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Show MOTOR MOTIONS Though marred by the unfortunate controversy contro-versy over the free-for-all event, for which the Samuel Newhouse Cup was the trophy, last Saturday's Satur-day's hill-climbing was one of the best events of its kind local motor enthusiasts have had the opportunity op-portunity of attending since automobiling as a sport became at all popular here. It is to be regretted that the Apperson car made such a poor showing in the hands of a man who succeeded in putting a competing car over tho course in several seconds less time. A racing diiver named Seifert drove both cars, and W. Cheesman, owner of the Apperson, protested the awarding of the trophy to the other car on the .ground that Seifert had deliberately held back the Apperson during the run up the hill. Cheesman later retracted from this position, but that fact has tai ed signally to change the miinoaBion among those who witnessed the race, that had the Apperson been driven with the same degree of skill that characterized Se!fert's handling of the winning car in the free-for-all event, there "would have been very little question as to whom the cup should have been awarded it would have been the Apperson. The Flanders, E. M. F., Buick, Ford, Overland, Velle, Studebaker, American, Packard and Thomas Thom-as F yer cars all gave splendid accounts of them-l them-l selves in the various events and classes in which tbey were entered. Particularly is this true of the smaller cars costing $1,600 and under. The D. M. F., entered by the Studebaker Company and driven by Frank Garvin, covered the course In the fast time of 1:46. In event No. 7 for cars costing $2,000 and under, un-der, the Velie 40, entered by the Consolidated Wagon & Machine Co., and the Buick, entered by Dr. J. H. Rob'nson, tied in the fast time of 1:25. The big Studebaker and American cars did some fast work during the afternoon, though, as L. J. Gilmer, general manager of the Utah Motor Car Co., put it, "We only took the hill at about the bame gait the American always takes it, and at the gait it will take it every day in tho year." The best time of tho afternoon was made by the Thomas Flyer, the Vanderbilt Cup racer, driven by W. F. Dodd, which covered the mile in the fast t'rae of 52 2 6 seconds. The meet was made under association rules, and this prevented the usual wrangling over the time records made by the various contestants. The automobile department of Studebaker's is preparing to move into its new quarters on the gvound floor of the new building erected for it at Second South and Second East streets. Several thousand dollars has been spent in the finishing for the show room alone, and when completed it will present a strik'ng and handsome appearance, and will make a splendid home for the various lines of Studebaker cars that will be housed Inere. Barnett & Karr report an unusual' y active enquiry en-quiry on tr 1911 line of Locomobiles. For eleven years tht ocomobilo Company has been advertising adver-tising its product as "the best built car in America," Amer-ica," and in that time they have unquestionably H ' evolved one of the highest grade automobiles H manufactured, and the 1911 model embraces some m decidedly original and advantageous features, (h Hr' j The Utah Motor Car Company is now iufy in- Hi stalled in its new home on the ground floor of Hi the Moyle building, on State street. This com- H pany has completed the arranging of its motor car H supply and accessory department, and the great, H' high-ceilinged show room presents a handsome H and rich appearance. The marble finishing H and baseboards are being put in, and when the H company's salesroom is lighted at night it pre- H sents a striking and beautiful aspect. H "We are experiencing a most unusual demand H on our Packard line of 1911 cars," declared Gen- H p eral Manager Gilmer. The fore-door idea adopted H J. I by the Packard people is proving very popular. L |
