Show f ACING 18 t Nothing New Can Cani i arned r b by Ope Operating Opet- Opet at ing Fast Cars Cais 1 I AUTOMOBILE BILE TION 1 TO IO AC ACT ACTS j I S e American Amean St Stcl ck to E European StocK j Machine I I J. J HASKIN L it uis' uis i gred d that aut automobile m bi e Bring ri ini i t the earlier of the th it jet industry hada had Tery import import- linee nc oJ on ear eu designing it g and nd le lent t ito th engineer in f sent high t type bir are Me those who believe tj p pf of f ra ring racing ing i is pat past They t t. the lessons t n j acing e u g contests already r kirn d. d They therefore it ment to take auto auto- I 1 list 0 of contests eT b i sanction of the theBe theof Be t tion of Am ca i d 11 d are be bc Jr 6 ho officials o of ol the A A. A st bg flat bat the B association troi roi o contests contests' in in he the th Jt its entire Hir q the promotion notion of ot endurance good roads et t. Zi 1 Already Y many of the tho nobile obile manufacturers na havo bavo o rac racing JI game They I i interest terest rest in in racing is IS on Oh t. t at it t t servo servo a po poso in iD tJi the automobile automobiles f s iO of f the tbd older rs r. out J it at ot Itoe the big bigand of roars and aDd others t ik recently o on-a on one i d it in iJ 1 m tho Mc-cB Mc et aib cat caTi ar arn n Dany lon flonor r l 1 p IO MX i c n lu t no mor CX u Superior hirer Declared l that the work v-ork of build build- g eat ears i is iO of a nature as nii entire building b RYS- RYS b e Jaet rJ p producing such ma ma- m ni manufacturers a continuation ati n o of automo- automo that the cont contests of ofer er demonstrated that A n stock car caris is tb average European an stock ff ff jf the tha European manufacturer maDl advantage 1 at a 11 JJ over o the tho A r. r S i it it- itis is only in the a I. of ot high ed monsters H macce o ba not Dot ot the ti upon upon the question of ofil il II o of the tho ordinary road car ho advocate the of leclare J e that a J. slight change in iu iua t oD a of stock cars car for rolia rotia luaL and other endurance eon con on d be They assert that pre nt of T. T rl t are such u h as aa t to th leave no jo io in th the minds of the we well in in- t. t bat at t. t the cars purporting to Ue e eTI r TI l are uch on OD the other band Ire r Ta many who wio are not so well wen wenand and Vid nd who doubt whether the thc j to tn be he sto stock l 13 rare r-ars rs are arc in ord order to overcome o thi j doubt douht rud that hat In the future a corn com the h A A. A A. A A. A shall visit isit un un- a. a t toe the e al salesrooms of th the various ear int inthe e various cities nd md t efrom the stock cars ars 1 to in the reliability k i Rights f t ot of a 3 manufacturer to t a JP a K en ive n c tar car r. r is a stock car t t ref limited b by the A. A by the recent experience Lt e rec factories 5 This facA facets fac- fac ets t that at at certain of its cars ars P Pot A reliability run were iere ere When rhen th fen these e cars car en en- era orn t ts to the tho effect Continued o on pare page 2 ABOLITION OF RACING PACING IS I FAVORED Continued from page pago 1 that tat they were stock ca cars ars were were- made They came ame out of the contest cst with a afine fine r record ord and ana the manufacturers advertised ad iid them as se stock cars When the attention attention atten atten- the matter was Vas brought to tion of the A. A A. A A A. they decided to suspend the manufacturer from membership morn memo in fu the tho association for a number of months It was Vas was held hold b by the association association asso asso- that that while the manufacturer cr had iia sworn that these cars wore were stock stockcars stockcars stockcars cars the contest board had n not t g gone ne into the matter matter of of checking up their affidavits and that the cars were not entitled to be called stock cars except Et on n certificate of the board From this nils It ft will mIl be seen that when sworn statements statements state state- ments are rejected the rules of the A. A A. A A. A are arc very strick etrick in guarding the tho public ag against mis misrepresentation of any tar car For years the annual Glidden tour has been one of the tho road classics of tho the automobile world It has now been decided by bytho tho A. A A. A A. A th that t this annual annual an an- nual tour is too important an aD event to tobe tobe be sponsored by by any anyone one man even ovon under the supervision of the tion f T Therefore a new trop trophy has been provided and the tour wh which ch heretofore heretofore hereto hereto- fore has bon been known as the Glidden tour will become the A. A A. A A. A tour However Howe tho the Gliddon trophy will continue continue con con- to pass Jass in these contests but it will be bo subordinate to the thi main trophy donated by boY the the- association itself It is almost certain that this years year's run will be to New New- Orleans New to although there ate te ie five cities contesting cities contesting f for r the honor honorof of b being jn th the point of tho tour Question Over Prizes There jis lis speculation at this timo as will become of the tho grand prize md und Vanderbilt Va cup r races The Tue cit city of 01 Savannah n h is is' s to to- tobe be beill bein ill in th j fold nold for cup races in in the thc future rc It cost about l last st fall fail to to hold bold these thebe two great reat cv events C nt and und the n-lin n minor r events connected with thorn thom The expenses ex ex- of the meeting almost entirely consumed the the- receipts both from entrance entrance en en- trance fees and admissions Those rhose wh wb oppose tho the abolition of the tho racing game garrto point to the tho experience of France 8 Several years ago the FrencH manufacturers rs' rs concluded that they did dd not hot need to undergo the tho expense or ol of preparing preparing pre pre- paring paring- for cup cup races races nor the tho troubles of making exhibits at national shows he result was that there thero have been boen no shows or national cup races in France Franco during tho the past few years earB Ho this year lar a grand prize race raco will bo be held About t the thc time Urn t that ut France abandoned the tho sha show show- and the tho racing ame aino En England land broll brought ht out her big olympic sho show and the result was that business seemed to go to the En English manufacturer instead of to his French competitor The advocates of automo bil bile racing and ancl of al automobile tom bilo shows declare de de- de clare glare that their abandonment in France was as as the cause of the tho ascendancy v of the English Engish mm manufacturer over oer the French An effort is being m made de in many man quae tors to have havo the tha contest t board of the A. A A. A A. A presided over o b by a permanent chairman It is is pointed out that theoffice the tho office is one which entails much work worlo requires a a. man of unusual tact as aswell aswell well wen as unusual executive c ability The selection of or a a. permanent chairman would enable tho the association it jt is isas aa- aa sorted to secure the type of man who would Jr give ve to 10 the tho contest work of the association a a. standing and authority which would be helpful both to the association association as as- and to the tho automobile using public That there is plenty pf wet work ork I for or the contest board to do is is' is revealed rc by the fact that some Bome thirty applications applies applies- lions for dates datas for holding important durin during the present year have havo been filed tiled Some of these may never ne be 18 held but the larger number of thorn thornwill thornwill will mIl be bet and the contest board must be bo responsible for each one Electrics for Suburbanites A sustained effort is being beinE made by the he manufacturers of electric pleasure cars to demonstrate tho the utility of the electric c car r in suburban terr tor A number of runs havo have been made in various va Ta va- va jious zious parts of tho the count country open to electrio electrio electrio elec elec- trio cars and of varying len lengths Some Sonie of these these classes lasses classes are aro open only to wom women n drivers While it h has 8 been c n found that M aa a rule a-rule rule women wOhlen are slower drivers ers than men and aud also aha that they are seldom able ablo to V DO a good performance record on the other ha hands they y have demonstrated that the they are amply able to handle an tn electric car with credit to themselves cs In Tn making sociability and other reHa re TD ie- ie Ha liability runs run amus amusing n situation sometimes arise Not long agO ago aco a run ran runas was vas held hold in New York City Citro fh Tho rho wind win W waa g blowing vin lo a gale ealo and th tim tho confetti which the tho car eRr strewed along tho the route was wag blown aW away Th The Tho result was that no two cars in the on en tiro list of entrants roa reached the destin tion over the route laid out Some o ot of them got ot lost loat completely The test ha had to to- ho be pronounced a no no run Ono of the tho favorite winter sports o of Automobilists in tho colder coldor sections o of Jho cou country 1 is is Ii to raCe raco their machines machine on oa the ice iee One One- big it automobile manu mann plant i ia is located in the Hudson river valley When the Hudson i is frozen over o th the testers take their cars car out ut on all tho the ice ice and enter into all an sorts sort of freak contests contesti Sometimes these c con eon n. n t tests take th the form of racing against west shore New H H. or York Central express ex ox- press train At Af other times tho tc test l sr enjoy skidding contests running their cars cors at top speed and then cans cans- ing them th to skid kid Oftentimes n a ca car s will spin around like a n whirligig i three or times before it is ill stopped Upon one one- occasion during the tho I pa at atI I w winter there were added a contest with wit i an a aeroplane faud another with ice ioe ic S iS yachts Tho whole contest has been a tIta staged ed solely l J or r tho the benefit of a a. movin moving picture film mm producer and during th the S pi present sent sprint spring spring people all aU over the world worl juay see the ice bound Hudson with it its S unique motor contests Not only aro are speed peed and endurance 0 contests held for pleasure cars ears b but t tb the a motor truck is is now comin coming in for it its 8 share of trials trial R Recently one of at tho Ui 0 bi big motor truck manufacturing con cos concerns on cerns corns put one ono of its cars on a two week contest that is the machine ma machine machine chine was kept kert in iu delivery cr service da day y yand and arid ni night night- ht I It ran miles mites durin during th tho a time made trips and 1284 delivery deliver V stops Durin During thi this time it carried a at al Ii I sorts of freight and express in tho the cit city y yand and in the suburbs Tho The United Stat States s army is no ow engaged en cx I. I a ed in trying trin out the motor truck fo for r army transportation purposes In Ui the e elate lato late winter it sent soot out several trucks truck 5 from Washington top to middle western wester 0 cities carrying normal loads and rqn- rqn rix I. I nin ning under test co conditions The per per- r- r of at tho the army trucks truck have t to 0 date been gratifying to arm army men an anc d I it is probable th that t the bulk of th the e wagon trains of the future will wilt eon cot I. I I lists of auto trucks rather than of r ve I- I bides drawn b by t the e patient and faith faith- 1 I firmy mule I I It Monday AUTOMOBILES J I X On On the Farm Parm |