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Show Interest of the government In the National Motorcycle Gaoollno Conservation Conser-vation trails to be held this month, while unofflclal, is eyldenced, nevertheless, never-theless, by the fact that Captain F. O. Hecox, of tha Motorcycle Division Engineering.. Department,.... Quartermaster's Quarter-master's Corps, will act as chairman ot tho board of Judges who will check up resclts of tbe,tralls and make final awards of medels to wlnnlrig"riders and ot trophy cups to the winning clubs. Cap't. Hecox Is the official representative represen-tative of the United States Army on the Liberty motorcyclo board which motorcycle, which Is to bo the standard stand-ard American army motorcycle. Conservation of gasoline is a matter mat-ter ot profound importance to the government authorities at the present time, and tt is a matter In whlcr all (automobile and motorcycle drivers are Inteested as well. A demonstration demonstra-tion wherelnlt can be shown that any type of gasollnepopelled vehicle will no doubt have considerable weight In wltholdlng drastic action by the government gov-ernment to control gasoline consumption1. consump-tion1. It Is notewhorthy that because of Its economy in gasoline consumption and general upkeep cost the motor is coming into more general use for messenger sevlce, llgrt delivery work, ordinary travl and touring. Facts In regard to these economical features of the motorcycle are not generally known, and one purpose In holding the forthcoming gasoline economy trials is to establish de-flnate de-flnate data covering economy and fix the facts In the public mind. Continued Con-tinued freedom in gasoline consumption consump-tion depends upon intelligent conservation con-servation by all csers, la spite of stories sent out by Interested parties that production Is normal and no shortage Is in sight. ' It os probable that some spectacular spectacu-lar records will be made In the National Nat-ional Gasoline Conservation trails, but any effort to mnke records at the expense of consistency In perfoim-ance perfoim-ance will be forestalled by the enforcement en-forcement of the very rigid rules governing equipment. The machines mach-ines In all classes must be absolutely stock models. The committee ot the Motorcycle and .Allied Trades Association having hav-ing charge of the trails reportswide-' spread Interest In this, the First An-, nual Motorcycle Gasoline test. Every state will be represented by at least one trial, and many will have more.' In fact, three states alone have reg-. istered 16 trials to date. More will be held without any doubt. Gold, silver, and bronze medals will be awarded by the Federation ot American Motorcyclists to riders making the best performances in each local contest. Handsome silver honor trophies will be presented to the three motorcycle clubs having the largest entry lists in the trials. |