certified gallon OF So proof gasolene was
used and the car was In all respects a
stock demonstration driven BY Charles Fox.
Merle l.. Downs and Reginald NJ. Cleye-
land were the observers Goodrich Silver
town Cord tires were used In the test, Az
they have been In the various Franklin
nigh mileage performances. The car
weighed equipped 2.TOO pounds, and car
ried observers totalling about $50 pounds
In weight
Samuel S. Toback of the A. Elliott
Ranney Company returned yesterday
/ from visit to the Hudson factory, made
/ In an endeavor to get some more cars
He was unsuccessful, as the factory
hasn't them to give him. He says the
Ranney Company is sold out on tn.
bigger six and has only eleven OF the
! light skies to sell
Another returned voyager is L. s. Part
ridge OF Partridge. Clark a. Kerrigan
Inc. He visited indianapolis and per-
sonally tested out a Premier Weidely car
on the speedway. He drove the car for
quite q long time. averaging for q good
stretch s!xty-eight miles an hour. The
test was made early In the day, so a,
not to interfere with the racing drivers
who are out there making the early try.
outs of their cars for the 500 mile race
II is not on record that any of the driver:
offered Mr.. Partridge a job az a regulai
speed king.
From Indianapolis he went to Jack
son, Mich, to look over the plant of tn,
Briscoe, the other car that the i. c. X
firm handles. There. too he became 4
tester and drove Briscoe over tn
rough country roads. He says that th'
cars are coming through well and tina
shipments will be made In Il month.
w. S. NJ. Mead. second vice-presider
OF the Chandler Motor Car Company q
Cleveland, has opened permanent Office
with the Brady Murray Motors Corpora
ton the Chandler New York representa-
tiyes Mt 245 West F'ifty-ffth street, wher
he will supervise the distribution OF tn
cars to the Eastern dealers.
Mr.. Mead's duties In the past yea
since the organization OF the compan,
have taken him to all the large cities o
the United States and Canada In the an
pointment of Chandler dealers
f. NJ Daley. president of the Paige
Detroit Company OF New York. recenti
drove a Paige SO touring car between Ne'
York and Boston at a cost OF s320 for %
and gasolene each way. In speaking G
the trip Mr. Daley said my object wa
not to break any time records betwee
the two cities, but to demonstrate I
NV own satisfaction the gasolene ecor
, omv and actual cost of such trip.
. never could have believed that perso
,ould be carried over the ROAD from nei
to Boston at cost OF only ~ cemu
There were four OF US in the car. IN
railroads would better wake up 10 III