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MONROE IN FINE RUN
SHOWS STURDINESS
Makes Trip in Hard Going to
Buffalo in - Hours and
II Minutes.

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MERCER SHOWS HIGH SPEED.
Won RbOO for It's Amateur
Driver.

What IL perhaps the largest wager
made on the performance Of a stock car
since the early days Of the industry was
won a few days ago by George II. Ben
tel. California distributor for the Mercer
Recently a New York Mcrcer owner who
was spending a short time In California
made the assertion that the stock mod
els would make "a speed Of 30 miles an
hour or better.
He was talking TO several owners OF
other cars. They doubte his claims for
the Mercer. and the argument grew 50
heated that the money talks" stage was
reached $500 q side was Immediately
posted, and then Bentel was appealed to
\ stock 22-72 Mercer raceabout had
Just been received from the factory IN
Trenton, n. j.. and Bentel expressed his
willingness TO back up the claims of any
enthusiastic Mercer booster. regardless
Of where he hailed from. A guarded mile
stretch on the National Boulevard was
chosen for tho test. and several spec:a-
tors, including Joe Waddell. brother of
the A. a. A. representative. and a score
OF newspaperrnen were present.
Waddell acted al official observer. rid
ing with Bentel on The trial. He re-
ported n speed OF % miles an hour. Then
to make 1t doubly sure, Taylor McDou-
gal, the stakeholder. rode with Rentcl,
and again the speedomeer needle showed
better than 30 miles an hour.
At the time the trial was made the
car carried lamps, tenders and two en-
ira wheels and tires.
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TO HOLD OPEN REGATTA.
X ntckerbocker Yacht Club VIII De
Host on Saturday.

TIL. annual regatta OF the Knicker-
booker Yacht Club will he sailed next
Saturday afternoon on the Sound The
starting and finishing line will he M
the black Il red spa buoy 20 'he
nortnward and eastward Of Execution
light. The regatta is an open one for
Yachts so feet and under. The New
York zach, Club so footers will he
started first AT . o'clock and tho 20
foo,ers follow Ave minutes later. These
two classes will sail a course OF Il
miles. the outer mark being on Green
wicl, Point The other classes. which
will sail shorter courses. will follow AZ
intervals Of i've minutes.
Entries for this regatta will close next
Friday with o. II. Chellborg, chairman
OF the committee, at I broadway. Mr.
C~liellborg's associates on the committee
are Harry Stephenson. II. T. Dusinberre
and j. O. Sinkinson. The steaner Com.
,nander has been chartered for the use
of club members. 1t will leave College
Point at II 10 and Port Washington at
- is o'clock.
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A new King eight gave an Interesting
account Of itself last week when II made
a run Of 600 miles through the mud in
high gear with a full load Of seven pas
senge4s. The gear lever was entirely re-
moved and gear set and direrential
sealed. Tho car was taken from the
showroom floor for It's trip. The weight
Of the passengers was 1870 pounds.
The route was from Providence. Y. l.,
through Worcester. over Jacobs Ladder
to Lenox and thence to Albany and
Poughkeepsie and down the river to this
city. and thence by the shore route back
70 Providence. II rained during most OF
tho trip and many OF the country roads
were little more han bogs. but the car
came through in fine style. finding no
obstacles that II could not overcome.
When a prospect told A. +. Justin.
sales manager Of the Longley Motor Sales
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and lost notion. Since there IL
plenty Of room in the housing for q lu-
bricant this may be packed with sum-
cient grease TO run for a long time.
much lubricant will not work any
injury. but not enough will aus ex-
cessive yea and also very dificult steer
ing. As the gears wear. adjustments
must be made to prevent lost motion
at the steering wheel. Usually there
are eccentric bushings which will permit
bringing he two gears closer in mesh
and likewise an adjusting U such as
shown at n to adjust for veal Of the
thrust bearings. Sometimes the steering
head arm will work loose where It Is
attached to the square arm shaft @.
Likewise. the steering wheel may work
loose at the point where It Is at
tached to Tho post. Considering the
various strains to which these parts are
subjected under all driving conditions,
one should not wonder that these parts
need careful attention.
The front axle assembly which is
shown in the chart is that Of a standard
design. The axle proper IL firmly set in
position at right angles to the frame and
anchored to the front springs. This ram
not move when the spring shackles are
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Company Of Providence. r. l.. that he
was claiming too much for the high gear
ability Of the King eight, the latter said /:
I'll seal that car in high and take
you and five Others for a 600 mile trip.
rain or shine. from here to Albany and
then TO New York and back here again.
And we'll leave at . 40 tomorrow morn
ing
ITS considerable OF n demonstration
to require of a dealer replied the pros
pect. but | wish you would show me.
I'll buy the car at the finish Of the run
II she can take - fun seven passenger
load over that route
The dealer promptly got his party to-
gethcr and left Providence at 645
o'clock Tuesday morning in a heavy rain.
After the car had easily surmounted the
celebrated Leicester Hin just outside of
worcester n had climbed steadily the
twisting five miles of hard pulling that
brings one to the top OF Jacobs Ladder.
the prospect was sure that the car was
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HARLEM YACHT HANDICAPS.
Ronts VIII sail Their First Race
of Year on Tuesday.

The yachts OF the Handicap Glass
will sail their first race Of the season
in the annual regatta OF the Harlem
Yacht Club on Tuesday. Handicapped
Charles F.. Tower has announced tho
allowances In each division as follows (:
rirs, Divislon-Alcda, j. W. Aiker.
scratch: Anita, q. +. Granbery. ! per cent:
Carolina. A. w. Lockwood. and Wasaka.
". /" Coursen. 3 per cent. each; Alert.
II. y Budd, 4 per cent; Sonora. W. II.
Farrell. 6ia per cent.
second Divi,ionnsally IL 4 f. Black.
cent: Red Wing. 2 per cent veda, "a
per cent, Ariel. T. Price. . per cent:
Kenmuir, V. i. Krauss. 5E per cent, t.
sentana, II. l.. Stone, and Mediator. J l.,
Mitchell. : per cent, each; Coot, Il Wen
nemer. ia per cent. Clare. r. c. Pfeiner.
s per cent.
Third Division-Natoma, T g. Clark.
scratch; Robin Hood Ill. g. F.. Garland.
and Twinkle, $ G Hunte,; per cent:
Firehy. T. $. Foster. SIS per cent.
Fourth Division-Ogeemah,- u. psaly.
Jr.. scratch: Sloita, Daniel Bacon. I per
cent; Chloe. Toward Parker. 6 per cent.
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D-Steering head arm.
E|Steering head arm bali.
fostering knuckle arm ball.

gears OF the worm type are used. one
securely fastened to the steering post,
such as Is shown az Il, the other Sc
curely fastened to a cross shaft. A
substantial housing holds the gears in
position II also forms the anchorage
for the head on the chassis frame.
Gear A is firmly attached to cross Il
shaft. the square end extension Of which
is shown At q. To his is fastened tac
steering head arm II When the steer
ing wheel IL moved 10 tho left or right
the steering worm y turns the worm
gear A. In this name tho stecr'ra
head arm is moved as desired. both
gears work IN lubricant. &" reduce frt"-
ton and wear. Likewise, thrust bear
ings such as show al g are installed
where needed to permit ease of control.
on" should note the nccessit!
FOR an occasional inspection of the
steering head, both for fabrication
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sion arm with bail end. such 10 shown
at F. This arm 10 connected to the
steering head arm, which also has a ball
end as shown at f. A drag bar with
adjustable ball sockets connects T. and
F. Since the steering knuckle arm r
and steering head arm T. must function
at different angles, due to mo- spring ac-
ton and throw Of tho wheels. adjust
able ball sockets permitting universal
action are necessary. The tie bar con-
Meeting tho two knuckle arms works in
alignment and therefore does not re-
quire this construction. However, the
pins X are carefully pushed and lubri-
Gated with grease cups to reduce frlc-
ton.
At point J 10 shown the adjustment
for this tie bar. which when heightened
or shortened will throw the wheels In
or out Of parallel.
Any misalignment OF the front wheels
not only causes dificult steering and
control Of the car. but also unnecessary
tire wear. This may be avoided by
maintaining the wheels In alignment.
Care should be taken TO note hat both
the steering knuckle arms are set at
the proper angle. For instance. II the
distance NJ Is not equal one cannot
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going to belong to him at the end Of N,

going to belong to him at the end Of n.
trip.
All the hills in the Lenox section c,r.
easy toe despite the steady rain and ~
mud, and the party arrived at ALBANY e,
I y. NJ. and then went on to Poughke..
sic for the night. !, had rained all day
and 1t continued to rain all night. making
the roads still worse for the drive dow 4
he river.
Although the car was AZ times in nui
a foot deep 1t ploughed steadily on 20.
next morning. and arrived at tho SHOW
room of the A. Elliott i,snney company
at 10 AS O'Clock. where ARENAS Wsrq.
Jr.. president Of the King Motor C.s
Company. and Samuel g. Toback, pre- .
dent OF the local company, received to
party,
The last lap from New York n Pm,
dence was made without m,shap. ana ,ts
first long distance high gear test wifi A
full seven passenger load wae broush, e,
a successful end.
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G-Eitension shsft Of worm gear.
H-AdJusting nut.
J-Adjustment for knuckle tie bar.

securely fastened. A. each end Of the
axle are shown steering knuckles on
which the wheels are fastened and ro-
tate. To the right IL shown a cross
section Of the wheel VI giving an idea
as to the construction.
While different types Of wheel bear
ings may be used. nevertheless there are
usually two. one inside and one outside.
to supper the weight II reduce frr-
tinn of the wheel IN turning. These are
held In position by lock nuts and lubrl-
Gated by grease from the huh cap. which
must hc filled from time to time.
The steering knucklc swings In the
woke OF tho axle upon a knuckl" pivot
pin. which IL careful" pushed and III
brica.ed from grease cups, These steer
ing knucklcs each have extension arms
II the car Ia controlled from the left
hand side. the steering knuckle arm at
the left will have an additional extern
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k-Knuckle tie bar pins.
M-O6set 10 knuckle Arms.

cXpec: the wheels 10 run true This
would be particularly noticeable In turn
ing, bccsu> the throw OF the wheels
would not be the same and they would
not describe concentric circles. The
constant sliding of one or the other
tire would soon destroy the tread. From
the steering wheel to the knuckle proper
arc many connections subjected TO wear
The cumulative wear At all these con
ncctioIs will represent considerable lost
motion on the steering wheel. There.
fore. II is necessary to see that each
point subjected to wear Is sufficiently
'uhri"a'"d and ais" protected a. mr"h
as Ju,sihl" from grit. Frequent ir-
s%p"c,Ion and adjustment Mil not only
reduce the wear to A minimum. hut also
afford much easier control and the pleas.
ure Of driving.
copyright BY William n. sterort. ~
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cancellations resulting from our recent
strike. The percentSg" Is small, Amos,
nothing. In fact. In only a few isolated
instances have our purchasers decided
that they could not wait.
Nearly all those who placed orders
are holding of until We can deliver, even
though tho delay involves "A considerable
inconvenience to themselves. They want
our car. that's the answer.
We are sorry that conditions have
put us in a position that compels us to
Keep them waiting. but We nevertheless
count II the highest Of compliments for
our product that they can find nothing
else they are willing to substitute for H."
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TEACHING THE OWNER TO
KNOW HIS AUTOMOBILE
Being the Thirteenth of a Series of Practical Articles by
an Expert on the Subject of the
Car and It's Operation.

not running true.
In the chart are shown various MEM
bers entering into the steering control.
When the driver pulls the wheel to the
left or right the wheels will turn to
the left or right. The steering wheel Is
fastened to a steering post which enters
the steering head assembly. This head
is firmly attached to the frame Of the
car. at the left or right side. as the
construction may be. Whether designed
with left or right control does not mat
ter. A simple steering head assembly
IL shown at A, b and C. Usually two
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Hupp Scales Chinese Wall.

A cabiegram from Pekin, China. from
Charles DENLY, Vice president Of the Hum
Motor Car Corporation, announce s the
latest performance of the Hupmobile,
which is noted for its many fcsts all over
the world.
To demonstrate the hill climbing ability
Of the model ~" Hupmoblle. Charles De
Wetts. representative Of the Hupinob'le
agency at Pekin. china, drove one OF the
cars up tho Tartar city wall az Pekin,
carrying fve passengers. This Is the first
time an automobile has ever been driven
TO the top Of the famous Chinese wall.
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MUSIC HATH A BUT
50 Has the Packard Twin Sis ~
viOlinist.

Art Ia long. no doubt. but Mischa H..
man, the famous violin y%irtuoso, has Do.
cided TO remove the sting from the ton.
poral end OF the quotation BY doing =
little Neeting himself. He has just pu..
chased a Packard twin sin it, Ian.
daulet for this purpose. Motoring f. .
trifie less aesthetic than strolliny. is
hars.' he explained, "but il Is uudeniab.'
mote expeditions. Hence. Why uo'
When in Dc:roi, several months ago : $
a concert the viollrist visited tho racka 4
factory and was given his first demo
stration in a twelve cylinder ca II
purchase Is the result.
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We u rather rough roads also. but
from that point on through Batavia TO

buffalo the roads were very good. al
though traffic was quite heavy.
We arrived at a country club auto
mobilc) II miles outside of Buffalo at
20 l.. NJ. Shortly after leaving there
we met with "A little mishap due to a car
ahead suddenly stopping without signal
ing intention of doing 50. We were so
cluse behind that III" tires slid on the
brick pavement and ! had to turn into
IN" ditch without tame 10 pick out a soft
spot TO ight. l~.uclily We had slowed up
sufficiently 10 prevent any serious dan
ger and nothing was harmed by our go
ing into the ditch. We pulled out. looked
the car over. found nothing wrong. So
came on 20 Buffalo. arriving at the Hotel
Stailcr at just . II T. NJ.
This mad" a trip Of ii6 miles in ~
hours and Il minutes. and an average
spe"d of - miles per hour. Taking out
l'hour and - minutes. the time we were
stopped altogether. II made our actual
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YACHTING SEASON
OPENS TUESDAY
Nearly Every Club Will Hold
Regatta on Memorial
Day.
NUMBERS ARE ASSIGNED

TIL yacht racing season will open
next Tuesday in this section. and In
the regattas scheduled for Memorial
Day many Of the new yachts will make
their first appearance. The New York
Yacht Club will have races off Glen
Cove for the spring cups. and the forty
and nifty ~footers will start In these
races. The fort!es are new Herreshof
built yachts and the interest in their
frst contest will be keen. Several have
been tuning up at tho western end of
the Sound and have been hauled out
At Jacobs to get in the best possible
condition.
The Harlem Yacht Club will start its
annual regatta from a line OF Execution
light at noon. This regatta opens the
season on the Sound for all classes. and
points scored count for the Sound cham
pionships. There will be a large fleet Of
starters and efforts are being made to
Induce Addison O. Hsnan to race his
new Glass p yacht. Nahma. against the
Anita, owned by q. +. CRANBERRY. The
other yachts In this class are not yet
ready. but the Oiympian, recently
brought from Chicago by j. w. Alker.
will be ready to start In the Knicker.
booker Yacht Club regatta next Satur-
day.
At Oyster BAY the new Herreshon six.
teen footers will sail a race over the in
eide course in the afternoon. At Green
wtch the indian Hafbor Yacht Club will
have races for the new and old one do.
aSn classes. and II IL possible that some
q the new Stamford yachts will race
With that club al ite opening. On
the lower bay the Atlantic Yacht Gu
Will pen the season with an open
regatta. Two new Class X yachts will
start. and some additions to the star
GLASS afo expected.
The racing In the New Ycrk YAcht
otue> ssgattaS Will b IN the thirty.
fert$ ana dfty foot n design classes.
b thirty footers are now In their
fourth n the forty footers are new.
There are twelve forty ~footers, nine
fifty ~foo,ers. Of which eight are owned
In the New York Yacht Club. and eish-
teen thirty ~footers. ten of which are
owned in the club. There has been
a change OF numbering OF the ffties
since last year. and this year each will
a v the figure five in front of the
numbers they have carried since they
we're launched. so that there will be no
conflict with the yachts of the other
classes. The names. owners and num-
bers Of the various classes follow
Fifty roOters.
E- -sm, { w,I Il s'ei s So.
si-Grsyil,ns. j = S'! MORGAN. Ell"
@SCarolina. George Nichols
S&-Spartan. J. n Ma@ionough.
E-yentura, George y Baker. n
N-Earbara. Harry Payne whitney.
hs--Pleione. +. r, Irwin.
Club.
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Fifty FOOters,
Forty 'rOOters.

l-Black Duck Arthur X Bourne
NDolly Bowen. Alex =. Cochran
e-Jessica, Wilson Marshall.
@katherine, Arthur +. Luke
lMaisie, Henry II. Plant.
NMis'ra,. George ~ pyrcNo-
2 Pamrero, DR.. james H. shop
Pauline, o & Jennings
e-Rowdy. Holland =. DUEL
lNShaw ara. Harold we.son.
u-SQuaw. J.. s. Lawrcnc~.
l3-Zilph. J. Z. Hayes, Jr.
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WAIT FOR PIERCE ARROWS.
strike and Delay 10 Not Shake
C0nAdence.

I'VE have compiled careful statistics"
Gays W.. J. Foss. commercial manager
for the Pierce-Arrow Company. "of the
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y. Y. I-Alera. ! l. Cutler.
y; y; e-Silhoue'te. y II Prentice.
Ny. s-Les Mona. g. u. kulcnk ampR.
y. y. <-Juanita. John +. Pratt.
y. Y. ELENA. OGDEN Mills Reid.
=. y. SPlaymste. =, D. Draper.
y. y. 7--Allce Gherardi DAVIS
-. Y. 'arlita. 5. ". Brown
n. Y. 9-Amorita. =. y. Braglon
y. y. W-Linnett. c. II. Talcott.
y. y. n-Ov'ole. Edmund Fish.
~, Y. le-Okee. ]. q Hammersley
IL. y. 13-Minx. johnston de Forest.
~. y. 1t.-Carmelita. +. T. Calm.
y. Y l5-Banzai, Edmund Lang
n. y. 1s-Sautilus. W BarkIIe Henry.
q. y. li-phrync. N. WilcoSson.
n. Y. lS-Alcrion, +. L. Richards.
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teen FOOters - Sea wa uhRkR
Cori0thian Yacht club.

Anchovy. Francis NJ. Weld
barracuda, Dr. Forest Hick.
Bluefsh. Howard e smith
Bonita. Charles X. Crane
Cod. II. =. Shonnard.
Eel. Cecil r. stewart
Qrunt. Samuel r shaw.
Manatee. Albert Strauss
periw1nkle. Henry r. Hsycs
Pompano. W. II Appleton
porpoise. II. T. Crane, Jr.
Saoalo. A. r. Whitney. Jr
aardine. Bertram q Work
Shark. J. p. Morgan
Shrimp, W. A. " Stewart.
Skate. II. T.. Smith.
Snapper, ". Em.en Roosevelt,
Tarpon. nr. T.. +. Bishop
yolador. Daniel Bacon.
whitehall. Alexander NJ. White
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running time average about AZ miles pc
hour. Dur gasolene consumption NCu-ei
EOS miles TO the gallon.
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Thirty FOOters.

The thirty footers still owned In the
New York Yacht Club are Alera. Sil.
houette. Les Mona. formerly Hope
Juanita. Lena. Alice. formerly Nepsl ::
Onole. MINI Banzai. Nautilus and
Alerion. or the others. the Playmate
10 now a yawl, the Linnctt is in Nova
Scotia and the Carlita has been equipped
With an engine and is an auxiliary. The
names. owners and numbers Of these
YACHTS are:
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Aurclla, James $. Jcnkies.
BILLIE Boy. Ernest q Draper
Calixa. II n Marion,
Cordelle. eager u. Dominick
tawn, Charles u. lockwood.
!Attle Hope, Trying L. Raymond
Peanut, r. e. Noble.
Polly, Douglas l.. Gilman.
Priscilla, =. y. Weber.
eandykit. Mrs. II. II. Oddie.
Virginia. William Zleylev, ".
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~ WILLIAM n. STEWART, JR.,
President stewart Aut0 school.

President stewart Auto school.
The steering assembly is undoubtedly
one OF the most important units Of the
automobile. Upon this depends the life
Of the operator and the occupants Of
the car. While simple In construction.
nevertheless reasonable care and atten-
ton must he given to the various parts
TO take UP the wear and prevent un-
necessary lost motion.
The cause Of many accidents may