The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-27
Automobile News

Europe's war zone is being invaded I to secure famous racing pilots of for eeign Nationality who are worthy toa go against the formidable list of cracks who already have mounts for the Vincent Astor Cup race. Some of the contendeEs in this event which will be the opening race at the new Sheepshead Bay (New York; Speed way on October 2. have high speed cars that were built abroad. Dari o Resta, although born in Italy, is British subject and has French Peugeot as /his mount. Ralph De Palma, who is Italian born but an American citizen, will De at tI1exwheel of a German Mercedes. and Barney OldheId has imported a French De-. 1age for the great 350-n1ile speed classic.
 what Everard Thompson is seek ing, however, are cracks of foreign reputation as pilots of several famous nish the distinctive sipternationaI ele-f m rents that were so conspicuous in the early races for the Vanderbilt and the Grand Prize trophies. Not at all daanted, however, by the fact that the war Is keeping4the foreign stars at home,x he has made a direct appeal | to the French war office to grant some of the drivers a sufficiently long fur tough from the front to participate in the AstoE Cup race.
 ! Il approached in the matter through the l kindly interme citation of a member of l the firm Of J. P. Morgan. & Go. Ad- vices from Paris give encouragenent that the appeal has not been alto gether in vain Bearing in mind the generosity of Americans in the matter of the founding and support of hos lNpita1s for the wounded, and not un- 1 mindful of the material value the re- tention of the prestige of French cars
 will be to his country,s automobile industry after the war; the minister of 1 war is said to be inclined to release certain drivers. Word has come that iReue Thomas and the noted BabIot
 have received permission for asleave of absence in order to compete. Then l this pair France has no more famous speed pilotss Thomas won the Hndian-
 apoIis race in 1914 Bablot made
 much of his reputation in the Targa 1 F1orio, the Grand Prix of the Auto
 mobile Club of France and string of I other innportant foreign races.
 4 Manager Thompson says he will I have no difficulty in securing for them l mounts on fast cars Of foreign makes already bought on which options have i been secured by wealthy New Workers
 and others who propose entering the I racing game. P0rporato, of the Ital- I ian army who finished second in the s Chicago Derby on a Sunbeam, is still ! in this country.
 I Among the Eur opean racing cracks
 of more recent years who are most 1 anxious to come over and who prob ably will receive furlougfs are Jules 1 Golx, who won the 1913 Indianapolis 4 50O-rniIe race in a Peugeot and who 1 now is driving a car at the front for IGeneral Joffre. and Georges Boi1let. I victor in the French Grand Prix of l1912. who when last heard from, was #yengaged i1E planting mines, a thing he considers decidedly more danger solls than race driving,
 Trucks in FaFfA Service.
 Economic marketing of farm pro- l ducts is one of the big questions which l is being considered by agriculturists l throughout the country. The high l cost Eof delivering grain, hay, fruit,
 milk, vegetables and other products
 of the farm to the city anrkets, of course, increases the cost to the ulti-
 mate consumer. Delivery costs have
 been decreased in many localities by substituting motor trucks for teams, land according to reports, hundreds of
 farmers will become owners of motor T trucks during the ensuing year. In
 many localities farmers are forming
 associations having for their purpose
 the solving of the marketing prob 1 lem. These cooperative clubs are Icomposed of several owners. of farms who in many instances do not have Fl sufficient work to keep one motor plenty of work if the motor truck
 does the marketing for all the clubs
 members.
 The driver of the truck is paid by
 the association and the cost of oper- 1 atiOn of the truck is divided among
 the farmers. Tn most instances farm
 CTS have beent enabled to do thei1 farm work with less horses by join ing a co-operative association whicf .I had a motor truck. And the avera g cost to the, members of the associa-
 tfoas. after the initial cost of the mo