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THE MACON DAILY TELEGRAPH:
SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 22, 1908
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Attention, Autoists! ^
We have some particularly attractive bargains to offer. We believe we can convince you
which we offer for sale and recommend are the best that the same amount of money can buy.
A\, A\
they are known wherever
all-engrossing subject of
that the machines
They are standard;
automobile excellence is appreciated. We claim to speak with authority on the
AUTOMOBILES
We have just received from Olds Motor Works: One X Touring Car, listed at $2,000; one of the Special
Roadsters listed at $2,000; one of the Model D Touring Cars, listed at $3,600. These are all 1909 models, and we
are personally guaranteeing them to be free of repairs for twelvemonths. We are now booking orders for the
model 20 Olds Touring Car, listed at $1,200, which is the latest model -on the market. We will begirt to make
delivery about the 1st of January. We have been allotted only a limited number of these cars, so place your
order with us before it is too late.
The Automobile & Machinery Company
321 Second Street, Macon, Ga.
We have for sale one second-hand model R Ford, thoroughly overhauled. $500 will buy this
Runabout; just repainted, equipped with two gas lights and generator and top.
GREATEST AUTOMOBILE RACES,
EVENT OF WORLD-WIDE INTEREST
IN SAVANNAH NOVEMBER 25-26
Most Notable Sporting Brent the South Will Have Ever
‘Known—All Records for Speed Will be Broken—
World’eMost Famous Racers Will Participate—Great
Beyond Description..
DATA FOR GENERAL USE,
By FRANC MANQUM.
Special to The Telegraph.
SAVANNAH, da., Nov. *1.—The
greatest sporting event In the history
«»f the south, and the most notable au
tomobile race In the life of ttfese ma
chines, will be held In Savannab, Ga„
next week.
le a big thing—ao big In fact.
to visitors. All possible accommoda
tions are provided for him who c6mea
to see. Everyone you rpeet wears a
button—*! Live Here, Ask Me." And
they like to talk to you; want to talk
to you, and do talk to you whether
or no you want to listen. And the
automobile race le the sole theme of
their conversation.
Summary.
The writer was a visitor, and he
learned many, many things, marvelled
winners of Vanderbilt cups, Heinery
and Wagner. Fournier In tho first
racer to make a mllo under a minute
In America.
Cara will be started one minute
apart. By the time the last one Is
lcavlnr the post, tho first will have
completed the lap of 25 miles. Then
on It will be a race almost neck and
naek. _.
The Light Car race Is for 200 trtlles
K National ..Hugh Harding
Itala Alexandre Cagno
Clement-Bayard ....Luclen Hautvast
FJat .Lout* Wagner
Bens .Rene Hanrlot
Renault Lewis Strang
Itala Henry Fournier
Flat Ralph DePalina
Bens Frits Brio
itala alnvannt Piacenza
Light Car Race.
No. Car. Driver.
I w.' 'u. lim'Krfl
I —Chalmera-Detrolt L. J. Bergdoll
4 —Amn-Artstocrat K. R. Manvllle
6 —Cameron F. C. Cameron
• —Inotto ....Herbert Lytle
7 —(Iregolre George Robertson
8 — Htiick Robert Iturman
f—Maxwell Arthur Bee
10—Chalmers-Detrolt L. B. Ixirlmoc
.v.v.v.S- sst
tSS
Speed Table.
These speed tables will be of much
practical benefit:
learned from personal observation, an.
believes may be summed up thusly:
It will bo the greatest race ever
held In America or Europe.
Drivers of International fame have
pronounced the Savannah course the
safest and greatest In the world.
Great speed la possible because of
physical condition of the
that one can hardly grasp It all. ’ Its
«««l * xp *f lt<ir * ; o n N .\oTr u n7,r.f*nT“ h wtof«U d ri
of nrarly two hundred thousand dol-! C |, y |, ,tirred from top to bottom.
!ar». There will be at least 100.000 ! All one sees are automobiles: hears
persons In attendsnee from all parts of nothin* but the warnln* bonk! honk!
the world. There will be special contln-1 and la told of nothin* sir. tho "Grand
a*’nts from all of the northern states. Prise Race." The business men, the
Every auto driver of note will partlcl- | merchant.
rate. All American records and very, aroused
ful preparation, perfect In every lm-
a*lnable detail, that hie been made,
and he *aaps again In astonishment.
Not a thin* has been overlooked. No 0rcRl op ^j ls
automobile race will ever have been the superior phyi
run under such circumstances, with road, the many slmlghtawsy stretches,
■d many safeguards, so many arrange-1 the absence of hill* and the few turns,
monta and devices to prevent, as far which are banked for safety and
as possible, mishaps and aocldents, ‘-.peed. •
and to insure the unqualified success [ Another feature that Is wholly of
Of an event destined to he memore- 1 Savannah Initiation la the guarding
of the- course by seven companies of
Scene Along Automobile Route.
probably the world', records_wM be thuslasm. tfry M. Uielr
broken. It will ba the greatest dem- ( time and tbNr money and are n<-g.
cnstratlon of the power of an onto-1 jaetln* >>«» awn igjtjjo aa^ajB;
ri'm greasy. s? s-grg
terrifying risk of human Ufa *>«*•\ST.’vw.'Slt^Cup^J££*
jsfrsmvssr grzsxisvftsrzi. -a. tn
facts, b» i
i town Is opsn
Vtate troops during tho progress of
the race.
At n<* time while the race Is In pro
gross will any one be allowed to cross
tho right of way.
No railroad train or street car wQl
cross any part of the track at any
time during the race.
The course Is 25.03 miles in length.
The entire roadway has been oiled
to keep down the dust and to hard
en it.
There Is a watchman, with a flag,
at every eighth of a mile.
It lg the Grand Prise race of the
Automobile Club of America, with the
co-operation of the Savannah club and
the city of Savannah and tho county
of Chatham.
It corresponds, but surpasses, tbs
Grand Prlx race of Prance.
The race will comprise l« laps or
400.SI miles.
A grandstand seating sixteen thous
and and bleachers accommodating as
many more are provided.
'The fastest racing machines In
America and Europe will participate,
as will ths most famous drivers of all
countrlss.
A telephone system will be operated,
keep* * *
The price will be a f .1.000 gold cup.
and the winning drivers will receive
nearly 125.600 In cssh prices.
For weeks, some for months, have
drivers been practtlcng on the course.
Each automobile compnnv that has
entered a car, has established a
**camp^ somewhere along the course.
There the machinery and extra ma
chines art kept.
There will be two races. Th* Light
Csr race, over a ten miles quadnlate.
ral course, will take place Wednesday.
November 21.
The Grand Prise race follows on
Thahksglvtnf Day.
There will be twenty-two cars In the
Grand Prlzi race. Tare of them are
Scene Along Automobile Route,
and has 21 entries, Including Robert
son, the last winner of the Vanderbilt
cup.
It will bs an example of daring, of
recklessneaa and utter disregard 'of
Impending death that has no anleco-
and tbs time msds by tha drlv- «Hf to the grandstand. Street cars
also reach to within essy walking dis
tance of nearly evsry part of the
course.
The fast time will be made on Fer
guson avenue, a part of which can be
reached by street car.
List of Drivers.
The list of drivers is as follows:
No. Car Driver.
1 —Clement-Bayard .Victor RlgaJ
3 —lister Harry Mlchener
* - Pin J. Seymour
4 - Hu left ./t R. Berman
5 —Chiutwlck -JWhile floupt
C — Piet Felloe Nssarro
7 Asme Len Zrngle
t —B«nz ...Victor Hosiery
• —J»-I>ie»ricn Arthur I>.ir.»v
10— Renault Fnu.vols Sties
Shewing rate of speed la miles per hour
of cars completing the 0:1 miles circuit
In any gnren time, of half minutes inter
vals from six to fifteen minutes:
Time of lop. MUes per hour.
• minutes r ‘
44 minutes 1
J minutes
r - -
4 minutes
• minutes
14 minutes .......
f minutes ,
F«Tl!Ky..v.v:.v.v:::::::::::::P
104 minutes 54
11 minutes U:l
114 minutes 11*1
It minutes 41
a^SS&T;.*.:":/.-.:;*.*.*."'.:-.-.-.-.^,
114 minutes 41:4
14 minutes 41 _
144 minutes ......40:5
It minutes St:S
Speed Table for Orand Prize Race.
iftes per hour
miles circuit
• iri ii- Ir.tvr
id thirty
TtmVof Miles per hour.
8 minutes 100:5
4 minutes «f;3
If, minutes ..
minutes
■ nSEs
sri
Wi’SHi' ..
14 minutes
.j minutes .,
I»4 minutes
10 minutes •
I04 minutes
1 minutes ..
114 minutes
11 minutes m
34 minutes 47
If minutes ft
134 mlnutss
4 minutes
144 minuter* * §1
‘ minutes ..
4 minutes
1 minutes .
4 minutes
'minutes HI]
’’UBS*:II
SO minutes 50:!
Tho following are tho various officers
for the race:
Contest Committee of tho Automobile
Club of Amerioa.
Robert Lee Morrell, chairman; A.
H. Whiting. Harris Houpt, H. II.
Law, B. M. Butlor. E. R. Hollander,
B. B. Htevens. II. C. Pearson. Mass-
achupetts Automobile Club; M. T.
Clinton, secretary.
Referes.
Robert Loo Morrell.
Honorary Referees.
Hon. Hoka Smith, governor of Geor
gia.
Hon. Joseph M. Brown, governor-
sleet of Ooorgla.
Hon. George W. Tiedemnn. mayor
of Savannah.
Mr. Frank C. Battey, president of
the Savannah Automobile Club.
Mr. Harvey Granger, chairman
course committee. Bavanah Automo-
bllo Club.
Mr. It. J. Dovant. chairman execu
tive committee. Savannah Automobile
Clu*.
Hon. E. H. Gary, president Auto
mobile Club of America.
Mr. Henry Bandereon. vice presi
dent Automobile Club of America.
Mr. Jefferson Thompson, chairman
Racing Board, A. C. A.
Judges. v
Harlan W. Whipple, John E. Roosc-
velt, B. H. Schwarzkopf. John Gerry,
15. H. Ilcame, Ruben -BUtier, K. V.
Hartford, Guy Howard. Wilkin Brown,
A. R. Partington. F. A. D. Parting
ton. P. A. D. Hancock, Walter Al
len. Peter Fogarty, Lee Butler. E. N.
Cornwell, F. X. Courteney, George
W. Allen, Herman Halstead and tho
field officers and staff of the First
Regiment of Ooorgla Volunteers, and
the Savannah Volunteer Guards.
Honorary Judges.
non. Walter O. Chariton, judge of
the superior court.
Hon. Davis Freeman. Judge of the
city court.
Hon. Henry McAlpIn, Judge of the
court of ordinary.
Hon. Paul E. Seabrook. judge of
tho Atlantic circuit.
non. John K. Bchwarx, judge of
the recorder's court.
Military Commander.
Major William B. Stephens, Bavin*
nah Volunteer Guards.
Engineer.
W. F. Brown.
Technical Committee ef ths Automo
bile Club of America.
Henry Souther, chairmen; If. A.
Neeland, Allen MoMurtry. Henry Ford,
and Charles O. Curtis.
Inepoctere,
Theodore E. Steinway, William It.
Htelnway, H. R. Leldlng, James
Rourkc, R. R. Oakman O-orge L.
Kearns, Monroe R. Rotchchlld, Charles
O. Wilkinson. H. H. Gaines and W.
P. Berrien
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ll. fei»rl<’»Hiiess, mi-1 Lrii:' m. >. .'. I
plllty to successfully compete In the
Jom|
hla norve. with lt vati
daring, frarlossness,
ft tiA^only been two years slnco Strang
ns mechanlo for the famous Christ in,
but In that brief time ho has madn him-
self lnterna»|onn1ly known, and ban named
the respect and udiulrntlnn of all other
auto racers. And with the brlsht, alluring
‘ * id greeter glory to
Hun of track s|wrd.
“ alilo and alive
bur ho
STRANG IS LOSING HIS NERVE;
THIS WILL BE HIS LAST RACE
BRILLIANT YOUNQ AMERICAN 18
QRKATLY AFFECTED BY TERRIBLE
DEATH OF Hit FRIEND AND PART
NER, EMIL 8TRICKER—NEVER
KNEW WHAT FEAR WAS UNTIL
NO.W#
By FRANC MANQUM.
Hpeclal to The Telograph.
SAVANNAH. Ua., Nov. 81.—U is prob-
able that Lewis Puinam. Strang will
■Hy desert the death-defying game of
automobile raring, inter the grand prize
run* Nnun to i>r iirid In Savannah. He
Is totally unnerved by the horrible death
of hla friend and partnor, Mml| Strieker,
Jl
who wns to have had a car hi
when a driver of tho Strang
jiruHJiOI-tH j.f
Ing, he*fi to quit, while able and 'alive.
He Is not a coward—far from It—r
haf, for the Aral time, realised nt
miafy studied th# awful ohanos with fats,
he. tlko all others of his kind, has barn
taking and being a married man of only
four weeks, with a bride who dally bo-
aseohes him to "quit while he can,'*
Htrang will probably never agnln he sesn
In a rare other thin the Savannah grand
He pmrtirally Admitted ns much to tha
wilt<T, after liHvlug Ju-t romplctsd the
23-mlle course In Ires than 2:i minutes.
"Oh. It Is a great, a furrinMlmr Ilf,*, this
speed game, ho said* tli-n ndd<*d softly:
"But took at poor Htrlckor." Ths tatter
Surgical fttaff.
Dr. Thomas G. Charlton, chief sur
geon; Dr. LotBs K. LAnohart, Dr.
Hatnuel Pork, and the surglml com-
mltteo of the Havannah Automobile
Club.
Timtrs,
Mr. 8. M. Butler, chairman A. C.
of A.
Ths New York Timers* Club, Lieut.
Philip A. Sayles. George McGraham.
W. J. Donlan. Charles B. Ferry, A.
L. MoMurtry. W. F. Jotus. H. 1A.
Theus, 8. A. C.
Starter—F. J. Wagner. (C. A. C.).
Clerk of the Courae—H. T. Clinton,
A. C. of A.
Assistants to Clerk of the Conns—
E. C. J. McShnne. A. Howell.
Press Committee—Thomas F. Moon*,
chairman; W. J. Donlan.
Announcers—John 8. Banks, R. C.
Thompson.
Military Quard.
Savannah Volunteer Guard*, ffour
’oompunleH). Georgia Hussars. Ger
man Volunteers. Chatham Artillery,
First Cavalry, National Guard of Geor
gia. Irieh Jasper Green*. Emmett Rifles.
Republican Blues. Havannah Cadets,
and the Oglethorpe Light Infantry, th*
last five companies named comprising
the five companies of the First Infan
try of the National Guard of Georgia.
I6.9B to Stvannah and return
Nov. 21 to 25, inclusive, via
Central of Georgia Railway, for
Automobile Race.. Reserve
sleeping cor berth in advance,
at ticket office, 603 Cherry st.
was B/rang'a closest and dearest friend.
"If I keep It up,** he continued. ■ i .sup
pose the newsboys will some day t ry ths
story of my death, tint 1 don't like to
think nhijiit such po-albllltlen, and never
did until Htrlcker was killed, buppuss I
brooded over tha possibilities of a fatal
accident? I cotMd not drive! My very
curffulness would resulf In my disaster
when flying about a track, oven at night,
when tree* and housr* and shouting iso-
pis flash by as a blurred landscape, I
never give danger a thought.
I "It Is not because I am bold. It Isn’t
because 1 do not knuw of my risks, ti
ls because 1 am afraid to !••• afraid.
When going ninety tulles and more aa
hour, the chances uro that a good driver,
whan a tire cxplodis, can stay on ths
track. Your only other hope Is that ths
car will nnt turn over or strlk* an object
before being stopped.
"While Strieker’* death Is deplorable,
f nd has affected mo ni nothing «*l*e oould,
cannot *«y truthfully Hint ! was sur
prised. Hurh irngedlcs win happen at any
moment. Wo rseognii* thl* fact Htrtok-
er was so well aware of the chsnre h*
ran, and was ao Inured to the ubiquitous
and omnipresent danger, that be •-onsid-
ered It almost a thing of commonplace
Inature. All or t|« do for that Inaiter,
and wo are compelled -o that attitude.
"However. I must admit that now at
times I begin to feel shaky and creepy.
1 suppose I am losing my nerve, sod
when i do, completely, I will quit—that's
I all."
After a moment, he added* "Anyway,
an auto racer Is a fool. He Is *lmr>fy
crazy, he has the speed mania. But
there are a lot of them."
Strang Is one *of tho finest of fellows
personally, and It Is both ple.is.mt and
interesting to converse with him. He Is
a good tnlker and readily answers ques
tions. There la nothing that he doesn't
know shout an automobile, being abso
lute master of a machine. He is a safe,
sine driver. His chief method of driving
Is to take the comers and curve, siowlv,
so as not to slide, and to open up In every
stretch. He his won morn than one rsc«
In that way. and expects to win another.
When timed yesterday. Htrang did as
good as tOf) miles an hour, In Ms big,
ungainly Renault ear. on ths long stretch-
es. end completed the lip of 2* 2 miles
In nearly 23 minute*—which Is going
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