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S 4 THE WASHINGTON Vi ASHINGT N HERALD HERALD SUNDAY SUNDAY AUGUST 28 19lO 19 O J
THOUSANDS CHEER CHEERMUNSEY CHEERMUNSEY CHEERTOURISTS
MUNSEY TOURISTSAT TOURiSTS TOURiSTSAT TOUJtISTS TOUJtISTSAT
AT FINISH OF RUN RUNScores RUNScores RUNScores
RUNI I
Scores of Capital Motorists Escort Returning ReturningAutomobiles ReturningAutomobiles ReturningAutomobiles
Automobiles Into City After ReceptionFitting Reception ReceptionFitting ReceptionFitting
Fitting Tribute to Drivers Skill
Dustbosrimrowl but happy thirty thlrtyeight thirtyeight 1 1eight
eight automobile drivers of cars entered enteredIn enteredIn enteredin
In what has proved to bo one of o thOj thOjgreatest tho thogreatOCIt thogreateet
greatest automobile tours In the history historyof historyof historyof
of the country piloted their cars Into IntoWashington IntoWashlnston intoWashington
Washington yesterday ye terday afternoon to receive re receive reCelY8 ¬
ceive a reception which was a fitting fittingtribute mUngtribute fittingtribute
tribute to the skill and oourago necessary necessarythroughout nOCO nocosearythroughout Iar Iarthroughout
throughout every mild of tho 1650 mites mitesof mUosof milesof
of the Huniey historic tourFrom tour tourFrom tourFrom
From the moment tho tour started in inPhiladelphia in inPhiladelphia InPhnado1pbl
Philadelphia August 8 tho tourists havebeen have havebeen havobeen
been greeted with enthusiasm in ovary ovaryvillage oerymage everyvillage
village mage hamlet and city clt but the recop rocoptlon recoptlon recoption
tlon given tho returning automoblllsts on onthe onthe onthe
the outskirts of Washington was such suehthat suchthat suchthat
that every driver observer ob ervor passenger passengerand paaenglrand pageengerand
and official was mado to fool that tho thoCapital thoCapital theCapitel
Capital of the nation was his very own ownScores onScoree ownScores
Scores of automobiles with every ovor Boat Boatoccupied soatoccupied seatoccupied
occupied and every passenger p enger enthusias enthualastically enthusiastically onUlulfastIt ¬
tically tIt ally waving an American flag went wentout w went wentout t tout
out to Soldiers Home tho last chocking chockingstation chockingstatton chockingstation
station of o the tour and lined up in dou double double double ¬
ble column to form a court of honor honorthrough honorthrough honorthrough
through which the contestants passed to toreceive toreceive toreceive
receive the homage which their follow feliowautomoblllats followautomobllists tollowautomobUlllts
automobllists wished to offer them themMet themJlct themMet
Met at Soldiers Home HomeAlthough 1I01UeAlthough homeAlthough
Although scores of cars assembled as mbld in infront infront infront
front of the Mur hnl 1urzey y building at I oclock oclockto
to form the official escorting party a alarge 8 8large alarge
large number of oars went directly to tothe tothe tothe
the Soldiers4 Soldiers Home and lined up at the thechecking thecheeklng thechecking
checking station As tho escorting o cortJn party partywhirled partywhirled partywhirled
whirled out Michigan avenue the buglers buglerssuddenly buglerssuddenly buglerssuddenly
suddenly gave a fanfare of welcome and anda andR anda
a cry of Car coming went up from fromthe fromthe fromthe
the waiting throng and automoblllsts as asthe asthe asthe
the EMF pilot car with Lee Oldfield Oldfieldat
at the wheel and Harry Ward pilot ofthe of ofthe ofthe
the tour came up to the checking sta station statlon station ¬
tion in a cloud of duatthe dut the first oar to tofinish tofinlah tofinish
finish the lK8mlle run runClow runCIOM runClose
Close on the heels of the EMF EMFcame EMFamo EMFcame
came amo the Seklon the second pilot car carwith carwl carwith
with wl h Jack Harrigan at the wheel Thepacemaking The Thepacomaking Thepacemo1dng
pacomaking Columbia ColumlJ driven by Ray RayWlllcox RayW1Ilcox RayWillcox
Wlllcox was right on the heals of the thepilots thepiloUi thepilots
pilots anti an Referee E L Ferguson Fergusonscarcely ForgU Fergusonscarcely n nKarcely
scarcely had time to get out of the ma machine machine machine ¬
chine before he was called upon to check checkIn checkIn checkin
In the StoddardDayton S toddanlDa ton driven by Leo LeoBchabb Leofkhabb Leohabb
Bchabb habb of Baltimore the first con contestant cont contestant ¬
t testant tant to finish the run runThen runThen runThen
Then followed in rapid succession the theMathewson theMathewson theMathewson
Mathewson driven drlv m by D A Hall the thePierceBadne thePierceRadne thePierceRadne
PierceRadne with Louis Strang at the thewheel thowheol thewheel
wheel the Crawford with 10 A A A Miller Milleralternating Milleralternating IUJeralternating
alternating as driver with Ilb Walter alter Scott
Greeted by Committee CommitteeBy
By this tbl time the Washington automo automobllitts automoblUlts automobiliets
bllitts forming tho escorting party had hadlined hadlined hadlined
lined up in Michigan avenue and as the thecontestants thecontestants thecontestants
contestants came In they were greeted eeted by bythe bythe bythe
the official reception committee consist consisting contInG consisting ¬
ing of Commissioner Cuno H Rudolph RudolphMaJ RudolphIRj RudolphMai
MaJ IRj Richard Sylvester William FGude F FGude FCude
Gude president pre ldeJtt of the Chamber Chmb r of Com Commerce Commerce Commerce ¬
merce Henry L West Mt president of the theColumbia theColumbia theColumbia
Columbia Golf Club W V B Duvall pree president preeIderft preeMertt ¬
ident of the Washington Automobile AutomobileClub AutomobileClub AutomoblloClub
Club John K Hoyl secretary of the thoAutomobile theAutomobU theAutomobile
Automobile Club F C Graham Gr am president presi pre prestdent t tdent ¬
dent of ° f the Commercial CO unerclal ch Chib Clull t and Arthur ArthurDodge ArthurDodg ArthurDodgy
Dodge president of the National PressClub Press PressClub Pr 8 8Club
Club ClubWhile
While a number numb r of the contestantscame contestants contestantscame cont08tntcame
came on from Baltimore B Umore at top speed in inan InI1n inen
an effort to to have the honor of finishing finishingfirst ftnisblngfirst finishingfirst
first the drivers of several of6 of the cars carswith carswith carswith
with perfect oroct scores did not care to risk riskpenalties rlakpenalttOi riskpenalties
penalties on the final dash by 1 > > taking the thethankeemume thethankeeIRume thethankerentume
thankeemume at full speed and consequently con consequently consequently ¬
sequently came along sticking closely cIOlGl to totheir totheir totheir
their schedule scheduleAs aehoduleJI scheduleAs
As JI each tourist hovo into sight ght thorn thornwas th thornwas re rewas
was a roar of gabrlel horns trumpets trumpetsbugles trumpetabuglM trumpetsbugles
bugles bells bell Jkc When the llttfe Brush Brushcar Dnumcar Brushcar
car was espied in the distance Referee RofereeFerguson RoweeFcrgtUlOn RefereeFerguson
Ferguson gavo tho word to start down downtown downtown downtown ¬
town The hG escorting eIIeOIUn party moved ahead aheadeach aheadeach aheadeach
each car decorated with several eral big bigAmerican bigAmQrlCAn bigAmerican
American flags ftaS the tourists bringing up upthe uptho upthe
the roar From tho gate of the SoldiersHomo Soldiers SoldiersHomo SaldlorsHomo
Homo down to the Munscy Building therewere there theroWere therewere
were line Un of people on either side of oftho ortho ofthe
tho street wildly cheering tho contes contestants contestants contostants ¬
tants
CroTrdn Line Avenue AvenueAs A AvenueAs cnnc cnncAa
As the cars swung Into Pennsylvaniaavenue Pennsylvania Pennsylvaniaavenue Pennlvanlaaenue
avenue the demonstration reached its itsheight Itsheight itsheight
height From the th Peace Monument at atthe atthe atthe
the foot of the Capitol to tho Munsay MuneeyI3ullding MunsayBuilding MunleYBuilding
Building there was a solid line of peopleMaj peoploMaj people peopleMsj
Maj Sylvester had ordered a special
squad of police to keop thewa
way wa and to assist Royce Hough marshal marshalof marsh61of marshalof
of the parade As the first two cars in inthe inthe Intho
the double columns reached the Munsoy MunsoyBuilding MUnllo MUnlloDuildlng MunsoyBuilding
Building a a halt was called Tho cars carsextended carsextended carsextended
extended front Fourteenth stroot to toTenth toTenth toTenth
Tenth street and through this thl lane of ofcars ofenI ofcats
cars and fluttering American flags the thetourists thotourlflts thetourists
tourists drove amid the cheers of the theAMombled theaNombled theassembled
assembled threng throngThe threngThe threngThe
The party part disbanded at the Munsey MunaeyBuilding MunseyBuilding MunseyBuilding
Building and the th tourists sped on up to toBertrams toBartram toBartrams
Bertrams Garage where Referee Fergu Ferguson Ferguson Ferguson ¬
son and his staff of assistants put the thecars thecars thecars
cars through the final tests testsDinner testsDlnncr testsDinner
Dinner In the Evening EveningTho EvcnlngTho EveningThe
Tho Forty Cent Club was tho host hostat hostat hostat
at the final feature feft ture of the run a dinner dinnerto dinnerto dinnerto
to car owners and drivers last night at attho attho attho
tho New Willard More than 10 1t i + e persons personssat personssat personssat
sat down at the dinner with E L Fer Ferguson FerSUlGn Ferguson ¬
guson of Now No York tho official referee refereeas
as toastmaster toastmasterThe toastmaterThe toastmasterThe
The members J16 1bers of the club qualified on onthe onthe onthe
the rolls of tho organization by con contributing contributing contributing ¬
tributing 40 10 cents a day during tho tour tourtoward tourtoward tourtoward
toward having a good time at the ond of ofIt ofIt ofit
It It had been intended at first to have havetlo hav havtle havet1
t1 tlo o Munsoy banquet last night at the theNew theNew theAew
New Willard but tho Forty Cent Clubhad Club Clubhad Clubhad
had thoir invitations out first so the themoro themora themore
moro formal dinner will bo hold tonight tonightThe tonlghtTho tonightThe
The Forty Cent Club dinner was given givento gIvento givento
to the owners and employee of the Munsey Mun Munsey Munse
sey se papers papers The Munsoy banquet will willbo willbe wlllbe
be tendered to those who entered carsIn cars carsin carsIn
in tho run and the men who sat at the thewheels thevheols thewheels
wheels of the entries ontrlosReferee ontrlesRofereo entriesReferee
Referee Ferguson made a a brief brIo but elo eloquent eloquent eloquent ¬
quent speech last night declaring there therehad therehad therehad
had never been a more congenial gath gathering gatherlng gathering ¬
ering of knights of the throttle and clutch clutchthan clutchthan clutchthan
than those who tooled their machines machinesovor machinesovor machinesover
ovor tho 1500 miles of tho run just com completed completed completod ¬
pleted He said tho tour was the most mostImportant mostImportant mostImportant
Important held during the last three years yearsand yearsnnd yearsand
and that the social s lal features and capability capabilityof
of tho entries made it unique in the an annals nnnals anflats ¬
e ePress
nals of motoring motoringPress motoringPress
Press Representative F J Byrne said saidthat saidthnt saidthat
that in all probability the awards awardswill awardswin awardswill
will not be announced until tomorrow tomorrown I
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Though thirteen ears finished the run with withperfect withperreet withperfect
perfect records so far as s road behavior behaviorand behaviorand behaviorand
and driving was concerned two tests re remain remain remain ¬
main to bo made before thoflnal scores scorescan scorescan scorescan
can be marked up upThey upThey upThey
They are the engine and nd clutch tests testsThe teatsThe testsThe
The anginas of the thirtyfour thirty four contesting contestingctri conto contestingcars ttng ttngcars
cars will m be examined by b the technical technicalcommittee tocbnlc8lcommittee technicalcommittee
committee E L Ferguson Joseph Tracy Tracyand Tracyad Tracyand
and ad J A Hemstreet Eight bl cars went wentthrough wentthroash ent entI
I through throu h the tests last night and It willtake will willtake wUltake
take all day today and part of tomorrow tomorrowto
to finish examinationsROAD examinations examinationsROAD examlnat ona onaROAD
ROAD MAXIMS AND MANNERS
A Conciiic Con Concb chic c Set of Ralcrf Rnl Which Shonld ShonldBe ShouldBe ShonldDe
Be Remembered RememberedWhen RCJnenlbercclWhon RememberedWhoa
When on the road the iirst Sl t care of ofevery ofoory ofevery
every driver should be consideration conskIer Uon for forother forotbl forotbor
other users of the highway A conciseset conciseset concise oonclseset
set of rules ru I issued ls ued by the League U of ofConsiderate orCon ofConsiderate
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Considerate Con kJel1lte Motorists is here set forth forthDrive forthDrive torthDrive
Drive slowly slowlyThrough Through towns and vii villages viilagos 11 11JagOi ¬
lagos When approaching cross roads or orturning orturning orturning
turning corners When passing schools schoolscottages sohooisCOttaM schoolscottages
cottages and churches On dusty or mud muddy muddy muddy ¬
dy roads when passing cyclists or pedes pedestrians pedlStrlaDB podestriane ¬
trians When meeting or overtaking overtakingwomen oectaklnwomen overtakingwomen
women cyclist and a d do net st steer or too tooclose tooi tooclose
i close to thorn When entering a main mainroad mainroad mainroad
road from a side road When hen you see a adrunken adrunken adrunken
drunken man on the road r cJ When passing passingany passingany
any live animal on the road cows oow cheep dheepdoes Mieepdop cheepdosa
does cStopWhen c cStop 1 1Stop1jln
Stop Stop1jln When an accident of any an kind kindoccurs kindwhother kindoccurs
occurs whether your our fault or not Bonder Ron Render Ronder ¬
der all the assistance In your power powerand parand powerand
and as a a safeguard against future procoedinrs pro proceedings procoedlnfts ¬
ceedings ascertain the names names and ad addresses addr6lllN addresser ¬
dresses of a few witnesses When ben you youme yousee OU OUHe
me any ny likelihood of a a horse becoming becomingrestive becomingrestive JecomlngrtwJtlve
restive If necessary do this oven be before betore before ¬
fore the driver holds up a warning haritL haritLAlways har hartBAlways l lAlways
Always Assume AumeThat That the other road roadusers roadWiers roadusers
users may do the wrong TODg thing I e a adriver adrlTer adriver
driver may pull the wrong ro rein or orpedutrlan a apedestrian apedestrian
pedestrian hesitate and try several severalcourses severalcourseL severalcourses
courses That it is your business no nothe not notthe notthe
the other mans man to avoid dangerThe danger dangerTho dangarTbo
The road is free for all therefore b bcourteous be becourteous becourteous
courteous and considerate and always al s ac acas Act Actu actas
as a gentleman gentlemanJacob gonUemanJacob gentlemanJacob
Jacob F Baumann has just ju t received a aWashington aWaablngton aWashington
Washington car of the touring car type typefinished tpefinished typefinished
finished in dark green body bo y and running runninggears
gears and natural wood woodwheoll wheels The car caris
is fully equipped
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Defeats AH Comers 01L 01LCompeting tt tt01L Regardless of Price While a a 1909 APPERSON Comes in Second SecondCompeting SecondCompeting
Competing against this winning APPERSON were such wellknown cars as the 120 20 H P Thomas Vanderbilt Racer American Racer National Buick Buic etc Just to toemphasize toemphasize toemphasize
emphasize APPERSON superiority a 1909 APPERRSON model came in second e eHad eHad eHad
Had there been any more APP6RSON APP APP1 RSON entries chances are just that elan many more APPERSONS APPERSO APPERSOlike NS would have attained a place at the finish f nksh for every APPERSON is just justlike jHStlike
little bit better than those of the preceding twelve months That the APPERSON isat is isat isat
models
like other APPERSO N with the exception that each years are just a
every
at least a year ahead of all competitors co ctitors was demonstrated by b the decisive manner in which the 1909 model cleaned up the entire field being bein outdistanced by b a 1910 APPER APPERSON APPERSON APPERSON ¬
SON only It does not take a race of speed and endurance to convince convince the average man of APPERSON APPERS ON JACKRABBIT superiority superio superioritya tya a demonstration of the car compared comparedwith comparedwith comparedwith
with that of any other car is usually sufficient We stand ready to make such a demonstration when and where you say sayEMFOCIU sayEMI sayDistri
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THIRTY ENTRIES ENTRIESFOR ENTRIESFOR ENTRIESFOR
FOR HILL CONTEST CONTESTLocal CONTESTLocal CONTESTLocal
Local Motorists Interested in inNext inNext inNext
Next Tuesdays Event EventThe EventThe
The automobile hlllollmbing contest contestfull conttCull contestfull
full details of which appeared in The TheWashington Theubtngtor TheWabhingtor
Washington Herald Her ld last SttRdsty 5eln and andwhich aDdwtaich andwhich
which will take place at 3 oclock next nextTuesday DextTMJy nextTuesday
Tuesday afternoon Is I arousing roul could coulderaltte considerable con8iderable ¬
erable Interest Interest More than thirty cars carshave carshaYe oarshave
have already on onlered tared A Matheson and anda
a Buick have been especially shipped to tothis totbla tothis
this city for the competition competitionThe compeUUonThe competlUonThe
The hill where the contest will occur occuris occurIs
is in Naylor road on the eastern aide of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the Anacoetia Anaco tla Branch of the Potomac Potomacbetween Potomacbetween Potomacbetween
between tho Anacostia and the P Pvanla PenD8yl PenD8ylvania Penusylvania
vania Avenue A venuo bridges It runs throughRandle through throughHandle throuhRaadle
Handle Highlands from Minnesota lUnn llOta ave avenue avonUQ avenue ¬
nue to Good Hope road and is seven seventenths MTententh seventenths
tenths of a mile in length It 1 is I a typical typicalhill typicalhill typicalhlll
hill for the purpose purpo e being not only ot otsteep otateep ofsteep
steep grade ado but having barln some me turns turnswhich tnrnableb turnswbich
which bleb will develop good driving drl ng Thepictures The Thepictures Thepleluree
pictures of the bill printed In The Wash Washington Washington uh uhInlton ¬
ington Herald last Sunday Smlda were ore excel excellent excel16Dt excellent ¬
lent presentations of the the scone cene of the thecontest thecontost thecontest
contest S
Robert B Cavqrly Is to bo 1 > 0 the referee refereeand retereeand refereeand
and tho representative of the American AmericanAutomobile AmerJcanutomobne AmericanAutomobile
Automobile Association and will be bellated assisted as asstated
stated by a a contest committee consist consistleg t tlog
1 log of L D Moore MO re jr John Larcombe LarcombeJr
Jr Arthur D Marks larks John Thomas W Wi WCliff v vCIUl
i Cliff Long and Charles Bender The entries en entries entrhtS ¬
tries for the event V nt are as a follows followsEvent roUowsEvent followsEvent
Event No 1Wlleon 1 lWU Wilson on Company Hup Hupmoblle BUPmobile Iitpmobile
mobile R C Wilson driver tillaxwell tillaxwellBr1 Maxweil MaxweilBriecoo 1laxwellBrlecoe
Briecoo Br1 coo Washington Company Model M Clo1 AA AAMaxwell AAMxwell AAMaxwell
Maxwell Bert Robinson driver drlv r tiirCaddick Mr MrCaddlck Ir IrCaddick
Caddick Krit 1 < rlt Mr Caddick driver R RP RP RP
P Andrews KrIt J Raggs driver driverEvont driverEvent driverEvent
Event No No2Pope a 2Pope Pope Auto Company Oakland Oak Oakland k kland ¬
land Howard Bauer driver drlv r Charles Mil Miller MIlI M111rr ¬
ler I A Bro Model T Ford Charles Mil Miller Miller Miller ¬
ler driver E J Drake Model T Ford FordI FordE FordE
I E J Drake driver Norman Bowles BowlesWarrenDetroit Bow1eflWarrenDetroit BowlesWarrenDetroit
WarrenDetroit G W Wells driver driverEvent driverEvent driverEvent
Event No S Jootor Motor Sales Company CompanyI CompanyMoon CompanyMoon
I Moon A L Drew driver Theodore TheodoreBarnes TheodoreBarnes TheodoreBarnes
Barnes Co Pullman Theodore ThOOdoro Barnes Barnesj Barnesdrlycr Barnesdriver
j driver Irving Garage Gant e Parry I C Bar ¬
her r driver Charles E Myers Elmore ElmoreCharles ElmoreCharles ElmoreCharles
Charles Myers driver Emerson Orme OrmeRegal OrmeR OrmeRegal
Regal R gal Gardiner Orme driver Buick Motor Mo Motor 0 0tor ¬
tor Company Buick Model 19 Ward WardA WardAn VardAl1le
Angle An AngleEvent A le driver drivervent drlvorEvent
Event vent No 4 tBuick Buick Motor rotor Company CompanyBuick CompanyBuick CompanyBuick
Buick Model 16 T S Johnson driver driverCarter driverCrtor driverCarter
Carter Motor Car Corporation Washing Washington Washington Washlngton ¬
ton car Frank F ran k Carter driver J W WOrma 33 33Ovine w wOrraa
Ovine Apperson J W 1 Orme driver Car Cart Cartr Carter
t tr r Motor Car Corporation Washin Washington Washingtoncar on 1 1car
car W D Arrlson driver drlvOIi G G Ham Hiunner HRmDer Hamnor
nor Buick Model 16 G G Hammerdriver Hamner HamnercJrtver Hamnerdriver
driver B Dougherty Apperson John JFitter J JFistftr JJltater
Fitter driver drlv r Charles Bender Buick BulckModel BuickWo BuickModel
Model Wo e1 18 1 Grimn Halstead driver United UnitedStates UnitedStales UnitedStates
States Fealty Realty Company Apperson EHammedy E EHammerly E EHammerl
Hammerly Hammerl driver driverEvent drlv driverEvent r rBvent
Event No t MaxwellBrlscoe MaxwellBr lscoe Wash Washington WashSton Washington ¬
ington Ston Company Columbia R A Klock KlockdrW KlockdrWr Klockdriver
drW driver W Z Yo D West Mathoson Matho on W R B BMcBurney BMcBurney I
McBurney driver driverKvent driverEvent driver1tYent
Event No No6Pope S 6Pope Pope Auto 1Ito Company CompanyMatheson CompanyMatheson CompanyMatheson
Matheson W v B McBurney driver driverHarry drheriHarry driverHarry
Harry late PalmerSinger Harry BKrr Kitedriver Kite KUedriver Kitedriver
driver Pope Auto Company Mathoson MathosonA
A D Hall driver driverFreeforall drIverFreetoraU driverFreeforall
Freeforall Buick Motor otor Company CompanyModel CompanyModel CompanyModt
Model 1C Bulek T S Je Johnston nston driver driverCarter drl driverCarter t tCarter
Carter Motor Car Corporation Washing Washington Wasblngton Washington ¬
ton car Frank Carter driver Harry HarryKit Hrr1KIt HarryKite
Kit Kite PalmerSinger Palm orSinger Harry Kite K1t driver driverPope drtverPope driverPope
Pope Auto Company Matheqon Math on W B BMcBurney BMcBurnq BMcBurn
McBurney McBurn ey driver Harry San Sanjen Jen en Mathe 3lathoson Matheson Matheon ¬
son on Harry Sanjen driver driverMotor driverlotor driverMotor
Motor lotor cycles event No 1 HarlcyDn 1HulcyDavldllon 1HerloyDavidson HarlcyDnvidson
vidson J I Johnson Indian C I L Os Osbom Oabom Qeborn
bom Haverford W F Thorp Harley HarleyDavidson HarloyDavldaon HarieyDavtdson
Davidson J L Borryman Indian Ed EtfMangel EdMansI EdMangel
Mangel Merkle W P White WhiteMotor WhItelo WhiteMotor
Motor lo tor cycles event vent No S Merkle fHkle W WP WP wP
P White Indian Ed Mange ange1 Indian IndianA IndianA
A N Day DayIlfthtn DayIIJhtll DayLiTrhtn
Ilfthtn on JIoracdrnTrn Vehicles VcliiclcHIn Yoblc1clIIn
In view Ie of tho recent action of the Dis District District District ¬
trict Commissioners it is interesting to tonot toDOte tono4
DOte not that the New 8 Jersey Jane Automoblo Automob lo andMotor and andMotor andXotor
Motor Club recently formulated a de demand demand demand ¬
mand that Is with remarkable
indorsement by the press of the State StateThat StateThat StateThat
That is a demand for the strengthening strengtheningof
of the law 1 w which hleh requires lights upon all allhorsedrawn allhoredraWIl allhorsedrawn
horsedrawn vehicles after tter dark darkNo darkNo darkNo
No adequate penalty supports the pros present pros80t prosout ¬
out weak law on this subject and there thereis thereIa thereis
is very little effort to enforce the pres present preaent present ¬
ent law especially in rural districts Au Automoblllsts Automoblllsts Automobliists
tomoblllsts are compelled to carry lightsand lights lightsand Uhtsand
and the he hola law is never evaded by b motor motorists motorIsts motorists ¬
ists istsTho
Tho advent of the automobile on the thecountry thecountry thecountry
country roads has made a strict enforcoment en enforcement enforcoment ¬
forcoment of tho light law necessary necessaryToo ncces necessaryToo n nToo
Too many horsedrawn vehicles vehlol B do not notcarry notcrry notcarry
carry lights and the danger to thorn ie iegreat Isgreat legreat
great on dark country roads Tho amendments amend amendments amendments ¬
ments to the present law demanded demand d by bythe bythe bythe
the big motor club will be asked forwhen for torhen forwhen
when hen the next legislature convenes
PRACTIGAL HINTS HINTSFOR HINTSFOR llITSHIT
FOR WHAT MAN AT WHEEL WHEELilings WHEELI WHEELThil1gs HEEL HEELhings I
Things Thingsin ilings Worth V ortll While to Bear Bearin Bearin
in Mind While DrivinNever Driving Driving DrivingNeer DrivingNever b
Never pass another vehicle hlde proceeding proceedingla pr eedlng eedlngIn
In four direction upon a corner cornerIt Q cornerIt mer merIt
It ye you yea see any an possible poedble dtftteulty cJtmctIt ahead aheadgo aheadgo aheadgo
go dead slow 810 Never take Ute risk of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the read clearing cl8 dD by the time tl Ie you arrive arrivePass arrivepu arrivePass
Pass pu animate anlm l vary slowly They Tlt8 cross crossthe crossthe crossthe
the read for the theme same reason rea as S a achicken achickento achickento
chicken chickento to get to the other side They Theywill Theywill TheywUl
will probably choose the moment of your yourappearance yourappearance our ouraJP8Qrance
appearance appearanceLearn aJP8QranceLearn appearanceLearn
Learn to let the tit casino brake the car carA carA carA
A good driver rtr uses n his brake but rarely rarelyHe rarotyHe rarelyHe
He runs up to danger with a closed closedthrottle closedt closedthrottle
throttle throttleBeware throttleBeware t rotUc rotUcBeware
Beware of fast driving over ruts They Theythrow Theythro Theythrow
throw thro throw the car about like a ball They Theymay ThOYma Theymay
may ma throw you Oa r off + ff the road roadRemember roadRomcmber roadRemember
Remember that nonskld will slip upon upona
a verydry Gldry road 1C i you are taking a a cor corner oorner corner ¬
ner at high speeds apee s They will also skid skidfreely skidfreely I Ifreeiy
freely upon wet asphalt asphaltA
A frontwheel skid calls for the appli application appllct1an appltcation ¬
cation of the brakes a backwheel skid akldnever skidnover skidnever
never If your car be given tt fb t1 > skidding skiddingupon sk1ddlngupon skiddingupon
upon the front wheels have a nonskid nonskidupon nonskidupon nonskidupon
upon the off fore wheel It frill hold you youround youround OU OUround
round the comers cornersClutchslipping comersClutchslipping comersClutchslipping
Clutchslipping upon a leatherfaced leatherfacedclutch leatkerfacedclutch leatherfacedclutch
clutch is tho result of a poor driver or orof orof orof
of a clover rogue ro with a 0 bad car to sellNever sell sellNevor 811 811Nevor
Nevor open the th throttle with a jerk jerkAdvance JerkAdvanco jerkAdvance
Advance it notch by notch or you OU will willchoke willchoke willchoke
choke your engine engineDo engineDo engineDo
Do not drive with Ignition retarded retardedThe retardodThe retardedThe
The condition of the valves is not Im Improved Improved improved ¬
proved thereby neither is that of the thecylinder thecUnder thecylinder
cylinder head headBeware headBewaro headBeware
Beware of allowing the engine to knock knockRetard knockRotard knockRetard
Retard the ignition notch by notch until untilthe unUIthe untilthe
the knock ceases Bufe Bu remember rom ember also alsothat alsothat alsothat
that a knock may sometimes come from fromoverretarded fromovorretardod fromoverretarded
overretarded Ignition attending carburet carburettor carburettor carburettor ¬
tor deficiencies and that an advance may
check it it Experience alone Is a guide to tothis tothl tothis
this thisIf thl thisIf
thlIf
If the engine gets very hot in crowded crowdedgoing crotIedgoing crowdedgoing
going try driving her b with the throttle throttlealmost throttlealmo throttlealmost
almo almost t closed and the ignition well ad advanced advaftCad advanced
vanced In tote case sh snemt m moot st be kept keptupon keptUpoll keptupon
upon th the highest hlgbe t speed ed she be will take takeNever takeNeyer takeNever
Never pass a ntreet car proceeding in inyour 111your Inyour
your direction until you caR see the roM ros4is roMIs roadis
is absolutely clear clearHorn clearHoni clearHorn
Horn Honi at approaching conveyances of tAe tlteheavy tAeheavy theheavy
heavy order There may be a small u boy boyhanging boyban boyhanging
hanging ban sing on behind behindNever behindNcv behindNever
Never Ncv r drive more than five miles In Inignorance m19aoraneo inignorance
ignorance of what the lubricator Is show showing abowJng showing ¬
ing you The oil may ma not be flowing flowingIn hawingIn omgIn
In this paife e your sebeowueatbfil l may jba jbaanything be beanything H8Jtthlng >
anything between 61 and ym ymDo aNDo ItI ItIDo
Do not zigzag Igzag about the roads b bt bttake buttakee t ttake
take smooth and steady tecl3 curves eurv Let al alteration siteratton 1 1twation ¬
teration of direction be gradual Be care careful Cl8ful careful ¬
ful to Rase ntilie pane well out from coming o mIaS in again againgradually asataSttduilly againgr
graduallyNvor gr gradually SttduillyNeYer tdually tduallyNeva
Nvor do stunts with a ear The in insttrancu IftsuraD Insurancu
suraD surancu sttrancu companies do not like Ilk it neitherfor neither neitherfor nettberfor
for that matter does any anyone one else eteeThink ei8eThtnkhaltam1e elseThink
Think Thtnkhaltam1e haUamlle ahead whoa wbon driving a afast a afast afast
fast car The other man is sure to do the thewrong theTORg thewrong
wrong TORg thing thingDo tblnSDo thingDo
Do not use the side brakes upon a cor corner eGrnero corner ¬
ner They may give you a skid if they theyare tbeyare theyare
are not no perfectly pertect compensated compensatedTry eompeD compensatedTry ttd ttdTry
Try tne e brakes directly you are upon uponthe Upollthe uponthe
the road roadAlways roadAlW roadAlwa
Alwa Always AlW fs s give a a glance at the chagd chagdspeod chau6espeed e espeed
speed lever before getting down from the thadrivers thedrivers diedrivers
drivers seat seatIf soatIt seatit
It you broak a chain fix the sprocket sprocketthereof sprockotthereot sprocketthereof
thereof and drive home slowly and with withproper wl1llproper withproper
proper care careAnent careAnent careAnent
Anent lllprli Cost of Living LivingPresident LivingPresldcnt LivingPresident
President Harold 0 Smith of the thePremier thePremier thePremier
Premier Motor Manufacturing Companysays Company Compaaysays Companysays
says that statistics show that there is islittle islittle
little cause for charging the cost of high highliving hlchUving highliving
living to the motor car and the most mostconvincing mo mostconvincing t tconvtnclng
convincing proof can be cited in a comparison com comparison comparison ¬
parison of the 3SMDQ3N representing repre ttng a atotal atotal atotal
total list price of the i 17SMQ motor cars cotssold carssold carssold
sold in the last twelve months and the theimpressive theImpressive theimpressive
impressive and enormous amount of 2 2
560000060 5 QOOO expended during the same SfUII time timefor timeor timefor
for or liquor and tobacco alone The mo motor motor motor ¬
tor car is an Investment representing repr ntlng an anasset anaaset anasset
asset asserts Mr Smith which can canhardly canhardly canhardly
hardly be said of the investment Inv ltment mado by bythe bTthe bythe
the consumer consum of the two commodities commoditiesabove commodItiecaabOve commoditiesabove
above referred to
SCENES FAMILIAR TO WASHINGTON AUTOMOBILISTS AUTOMO ILISTS I
l 1o SCENE NEAR
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WHY HY MOTOR CAR CARIS CARIS CARIs
IS HOT OT A AAD AADDifference FAD FADiffereuce FADDifference
Difference Between etween Bic Eicyeles Eicyelesand BicY cies ciesand les lesand +
and Antos Emphasized EmphasizedWIH
Wilt the auUxMebHo o go eat of fasMftR fasiiynfJhe fasMftRBw f fJ ft
fJhe Bw the ebyoie ebyoieC liyCle liyCleC J
t < C C iSiEne tfeasttrec trerer ti > ea ec of 0 ofVandyke ofVandykeL tfle U1 vaadYkeMarmoa Vaadyke VaadykeMarxaon
L Marxaon Company answers this tt OJMOBa goes Qlloataon goesen
taon a in the negative He HelYS says Meat t1Mtfteld tfe tfeeld ttto tttoAdd
Add eld of action of the btcjicte is limtteA limtteAIt 1t 1tIt
It cannot be successfully used DHdhe he says saysfor s stor
for transporting goods in any material materialluanttty tuataratQuantity m tertal
J JquantttT
luanttty It can not be used to extend extendh extendt1M extoodthe
the h radius of action of its rider rt et except atthe at atbe atthe
the be expanse of his 111 physical energy energ It Is tenojMrattve IslnoJMKttv8 isInoperative
Inoperative on bad roads aDd in bad badweather 1IHweather bedweather
weather Its limitations were quickly quicklyoachad qu6cklyreach8d quicklyreached
reached which accounts for 1 Us lack of oftaivorsftl ofuniversal
universal 18151 adoption H He adds addsOn a addsOn tJ tJOn
On the contrary let us analyze e the theaotor tbeI themotor
motOr car to some extent While the theodern t tI themodern
I I modern odern type of motor car has been d dretoped de deI developed
I veloped within a comparatively few years yearsie yearsthe ears earsthe
the ie machine has reached a stage of me meteal 1Mchanlcal mechanicil
chanlcal teal perfection which compares with withprinting withthe withthe
the printing press It is well known that thatthe t1aatUe thatthe
the perfection of the gasoline engine tmt M formotor for fortor tormotw
motor tor cars made the flying machine madalDetedtty a aeattty areakty
eattty In order to substantiate the thettateanents tbaattoments thestatements
statements made ma e relative to the naactwnca naactwn mecmm1ca1 mechanloal
1ca1 ca development dov8l pmeat of the motor oar it isIn is isa IsJJl
JJl a order to make comparison with the thealtroad tit titraUrCHId therailroad
railroad locomotive The railroad ralk a4i loco locotlve 1ocOmetln 1 1motive
motive tlve of today is the result of gaaera gaaerana geQecalions g gdons
dons na of usage 1J8 and experience under n r the tiesdirect tJ thedirect e eect
direct ect observation on of the ablest angteeera angteeeratainable 8R1Oiasobtainable eagiaoessobtainable
obtainable tainable What is J the result The Theilroad TherallrOd Therailroad
railroad ilroad locomotive is not expected to toiperate toopOCte tooperate
operate except on smooth rails It is isnever IsDeVOl isnever
never operated except under the guidinghand guiding guUUnghand guWlnghand
hand of a a skilled and experienced eCperI d steam steamangineer steamsmgneor steamsengineer
engineer It is never expected to travel travelmore travlmore travelmore
more than from rom one division terminal to toanother toanother toanother
another without being put into the round roundhouse rouudhowse rottadhouse
house or shop and ftCl thoroughly cleaned cleanedinspected cllMLDooinJectecJ cleanedinspected
inspected adjusted lubricated and tested testedAs testedR t tAs
As a companion picture let us take alook a atook 6 6look
look at the t e requirements placed upon pon the themodem themodern
modem motor car In the 0 first place it itis ItIs ItIs
1 is subjected to operation under UDd l the worst
18 runover
possible
over any and all kinds of roads from frommodholae fIlammudbol frommudholes
mudbol modholae s and sand to improved pave pavements pvements pavements ¬
ments There are no rails to run upon uponfor uponfor POD PODfor
for the motor car It must m t meat all allkinds alldads allkinds
kinds of road conditions and withstandthe withstandthe withstand withstandthe
the shocks of bowlders ruts chuckboles chuckbolesbroken chuckDoIbroken chuckbolesbroken
broken culverts and all other forms of ofobstructions otobstructJoM ofobstructions
obstructions and Inequalities of the high highway hJpway highway ¬
way The motor car must be ready to torun torun torun
run rain or shine under all of those con conditions 0011dlUons conditions ¬
ditions and must go at any an old speed speedfrom speedfrom peedtrom
from four miles to forty trU miles an hour hourIt hcnarIt hourIt
It must go and does go without partic particular particular parucular ¬
ular attention beyond cleaning off a little littledust lIt e edust i idust
dust or mud from the exterior It goes goesthousands goe goethouaan48 goesthousands
thousands of miles mUe with no intelligent intelligentattention iatelfigdntattention JatllUtsentattoDtJon
attention beyond pouring in some fuel fueland fueland fueland
and oil If within a thousand thou ad miles 111II0spark aspark a aspark
spark plug needs cleaning or the car carburetor carburetor carburetor ¬
buretor needs adjusting it is not Infrequently infre infrequently infrequently ¬
quently the case that the owner of the themoto themota themote
mote car sharply calls the nmoufac maautuurers manefacurers nmoufacturors
turors urers attention to his warranty On On top topof topor topof
of all of o the adverse ader conditions placed placedupon pa paupon placedupon
upon tho motor car it must operate under underthe 1m4Ierthe underthe
the guiding hand of all kinds of people peopleexperienced p08p1eexperienced pbrpieexperienced
experienced and inexperienced male and andfemale aDdfemale + N Nfemale
female ranging from extreme youth to tosenility tosenlUty tosenility
senility and old age The motor oar of oftoday ortoday i itoday
today has successfully met all of the ad adverse adverse adverse ¬
verse conditions referred to and has over overcome OVesomc overcome ¬
come omc the same It is t as firmly an n estab established utabltshed estabItshed ¬
lished part of the life of this country as asthe asthe asthe
the telephone It ranks with the tele telephono telephono telephone
phono teleg telegraph apb printing prose reaping reapingmachine r8A r8Amachine reapingmachine
machine locomotive and other oth great in invention tnntton Inventions ¬
vention ntton History has proven that t at every everyInvention everyInvention everyInvention
Invention which has had for Its purposethe purpose purposethe p rpoM rpoMthe
the annihilation of distance and time tim inthe in inthe Inth
the th transportation of persons goods and andmessages andI n nmessages
I messages is upon a sound economic economicbasis economicbasis IC ICl
basis The motor car naturally and Bd log logically IogkAlly logically ¬
l
ically falls directly within this category categoryPeople categoryPeopJe i iPeople
People now using u l1tg motor carR ear will not dis discontinue cU8continue die diecontinue ¬
continue wring them any mars Jft r8 than paopie pao people popie
telephones telephonesptekltoi toIe telephonesThe hones r rThe
pie will discontinue using > >
The ArehM ocher h a boon fIX ptNminc sad ID4lek1bt1 4 4pickling
pickling lek1bt1 wire the U fruit seeds beg coofeac a abookkeeper so std stdhousekeeper 814hOUMk
bookkeeper hOUMk ears js It de does dee iw away r wJui lh suadteg evea eve etwa tifttot
a tot MOT stove and with a a has of time fax vtchteg watcbiagthe vtchtegtho n nthl
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