THE SUNDAY OREGONTAN, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 24, 1915.
LONG RACES FOUND
LACKING IN THRILLS
THOUSANDS SEE START OF LONG AUTO RACE AT SHEEPS
HEAD BAY, NEW YORK.
'Jack' Prince Declares Speed
ways Are Conducted on :
Erroneous Principles.
"DRIVERS GET SHORT END"
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Noted Competitors Regarded m
Chief Asset of Promoter and Sub
sidy Rather Than Forfeit Is
' Considered Only Fair Plan.
"The day of the 350-mile and 600
mlle automobile race is ended." declares
John- S ("Jack") Prince, pioneer build
er of wood track for bicycle, motor
cycle . and automobile racing. "The
Sheepshead Bay race was most tire
some to the spectator after the first
150 miles was covered, and only the
fact that a new world's record was
hung- up saved the day.
"Likewise, the construction of huge
racing plants involving expenditures
ranging- from $1,000,000 to $4,000,000 is
a thing of the past. The long-distance
automobile race craze and the extrav
agant ideas of constructing speedways
can be likened to the war-stock craze
now prevalent in the East. The com
parative smallness of the Sheepshead
Bay money receipts and the elimination
of four-fifths of the best cars and
favorite drivers before the finish of
the race, was the one thing needed to
open the eyes of the public to the fact
that of the seven big speedway plants
in the country, only two have a chance
to pay more than running expenses.
The fortunate two were constructed
on an economical basis and require no
huge sums each year for interest, taxes
nd maintenance.
. Conditio Regarded as Unfair.
"Another reform that must come to
pass before automobile racing on a
large scale will be successful is in the
matter of subsidizing the starters in
these big races rather than squeezing
them for exorbitant entrance fees. The
famous drivers and their equally fa
mous mounts draw the people into the
speedway gates. No one will pay
good money Just to look at a speedway
When these these great drivers enter
an announced race and their names
are used to exploit and advertise the
race, they certainly deserve to be in
sured against a total failure to par
ticipate in the prize money on ac
count of some mechanical defect over
which they have no control. The pro
motor pockets the gate money drawn
into the strongbox by the names and
reputations of the drivers and the
driver gambles everything on the
chance of not having a flaw in a piece
of steel.
"When such famous pilots as Resta.
Cooper. Burman. DePalma, Ricken
baeker.Wilcox. Aitken. Mulford, Pullen.
Porporato. and other noted drivers,
gave up weeks of preparation at big
expense and suddenly found themselves
out of the money' the situation must
have provided much food for thought.
Guarantee to Be Demanded.
"In the speedways In which I am
Interested. I shall certainly insist in
future that each driver starting in our
events be given a substantial bonus
to Insure him a portion of the money
he has drawn Into our box office. The
prize money the more fortunate ones
will receive will certainly provide suf
ficient Incentive for each man to try to
outdo the other. Otherwise, sufficient
care for competition will not be found
at the end of another year.
"The board track is the only surface
for a motor speedway. Seven years ago
I pleaded with the promoters of the
Indianapolis speedway to permit me to
construct a board track for them. They
refused, and built at an ultimate cost
of $760,000 a 2-mlle track which has
never shown as high speed as was
shown repeatedly over a one-mile board
oval I constructed at Los Angeles in
1910. Last year I built In Des Moines
a one-mile board track, highly banked,'
over which Ralph DePalma in a Stutz
car showed a mile at the rate of 103
miles an hour. My next speedway at
Et. Joseph. Mo., will be 1 miles around
and I am guaranteeing the speedway
company that a speed of 115 miles an
hour will be shown on Jt within two
months after its completion.
Money Losses Shown.
To invest more than $150,000 in an
automobile speedway is the height of
folly. The receipts at Sheepshead Bay
amounted to $235,000. With the 50.
000 purse offered the money winners,
the actual expense of running the first
meet without figuring overhead
charges, interest, taxes, etc.. surely
amounted to $175,000. It does not take
a lightning cauculator to figure the
ultimate 'finish' of such expensively
constructed plants. The Chicago
Speedway is mortgaged for $1,000,000.
Its first meet, with a tremendous at
tendance. Just about made actual ex
penses, and two subsequent meets lost
money. Of Minneapolis there Is still
a worse tale to be told.
-"The promoters of these expensively
-Constructed speedways base their ar
gument and prospectus on the success
of the Indianapolis Speedway during
Its firet. three annual 600-mile races.
"I have .been at this game since Its
inception, Vnd I should know what I
am talklngabout. Economically and
intelligently" V constructed speedways,
operated eeonomfeally and intelligently
after they are built, will be the only
survivors." "V
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GIL AXDERSON, NORWEGIAN VICTOR SHAKING HANDS WITH
HIS WIPE.
SHEEPSHEAD BAT, N. Y., Oct. 16. One hundred thousand per
sons traveled down to the new auto speedway to see 22 of the crack
auto racers of the world start off in what was the biggest of all
auto races.
Gil Anderson, the Norwegian driver, who made the 350 miles In
three hours, 20 minutes and 42 Beconds shook hands with Mrs. And
erson, his wife, after the race was over.
REPAIR TIME HERE
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Care of Motors.
GENERAL CLEANING URGED
KARLY DAY AUTO TAUfiS S'ARY
Pioneer Driver Tells How Family
leserted Wagon to Seek Safety.
Robert Allison tells two Interesting
anecdotes relating to the first Winton
car which he purchased in 1898. One
day as he was driving to Philadelphia
he was observed at a distance by a
farmer and his family, who quickly de
serted their wagon and scampered up
a high bank to get out of danger. "Rut
the oll Rray mare attached to the
wagon stood perfectly still and calmly
looked me over as I chugged by." says
Mrs. Allison. "Since then I have had
a good deal of respect for horse
In Philadelphia Mr. Allison dodged a
big dray and almost ran down a police
man. "I was exonerated by the of
ficer and went on my way." Mr. Allison
remarks. "Later I told of the Incident
to another officer, and I shall never
forget his reply. 'For goodness sake,
man.' he exclaimed, 'don't kill a police
man. It costs every man on the force
$3 every time a policeman dies.' Which
goes to show how all of ua think of
ourselves first. He didn't worry about
how much more than $3 it might cost
me."
Owners of Cars Advised to Stay De
preciation's Inroads by Putting.
Machine Away ' for Winter
in Good Condition.
Autumn means either one of two
things for the automobilist. It either
brings a period of renewed activity or,
on the other hand. It may mean the
shelving of the faithful vehicle until
the next Summer season.
In either case there are Beveral
duties that should be performed by the
car owner if he wishes to do himself
Justice and get the..full ' return from
the money he invested when the vehi
cle was purchased.
Old oil is often allowed to collect
In the crank case; the Fall is the time
to take it out. Storage batteries may
have been somewhat neglected! during
the unpleasantly hot. days; the Fall is
the time to bring out the hydrometer
and see that the electrolyte is in good
condition.
The supply of air-tight inner tubes
may have dropped so low that the
driver Is wondering what he should do
in case he had a puncture on the road.
Now is the time to go over the old
tubes and bring them back Into such
condition that In case the season-old
tires should be punctured it would not
necessitate a hasty and most likely un
satisfactory repair on the road.
In a word the hundred and one duties
that every automobilist knows should
be done to put the car back into first
class condition should now be per
formed. Deterioration is the worm
that gnaws at the value of a car, and
the Fall cleaning and repairing will
minimize the effects of the dteriora
tlon. If the car is to be put away for the
Fall and Winter season it would be
better for the car and for the peace
of mind of the owner if the car were
put away in such condition that when
the next Summer comes it will only be
necessary to dust it off and bring it
out, ready for use.
NEW DIFFERENTIAL DEVISED
Jeffery Plan Operates on Both Rear
Wheels, Helping In Bad Spots.
It remained for the war in Europe to
bring out the latest development In
automobile manufacture. And the won
derful performance of the Jeffery
"quad" on the' battlefields of Europe
has given to the public a knowledge of
the genius of an inventor who la win
ning international renown.
Except for minor improvements the
manufacturers of motor cars were at
a standstill until the introduction of
the self-starter. Broken arms were re
sponsible for that.
Now comes a radical change in the
differential gear. All of us that have
had anything to do with automobiles,
and that includes most of us, have at
one time or other been stuck In the
mud. Motorists know what that means
on a long tour, especially when they
have been away from a friendly garage.
They have condemned the motor when
the engine was doing its level best to
help them out.
But the fault was really in the dif
ferential. While one wheel was at a
dead stop the other was spinning to no
purpose. The car didn't move.
Now comes an Improvement, known
as the M. & S. differential, that acts on
both rear wheels to the end that when
the wheels get trapped in mud or sand,
the new differential makes it easy for
the engine to pull the car out of the
hole.
All motorists know what that means
to automobile tourists, a saving not
only in gasoline but In tires.
NEW TOP AIDS WINTER DRIVING
Cost of Ail-Year Cse of Auto Also Is
Reduced Materially.
The cost of all-year driving has been
so materially reduced by the introduc
tion of the new Mitchell demountable
Sedan top that motor-car owners are
coming to. a realization that the- auto
mobile is no longer a "fair-weather
friend."
The demountable Sedan top means
an all-the-year car for any and all
kinds of weather at the expense of
only one car and one body, and the
fact that for a very slight additional
investment "the Six of T6" can be con
verted into a luxurious enclosed car,
suitable for Winter use, will mean a
material Increase In the Winter use
of cars.
The owner who heretofore has gar
aged or put up his car during the Win
ter months will now have the use of
his car throughout the year, and at
an extremely nominal outlay both him.
self and passengers can enjoy all the
comforts and luxuries of the more ex
pensive coupes, limousines and berllns.
SSOHOJOSH TO VOTE ON BONDS
Issue of $1,000,00-0 Is Sought for
Building Paved Roads.
CENTRALIA, Wash., Oct. 23 (Spe
cial.) W. W. Blaine, secretary of the
Everett Commercial Club; W. C. Bick
ford, chief deputy in the Snohomish
County engineer's office; C. H. Quart,
of Marysville-, Snohomish County Com
missioner; E. L. Turner, of Edmonds,
and G. B. Moore, of Three Lakes, all
members of a special committee of the
Snohomish County Good Roads Asso
ciation, have Inspected the hard-urface
roads of Lewis County.
A special election will be held In
Snohomish County this Fall to vote
$1,900,000 for the building of 160 miles
of paved roads, and it was the desire
of the visitors to ascertain how the
concrete roads in this vicinity are hold
ing up. They were accompanied on
their inspection by John Ward, chief
deputy in the Lewis County engineer's
office.
TRUCK TIRE HINTS PROVIDED
Goodyear Company Publishes First
of Series of Pamphlets.
"Saving Dollars on Truck Tires" is
the practical and suggestive title of the
first of a series of folders Just issued
by the Goodyear Tire Sc. Rubber Com
pany's service department- They are
not full of selling talk on Goodyear
truck tires. Primarily, they show '-ow
the driver of any truck on, any make
of truck tires can obtain maximum
mileage by observing a few simple
rules.
Many booklets of instructions and
sets of rules for pneumatic tires for
pleasure cars have been issued by tire
companies, tut the truck hitherto has
received less attention. Now that
trucks are taking an ever greater part
in transportation and haulage, the sub
ject of truck tires and their upkeep
Is of Interest and Importance to more
and more people, and the Goodyear
series is timely.
Two Maxwells Score "Perfect."
In the annual tour of San Francisco
and Oakland motorists to the Tosemite
and return, two Maxwell cars finished
with perfect scores and with plenty of
time margin at every control.
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F.O.B. P.teaH
It Is the ONLY car ever offered in America or Europe that has decreased ha price and at the
same time so GREATLY INCREASED its quality.
You know how prices have been reduced in many cases. In this Forty Hone Power Studebakxr
FOUR, nothing has been reduced but the price. That has been decreased from $985 to $885.
But it has been INCREASED in wheelbase from 108 to 113 inches. It has been INCREASED
in capacity from Five to SEVEN passengers. It has been INCREASED in motor from 3U x 5
to 3 H-tacA bore 5 inch stroke. It has been INCREASED is tires from 33 x 4 to 34 x 4 Goodrich.
The upholstery Is the finest grade of genuine, hand-buffed, straight-train, semi-glased leather on
the market. The body-finishing operations have been INCREASED from 20 to 25 in number
The steering-knuckle is forged of chrome-vanadium steel, and high-grade alloy steels have beaJ
lavishly used throughout the car. The motor bearings have been made overture. The radiator;
gas passages, propeller shaft, rear axle housing have been increased in size.
Wherever change in materials was made BETTER materials
were used.
And for performance for long-time service, for economy of operation and for durability with a
high re-sale value, this Forty Horse Power Studebaker stands alone in a class of its own. Sea
the car today judge its DIFFERENCE in quality for yourself.
STUDEBAKER
SOUTH BEND. IND. DETROIT. MICH. WALKER VILLE. ONT.
OREGON MOTOR CAR CO, Local Distributors
Chapman and Alder Sts. Main 9402, A 7656.
NEWNATIDNALSHERE
A. B. Manley Says Highway
Sixes Are Motor Revelation.
LINES ARE DISTINCTIVE
Car Is Compact. Having -Smaller
Wheelbase Than Old Model.
Perfection of Design Is Said
to Be Striking.'
What do you think of A. B. Manley's
smile, or did you chance to see him last
week? Well, anyway, a couple of the
new National highway sixes have ar
rived in Portland and Mr. Manley Is
just about the happiest man in these
parts.
The new car, witn a 12g-inch wheel
base, is more' compact than the. 1915
model, which had a spread of 134 inches.
L. D. Whitehurst, the star National
salesman, explains this by reiterating;
that precious parcels usually come In
small bundles. The highway six sells
for 11850, Portland.
"The revelations in motordom this
year have unquestionably been more
startling: and more significant than
In any previous season. Motorists have
seen the advent of eights and twelves,
of radical changes In body design, of
a thousand refinements and improve
ments on the motor car of yesterday.
Today the automobile business is more
than ever before a survival of the
fittest," said A. B. Manley. president
of the Dulmage-Manley Auto Company,
distributors of National highway six
and 12-cyllnder cars for Oregon and
Southern Washington.
"For this reason it is exceedingly
gratifying to me to realize that a car
which has been an outstanding leader
for 15 years in the realm of automo
biles, has this year in no wise sur
rendered Its leadership, but come to
the fore in a more superb and complete
manner than ever before.
"After all. an automobile is not
Auto Wins Collision Verdict.
Motor cars which dispute the railroad
right of way with occupants of the
tracks usually come out second heet, but
such was not the case with J. B. Fuller,
of Farmer City. 111., whose Maxwell was
bit by a speeder without damage to lhe
ear. but with disastrous results to both
tha speeder and its ooeupast.
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FIRST MODEL OF NATIONAL HIGHWAY SIX ARRIVES IN PORTLAND.
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A. B. MANLEY, PRESIDENT Of DlLM.tGE-MALEV Al'TO COMPACT. PORTLAND AGENCY
TION AL (AT KltiHT), AJVU 1 O. WH1TEHIRST, SALESMAN (AT LEFT.)
FOR NA-
made, but bred from a long line of
distinguished ancestors. A motorcar
of the type of the National shows its
breeding. It cannot be any better than
.the factory behind it. And certainly
this highway product of the 16th year
of National activity bears out the
theory in every purr of its motor and
graceful line of Its body. It has a
certain smartness which is a matter
of lineage.
It is a car of distinction, the mark of
the correct thing in motorcars. Every
new style of body that has been created
by the National in recent years has
proved to be In advance of the time
and all have been widely copied, yet
at no. time has there been any strain
ing for effecfon the part of the Na
tional's makers or obvious attempt to
startle the motor-buying public
"The changes the National has made
In ita design have been those suggested
by the assured judgment of an acknowl
edged style leader and the National
has again come to the fore with some
new perfection In line or beauty of
exterior which has marked it as the
motorcar you would be proud to have
standing in front of your door, at your
country club or on the boulevards.
Advance Is Typical.
In this year's highway models, the
National twelve and the National six,
there is found this same typical pre
paredness and advance, both in me
chanical construction and beauty of
finish.
"Due, no doubt, to their associations
with racing, which is certainly no
pink tea affair, National cars have al
ways been known as a real man propo
sition. There is a certain style and
distinctive appearance about the Na
tional that has caused it to be known
as an aristocrat among automobiles,
carrying an appearance of more mascu
linity, perhaps, than any other ex
tremely high-grade car. As the Na
tional design has tended towards re
finement, it has avoided effeminacy.
The lithe, law-lined body design of
the National today tells of the racing
proclivities of its ancestors. The Na
tional Is a car with fight in its blood
and strength In its sinews, and with an
outward appearance that bespeaks
these inner characteristics."
OAR DEMAND IS EMPHASIZED
Sales Manager of Reo Company Says
He Is Swamped With Orders.
"Things have come to a pretty pass
when dealers begin to accuse ".lie sales
manager of favoritism and set sleuths
on his track to prove It," says Sales
Manager Rueschaw. of the Reo Motor
Car Company.
"Just look at that batch of tele-
grame every one of tbem begging for
cars,' and some of them using mild
cuss words to emphasize their demands.
"Here's one from Omaha: 'Just
learned that Coucll Bluffs has received
demonstrators. Since when was Omana
second to Council Bluffs 7
"Another one, this time from Kansas
City, the Middle Western metropolis:
'Just Informed on reliable authority
that Wichita has received demonstra
tor. Where do we get off at?"
"Here's one from Chicago, complain
ing that we have favored Cleveland,
and reminding us that Cleveland la now
only fifth city in the country."
TOLEDO ROAD IS EXTENDED
Four-Mile Stretch of Pacific High
way About Completed.
CHEHALIS, Wash.. Oct. 23. (Special.)
The work of building the additional
four miles of the Pacific highway on
the south side of the Cowlitz River
below Toledo, to the Lewis . County
line, is reported to be practically com
pleted. The grading has been done,
and it la expected to begin the sur
facing of the grade immediately with
river gravel.
A year ago the state built two miles
of the Pacific highway Just across the
Cowllts River bridge at Toledo, ex
tending toward the Cowlitz County!
line. This work was done under the I
AUTO TRIP PLAN UNIQUE
FASTINO MAN WOULD DRIVE FROM
. CHICAGO TO SAN FRANCISCO.
Advantages of , Spreading Fame of
Kissel Kar Are Cited la Prop
osition Blade to Factory.
Let It be known that the Kissel
company will give, a prize to the first
being that drives frjun Chicago to San
Francisco without eating and rigiit
away I'm off," is the alluring proposi
tion put up to the Kissel Motor Car
Company in a recent letter that is a
gem in its way.
The writer introduces his plan as "a
BCheme whereby th Kissel Kar may be
advertised in the most terrible and
novel way," then goes on to explain the
details:
"I have decided to go on a fast It's
excellent for the health but why not
make a few beans by it? Have an
advance sgent ahead to spread the
news, so by the time we get there the
people will be on hand to look us over.
The editors will be only too glad to
print the news, thereby enlivening
their sheets, with also a picture of
the outfit. The car should be rigged
up to attract attention, with a sigi
to the effect that anybody seeing me
eating or even buying food should be
rewarded.
"Though the odds laid against me
by the skeptical will be about 500 to 1,
I will yet win with plenty of muecle
still hanging on my bones. For I have
fasted before, once 20 days, and still
feeling well, so I know I can go 2S
days or so the time I figure the trip
will take. Arriving at the golden In
cline, the management of the exposi
tion will most likely Invite us me and
the car fo a place of honor inside the
gate, where the people will view us
every day, and wonder how a car could
be built with such perfection that even
a starving man could manipulate it
with ease for thousands of miles."
Elks to Give Carnival.
NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. Oct. 13.
(Special.) The North Yakima Elks
will give a carnival during the week of
the Cascade International Stock Show.
The proceeds will go to the Elks'
Christmas fund for poor children.
Mjpproprtation of the 1S13 Legislative
4 XLsslon.
ARRIVED
The new "National Highway" Sbc,
in all of its beauty and excellence,
is here, ready for your critical in
spection. This is the car of 15 years' suc
cessful experience.
National Highway Six $1690
National Highway Twelve. .$1990
National Newport Six $2375
Prices f. o. b. Factory.
Demonstration of the New Six
today and tomorrow.
National Highway Twelve
will arrive early in
November.
Dulniage-Manley Auto Co
Distributers.
46-48 20th, Near Wash.
Phones :
Marshall 1699
A 1299
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