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Racing Proves
Crucible of
Auto Perfection
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???sons Learned on Speed
r^ay Factor in Developing
1 Motor Cars, Says Honpt
iThe speedway, the road race and the
jaranee run have been the crucible
r which has come the perfected
i^aobile of to-day? according to a
?Cement by Harry S. Houpt. who has
""Sebeen known as an earnest advocate
*,ttch tests.
!y?Driving a motor at top speed for
?_. an? six continuous hours in a
?Id contest, or sending the car
Sough endurance and reliability runs
aat it to a greater test than five years
if ordinary service and immediately
50W op any weakness which may ex
jjt,? he said.
?When it was announced five years
uo that by the use of an exclusive,
?Seated principle Hudson had in
in*sed the power of the motor by 72
Mrcent without any Increase in size
or the sacrifice of simplicity, skeptics
?wressed a doubt as to whether the
??would stand up under such a strain.
?It was to prove the superior en?
durance which also resulted from the
?sj of this principle that Hudson cars
were entered in speedway events. The
Super-Six was not designed as a racing
?achine. Therefore, it was not put on
the speedway to display mere brute
?peed. It was entered merely to prove
how the patented principle used in the
Super-Six motor resulted in a motor
-ith greater endurance than anything
heretofore known, because the increase
jo power it yielded came from the
minimizing of destructive vibration.
"Pitted against the fastest special
rating machines ever built, many of
them costing from $15,000 to $40,000,
these Super-Sixes made a record which
has never been equaled. But it was a
triumph of endurance over speed, for
more than 60 per cent of the racing
machines against which Hudson has
competed had more speed. What the
Super-Sixes accomplished, therefore,
was due to superior staying powers.
They won out by being able to hold the
terrific pace where other cars with
lea stamina literally were burned up.
In nine championship races during its
lint year on the speedways, out of
twenty-two entries, every Hudson car
except one finished within the money
and a collision forced that one out of
the race."
a
Pfeffer One Maker
Who Does Own Testing
Very few motor car manufacturers
insist on doing the final testing. C. A.
Pfeffer, vice-president of the Saxon
Motor Car Corporation, is one of them.
It is his pride to know personally every
detail of the car he backs.
Testers had made most satisfactory
reports of the new Saxon, and when
they had done everything possible to
the car Mr. Pfeffer told C. L. Fox, sales
manager, he had a real job for him. So
away they started in a new Saxon tour.
ing car drove it 250 miles a day foi
two days, and the picture shows theii
return to the factory.
"The easiest ride we ever had and
. the most enjoyable, for it proved every?
thing we claimed for the car and aided
something to it," said Mr. Pfeffer. "We
headed for one of the concrete stretches
and cut loose. It went from a'few to
forty miles in a flash and then on to
the limit with never a murmur.
"But we didn't stick to pavement.
We headed for the worst going, tried
to kill it, but failed. I have satisfied
myself that it is the greatest car I
have ever slammed down the acceler
stor on.
"It has pulling power to spare. We
never reached the limit in hub deep
?and, and the way it took the steepest
?ills was pure joy to Fox and myself
And, best of all, there was no heating
no side sway, the flexibility of the cai
being a revelation to us.
"Never before have I been able t<
itep into a brand new car and driv,
ft full speed and keep it up. Th<
Searings are as limber as though th<
car had been at it for a year. Mean
while the motor hinted to U3 to asl
for more, but we could not think o:
anything more grueling than the testi
?eput the car to in the 500 miles.
"Every unit did exactly as intended
We were at our limit of punishment
hot the car evidently was not. Look i
trer and see."
Examination showed that every pan
Ju in perefct condition, also that th<
?1 was just as heavy as on the start
Is addition the car had shown 24^4
wies per gallon on this trip, indicating
Jfeneral average in excess of twenty
m miles for the new Saxon.
Nash Outgrows
i Kenosha Plant
Milwaukee Faetory Needed to
Take Care of Four-Cylinder
Production
The introduction of the Nash Four
at the Automobile Show this year,
which follows the announcement some
months ago of the building of a new
plant in Milwaukee by the Nash Mo?
tors Company, is testimony of the
growth of the organization headed by
C. W. Nash. It is a little more than
three' years ago that Mr. Nash took
over the plant at Kenosha and organ?
ized the Nash Motors Company.
In that comparatively short period
the company has outgrown the facili?
ties of the Kenosha factory and for
the manufacture of the new four
cylinder car has been compelled to
build another large plant in Mil?
waukee. The Nash growth is all the
more remarkable when it is remem?
bered that during practically two of
these years the country Was at war
and business conditions were abnor?
mal. The Kenosha factory of the
Nash Motors Company, one of the
largest and best equipped in the au?
tomotive industry, in the second year
under the direction of Mr. Nash and
his associates did a volume of up?
ward of $47,000,000 worth of business.
Its output for the current fiscal yeai
is 40,000 passenger cars and 5,00C
trucks.
.
Moto-Meter Is Coming "
Into Widest Use
The purchase of an eight-story plant
at 15 Wilbur Avenue, Long Island City
by the Moto-Meter Company, Inc., man?
ufacturer of Boyce Moto-Meter, marke
another chapter in the growth and de?
velopment of this business. Severa'
years ago the moto-meter was standard
equipment on only five or six makes ol
automobiles. To-day 151 automotive
manufacturers equip their machinet
with this device, and more than twe
million of them are now in use in the
United States.
The moto-meter was invented bj
Harrison H. Boyce, vice-president attc
general manager of the Moto-Mete:
Company, Inc., and is an ^instrument tc
indicate the temperature of th? mo toi
and to call the attention of the drive]
to any sudden changes. Not only doef
it act as a safeguard against damaginf
the automobile engine because of over
heating, but it is so designed and mad?
that it adds to the lines of the car.
No man can tell when his engine v.
overheating. It is only after it ha?
overheated than you can discover any
thing is wrong. The moto-meter indi
cates approaching engine trouble flf
teen or twenty minutes before you ca?
locate it. By so doing it helps elimi
nate premature wear, burned bearings
scored cylinders and other motor ill
and expenses, big or little. An auto
mobile engine is designed to operat
most efficiently and economically at j
temperature always approaching th
boiling point, but never reaching it
Especially in the correct temperatur
needed properly to vaporize the gaso
line.
As heat is required to vaporize th
gasoline, it can readily be seen tha
the lower the grade of gasoline th
higher the heat is needed to properl;
vaporize it. In cold weather, when ai
engine is running cold, the gasolin
does not vaporize properly, causin;
backfiring, lack of flexibility, loss o
power and poor gasoline mileage. Th
chances are that the average motoris
will blame the carburetor when thes
conditions are apparent, when the ir
Edison was Right
"The Chevrolet * Review" says,
"Thomas A. Edison nearly twenty
five years ago was quoted in 'The
New York World': 'The horseless
vehicle is the coming wonder. Ten
years from-now we will be able to
buy a horseless vehicle for what
you would have to pay to-day for a
wagon and a pair of.horses. The
money spent in the upkeep of the
horses will be saved. A great in?
vention, which facilitates commerce,
enriches a country just as much as
a discovery of gold.'
"Looking back from the pinnacle
of 1918 automobile developments, it
must be a source of great satisfac?
tion to know his prediction was con?
servative rather than radical."
telligent use of a moto-meter and a
radiator cover would eliminate the
trouble", produce maximum gasoline
mileage, cause the engine to operate
with propevr flexibility and to deliver
its full power.
There is a model of Boyce Moto
Meter made for every type of motor
vehicle. The company at its exhibit,
on the third floor of the Automobile
Show at Grand Central Palace, is dis?
playing a complete line of Boyce Moto
Meters. /
Lexington Merged
In Big Combine
Ansted Heads Newly Formed
United States Automotive
* Corporation
Frank B. Ansted, president of the
Lexington Motor Company; announced
yesterday the formation of the United
States Automotive Corporation, a hold?
ing company only, which includes the
Lexington Motor Company, the Ansted
Engineering Company, the Connersville
Foundry Corporation and the Teetor
Hartley Motor Corporation. With the
exception of the last named all these
concerns are at Connersville and all
are engaged in the automotive trade.
Of the four the Lexington Motor
Company is best known to the,public
on account of the sale of its product,
the Lexington Minute Man Six.
The other three companies are en?
gaged in the production of important
component parts.
Officers of the United States Auto?
motive Corporation have been named as
follows: Frank B. Ansted, president;
George W. Ansted and Frederic "I. Bar?
rows, vice-presidents; James M. Heron,
treasurer, and LeRoy A. Hanson, secre?
tary. These all- reside at Connersville,
where the main offices of the United
States Automotive Corporation will be
located.
The other directors are: William B.
Ansted, president of the Central Manu?
facturing Company; Charles C. Hull,
president of the Rex Manufacturing
Company; John C. Moore, chief en?
gineer of the Lexington Motor Com?
pany; Arthur A. Ansted, president of
the Indiana Lamp Company, and Emery
Huston, vice-president of the Lexington
Motor Company?all of Connersville?
and Elmer J. Hess, director of the
Standard Parts Company, of Cincinnati.
Milwaukee Famous Again
Work is going forward on the build
' ing of an immense plant in Milwaukee
for the production of Nash four-cyl?
inder cars.
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_NEW YORK_ CHI
Ovatons of Distincte* ?BofwwflKllliP |
Sizes
1 to 9
Widths
AAA toD
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X-M1LLER
FOOTWEAR
Though I. Miller creations are invariably a season ahead of most other
makes of footwear and we could restock them next Fall at higher prices, we
prefer to maintain our style-leadership and close each season's business
with a complete disposal of all current season lines. The sale embraces:
High Boots, Oxfords and Pumps
7-95 3.95 IQ-95 12-95
Saving You $3.00 to $6.00 a Pair
The favorite styles of the season in walking and French
heel models are include?* in this sale; all styles and sizes.
New Fjrench Slippers
Charming novelty style? in all the favorite
leathern and fabric?.
12-*o to 16.80
? 554 Broadway
Neap 4<ftn St.
Open till 8 p. m,
15 West 42d Street
Near Fifth Ave,
50 Church Street
Near Fulton.
Hudson Term. Bldg.
Better Outlook !
For'Nation's Business
That the business outlook for- the
nation is brighter than ever in the
past is the opinion of J. Dallas Dort,
president of the Dort Motor Car Com?
pany, who arrives for the chow tr
day.
"After a struggle covering a period
of months we came out with colors
flying and now it merely is a case
of adjustment to a program, the like
of which none of us ever has seen,"
continued Mr. Dort. "Gains in steel
and coal production and lessening of
labor unrest point the way to in?
creased production in every commod?
ity.
"In the automotive industry wo have
been hampered by the raw material
markets and this has brought about
a display of almost uncanny skill on
the part of the purchasing depart?
ment, so that we may be in a posi?
tion to take full advantage of the
prosperity of the country.
"Although we anticipate a car short?
age we have been fortunate in laying
in stocks for the future, so that pro?
duction is quite satisfactory. For the
coming season production will be in
the neighborhood of 30,000 cars;
greatly in excess of the past year, but
we fear hardly enough to take care ol
demands."
Tiffany & Co.
Finn Avenue &37T5Street
Pearls Jewelry Silverware
LaFayette Test Car
Rolling Up Mileage
Hoosier Roads and Indianapolis
Speedway Being Used for
Gruelling "Prep."
While a LaFayette sedan is speeding
by train to New York for its d?but in
the main lobby of the Hotel Commo?
dore the week of Father Knickerbock?
er's automobile show, a LaFayette tour?
ing car is having a few thrills of its
own right at home.
The first test car, assembled by a
crew of mechanics in the experimental
department of the LaFayette plant at
Indianapolis, is on the road in an un?
broken series of hard runs that will be
continued, day and night, fair weather
and foul, throughout the winter and
spring.
D.'McCall White, the designer of the
car, is at the steering wheel the greater
Eart of the time, in order to learn first
and if the LaFayette is actually as
good as he hoped it would be when he
laid it out on a sheet of drawing paper
last June.
On occasions, however, he entrusts
the car to the heavy foot of "Big Boy"
Rader,' who likes nothing better than
to give an automobile the gun, as evi?
denced by his driving at the Sheeps?
head Bay Speedway two years ago,
when he established new world's rec?
ords for all distances from one-quar?
ter mile to ten. inclusive.
Not only is the LaFayette being put
through its paces on the roads radiat?
ing from Indianapolis and in the hills
of Brown Countj, immortalized in
verse by James Whitcomb Riley, but
Mr. White is taking advantage of the
facilities afforded by the Indianapolis
Speedway for a gruelling test.
The brick course of the Hoosiers,
which is notorious for the terrific
strain that it imposes on engine and
chassis, he has found a testing ground
comparable with English Brooklands,
where the Napier and Daimler cars that
he designed before coming to America
?were developed.
In the first weeks of the test the La?
Fayette has performed handsomely, de?
livering a notable amount of speed and
power. Unusually smooth and quiet
engine operation has been noted, afe
well as a high degree of riding comfort.
?
Truck Makers Change Name
To Meet Whim of Public
The goal of all advertisers is to put
the name of their product prominently
into the mouths and minds of the buy?
ing public. Seldom does it occur that
such a thing is done too successfully,
yet that is exactly what has happened
in the case of The Clyde Cars Company,
of Clyde, Ohio.
This company manufactures the
Clydesdale truck. During the eight
years of intensive sales and adver?
tising campaigning to put the name
of the truck before the public the name
of the company has been quite lost
sight of. The bulk of the mail and
telegrams sent to the factory within
the last few years has been addressed
to some other than The Clyde Cars
Company. In nearly every instance this
misdirected mail carried the name
Clydesdale. As a result The Clyde
Cars Company has been forced, by the
widespread publicity given to the name i
of its product, to change its name to '
The Clydesdale Truck Company.
At the same time the rapid growth
of its business has necessitated an in?
crease in capitalization. The present
capitalization of $500,000, at $100 par 1
value, has been increased by the au- j
thorization of $1,000,000 worth of com- j
mon stock and $500,000 worth of pre?
ferred stock, with a par value of $10.
The entire preferred issue has been
underwritten by a Cincinnati banking
concern.
i a
Farm Field Is
Conference Topic
By Raymond Beck, Chief Goodrich
Travel and Transportation Bureau.
Nearly 150 sales heads, transporta?
tion engineers and technical experts
of the motor truck industry attended
the initial conference yesterday after?
noon at the Eighth Coast Defence Ar?
mory. The farm field advertising .and
trade tactics were discussed at length
"The truck salesmen must be trans?
portation experts rather than truch
salesmen in general," was a statemenl
of Robert O. Patten, of the Pierce-Ar
row Motor Company, who impressed oi
his hearers the importance of fortify
ing salesmen with accurate and ade
quite information for the truck buyer
A majority of the men attending th
conference represented metropolitan in
terests. J. D. Eggleston, transportado)
expert, of Mason City, Iowa, ably pre
sented the agricultural phase.
? A. H. Kroh, Akron, Ohio, introducin
I himself as the "darndest fool on th
?subject of farm motorization." dein
rered a splendid address on his sut
ject. The "farm field" truck maker
may rest on the laurels won in the cit;
Kroh's concentration of the "fari
fieid" will fulfill patriotic need an
materially Bwell the truck industry
pocketbook. While America's populi
tion has increased 21 per cent in te
years, the food production has ii
creased but 10 per cent. "Kroh point?
out that trucks will increase productic
at reduced cost."
John R. Eustis, director of the higl
way conference, acted as chairman .
the meeting.
Same Officers Since 1908
The original executive officers
the Cole Motor Car Company ha'
served continuously since the ince
tion of the company, in 1908. They a:
J. J. Cole, president and general ma
ager; S. J. Kuqua, vice-president, ai
J. F. Morrison, secretary-treasurer.
-iwT Sum? ???
We $ ?Id Dependable
Merdian?ise fct'Frite?
Lower The? 'Ab* Other
Store, but fo? C*?h O?ly.
Store honra 9 to S :30
Make for
This Sale
of boys' washable
suits and you will
make for economy.
Buying at this sale
you save now afc
well as for the com-1
ing seasons. Boys' S
suits of the best S
washablematerials
are made in new li
I attractive styles.
i
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Priced at $1.79
It.is a chance for pur
chasing dozens for g
immediate as Well as I
spring and summer 1
wear. The styles are I
advanced models <?nd il
include the new Bus- |i
ter Brown, Middies, |
1 Dickens, Russian and I
round collar middy
styles. Twenty-three |
different models inall. |
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Materials
include Palmer fab- m
rics, Peggy cloth, g
chambray, g a 1 a t e a, |
zephyr, pique, repp,
crash, twills, madras,
linenes, daisy cloth
and golden cloth.
Colors
Blue, gray, green, tan, |
brown, rose, stripes
and checks, and an
unlimited choice of
solid colors and plain
white suits. Combi- M
nation effects of con- 1
trasting colors are
well blended.
4320 Suits in
This Sale ?
It is an unusual event h
planned in quantity f:
savings, in order to
offer quantity pur?
chasing. Variety
enough to? please any
boy and every mother.
Make an early pur?
chase !
/J^?SJfS?S?*ond Floor, 84th
et. Boms.
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A Sale of Gloves
?that to early buyers
offers an endless choice?
?that is absolutely
without precedent in
point of values?
?that includes all our
incomplete lines; broken
assortments, house
samples and the entire
contents of our 14
salesmen's trunks of
wholesale samples \
?All of standard
Centemeri quality and
all at one price?
400 Fifth Ave.
(Phila. Store, 123 So. 13th St.)
Centemeri
Gloves
1.95
A Sale for Men
-including incomplete
lines and wholesale
samples of our finest
grades of business and
dress gloves?
And enough for
everybody of those sleek
and supple Capeskin
gloves with that
Centemeri perfection
Of fit
Besides a wonderful
assortment of heavy gloves,
lined and unlincd, for
motoring, winter sports or any
cold weather need?
1.95
Centemeri
Gloves
400 Fifth Ave.
(Phil?. Store, 123 So. 13th St.)
ASale/or \%men
Gloves of lovely French
Kidskin, glac? and suede;
Capeskin and Mocha, in
a multitude of styles?
Wrist lengths and
gauntlet, lined and
unlined?
Gloves for cold weather,
f;loves for sports, gloves
or business and gloves
for evening?
And lots of beautiful
gloves to buy now and
bold for Easter wear?
1.95
Centemeri
Gloves
400 Fifth Ave.
(Fhllo. Store, 123 So. 13th St.)