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PART 11
SET ROAD RACE
DATE FOR NOV. 24
Santa Monica and Motordrome
Auto Contests Will Start
on Thanksgiving
PRIZES WILL REACH $20,000
Trophies and Cash in Los An
geles-Phoenix Event At
tract Easterners
With a satisfactory adjustment aa to
dates for the Santa Monica road race
and the Motordrome races, the former
on Thanksgiving day and ,the latter on
the Saturday and Sunday following,
preparations for these big events will
go forward witVi a rush, and Southern
California will show to the world the
greatest series of automobile races yet
known. For it is not to bo overlooked
that the great Los Angeles-Phoenix
race takes place on November 6, and
as entries for that do not close before
October 21. it will give a chance for
every make of car in the racing game
to demonstrate its •worth under all
conditions of travel. It is practically
certain that many cars that will enter
the two local races will be shipped
here from eastern points to compete
in the Phoenix race.
The total cash prizes for all three
race meets will not fall much short of
120,000, and the trophies offered are
valued at more than $5000. That the
Phoenix race will appeal t<*^ eas^rn
drivers is not to be doubted, fo<eyili<!
cash prizes aggregate $3500 in gold, be
sides the trophies, and it will be a
Bource of pride to any car to annex
any part of them. Prospective local
entries for the Phoenix race number
more than twenty, and the 450-mile
distance across the desert will be a new
experience for most eastern drivers,
and they will have the natural feeling
to try something new. Most of them
have made their reputations on well
kept tracks, but road going in a real
race will show them the mettle of our
E-M-F "30"
—-AND
Flanders "20"
Automobiles]
Guaranteed for One Year
This guarantee is backed by the E-M-F company, a
firm whose financial standing is unquestioned.
V There is no High Finance connected with the
E-M-F company; it is backed by Studebakers and
\ the J. P." Morgan company.
■
'•^ It is not a question of whether they will be do
< ing business a year from now —you know they will.
In comparison with this, consider the tottering
condition of many of the prominent manufacturers
i- and agents who are offering new cars for sale at -
> pretty nearly any old price to get rid of them. What
are these machines going to be worth a year from
now as second-hand cars? What kind of service can
an owner expect from a concern that is in this un
certain condition ?
When you buy an E-M-F "30" or a FLANDERS
"20" you know just what you are going to pay for
it, and you know just what your neighbor would
have to pay for the same car. There is but ONE
PRICE to everyone, and this is one of the'many
reasons why E-M-F "30s" and Flanders "20s" sell
as second-hand cars at a greater percentage of their
original price than any other automobile.
Lord Motor Car Go,
1032 S. Olive St., Los Angelas, Cal.
Pasadena. Branch —49-51-53 S. Marengo Aye., Pasadena, Gal.
■ -- . -.- . „, —
John's Pipe Shop 13°
Sprnt too much money during vacation? Now mart to economize. Ci stars are ex
pensive and not always good. Start right, with a pipe, and tho rlirht pipe So
right to JOHN and you aro all right. Not a cigar store, that keeps pipe* aa a aide
plpo store with a full line of plpen. No i iKara tuid tobacco. Tho only
the U. S. that koeps no Imitation goods. In cuhik. JOHN la a practical
Repairing, coloring. JOHN SAVES YOU MONEY.
AUTOMOBILES
own western drivers. The contest can
be made Into a battle royal.
The Herald automobile editor would
.suggest that though the matter of local
entries be loft to the respective man
agements of the three events, that »
joint commltteo be appointed to socure
as many competitors from the cist as
possible and that all three entry blanks
bo sent to every prospect. Such co
operation will mean much to boost
Bouthern California as a» automobile
racing center, and such success will
attend the effort that it will gain In
popularity year by year. And it is not
to be overlooked that such a triple at
traction to take place within thirty
,tlH.v.s will attract thousands of wealthy
tourists to spend the winter and their
money in this land of sunshine.
It looks now that everything will be
harmonious In working out the success
of the three meets, and the gentlemen
who have boen instrumental in bring
ing about such a friendly understand
ing between the licensed Pealera' as
sociation and the Motordrome manage
ment should be given full credit for
their spirit of true sportsmanship, and
the public will show its appreciation
i>y a very large attendance at all
events.
LITTLE BRUSH CAR KEEPS
PACE WITH BIG RACERS
Photographers' Machine Makes
Remarkable Record
The Boston Jouft-nal commenting on
the "Munsey tour," in which two
Brush cars 'finished first and second
in their class, reports that one of the
most Sensational incidents of the tour
was th"A performance of the little Brush
ear which carried the official photog
raphers. This little machine started
from the morning stations along with
the high-powered cars, and kept up
with them. It carried the official pho
tographer down the line and back
again, and did its work in the finest
possible manner. It caused a great
deal of merriment up and down the
tine when the driver was arrested for
speeding Jn Providence. After leaving
Providence several big cars were In
the lead. They tried in vain to shake
the little Brush. It was there at the
finish, and held the place of honor
immediately behind the pacemaker car.
It gave one of the finest exhibitions
<of pluck and endurance in keeping up
with the high-powered cars, and it
seemed. Impossible to prevent it from
being at the head of the procession
whenever the driver wanted to get
there.
Los Angeles Sunday Herald
REO CHANGES OIL
SYSTEM IN 1911
Reinforcements Make Clutch Run
Smoother and Quieter and
Does Not Disturb Motor
MORE DISCS ARE ALSO USED
Tubular Semi-Floated Type Is
Used on Rear Axle of
New Car
Motor buyers will be more gratified
than ever in the 1911 announcement of
the Reo Mytor Car company, which as
usual thoroughly meets the popular
demand everywhere for high grade,
reliable, powerful and efficient auto
mobiles at a moderate price.
One of the most attractive models in
the 1911 Keo line is the model R flve
passenger four-cylinder thitty horse
power touring car. This model spells
•class" from top to bottom. In it Is
preserved all the essential features
that won for this model so many vic
tories on road and track during the
past year, only such changes being
made as one years actual service
ajimng over 10,000 users demonstrated
would add to the Eeo'a well known
efficiency, reliability and economy.
There is a slight onange in the oiling
.system of thi.s model which allows the
use of heavier oils, making the water
less liable to Hood at high speeds and
giving more oil at low speeds. The
carburetor is supplied with hot air in
take, the twofold advantage of which
is that the motor will be less liable to
carburetor troubles in cold weather
and provide! a safeguard against the
low grade of gasoline which automo
bilists so frequently have to contend
with.
Refinement of details also appear in
the clutch which make for quieter and
smoother running and also admit of
the clutch being removed without in
any way disturbing the transmission
or motor. This makes the Reo qiuteb
among the most accessible of any in
the world. An additional number of
discs are also usod which allows the
use of more pliablo springs and insures
less trouble from the clutch clipping
by oil getting on these plates. The
shifting arm of the transmission is
somewhat heavier than that of last
year's model.
The rear axle is of the tubular semi
floating type and is equipped through
out with Timken roller bearings ex
cepting the two outside bearings,
which are of the high duty, plain
roller type, running on hardened steel
sleeves and in hardened steel cages.
The drive shaft is also equipped with
Timken roller bearings at both ends,
and Is materially enlarge^ in diameter.
The torsion tube inclosing the drive
shaft has also been reinforced at the
fbwer end, as has also the bevel gear
hodsing. An oil tight device is also
provided to prevent the leakage of any
oil at both ends of the rear axle, thus
making It possible to run the gear
case full of light oil aW have no
leakage whatsoever at the end .bear
ings. This will insure a maximum rear
axle efficiency for the Reo which is
rarely found in cars under $5000.
The front axle spindles are equipped
with Timken roller bearings. The
spindles aro also made larger, thus
greatly enhancing their durability and
efficiency. In addition to these there
is a socure locking device to prevent
the accidental loosening of these bear
ings. Thus in the front axle, as else
where in the Reo, every precaution is
taken to make the Reo the safest and
most reliable car built.
Another innovation that adds to the
remarkable accessibility of tho Reo is
that tho uridcrhood is held In place
with six spring locks which can be re
moved in two minutes without getting
under the car. The control is by spark
and throttle on steering post with tho
popular and efficient Reo foot acceler
ator added.
The 1911 Reo recently captured the
world's cross-continent record, beating
the world's r%ord of a $4000 car I>7
four days, ten hours and fifty-nine
minutes. This is just what may bo
expected of a car as well built aa the
Reo. It Is a case pf big performance
following biff value and hitfh quality.
The Reo Motor Car company has again
demonstrated its ability, as it has In
the past, to meet the public demand
for a first class car that both the
classes and the masses want, at a price
that they can easily pay.
MODEL 24 OAKLAND 30
BREAKS TRACK RECORD
Sets Northwest Pace by Making
Mile in 1:06 2-5
The Oakland Car company received
the following night lettergram from
their Seattle representative, the Arthur
Bunker Motor Oar company:
"Model 24 Oakland 30 breaks north
weat one mile track record for cars
selling under $1500; time, 1:06 2-5. In
25-mile race the car takes second place,
time 28 minutes, being defeated only
by 60-horse power Steams. The Oak
land defeated all entries in class
events, viz., Overland, Marion, Ford,
Buick and Chalmers. Cars went
through three days' meet without sin
gle, adjustment of any kind."
BUICKS IN LIVELY DEMAND
H. J. Cogcr of the Howard Automobile com
pany, distributor of Butcks, has returned from
an extended trip through Ventura, Santa Bar
bara and San L.vis Oblspo counties, whei« he
established a number of new agencies. The
Bakersrteld agent doubled hid order for ten
cars In one week. There ig a greater number
of Bulcka In use In the oil fields than any
OttMr make, for this car Is partiruhu ly
adapted to the rough going to be found In that
section. The 1911 Bulcks are In live different
modelv, and many Important Improvement* are
noted. jrffcrtj
EDITED BY W. G. L. TUCKER
SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 18/ 1010.
1911 Regal '40' Making the Steep Grade
on Crown Hill Over Rocks and Stubble
iiii ■ .^n
REGAL OF LATE MODEL
MAKES WONDROUS CLIMB
Machine with Four Passengers
Ascends Crown Hill Without
Straining Gear
Rugged hill climbing is a decidedly
hard test to which to put any car. It
has remained for the Big Four Auto
company to find one of the most diffi
cult hills In the city. It ia Crown
hill, at Sixth and Union streets.
A new model Regal on Thursday,
driven by Roscoe Anthony, matb this
climb, up a better than 23 per cent
grade. Not around by the carriage
road, but with a quick start, this
Regal "plugger," carrying four pas
sengers, went up the rugged side hill
over rocks and stubble field and put
its nose over the crest without strain
ing a geW or heating the engine. In
making the descent it was necessary
to use the power of the engine to
prevent the car's coasting. It is really
a perilous trip to make and has every
other local hill beaten, for there is a
rise of close to 300 feet in the short
distance of a city block. A Regal "30"
will be seen In all the racing events
pulled off in Southern California this
year.
HANSHUE OFF TO DRIVE
IN VANDERBILT RACE
Will Also Pilot the Apperson 'Jack
rabbit' in Two Other
Eastern Contests
Harris Hanshue and Fergie Ferguson
left this week for the Apperson fac
tory at Kokomo. They will sjiend
a couple (if days there and will drive
from there to New York, and spend a
couple of weeks on the Vanderbilt and
Fairmont park race courses. Those
two boys will be tho crew of the Ap
person Jajkrabbit which was shipped
from Ilere last week for the purpose
of competing In tho Vauderbilt race
October 1, the Fairmont Park race at
Philadelphia October 8 and tho Grand
Prizes race on Long- Island over the
Vanderbilt course October 13.
The car shipped from here is in
proper condition to enter these races
on arrival, and Mr. Hanshue will not
u.KO this car on the cour.se until the
day before the race. Inasmuch as one
car is entered in each of those races
no chances of an accident With it in
practice will he taken.
There are a great many people in
this vicinity who think Hanshue has
more than an even break against the
crack eastern drivers, and his friends
are going to make up a hip pot of
money to be sent back for the. purpose
of backing him against any driver
entered in the Vanderbilt. Mr. Han
shue will decide at what speed the
race should be won, and will drive to
that end regardless of the position of
any other car entered in the race.
After three-quarters of the race is
completed he will ask for signals ns
to his exact standing at that time,
and he will be (lashed the simple in
formation as to where he stands as
compared with the leading oar in the
race, or, if he is in the lead, just how
far he is ahead of the second car in
the race. Mr. Hanshue states that
anyone can pass him at any time up
to the last quarter of the race. After
that, providing it is necessary, who
ever passes him will have to be able to
do better than ninety-five miles an
hour on tho stretches. This is Han
shue's last year of racing, as he will
go back to sales work, where the pay
is better and tho work less dangerous.
With Plngley, Livingston, Hanshue.
Stone. Fleming and Blgelow all entered
in the Vanderbtlt, the eastern arauka
will have to show more dust than
they have ever been able to do before
to hold their laurels.
OLDFIELD CUTS TIME
ON HALF-MILE TRACK
♦> TOLEDO, 0., Sept. 17.—Barney *
♦> Oldfteld today lowered the world ♦
♦ automobile record for a mile on a 4*
* half-mile circular track from *
♦ 1:06 3-4 to 1:04 3-5. Oldneld's for- .•>
•$• mer record was made at Findlay, *
<f Ohio, last year. ♦
<J> Ben Kerscher, driving his T)ar- ♦
<• racq car, went against time for «t>
«$► two miles, and made a record of ♦
% 2:20, two leottlda faster than the f
<♦ track record. *
♦J. *.}. «{• •JuJ'****** ♦♦**♦♦♦
HARRY A. LORD RETURNS
FROM TRIP IN EAST
Finds Eastern Dealers Are Poing
Good Business Handling
Low-Priced Cars
Harry A. Lord, manager of the Lord
Motor Car company, just returned
from a trip to the automobile factories
in the east, had this to say regard
ing business conditions there.
"In every city I visited I found
nearly everybody handling 1 )W priced
cars reported business good. With the
exception of the dealers handling the
K-Jl-F 30 and Flanders 20, nearly all
of them had large stocks.
"Business In Chicago and New York,
for instance, has been proportionately
tlower, I believe, than it has in Los
Angeles, due very likely to tho fact
that the summer ha 3 been exceedingly
warm and a large number of people
have left the cit yfor the summer
months.
•'ln Detroit I found the E-M-F and
Flanders plants working to their very
limit, the E-M-F plant shipping regu
larly from sixty to seventy machines
a day and the Flanders plant shipping
sixty a day, which they expect to in
crease to 100 a day by December 1.
"I was surprised at the way e.u
tomobile conditions have improved in
the south. In New Orleans two years
ago automobiles had not made much
headyaw; today I should say one-third
of the traffic is represented by self
propelled vehicles. Every station in
which our train stopped was a motor
car of some make or variety at the
depot, showing that the people arc re
lying more and more upon motor cars
for getting around."
AUTOMOBILE BUSINESS
IS GAME FOR YOUNG MEN
As one of the best evidences that the
automobile business in a young man's
game, some of the local dealers are not
yet through their college days. Tom
and Will Carrlgan, trading as Carrlgan
Bros., are among the most popular and
successful dealers on the "row." Their
father, T. J. Carrigan, the well known
mining man, insists on plenty of text
book knowledge, as an adjunct to a
business education: so it is up to Bill
to dig out his books and I'ie away
to Georgetown university tills week.
He will be accompanied this year by
Al Mitchell. Both boys are excellent
football playrs, and wil) be seen on the
gridiron together this season. Carri
gan established a reputation for him
self last year at Georgetown, while
Mitchell wore the colors of AmhirM
college.
STEARNS CAR WINNER IN
NORTH YAKIMA RACES
The latest Steams triumph was in
North Yakima, Wash. A 30-60 Steams
driven by A. C. Stevens won the five,
ten and twenty-five-mile free for all
races, and then to cap tho climax es
tablished a new track record, turning
the mile in sixty seconds flat The
twonty-flve-mllo event was won in Jb
minutes and 24 seconds.
To fully appreciate tho wonaertUl
endurance of tho winning car, it should
be borne in mind that it is considerably
over two years old and has been
driven upward of 30,000 miles. Added
to the recent twenty-four-hour vic
tory in New York, when the Steams
broke the world's record, the Baltimore
hill climb and the race* at Seattle,
V.ash., this last gala day for the
Steams H attracting attention on the
coast.
HAWAIIAN GOVERNMENT
* BUYS CADILLAC AUTOS
Machine Will" Be Used by the
Island Officials
From Honolulu the Cadillac com
pany is advised of the purchase of
three Cadillac cars for the use of the
government heads.
One of these cars is provided for
the governor of the islands, W. F.
Freer. The secretary of the territory
and president of the board of health,
E. A. Mott-Smith, is also provided
with a Cadillac, and a third one was
installed for the use of Superintend
ent of Public Works Master Campbell.
Secretary Mott-Smith, in addition to
the car assigned him by the govern
ment, has bought a Cadillac for his
own private use.
THERE are some articles which you buy the very name
of which represents the highest standard in its class.
You ask for it, knowing exactly what you are get
ting; that there is nothing better anywhere at any price. .
It sets the standard. /
Tho Buick is in this class, and is sold on this basis.
The buyer knows just what he is getting. He does not
have to experiment to find out whether his car is the real
goods or not.
1 So the Buick sets the standard; and when it comes to
setting the pace the Buick is right on the job with full
• equipment. The Buick wins more races than all other
makes put together. And racing is tho severest test of an
automobile—the test that makes the car most valuable for
> everyday use.
No matter what state you're from. Come in. We'll
show you.
Howard Automobile Co.
1142-44 South Olive Street
s J
ReO and
Apperson
LL k LIVE DEALER WILL SELL YOU A
■ f\ LIVE CAR."
"*■ .He will also be on the job with prompt
deliveries. t •
This word to the wise—Automobile Buyer—
sufficient. I have the cars.
IMMEDIATE DELIVERY
Reo Thirty Tour- Baby Reo Run
ing Car ...... $1400 about $550
Reo Thirty Road- Apperson Little
ster $1400 Jack, 7-Passenger $3200
) Reo Twenty Apperson Baby
Touring Car ...$llOO Jack .... „...$2150
I Leon T. Shettler
633 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE
LOS ANGELES SAN DIEGO
Ho.no 10167. Maln "•«•
Home iuj.o4. *, *■*■» -i ■- ■ ■ - - _ ■„' .
Member I icenssed Dealers 1 Association of Los Angeles.
Member Automobile Dealers' Association of , So. California
PAGES 1 TO 12
WESTERN DRIVERS
TO RACE IN EAST
Golden West Will Be Well Rep
resented at the Vander
bilt Cup Race
HARRIS H. HANSHUE IS IN LIST
Angeleno Will Have Charge of
Apperson 'Jackrabbit' in
National Contest
For the first time In the history of
the Vanderbilt Cup race the "Golden
West" will be well represented by
drivers who have achieved fame on
the Pacific coast. Realizing that the
sixth cup race will eclipse all former
struggles, the western drivers) have
made a great effort to come east and
participate in the great event October
1. The latest to enter the list is Har
ris H. Hanshue of Los Angeles.
William K. Vanderbilt jr., president
of the Motor Cups Holding company,
has just announced the entry of an
Apperson Jackrabbit, entered by
George H. Strout, sales manager of
Apperson Bros., Kokomo, Ind. Han
shue has been picked to pilot it.
Others- from the western slope of the
Rockies who will fight things out with
Hanshue arc Al Livingstone, the Na
tional pilot, winner of the Illinois
trophy; Bert Dingley and George
Fleming 1, the Pope-Hartford team,
who mado big names for themselves
on the coast; Bill Endlcott, who has
won so many light car races with
the Cole "30," while there is a possibil
ity that James B. Ryall and Harry
Mlchenor, who are now on the Pacific
coast, may go east to drivo in the
Long Island classic. The middle west
will also have a large representation
in Edward A. Hearne, Robert Burman,
Ray Harroun, Joe Dawson, Jack Ait
ken and others, who expect to show
the eastern stars a thing or two.
Hence the race is more truly national
in scope than ever before.
In Hanshue the Apperson entrants
have a driver whose reputation is en
viable. Last year numerous experts
picked this chap as one of the four
leading drivers of America. In 1909
he drove the Apperson in seven west
ern races, winning five firsts (including
the Santa Monica road race) and one
lecond. In the Vanderbilt he will
guide a stock model.