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CRACK PILOTS
TO RACE HERE
MOTORDROME MANAGER SIGNS
EASTERN DRIVERS
List of World Famous Automobile Ex.
perts Will Be Announcsd
This Week—Local Men
Not Overlooked
The main entries for the Inaugural
turd at the Los Angeles motordome
will bo announced this week, follow
ing the return of General Manager P.
K. Moskovlcs. who has been in New
York and Chicago signing up the big
ones. Enough names of the eastern
drivers are already known to make
sure that the meet will have an ag
gregation of drivers up to the standard
..i speed capacity promised for the
revolutionary board track.
Ralph De Palma, George Robertson,
Frank Lesoault, Ray Harroun, J. B.
Marquise, Jimmy Ryall, Caley Bragg,
Joe Seymour. Barney Oldfleld—thess
are some of the men whom the local
driven will have to go against to de
fend the racing name of the Pacific
coast. All are coming out looking for
a. mark of thirty-five seconds "' bet
ter and expecting to do revolutionary
record making at the motordome.
Ralph De Palm a. has had the "Cy
clone" especially rebuilt for the motor
dome races, and he will also nave the
famous Jno-horsepower Fiat racer, to-
r with .1 80-horsepower stock car.
r<on is bringing the big
Chrlatie 160-horaepower machine, a si
mplex and another high
powered car.
Prank Lescault, who will probably
be accompanied by Bert Dlngley,
f hipped h: six ci Under Palmi r-Slnger
fday and started for Los Angeles.
The Palmer-Singer Is the fame one
driven by Lescault In the twenty-four
hour race at Brighton Beach last year.
Dlngley is well known us a member
or the Chalmers racing team last year,
i'aley Bragg, who has won fame &S
an amateur racing champion, will
drive a 00-horsepower Mat at t; i• ■ mo
tordome inaugural, .'. B, Marquise is
to drive an Jsotta here, and tentative
arrangements are made for a. big
Isofta for .loe Seymour. Jimmy Ryall,
who baa been In Los Angelea some
time, watching the building of th«
track, lias a high-powered foreign
Of course Ray arroun will be on
hand with the Marmon. Sin c hi hal
Man the motordome completed lie is
more confident that wonderful time will
be made, and hfl expects to show some
..I Uie ways to make new record!-. Ed
.li Hearne of Chicago will have In
addition to Ins Hupmoblle racer a big
ITlat.
\ noon as Manager Moskovlca, who
left Chicago F"rida, reaches Xjm \n
geles, lie wil rotiin] up tin- western en
tries, ft is thought that, although
the three leading drivers of the world -
1... I'iiiia, Robertson and Oldfleld ■
■ri promised, In addition to a large
number of other eastern stars, there
»iii be some driving by Ai Living
ston and other local men that win as«
tontsh thr easl
LONG STROKE ADVANTAGE
CALLS FOR DISCUSSION
Relative Advantages of Various Types
Set Forth, with Brief Tech.
nical Description
With the Introduction this year of
wr.-ii "long stroke." motorcycles, the
inirctioii of the relative advantages of
the type Jh coming In for no smnil
:islon. Tin points it Involve* arc
numerous and more or less complicated
by theory. But the plainest argu
ment* for and against n are relatively
simple. in a. word, the. Introduction
of the engine which haM a. much
greater stroke than bori whirh Is as
, i,.m- .1 definition an the long stroke
mginn ever has had—la supposed to
bring about greater fuel economy,
smoother runt and less noisy rx
haust.
Increased economy, of course, is
advantaßOous, brcaus-p it stands for
In. real ed mlli age with tlip same
amount of fuel tanl: ig< nmoot her
running is advocated as .i moans of
reducing vibration. lessening the
PtroßsPa in framo parts which are oc«
i-apioned by the Etraininsr of the motor
in Its fastenings; reducing the noise,
while Itself a direct benefit to the
muse of motorcycling, also is deslr
j(hli» in this install-'' because it In
volves a reduction in he noise made
l.v tiip machine not. thr ugh choking
the exhaust outlet by means of a
muffler, and thus creating hack pres
sure, but by removing- from the ex
• haust pases some of the ouersy which
ordinarily renders the exhaust, noisy,
II should be mentioned that the ions
stroke motor at present la being u.seri
to an Increasing extent In the auto
mobile Held, and with apparently >>cne.-
Heial results.
Ak is well known, the plst.ui »peed
Bis8 is limited by the necessity of urine;
proper lubrication, as .11 as by prac
tlcal conditions relating to the. propor
tioning; of the ports, the flow of the
bal
;:rini's
Iliis ■
under ordinary running
The i efoi '. to Ini n ase t;
would Involve lueri - >>> nimitiT
if 1 ■! per minute, unless the number
of rnnlniioi! i> ■ ; Fl^flurlntf
the spi ed red r of i e\ o
lutlona per n becaui ol
Ihe greater ■ renders th"in
less severe In tl I upon thi
iliiiio as a whole
On the other hand. i; ip objected by
some experts that the long stroke en
fi.'ne, because t>t its lower F^peed, Is
Jess i • Illy controlled for the rensnn
Hint sudden changes In the load tend
In alter it!l speed '■■ a greater extent
than corresponding ] oa ,] changes
would after the speed of ;, short
stroke engine. ft also is held that the
long stroke engine, because of Its lens
frequent pulsations, Is less easily bal-
Hiiced.
Motor
Cycle
Bargains
On« I%!> Plen nder In fini
condition, equipped with h I
oinrtor; owner leaving city; wIJ
See this tlno tnarMm> for
$225
at
John T. Bill & Co.
Northwest corner Tenth and Main
Portion of the Motordrome Grandstand
That Will Have Seating Capacity of 15,000
AUTO PASSES BEYOND
FIELD OF RECREATION
PLEASURE CARS USED FOR
BUSINESS
Chicago Manufacturing Concern Makes
Use of Nineteen Machines
Solely for Commer.
cial Purposes
That the practicability of tha auto
mobile extends beyond the field of
recreation and adds much to the
effli li ncy of men engaged In businesses
where Ume Is an asset, is proved by
the number of pleasure cars constant
ly In use among business houses, con*
tractors and physicians, Boms political
economists have said that the motor
i ar has no i conomlc value.
Yet statistics show that what Us true
of the commercial vehicle in heavy
work In equally true of the pleasure
car when adapted to business. One
automobile can ai compllsh more than
three horses and buggies. .More Qrms
are each day coming to realise this
fact, and In nearly every city "n«
finds the lending manufacturer! and
merchants using motor cars for mak
ing- , ■ entertaining customers
and attending to details of general
business. The physician who is with
out a car is now considered behind the
I
Chicago furniahea n striking Instance
Of the prowlng use of the automobile
In the business Held. Tho Crane com
pany, one of the largest manufacturing
loncerns in the country, uses nineteen
autoa regularly In Its business.
]ii«r corporations do not spend their
money for pure luxuries. They have
found the automobile necessary in
ii.mi business, chiefly because it adds
bo greatly tn the efficiency of the man
ufing It. All of these Qrms arc unan
imous in their pralst of the automobile
In business.
"We could not do without our nutos.
now that we have become used to
i ,m" say: ('. A, Olson, general super
intendent of the crane company. "In
the entertainment of customers and
for general business usage the auto
mobile more than doubles the efficiency
„' ;< man. Our nineteen cars are con-
Btantly busy and have been satisfac
tory In c vet y respect."
•PUNISHMENT REVIEWS
GRUELING AUTO CONTESTS
Marmon Company Issues Interesting
Booklet on Races It Was
Represented In
The M*rmon company has Issued n-
Interesting booklet called "Pun
ishment," : i ime of th- grueling
rontects In whlfh thi rar hag parttel
i mi- Marmon whlrh gavi a very ,Tod
it;il>lo account of Itself in the rpcnnt
it fndiai apolli for tha
r A gchebler trophy, ;m<l which
i ailed of] i miles had
„.. r. a, took down tirst honors In
the Whi itlej hills sweepstakes of the
!-... 1 I] OCt
During the. wenk of November P 18, I
on tlii 1 Atlanta speedway, two Vlarmons
wore very prominent ii event,
• iiuiiiifr tirst iiini sa
In th>' tPU-ml and ,
ii .-ili. i- minor eventß, and one
lii-Kt in the 120-mile event for thn At
! L ntii tri phy and J^'ii In gold, co
In 100 minutes 2$ m ■ ■ nrls, or
i au H \. ied of .' lmo( t 66 n I
hour.
BRIGHTON BEACH MEETING
WILL START DURING MAY
! Motordrome Will Be Opened at Earlier
Date Than Was First
Intended
NEW Viii:K. U' \f ■
clal meeting of tha Bright
of the Motor Racing
n i; penlng dil iho
!, motordrome were de
■ I upon. Afti r '•" I«jii uf
nei i ■ poi i. for the month ol Ma >
1 for tl i b ick it was d> i ld> d
■ j mccl al a Bluntly
I nrsl Intfnded
•| i ■: i (latfp will be Friday and Satur
; . 13 and 14. The feature even!
:■ tournament will l<o an Intor
.;! twenty-four hour ipeed con
i ars.
Reports received from the track bu
i porintendf-nt were to the effect th.it
tli« winter has hardened and Improved i
the milf course, which was twice re
built last year. Some Flight changes
are contemplated tending to the further
safety of contestants and to the com
fort of spectators. Several novel com
petitive, features ml^o are under con
sideration. Manufacturer*! and others
interested In the speed and endurance
demonstration of cars fire invited to
send recommendations or suggestions
for style of contests to A. B. i 'ordner,
chairman of the Brighton Beach com
mittee.
LIVINGSTON TO LEAVE
Al Livingston will leave r^oa An
geles Monday morning for San Fran
cisco with the racing car Corbln,
where ho Is to drive In the Nineteenth
avenue hill climb March 20.
LOS ANGELES HEHAtD: SUNDAY MOHxMXG. MARCH 13. 1010.
SUGGESTS ROAD TOUR FOR
BIG COMMERCIAL WAGONS
Efficiency Test In Which Trucks Could
Be Tried Out Is Plan
of Agent
There have been all sorts of tOUra,
endurance runs and reliability and
economy contests for pleasure motor
vehicles, but commercial motor vehi
cles have been neglected In this respect
except for privately organized tests.
Now comes an original suggestion that
an efficiency contest of several days'
duration be organized solely for busi
ness motor vehicles.
A B. Coriner, general manager in
New York for TiaHd motor Vehicles,
has advanced a plan for an organised
run river the hilly country near New
York city for self-propelled trucks.
wagons and coaches. lie suggests ■
trip through the c&tsktll mountains, for
pie -each competing car being
loaded to its capacity at the start.
making deliveries at given points and
taking on new loads at specified inter-
He would have a faithful ai
count kept of the exact cost of opera
tion throughout, the average amount of
load carried, time occupied in deliv
eries and total time for each day's run.
From this would be evolved a basis of
award, and the result would be highly
interesting to users of delivery s> s-
Jfr. Conner believes that sev
tra Rapid vehicles of various tonnage
would be entered In a contest of this
kind.
BIG BUSINESS HOUSES
REPLACE HORSE WITH AUTO
That the practicability of the auto
mobile extends, beyond the field of
mare recreation ami adds much to the
efficiency of men engaged in business
where time is an asset is proved by the
number of pleasure cars constantly in
us*- among business houses, con
tractors and physicians. One automo
bile can accomplish more than three
horses and buggies. More firms are
each day coming to realize this fact,
and In nearly every city one finds the
leading manufacturers and merchants
using motor cars for making collec
tions, entertaining customers and at
tending to details of general business.
Ths physician who la without a car is
now considered behind the times.
Chicago furnishes a striking In
stance of the growing use of the auto
mobile In tin- business field. The Crane
company, one of the largest manufac
turing concerns In the country, uses
nineteen Chalmers "80'n" regularly In
Its business. The WestinghouM Elec
trical and Manufacturing company, the
General Electric company and the
Western Electric company, all or
Chicago, have two Chalmers "30V
each. The Edison company of Chicago
usi's one.
SPEAKER CANNON LAUDS
STUDEBAKER AUTOMOBILE
Job > c.. Cannon, speaker of the
home - - representatives, finds time in
the maelstrom of political activity at
Washington to pay tribute to the auto
mobile. The venerable solon is a con
firmed motor car enthusiast—admits It
and makes no excuse for his ardor.
In a. letter to the Chicago Stude
baker branch. Speaker Cannon lauds
th« Srudebakar car that he has used
constantly for nearly ono year. He
"The Studebaker automobile which I
1.1 been using now for about ten
makci no rxruse for liir- trdor.
,'i letter to the ' 'hlcago i-t ude
r branch, Speaker Cannon lauds
Studebaiter < mi- thai he ba-
tantly for m arly one year. Ho
tie studrbakpr automobile which i
I. using now for about trn
months has proved eminently satis
factory in every respect. it has been
in commission constantly since its pur
chase with a minimum of repairs; in
fact. It is in every way what [ should
expect a machine to be turned out by
a firm of the reputation of th< Stude
bakrr Bros."
'Badger' Car Stolen Friday and
Recovered Near Hollywood
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fei- . .. - . JM
•'■>'■■ " '•• ' •-?.*'«?•• •>•■■ -••■/■'a V ■'{■-,: . •>^"V^!v,.w4
This is where the car ran after hav
ing been abandoned by the man who
attempted to make away with It Kri
day evening. When overtaken the en
gine was Mill running-, and the tracks
of tin thief were clear In the soft, dust
of the road. He evidently took to the
AUTO RACING GAME
IS MERE BUSINESS
SPEED TRIALS HAVE MORE
THAN SPORT IMPORTANCE
Manufacturers Find That Demonstra
tions and Publicity Are Pro.
ductive of Unusual
Returns
Automobile racing is not a game, as
it is frequently termed, but is a serious
business proposition. Involving on the
part of the manufacturer or entrant
the expenditure of largo sums of
money. If it Is successfully conducted
it requires a. complete ana expensive
separate organization.
From the manufacturer standpoint
there are only two important reasons
for the racing of automobiles. One is
the possibility of trying out current or
new model! under abnormal speed and
stress conditions, and then improving
the factor) product us ■ result of a
careful study of the lessons learned In
racing, where nil faults of design,
workmanship and material are more
than liable to quickly manifest them
selves. This feature of the business
has undoubtedly done much in the- past
to improve the product Of American
manufacturers, but the art has now
reached such a point of efficiency that
racing Is no longer necessary or ad
visable, for the accomplishment of a
better product, as it was until quite
recently.
The second important reason is the
large amount of publicity that could be
obtained by any make of car engaged
in racing.
An entrant fit the usual and neces
sary large expense gets from a race
some publicity, but as soon as another
race Is held the results of the first race
are forgotten by the public and its ad
vertising value is gone.
The y/sar 1910 will be the greatest
for automobile racing that the indus
try has ever seen. As a business ad
junct to the manufacturer 1910 will see
the finish of automobile racing, and
that it Will, from a business stand
point, soon be a thing of the past.
HAPPENINGS ON AUTO ROW
C B. Fuller of Colton made i record
run from San Bernardino to Log An
geles last Monday, covering the more
than sixty-five miles in 1:43. Actual
running tlm« as foUOWS: Leaving the
Stewart hotel, San Bernardino at 10 !"•.
passing through Upland! .-it 10:38;
niuit, 10:42; San Dimas, 10:61;
Half Way, 10:57; Glandora, 11. Azusa,
11:07; imarte. it is. Monrovia, 11:33:
Arcadia, 11:10; Pasadena, U:SB, and
arriving h> Downey avenue. Los An
il 58. The trip was made in a
model X Midland and carried two
inrrc besides Mr. Puller.
The Burkhard-Crtppen Motor Par
company has received the first ship
ment of its model D cars. This la the
40-horMpower touring car. which
weighs 2260 rounds and is considered
One of the best hill climbers yt seen
on the coast. E. J. Bennett says the
demand for this model is very active.
John T. Bill A Co. have received the
1910 four-home rower ReadlnaT-Stand
ard machine*. This new model Is
equipped with adjustable mechanical
oiler, Riving it ■< double oiling system;
illon gasoline tank and a single
float carburetor, the Invention of Billy
Hoag.
'- Oehrlcke, the Btromberg Car
buretor trouble man and adjuster fnr
Southern California, Is making his
i hills, however, mid up to a late hour
last night no further trace hud been
discovered of his whereabout*. Fortun
ately the roadster, a demonstrating
car, was quite uninjured by Its hard
usajre, and ii was hauled out into the
road early Saturday morning,
Here's
the car that is ideally adapted to this climate and the conditions
that exist hereabouts —in a hundred ways.
—every car built like a watch—a study in mechanical perfection— a car v
designed to meet the approval of the most exacting.
the Knox water-cooled motor system is universally conceded to be the . [
greatest step ever taken toward the PERFECT MOTOR CAR.
—every part of Knox model construction receives long and heavy abuse in real
service before it is ever considered worthy of adoption. \ B
the tremendous success of the Knox has been due to its lasting ability—its quietness
—the easy accessibility to all parts—its intense simplicity—the smooth, easy riding qual
ities—and its absolute dependability under the most adverse road and climatic conditions.
It reauires a good sized catalog to tell about the perfection of Knox construction.
Come to our salesroom and see this splendid car. Let us demonstrate its every feature for
you Don't choose a car before you know the Knox.
The above cut shows our clever torpedo model—the smartest machine for all around
purposes ever turned out of a factory. Sec this car today.
Equipment Complete $3400
Henry & Brown Motor Co.
1136 South Main F5647. Main 7853 I
headquarters with ChajMlOr ft Lynn, his
company's faclflc coal agents.
So many orders have come to the
Jaek.son-Eno company for yulraniz ms
since their show demonstration at
Fies'a park that they have arranged
to double the working capacity of
th'jir plant.
The Lou Angeles Motorcycle club
has announced dates for .1 show at
their San Pedro street headquarters
from March 23 to 27. .
Following sales of car* reported this
week Haynes car. baby tonneau, to
P. \V. Ross, city; two Halladay cars
to San Dimas Auto company, who also
ordered ten additional cars, and ten
Halladay cars to K. K. Angel. Ana
heim, who has taken a sub agency;
fully equipped Wlntuti 6s to Fred
Barman, city, and W. H. Smith. Pas
adena; nve-passenfOT Dorris touring
car to a. U. Carpeater, city. Thirty
four horsepower Ramblers were «old
to B. J. Noble, Pomona; CUrence
Thomas, city; Joseph Cianshaw. city,
and 1.. A. Myers. Whlttier. Forty-tlve
horsepower Rambler to K. W. Da vies,
Pomona, and ■ seven-passenger Ram
bler to Richard Howe of Colorado
Springs, ex-secretary and treasurer ol
the International Harvester company,
who is stopping at the Gleinvood. Rlv
trslde Two Oldsmobiles were, also
sold to visiting tourists; a Pix-cylinder
Old.s to Smith Crowder of Oakland
and • four-cylinder Olds to t'apt. P.
Youree Shreveport, La. Both of these
gentlemen will tour Southern Califor
nia In their machines and then takft
them home on their own power. A
brown Mercer toy tonneau was deliv
ered to Dr. Willis A Hutchlneon, city.
The -Big 4" Motor far company sold
a Corbln touring car to J. B. An
drewH Anaheim, and Kepal cars as
follows ii. rreeman, Hollywood; )■'•
\V Weelo. city: B. P. Taylor, r.le.u
dora: Oliver Johnson, city; C. K. Souie,
Sawtelle; George Ratley. Norwalk;
John T. Johnson. Santa Barbara.
George W. might, who has loured
Southern California in his seven-pas
senger Lexington car, has gone to San
Francisco, and will travel on north to
Seattle, from which place he. may
drive east if ho finds the roads and
accommodations good. Mr. might has
driven north before, In a small car. but
claims that a large car like the Lex
ington Is much more satisfactory for
extended touring.
JHurkhard-Crippen Motor CM com
pany, agent for the Lexington, report
delivery "f seven-passenger touring
car to E, A. Forrester & Kons and a
!ivi passenger tourins: car sold antl
delivered to Thomas K. Kase. They
have also sold a forty-horMpower
touring car to John W. Vaughn, a
four-pAssenyer fiemi-tnnneau to Hc
nlon Robinson Mild X. A. Stranp and a
flve-pAssenger touring car to JamM T.
Barkelew,
OLDFIELD-DE PALMA RACE
FOR $10.000 CALLED OFF
DAYTONA, Fla., March 12.—The
$10,000 match race between Barney
Oldfield and his 200 horse power Ben a
racer and Ralph de Palma, with the
200 horse fwwer Flat of Lewis Strong,
scheduled for March 16 over the Day
tona Beach race course, has been
called off. De Palma this morning
smashed a piston on one of the cylin
ders of his car.
He is not certain the car can be re
paired In time for the races to be run
at Los Angeles at the opening of the
truck there- April 10, but will endeavor
to be on hand.
Oldfleld announced tonight he was
determined to defeat Do Paima, and
hal wired the Los Angeles track of
ficial* he will race De Palma there if
the Flat driver takes his car to the
coast. % .
"All the World Loves a
Winner
Buyers of Automohiles today are pretty well informed on
CAR VALUES
"Moneys Worth" is what they insist upon having in Auto
mobiles, as in Anything Else.
In Both Instances
The
BUICK
Emphatically Fills the Bill
The Construction Is Right. They Are Comfortable, the
Appearance Is Right. They Ride Easily,
and
They Are Big VALUE for the Money
Turn where you will, look at the radiator and you'll see
"BUICK" "BUICK" "BUICK"
"All the World Loves a Winner"
Howard Automobile Company
1142-1144 South Olive St., Los Angeles.
The Seeley
Ignition System
Adds One More to Its Long List of Victories
at Ascot, March 1-. the 30-horsepower Corbin stock car, equipped
with this System, won the five-mile free-for-all in 4:57 2-5, de
feating 45 to 60-horsepower cars, including the Marnion Special
Racer, proving the SEELEY SYSTEM is the one to hank on.
Better investigate this. Catalog mailed on request.
Seeley Specialties Co.,
126 East Ninth Street Los Angeles, Cal.
The 1910 Models Are Here
OF THE
"Overland"and <4Matheson"
Renton Motor Car Company
1230-32-34 S. Main St. Home Phone 10799
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