Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1926, Page 78

3 ok THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JANUARY 17, 1926—PART 3. Aum MAKERS TES]‘ INOTABLE PROGRESS MADE IN st ot e, sty smer s soie | Africam. Natives |WEIGHT MAKES TRACTION. 2,000 Drivers Taken| _ Hoover Wil speck | AUTOMOBILE SPEED TESTS i &t ol il 98 Pour Ginger Ale pwsnges 5op cur suce w In Speed Traps in 7 o annut miles must be a superior | Blowouts must be made wellnigh im’ | . 3 | snow—ZLack of Load Hampers. ), .* - Comimerc | | ponsitie, engines” muse ve mamutne | ANto Car Battery Srov—tack of Tond Bomeess [papjs Last Month Sorio | ___(Continued from Sixth Page.) | of 400 miles. Only once in its his- | tured to ‘stand up” under the strain v Moat-drivors, swhien caught in- deep | on need tory did an American car win, aml\t\}nfl if they don't—well, there’s more —_— jn;v\\‘l,n‘xv]nl::;t)!l‘m‘-xlmé;\;xl':i IX)II‘[’I.". I::{‘{:V'h | foreign mo | married and now makes his home in|that was when Eddie Pullen, fn a|than engineering interest in the fail American automoblle owners who | ESr% 12 alight. imagining L e el | Roseland, N. J. "De Paolo's wife and | Mercer, finished first—in 1914.” With |ure for one man In the race. Auto-| forger. to put water in the cnro |lghter load the car will make better | Steps are belng taken by Paris| . iwo-year-old son usually are in the|the passing of the classic sponsored | mobile racing has proved the practical | battery n't Balf' so much ain- |1 toas The enbine fnsacishle: has|drivers who dash. through the strests Short Me: Proving Grounds Present| 'ds when he drives. jby the Automobile Club of America | roof of any laboratory tests that may | ners ggainst efficiency as na- |ample power to pull, but the wheels |of the Fr is they wo Short. stocky men o Starts Winning Early. alvofwent fthe laun usl ¥ endssbitchD fibe ted. ~There is no theos no| uve African who uses soda water | can’t get traction. So pile 'ém in. x| 3 All Difficulties Met b > . ; | race, run for the last time nine years | “maybe £0” to a race of a couple hun-| for the same purpose. Ginger ale it your traction with \elgl The city is heing dotte s Lobbi uities wiet by De Paolo achleved fame early in the | ago. dred miles. The evidel a long, [ and mineral water, almost any | Your passengers can be of weight ps. with the result 2,000 | commissi = Jear by winning the 150-mile race at| Roaq racing gave way to the now |hard drive is selfillustrated. It can'| lquid that comes in bottles satis. | sotimie e 5 drivers were appreliended last month | pyan of 5 Tourist Travel Jresno, Calif., and began to pile up his| 5010 speedway features. The first | not be disputed. That is the reason| fies 861 6a0® maiy ot whon | il for thelr disregar ¥ | bé leas 2 |lead in the champlonship contest DY |,¢"American speedways was built at | why motor engineers follow the! driving cars today = - Police are exe . lance | wrothe | Ainishing the victor in the Indianapolis | 1ngianapolis in 1909, the present der- | automobile races. Caslosits ot thel driver Rush Hard Hills. 1t night S May 30. He repeated his vic- | adeia > . causes 7 % . 3 first six s s | Automebile makers are n al . Altoona, June 14; at the Baj.| DY, Of the motor race courses. The| No other sport ¢ more misery in African motordom Whether to “rush” a hill or take it | JUring the first monthstoCithis | track at Indianapolls was fixed at|crowds than automobile : an in almost any other section of asy may k 1okl » | vear, 779 persons were killed in traffic eater effort to pu ot E ore-Washington Speed os E B 4 P ection of | eas ay be quickly settled in the | ¥6AF: are sl ac ing s e produet by taal et s | Erer, NEa 1, Sheat B e R | 2% milen, ana the frst aurtace was | (hron hat witnessed the Tndianth: | the wortd THe. {hinks moching. of | Gopern i Suaclly, settied, in the | ceifonts i Trance. OF this number 5 S y_actual tests than U dey = + N-lof macadam. This would not stand | oiis classic last year r tearing down the most | 644 were pedestrians, and the re ; Gilies dine stidery - o0 31 | of m: 8 W 1 : delicate | giving the engine advantage of specd |44, were pedestrians and the re Sl e SR o e | the strain of the race, and after the | 150,000 persons, and totaled about 15 {* mechanism to determine its func- | is equivalent, so far as power output ‘hainder drivers or occupant - 1 Best. . ring % opening meet this surface was torn | 000 more than the number who saw it | tion in making the car go. Servico | is o ed, to shifting to a lower ~—— —_ e General Motors Corporation, ex-!during the latter o s e sunatibiia e o ot onin 1 R s is concerned, to & ; r nressec p -y umber of ! Yo z Bob ) Jonog] o 1 D! S o . 1 924, c stations being rather farther apart | gear. It is always better to ush R M R ld & s St g = A ‘rx»\f"‘,\lmu"'\-":‘r',lkn;.‘!,b\\‘u'r(\lhi‘s";13,;(“|?A‘u-els()'t“:nlmr In 1911 promoters of the Indlanap- | that a week after last year's race two | than in more civllized arcas, the |a hill. More power and genuine AUTO . Cneynolds on motive Enginec in which he de-| on the new Baltimore-Washington | o8 track staged their first 500-mile (‘”Hlf;'”x.rnnvllsmnd.\ were reserved for| African pays for his indignities 1o | economy are obtatned. SAlmnsy sorfbes the corporation’s new proving | Speedway, after being barely nosed |race, for a purse of $25.000, a huge | the !h_-b event. }x \h'n;nj\n!)lu;v.\ |‘.‘ his . by long. lonesome walks | i PR e srounds, where cars are submitted to |out of first place by De Paolo on the | 8um at that time. Its popularity has | ter than words can Indicate the lure| through the “bush. e 25-2 N o e E | same track July 1. McDonogh drove | increased until it is looked upon as of the game for the thousands who it : e ang gnal. ‘ A The proving grounds comprise 1,123 | t0 his first victory in 47 seconds under | one of the foremost sporting feafures | Witness the races. | Don't wait for the motormeter to FOR ALL WHEELS Sales «cres of private property located | the world-record time for 250 miles. |of the year. The Indlanapolis track | What is it that allures the myriads | well be called the sport of all who |register danger before opening the |- & T4t e d Pioad N \n easy driving distance of the| Speedway development has marked | Was followed by others, many of |of followers of auto racing? What-|love a thrill Such is provided by |radiator covering. Your warning fs | Rul'ldlett R CO. fjand Berl Rosd'N: poratlon's several automobile and | the year 1 Two new board courses | Which have since passed into the [ever the answer, assured it is that|those heroes of the rumbling motors | the sudden rise of the red line, regard m | Sl AN truck plants i engineering depart- | Were opened—the Laurel, Md., track, | discard while horse racing has been (n‘rmr‘d‘ who defy death at every lap of the |less of where it happens to ba when | 1336 14th St. N ol ments. A large part of the tract is{ ne and an_eighth miles around, and [ It should be noted that with the the sport of kings, motor racing 1 tra | the ris ears of Satisfactory flat land adjacent to a hill section |the Salem, N. H., speedway, one and ; hat rises more than et above|® quarter miles in circumference. lowland. A speed track, mostly | These brought the total of . board tarvia paving and nearly four ¥s in the “big league” circuit miles long by 20 feat wide, and banked six. ~ The Indianapolis track re- on t rns f speed of 65 miles an | Mains the only brick course. I T b e o etitcted on the | Was one of the first speedways con Javel land, where there is also a 13.|Structed in the United States, and yaile concrete straightaway that {s|Taces have been staged each year perfectly level, with graveled loops at | Sinee 1911 for the distance of 500 = either end. At one end of the straight- | Miles. The Indianapolis course is 21 v is a concrete road 200 feet g, | Miles around. parapets to permit of flooding Board Tracks Boost Speed. 100foot section to o depth of 2 feet. | Boarg speeaways made their ap Permanent Organization. pearance at Los Angeles, where in a : 1 e et himee con. | one-mile saucer the first events were .‘ 5 u\?x with \'un»lh :;iqg:lad‘? Z Dollor lrzu;;( s ;:ih:l‘;‘li:}‘ starting from level Eroun & ix6/10| 74 miles an hour. Kive years later creasing to 7 2/10, 9 92/100 and 11 8/10/ 5 twomile' board’ oval at Chicago D o e e | ralsed the average speed for this type T e s lcamny 99.56 miles an hour for 500 miles | iz an endurance hil rond hov. | es an hour, for 500 miles ing gradients as steep as 24 pe Tos A permanent organization of Records for board speedways have | headed by the director, o been astonishing performances of | t aintenance and act! s ter cars and skillful driving. The | srov x e operations In-f ¢, mile-a-minute clip was accom- | durance s and observation § hed in 1924 on the board track at | 3 3 experimental cars cpariggte, X , when Earl Cooper | + each automobile and truck division | 4iq the 25,50 and 75 miles in better of the corporation. The straighta 20 miles an hour. 7-PaSS v used exc el * making | “rhe new speed records for 1925 were - S e s as accelera- S },(made with the smallest engines yet king, rolli v n, Smooth | ygeq on the motor racecourses. Cars 1 fuel economy at different | yerg cquipped with engines of 120.8 The under-water road is for |,ng 122 cubic inches piston displace- letermining how wet one's feet be-mant Their tiny size blaged the way ome in closed cars when driving in | for sifil smaller power plants of 911 puddled roads and for putting brakes | ..y inches, which will make thelr ap. in_condition for brak tests under | jearance on the race tracks early in rainy weather conditions. =T |1 (:OA( :H Some idea of the extent of the| 8 g alvtical endurance tests is afforded | Sport Is Clean. by the fact tha mileage made utomobile racing in this country on_the grounds roads runs|has been a pastime noted for its clean well ove ¢ miles a month and is | sportsmanship and the sincere at- steadily increasing. | tempts of its participants to give their | S | spectators the best that was theirs. | EueciniDosices | Racing has grown with the automo- | Many special instruments are used |pile industry, and, while its useful for obtaining accurate re: ds of per-|jess mechanically has been notable formance. Speed is recorded bY aland of the greatest assistance to mo- | FOR COACH =peedometer carried on a fitth wheel | ordom at large, the spectacular con- { that is clamped to the running board. | tests of fast cars have taken their Acceleration Is Indicated by an elec:| jiace among the sports that attract | Other Models can also be bough‘: tric accelerometer that punctures|innually huge throngs. | by holes in a paper tape at 1-foot and 10- | The history of automobile racing is for a Low First Payment an foot iniervals of car movement and |one of continuols advancement. Com- Convenient Terms on Balance a it-second time intervals. Deceler-{ pare the miles an hour which was | 5 ing, is measured by an | (he winning time of the first Vander- | All Prices Freight and Tax Extra instrument that records the rate of | pilt Cup race in 1904 with the speed | stopping and also the amount of foot | o¢ today. In few instances do figures | pressute on the brake pedal. Steering | e o more entrancing story than | affort and clutch pedal pressures are | (hosa which illustrate the quarter- lso measured, and vibration 1Is re- | entury battle of human skill and dar- rded electrically. = Obstruction of |ing with the mechanical make-up of parts of the car to the driver's vision | 1hg gutomobile, in order to wrest from s determined by means of a walll aqer models, smaller engines and marked off into squares with chalk | fner adjustments more miles a min- lines, and angles of reflection from the | v " windows and windshield are measured | "{ v over historians of the sport may by placing the car in the center of a | qicaeren as to the time of the fires circle 100 feet in diameter and carry- | o BEFSS B8 10 the te o the ftet ing a light around the clrcumference | ni¢ja] quto race, the time is certainly gf the circle, which Is staked off 10yt inore'than 30 vears past. 3 Tees Qfiu most of the test traffic comes on | First Race in 1895. about five miles of road, Including | the test loop and the concrate test | Lills, and there is a traffic density ot | the honor of the first race is accorded | — £ 2 | to the famous road contest promoted about one car per minute for the 24 |by the Chicago Times-Herald in 1895. hou on - 2% | It wvas won by Charles E. Duryea in a the proving grounds are affording 2!feld of 31 entries. But the time was| i @ | tar from imposing. The run of 54 | = miles was made in § hours 23 minutes | more an endurance than a speed | test. | The records of the American Auto- | mobile Association set down the first + MAN IS “NO GOOD” | heid 5 e s tiomontio Crubrof rm | By some chroniclers of motor racing | ica on Long Island April 14, 1800, Its route was from Sprinsfleld to Baby- | 7 on. a distance of 50 miles. and wi With Small Touring Car as Home|won by A. L. Riker, in an electric, in | z 2 hours 3 minutes 30 seconds. Fast? She Foreswears Maie Sex It was then, but speeders on our popu- : 5 lar highways would now smile at such | Without Exception. creeping. But such is progress! | Racing on onemile dirt tracks repre- | % 2 i sents the next step in the racing game. S e - 53 Spectal Dispatch to The Star. During 1300 meots were heid at Gut. < A Hudson Super-Six Brougham LINCOLN, Nebr., January Vith | tenberg, N. J.; Newport, R. I.; Chi- ’ 7 a little_touring car as her only home | cago, Trenton, N. J., and other places. and well satisfied with it as a place of | The record of that period was set by residence, Mrs. A. R. Dewitt. 49, has | A. C. Bostwick in a Winton, in which foresworn man and all of his works. [ he traveled 10 miles on the Gutten- | L B it St U | S e 4 e 1 s In ten years of value leadership, Hudson Super-Six nounces 0 nea y reside: 8| 0- | 27 4-5 second ollowing vean e 2 > e T performance, quality and price advantage have never bors became alarmed and called the | When /l\le?am}er Winton made the dis- | b d d olice. tance in 1 minute 6 2-5 seconds. But | The police found her in an ancler this record was not to stand long.,‘ €en SO OUtStan lng as to aY‘ second-hand machine that she said she | Henry Fournier the same year negoti. | e e ekt s the | Cone A Betesar: whare s The beautiful Hudson Brougham, illustrated above, has ‘ OA‘ H interlor cozy and warm despite {made the ‘first attem str. = - - . A Sia weaiier. She Avally e inducea | Anes racing in this empntry. T all the distinction of finest custom built cars at a price 10 accept the offer of a furnished and | Beach Races Started. heated Cottage that o EENErOUSTSAREd | io ool wiart or the wacioe era fo| based on the world’s largest production of 6-cylinder mssifienties nrefoouiafyeRmitiNNG {in 12q it & iiinaalaneniariias | s % ! (3 ” C AR omine Dha e o | ek o gt R Wi B | cars. With the Sedan it gives Hudson the same un- A “SIX” Built by Hudson ain, i March 26-28, 1902, when “Senator” w. B e T N P |3 S e e T | rivaled position among Juxurious cars that the Coach $ Shc felladite bt o then a aix | N- J.. promoted a speed carnival. Win. . e e g heeving o b dend | on i DI tamous Built el hort of has so long held 1n the utility field. i she started In making her own living. | o /0% Tsland h his time Later they returned but went off hik- | D B g o Sy, e e ettt | , And in the low-priced field, Essex shares all of Hudson’s They are just llke me,” she said. |y Pqe "yf QNG ] T o : w. 3 g . Tiare, T ot miried tter awhile, |100% In his Mercedes, made'a mile ir famous qualities 1n design, materials,and workmanship. where. I got marrled after awhile. | 100% = il Dut my second husband left me and 1 |32 Seconds, setting thereby a world fust packed up and started. Twant to |FeCord. | 4 vear lafer I L. mowden For little more than low-priced ““Fours’’ you get its 6. be moving: widows are lonesome any- | ! < L here, but it isn’t so bad when you |1 3115 seconds. Prior to January. oni comahere “As"for B Yo0d Honry Ko bidcne unoffcs cylinder performance, comfort, good looks and pride ¢ $250 Teions anocher s e Tl ownership. Come take a ride. You’ll like all Essex gives woman supports herself 2o ng artificlal flowers, which she | Records continued to fall, and in e Chom hense to huse, S hg | 1906 Frank H. Marriott, in 5. Stantey and does. Price, low first payment, and terms make it DOWN PAYMENT Dhly & few Treepsalkes and o few heces, | Steamer, turned the mile in 28 1-5 sec- 0 . {onds, at the rate of nearly 128 miles . = 1 Saries with her: ame back of (heiront | nihour: o remarkable/achleviinetiin Just as easy to own. Why be content with less? Balance Conveniently Arranged and the “furnace” that she heats the | View of the fact that it had been but 3 car with and upon which she cooks is | Sightly lowered in the intervening 19 | years an ofl heater. A ca is her only |¥ : " - companion. She says that going |, AR Outstanding feature which has! South in Winter" Is only for “soft |been closely linked with the progress ’ b € . outh in of automobile racing has been the Rersons; she prefers the rlgors of the | 3 ngerbilc cup race, engendered by the = < enthusiasm W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., ¥ S T brought away from his performarice at EGG OUTPUT INCREASED. |Ormond. The first race was run Octo- . ber 8, 1904, over a distance of 284.4 miles. For three conseeutive years WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Janu- (it was won by foreign cars, and it DISTRIBUTOR ary 7 The high Winter price of eggs | remained for the fourth race, at Long 1ght coms down if experiments per- | [sland, October 24, 1908, to be won by i formed at the Mount Hope Farm were |an American driver, George Robert- - lied practically throughout the!son, in a Locomobile. Names which o industry, according to Dr.|are watchwe s to racing followers % 1. Goodale, Who has been ex.|appear in the gulaxy of winners of the 1100 CONNECTICUT AVENUE PHONE WEST 1134 parimenting crossing two highly pro- [ Vanderbilt cup. Ralph de Palma, Ralph METROPOLITAN DEALERS ductive breeds of fowl to produce off- | Mulford and Darlo Resta were among speins that surpassed the record of | those who finished first in the great NEUMEYER MOTOR COMPANY PERRY BOSWELL Dr. Goodale crossed two_ Rhode 1823 14th St. N.W.—Phone North 7522 34th and R. L. Ave. N.E.—Phone Hyattsville 617 e e e SCHULTZE'S MOTOR COMPANY SAUNDERS MOTOR COMPANY record of 65 eggs in one Winter. Two wa;flthe(fl 'r:nt% xruo xcup o;‘ lu}:‘e Auto- 1496 H St. NE. 1078 Wisconsin Ave.—West 144 hundred females, bred from these two | mobile Club of America, which passed Daire, Inid on an average of 75 ekes | out of competition after 11 years at I. C. BARBER MOTOR COMPANY W. H. BAYNES during the Winter, or an increase of { Santa :kmlau. Calif., N‘:i"s?tsm‘:nn“‘ 3101 14th St. N.W.—Col. 18 5501 Wisconsin Ave early 20 per cent. For the remain-|1916, when Resta averaged $6.9 miles dar OF tho sear nojintreass that omldl| an Hoer | Mhe Graud Brimecacsiwsy HOLLAND MOTOR COMPANY Le ascribed Lo the cowss was noted. run over a distance s tly in excess 3 i A s ¥ X Connecticut Aveuue at B Sweet—Pobs 3497 [y