The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-18
AMERICAN ENTRIES IN
RACES MUST BE- FAST
Choice Foreign Opposition to Be
Met Saturday in the
Vanderbilt Cup.
LOCAL INTEREST Is KEEN
New Workers Represented Us
Drivers and Owners
Other Notes.

Local interest 10 keen In the Vanderbilt
cup race at Santa Monica next Saturday.
not alone because the race originated ON
Long Island and often has been run In
this district but because there are several
drivers Of caU that are we'll known here.
There arc three cars entered by New
Workers.. One Of them Ia the Mercedes
Ralph de Palma will drive which belongs
TO L. J. Schroeder, although IL is entered
In DE Palma's name. This car, DE Paiml
UP. won the 1912 Vanderbilt. The Others
are the IL hour record Sunbeam and
tho Isotta entered by William Ziegler.
Jr. Of New York city. j. u. Marquis. a
New York lad, will drive the British car.
He WAS once Lewis Strangs mechanic.
Harry Grant. the winner OF two Wander
bilt cup races. pilots the Italian racer.
Spencer Wishart. another New Yorl,
lad. will drive one Mercer and Edward
Pullen and Barney Oldheld the two
otherA Earl Cooper. the leading driver OF
1913. has one Suits and Gil Anderson
the other. 1nasmuch As tho DelaSe car
with which Bablot won the Grand Prix
race at lie Mans u another starter. :.
can be seen that the defence Of American
thrust upon the Mercer and Stuts cars.
as they are apparently the speediest OF
the American made machines.
Besides tho nine cars that have been
named there are seven others entered-two
Masons, n Flat. an Apperson. Marmon,
a Touraine and an Alec. Dave Lewis
drives one VI the Masons This II q good
entry list. the more 10 that there was
little time TO arrange the details OF this
meet.
Rober. Edeson. the actor. IL having =
garage built for him at sag Harbor which
when finished will be worth. with con-
tents, $4,000. He has a new six cylinder
car which he calls the Long Green.
Partridge, Clark 4 Kerrigan. who will
represent the Briscoe. Lewis and Premier
cars In this district. will have their place
OF business ut .3?.24l West Ftfty-sixth
street, which Is occupied at present by the
Kelly Springfield Motor Truck Company
branch. Fred G. Genge. manager Of the
Kelly Springfield branch. said yesterday
he had not made arrangements for an
other place and was seeking one where
service accommodations would be ade-
Quate. At present the elevator isn't wide
enough or the entrance high enough for
his biggest trucks.
The Brscoe show chassis which Was at
Chicago Will be at the New York store
for a few days before the Newark show.
which opens next Saturday. After the
Boston show ends Il comes back here
again. Partridge. Clark 4 Kerr!gan have
specified Ajax tires not only for their
Briscoe cars but for the Lewis and Pre-
mier cars they order too.
HVry S. Houpt's four cylinder Lozier
demonet traitor got into town ahead Of Its
scheduled appearance. II was on the floor
OF his salesroom at Broadway and Fifty
sixth street yesterday and will be II very
busy car In few days.
Leroy A. Van Patten. local dealer in
the saxon car. got Il wire yesterday from
the factory IN Detroit recording the fac,
that the first complete chassis had come
through or February l6. This il re-
markable because last October. when the
production plans were laid out. February
10 was picked AS the day for Just this
thing.
Fred l.. Moskovics. commercial man
aver OF the Marmon factory. and Howard
Wagner. Wholesale manager Tor the East
ern district were with Frank u. Carrie
the local manager. yesterday UP at the
new Marnon branch AT 1855 Broadway
Renovating and alteration work Is going
on and II will be some days before the
store is ready for the display Of the new
models.