San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-11
Sales and Attendance This
Year Exceed All Ex-
pectations.
WILL CLOSE SUNDAY
Only One Day Left in
Which to View Exhibits
at St. Anthony.

tomobile Show at the St Anthony
have only one more day in which to
do 20. Sunday night will mark the
cloee Of tho shcw, which has becn
pronounced By all who have seen 1t as
lie most beautiful display Of motor
cars ever made Ill this city.
Friday night was Rotary a:I HI
vsnis Gu rs Night at the show. Many
i s,nbers of these Two organizations
were among the crowds which
thronged the st. Anthony during the
event. Saturday night was Sales
manship and Lions Clubs Night
Forty-four beautiful models are dis
played at lie show by twe,ty-four
San Antonio dealers. They include
everything IRON the jOur-cyliEder light
weight car selling al less tHal 500
to the luxurious eikht-cylinder liWou7
cine costing $4,000. Those who are
in the loarket for moderate priced cars
will find q wide var ETY. from which.
to choose. The same applies to the
higher price field. In fact, there is a
chr to nit every taste and every
pocketb1ok.
Exhibits Are Replaced.
AUTOMOBILES exhibited during the
carly part of the week were replaced
Thursday morning With entire.y diff
ferent models, thus maSins practically
a new show, insofar as exhibits are
concerned. The st. Anthony with the
shining cars and beautiful decora-
tons, presents a scene OF brilliance
seldom seen in San Antonio. Peacock
Alley, the ball room and the tapestry
room, where the cars are exhibited
are attractively decorated in southern
smilax, the beauty of which is en-
HANGED by hundreds of electric lights.
A feature of the 1923 show is the
popularity of sport models. Nearly
every sport model exhibited on the
floors of the show has found a ready
buyer. The sport car, with its trim
lines and gay colors, seems to have an
almost irresistible appeal to many peo'
pie. On the other hand, there. are
many who prefer the enclosed type OF
car. More enclosed cars are being
sold than at any time in the history
of the automobile industry.
1t has been predicted by some manu-
facturers that the enclosed car is des
tined to enjoy an even greater degree
of popularity than the open touring
type. Yet this prediction does not
seem to be entirely justified in face
of the great popularity of the sport
model, which is strictly of the open
type Of design. However, several
manufacturers, such as Hudson and
Essex, are producing more enclosed
cars now than of the open type. Hud'
son and Essex have done much to
popularize the enclosed car by bring
ing out what is known as the coach
which is very little higher in price
than the open models.
Outlook Is Bright.
Local automobile dealers have every
reason to feel encouraged. Sales al
the show this year have set record
This would indicate that automobile
buying is really just beginning and
that 1923 will be a banner year fol-
the dealer.
In anticipation Of an unusually
prosperous year, several Of the loca
dealers are charging their facilities
Henry Fl. Bryant of the San Antonio
Buick Company recently announced
plans for the erection Of a three-story
building for Buick at Avenue g ant
Fourth street. The Smith Motor
Sales Company soon will occupy it!
new home on Avenue G. The Wroten
Hundley Motor Company recently &C
quired additional space for the dis
play Of Dodge Brothers cars. Thu
home Of the Guarantee Motor Ca
company recently was remodeled ant
enlarged. The GydesoN-Manford Cadil
lac Company has occupied the entir'
building at Romano and Augusts
streets. Several other dealers ar,
making plans for expansion.
1t was not much more than dec
ade ago that all the autoEobilei
owned in San Antonio could be count
ed on ones fingers. Today there ar
more than 10000 cars owned in thi
city. 1t is freely predicted that regis
tration will reach 10000 within
very short time. In few other local.
ties does the automobile owner deriv
such great pleasure from his car as i
San Antonio, where the climate pei
mits motoring almost every day i
the year. Statistics show that neal
ly one-third of the paved highways G
the state are in Bexar county.
The new model Franklin tourin
car exhibited by the Birdsong-Potcl
ernick Company has been sold to Ott
Mecrschidt, vice president Of til
Alamo National bank. This is the Sc
ond Franklin owned by Mr.. Nee
scheidt, the first having been pu
chased in 1915.
The distinction of making ii
%-seGt number of show sales may {
to the Jack Neal Nash Motors Cor
pany. which up TO Saturday noon hs
reported twenty Nash cars sold as
result Of the show. Additional pu
chasers follow: ]. +. Espey. Nash s
N touring; H. f. Hessler, Nash for
touring; Tom West, four-door coup,
Mrs. Charles Fletcher, Nash six tou
ing: DIR. w. f. Hasskarb. four-do
coupe; George Hynes. four-cylind
touring: r. l.. Stuart, six-cylind
sport: +. B. Flores, six-cylind
sport; s. H. Collier, four cylind
roadster; II. A. Cartwright. four c
Under sport: Mrs. s. J. Meyers. 81
cylinder five-passenger Il. Polunsk
six-cylinder sport: Mrs. +. Il. Al
tin. four-door coupe.
Chevrolet purchasers during she
week includes the following: X.
Jefferson. Lieut.. r. l.. Lawrence.
II. Bryant, J. w. Cawthon, NJ.
Rains, Fred Wolfram. Mrs. Ha,
Taylor. Utility coupes have been Sc
10 the Sunset Drug Company, u;
ton Hale and J. G. Bennett.