Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 27, 1910, Page 11

= Sl s~ | Will be granted for a trac will be allowed which is ma RBLES FOR AUTO less than one mile in length. Any con-| Effort Made to Popularize the Sport | testant who drives the reverse way of a : : | tratk shal' be Immediately disqualified, by Stringent Regulations. b o rodedmpeb e YOU don’t guess when you buy a Regal “30”--you know it’s a | good car. The only five-passenger, four-cylinder touring GENERAL REVISION OF RULES| .30 in the twenty-tour-hour contest ruies. | - No driver will be permitted to drive more | All Drivers Must Register with the |than three hours at a time on the track. | Contest Boar: Safety of the Pablle is finarded in Road Racing. ’ NEW YORK, Feb, 2.—For the fir ? in the history of mutomobile racing, a sat ot rules has been complied embracing every phase of the sport. As arhounced by Chairman Butler of the contest hoard of the American Automebile assoclation the 1910 contest code is wide reaching in fts scope. Not a point has been over- looked and thers are many amendments that will meet the popularity of those ni- terested In the motor car game. Well may it be sald that such complete provision for the governing of auto events in this country has never before heen at hand It promises great racing for 1810, The contest rules have been reclassificd The dlvisions are known as general and special rules. The general rules apply to all forms of contests and cover common | pointa. traek, The special rules apply to road, long-distance track and twenty- four-hour races, as well as hill climbs, | réllability contests and tours. A number of new regulations have heen | formulated in the general rules Alvision. One of the most striking additions Is the adopting of a regulation requiring race |inches and under to a 2,500-pound weight, drivers to register. Stress is also lald on the amateur question.. The amateur driver will have to register as well as the man who 15 In the game for money. Moreover, epecial attention was paid the question of the amateur's status as well as a clear and concise definition of the term being given. Restrictions are also placed on the ad- vertising of entries which do not subse- quently compete. The claiming of records and certified trials are other points re- celving attention. Clauses are devoted to the referee’s powers, promoter's liability, unadulterated fuel supply, and delivery of prizes. 4 All racing drivers will be required to register with the contest board. Thelr registration cards will expire on December 2 of each year. A detailed record of each dr?hr'l performances In contests through- out the year will be kept. An unregis- tered driver may not compete in a sanc- tloned event. Claims Recorded All claims for record must be made to the contest board ten days after their ac- complishment. A record cannot be adver- tlsed until acceptance by the contest board. No récord for, a distance of five miles and under shall be allowed unless taken by an automatic timing device. The' registration rules applying to professional drivers also hold good for amateurs. In the ‘“'powers Of @ referee” special stress is lald on the Tight of that officer to rule out of a race any participants on grounds of physical unfitness. The special rules for road racing were @rawn up with_the safety of the public and contestants in mind. Before sanction- ing & race the contest board will have on !?'%n permit or certified copy for the use of Nighways granted by the local authori- tles. Violation of the mechanical repairs and breaches of the pit rules will mean dis- qualification. Any attempt at fraud in the matter of the stock clause and status of a car will mean the disqualification of car, entrant and driver. In addition a complete set of rules for the running of a_road race is provided. This includes weighing In and welghing out requirements, signal code for contestants, international road symbols for making the course, road regulations and special duties of officers, Spectal Track Rules, \ The speclal track rules provide for the division of tracks into three classes—one- half mile, one mile and two miles or over, The tracks will be inspected by a repre- sontative of the contest board. If comply- ing with: all qualifications, they will mlhlu old profession to fall back on.” ligensed for one year. No licenses will be ssued for dangerous tracks. No sanction |to any car complying with thie definition Before taking up the wheel again he must take one hour's rest. Twenty-four-hour | racing will not be allowed on a half-mile track. Repairs and replacements are also restricted. With the exception of a clause requiring the promoter to file with the ost board ten days before the holding of a hill-climb. Ing contest a surveyor's certificate of the hill, the rules for this event are, with the exception of a few minor points, un changed. Work on reliability runs ayd tour rules has not been completed A change has been made in the defini ton of a stock car. To be a stock car in the racing sense of the word (he car must be & certain per cent of the maker's total output and must be bullt on the same lines. The per cent varies with the total output of the maker. In no case shall it be under twenty-five c The classes are di 2, ¥, G and H. « assitication basis ons In this class, ®lons in this class, ranging from cars lis. g at $600 and:under to $4,000 and over. lass i has n displacement and mini um weight k cars. There are six A, B C D, given divi- e are geven divi | |and a piston aisplacement of 190 cuble with 81 to -inch displacement. Class C is known as the “piston displacement clags without minimum weight restrictions or stock car qualifications.” This is known as the experimental class. Its six divisions have the same piston dis- placements as class B. Class D Is open of motor car. Special events not coming under the aforementioned groups will be known us class B. Class F events will be open to gasolene stock cars of the solid tire buggy type. Blectric car competition is restricted to class G. Class H has the commercial cars, cabs and trucks. WHERE THE, TROUBLE BLEW IN Fate of a Farmer Who Took a Flyer in Live Stock High Fi- nance. Speaking of the present prosperity of the farmer, Assemblyman Warren Pine of Riverside, N. J, related a little story at Trenton the other day, which would seem to indicate the agriculturist is not al- ways farseeing with regard to his fl- nances, Some time ago, Mr. Pine said, he was on a traln and overheard the conver- sation of two farmers who were on their Wway to Trenton. First they talked about the dry spell they had last summer, then the game laws, and finally one of them remarked that he had heard that Josh Hankins had had his annual hog killing. “Ya returned the other with a chuckle, “and he didn't do a gosh dasted thing but bunko himself good an’ plenty.” “How dld he bunco himself?' querled the first, wonderingly. “He got a good price for ‘em, didn't he?” ‘‘Yans,” answered the other, with another gleeful chuckle, “that was ther whole derned trouble. Hé got such a good price for 'em that he sold ther hull bloomin' lot, an’' dldn’t keep none for his own eatin’, “Ye hev kind o' got me, Bill," was the puzzled response of the first. ““Ye will hev ter come agin.” “It is as easy ter see as slippin’ off a greased log,” said Bill. “He sold all them hogs at $19 a hundred an' now he 1y buyin ‘em back for his table in pork chop an' scrapple lots at somethin’ like 20 cents a pound.”—Phlladelphia Telegraph. When He Shakes Off the Chains. { ‘‘McGoozler, the first baseman, is put- tin’ up a big holler because base ball play- ers are slaves.' “Is he? What's his salary?" ““Thirty-five hundred.” “‘Well, if he quits being a slave he has “What's that?" ‘‘Washing bottles in a pop factory at seven a week.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer, \ ‘Memarkable record submitted by New York metropolitan distri 398,884 miles at a total cost for mechanical repairs of 2.21, averaging Equivalent to 16 times around the World—398,884 miles—at a total repair cost of §53.21, That {s the amazing record revealed by statistics just compiled from the exper- lences of 76 Cadillac *Thirty” owners in New_York City and Vicinity, It is doubtful if the entire history of travel and transportation—steam, electric or gasoline—can show a case of parallel fconomy. There was In this instance no spectal striving to attain & minimum. The 76 owners went their separate ways with thelr’' 75 Cadillac “Thirty” cars, each without reference to the other. ‘They took no speclal-precautions, but drove where ‘they pleased, when they pleased, how they pleased, without the slightest idea that their experience was to be made a matter af record, At the close of 1908 statistios were collected- and compiled \'rom tie signed statements of the 76 users. 1t was found that the 75 cars had | traveled o total distance of 398,884 miles, or a distance equivalent 1o 16 trips around the world. Forty-six of the owners had no repair cost whutever—not a single penny—in epite of the fact that some of them had driven thelr ear as much as 18,000 miles. The highest individual repalr charge m the entire year was that of one user, 86 car cost him—for speclal reasons which did not reflect upon the construc- tion in any way—$10, the distange it, car- ried being 9,000 miles. Eleven of the others expended during thie year from 2§ cents to 50 cents. The average distance traveled was 5,318 miles per €ar, yet the Average repair expense n 71 cents each. 'd statement 0f these 75 users was less The s! Cadillac once more proves itself most economical car |the parts thrown in a pile; a partion of | | these parts discarded and new ones sub- | 75 Cadillac “‘ Thirty’’ owners in ct who have driven their cars 71 cents per car. showed further that the average gasoline consumption for the touring car was one gallon for each 15 miles of travel and one quart for ofl for each-176 miles of travel, | The Demi-Tonneau car showad an average | of 17% miles for each gallon of gasoline and 200 miles for each quart of ofl. Some users obtalned 20 or more miles for each gallon of gasoline, but the figures first given are averages. There™is no disgulsing the fact that this record has proven a revclation, even to automoblle manufacturers themselves. It proves beyond a doubt what the Cadlllac company has always maintained, that the elements in motor car construc- tion which age absolutely necessary to economy and {immunity from repairs are, sclentific design, standardization, ac- curacy of workmanship and correct align- ment. Also that necessity for repairs is the result of poor deslgn, Inaccuracy of workmanship, Jli-fitting apd Incorrectly aligned pacts. A year or more ago they proved Before | i the Royal Automobile club of London that three Cadillacs could be torn down; all stituted, and the three cars bullt up again from (he heap of parts to rum with ab- solute sweetness and without so much as an fota of looseness. For this the Cadillac was awarded the Dwar Trophy And now comes another demonstration which simply emphasizes the fact that the ‘convictions of the Cadillac company as tc the essentlals of a long-lived, ser- viceable and economical car are correct. 1s the price | divisions here, ranging from 1100 pounds (B8 | Cadillac measuremn are finer in a greater proportion of ntial parts than those of any other in the world— finer than the costliest cars made, car at the price that can point to a record of three vears success. Three Models: Five-Passenger Touring Car; Baby Tonneau and Roadster; 107 inch Wheel Base; 32z3%inch Tires; Weignt 2,000 lbs. Specifications of 1910 Regal “30” Motor: Four cylinder. four cycle, cylinders cast in pairs; 4-in. bore, 4-in. stroke, three-bearing crank shaft, 30 h, p. Cooling: Water; on exceptionally efficient thermo-syphon system of cool- ing and large sized fan placed on adjust- able bracket on motor. Ignition: Remy high tension magneto and batteries.. Lubrication: Splash system. Carbu- retor: Schebler. Clutch: Leather face cone with spring inserts. Transmis- sion: Sliding gear selective type; three speeds forward and 1everse; drive, direct shaft. Brakes: Two internal and two external, operating on rear wheel drums, double acting and compensating. Wheel Base: 107 inches. Tires: 32x33. Tread: 56 inches. Springs: Front semi-elliptical, rear full elliptic scroll. Speed: Five to forty-five miles on high gear. Upholstering: Genuine leather over curled hair and deep coil steel springs. Equipment: Two gas lamps, three oil lamps and gas generator, Remy high tension magneto, horn, set of tools and complete tire repair kit. Licensed under the Se'den Patent. WE POINT TO OUR RECORD! The Regal 30" is the original touring car of its size and power to be sold for $1,250. Other makes may claim equal simplicity, style, power and strength, but—no other maker of a car at our price can point to a record of three years’ success. What does this three years’ experience in the hands of the user mean to you? It means that when you buy a Regal *30” you get a finished product—not an untried, experi- mental feature. A car that has gone through the most severe and exacting tests in the ser- vice of users and come out triumphant for three years. When you buy a Regal “30” you get a car without the ‘“kinks” that cause trouble, an- noyance and expense; a car that, by a series of progressive refinements, has been devel- oped into a harmonious, reliable unit—a ma- chine that is well nigh perfect, with an estab- lished reputation for satisfactory service and low cost of operation. In every essential the 1910 Regal “30” is the same car that braved the terrors of Rocky Mountain roads and Western deserts, and now holds the touring car record from New York to San Francisco. [Story of this trip mailed upon request. ] We wish to announce to all interested automobile agents and prospective purchasers that C. H. Shore of Liricoln, Neb., former- ly with Nebraska Buick Co., has been appointed district manager for Nebraska as our district representative with temporary head- quarters at 1121 P. St., Lincoln, Nebraska, where a full line of Regal Cars and Supplies will be carried at all times. Regal Motor Car Company Standard Omaha Agents. DETROIT, MICHIGAN. Automobile Co. 2024 Farnam Street.