The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-03-07
GREATEST AUTO SHOW
N HISTORY OF CITY

The NTH annual Richmond Auto
mobile show is now history. At mid
night the lights went out at the Grays'
armory marking the end Of the 1920
exhibition. To the members OF the
Richmond Automobile Trade associa-
ton the show was the most success
full IN the history OF the organization
1t accomplished many things. but pri-
marty more friendly spirit of CO.
operation among the dealers.
The din of klaxons from fifty au
tomobiles and the cheers OF over a
thousand people followed the finale by
the artists and orchestra of the cab
aret to the show committee, closed
the fifth annual show of the Rich
mond Automobile Trade association
last night. Grays' armory will be
closed tomorrow and the movement
will begin Monday. The cars at the
Jefferson hotel will be open to the
public today but they will also be
withdrawn Monday. The show chassis
of the Nash car which did not arrive
In Richmond until too late for the
show viii be on display at the Rish-
mond hotel this week by the White
AUTO service com faEy.
Speaking OF the show as the cleo
trio current was shut off last night.
Chairman ]. a. Kline OF the show
committee said: IT was an unquali-
fed success in every particular. in
point of displays, friendly feeling as
well az in interest and enthusiasm.
The one feature OF it that impresses
me immensely is that the dealers
have come 10 realiza ton that CO.
operation can accomplish that which
individually cannot be done. There
is a more friendly spirit among the
dealers as direct result of the show
and they henceforth viii be more
neighboriy.
MY only regret ia that because of
the limited amount of space avail
able the show committee was unable
TO take care of the large number OF
outside exhibitors who sought TO show
their cars here. However, we felt
that tt was bur the right thing to dc
- take care OF the members of the
trade association first. those men who
had kept the association alive in
other times than show time. We re-
ceived MANY applications for mem
hership in the dealers assoc iation and
1t is safe tospredict that next sprfns
the arrnory building Will not be OF
sufficient size TO hold the annua,
motor car exhibit"
1T was without question this
greatest show in the history Of the
city" was the terse comment Of 4. F
Franklin. another member of the
show committee. The people were
Interested. the crowd enthusiast
and more good will come OF the an
uual show than any formerly held.
{voy he fact that
of~the people who attended this years
show were prosperous and had money
in their pockets to. buy cars From
a dealer standpoint the show was
very successful resulting In the book
ing OF many substantial orders. ] an
sure that every member of the show
committee feels that the show was
the biggest success in the history q:
the Richmond Automobile Trade as
ISOLATION"
Well. 7 have seen few Of them
in Richmond, but nothing TO compare
with this one" said r. A. Blenner, this
pioneer dealer Of Richmond and q
rnprr, Der of the show committee. The
people were interested far aeE0no
anything that h+s+.a-e2er known and
their interest Was Of such q nature
that will result in many orders be
ing placed Dealers were here from
this and adjoining states again en-
phasigiag the fact that Richmond il
fast becoming the leading automobile
distributing point in the South"
4 Drummer OF Newark y. j., guest
az the Kline kar Sales company. de-
clares the decorations and interest
shown in the Richmond show was
u.ore pronounced than any show rs
has attended this season, and that
includes both the New York and Chi
cago shows.
This show brought a greater mum
her Of BUYERS 10 Richmond than any
show within my experience" was tbs
way n. H. Rawlings, a member Of the
show committee summed up the sit
uat{on last night. Dealers camC
from the northern and southern part:
Of the state ard from South Carolina
and West Virginia. They manifested
a keen interest in the displays and
gree tly enjoyed the excellent enter
tainrnent features offered. thy wers
far better than any previously shown
here and only ia vorabie comrnen'
was heard The show viii result n
increased business for Richmond.
know Of one firm that booked orders
for s3s. 600 sales TO say nothing of the
INQUIRIES now on hand. that will result
in additional business. The show was
complies In every detail and 1t is gen
orally agreed II was equal to those
held in the larger cities although Tho
displays were less in number