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nEARST’R SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA.. R TT NDAY, AUGUST 10, 1013.
Autodrome Plans Bring Joy
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Pe cuhar Thrills Promised
ATTRACT/VE NEW CADILLAC MODEL
Almost everyone who has seen an
automobile race of any length, wheth
er It were a road race such as the
Vanderbilt Cup or Grand Prize, a 500-
mile ten-hour grind such as the In
ternational Sweepstakes at Indian
apolis, or any of the smaller, shorter
contests that have been pulled off on
roads or circular tracks built upon
the ground, have wondered Just
where the excitement lay and have
come to the conclusion that automo
bile racing can be bested by many
other sports.
They are right. That is. they are
right that automobile road, dirt and
cement track racing needs more ex
citement.
But it has remained for Atlanta to
provide a means whereby automobile
races will produce thrills every sec
ond of the contest.
Autodrome Produced.
The answer is the Atlanta Auto
drome. This will be a board track
one mile in length, built of two-by-
fours, on the triple radius style,
with an angle of 46 degrees on the
turns and 85 feet in width.
This track will be built. In fart,
the organization charter is being ap
plied for, the material has been
bought, the site leased and the
ground already partly prepared.
Jack Prince had the Idea. He pre
sented It to influential business men
of Atlanta. They debated the project
thoroughly and the verdict was “Jack,
you’ve got a winner!”
Wires were sent all over the coun
try. Manufacturers, officials of the
automobile associations and promi
nent drivers all promised co-opera
tion.
The answer was flashed back from
every quarter, “Build it.” Drivers,
the most prominent in the world,
said. “We will bring down our string
of oars and drive without a guaran
tee. Your plan Is the solution of the
racing problem."
So Prince started to duplicate his
track at Los Angeles.
Big Race Disappointing.
There have been various races held
on circular tracks, from the short
sprints on half-mile courses to the
long grinds of the big brick and ce
ment speedways, and they have all
fallen more or less short In Interest.
Of course the International Sweep-
stakes, the big annual event at In
dianapolis, draw's huge crowds and
most of them stay all day, hut this
Is because the day Is a big holiday
and the race is the main event of
the year.
At the third annual 500-mile con
test last May the stands were filled
to capacity by 9 o’clock, hut prob
ably 99 per cent of the spectators
went back to the city after the win
ning car came across the tape won
dering: why people sit all day long
on a hard seat, sometimes In the sun,
watching powerful automobiles hum
down the straightaway only to be lost
to view at the turn. The same mo
notonous grind for eight hours! If
any of them think that they really
enjoy this kind of race they must be
fooling themnelves
Advantage In Prince Track.
Now take tli** proposed Atlanta Atl-
todrome. A mile board track built on
tiie triple radius plan. Kvcry possi-
! hie Inch of the course in full view of
! everyone at all times. Cars will
mount the course at a speed of 65
miles per hour and work up to a max
imum of 120.
Imagine a quartet of powerful rac-
j lag curs, manned by the most expert
drivers in the world, coming down
the course at a rate of 110 miles per
hour, tiie huge exhaust pipes shooting
h streak of flame, lighting up the
faces and disclosing intense effort and
a grim determination to win.
Tin* cars are nearing the turn and
lr full view of everyone they take
the 45-degree angle, running four
nbreaHi, and plunge Into the stretch
only to take the other turn in a sec
ond Suddenly one car forges ahead,
and speeding up ten miles an hour
more takes those steep banks on the
wing and with the other three follow
ing in close pursuit, tar No. I sprints
into the finish in hair-raising, grand
stand style.
Thrills? Why, there will be one ev
ery second of the time!
Eighty Acres in Tract.
Eighty acres of land will be con
tained within the inclosure of the
track. This space will bo utilized for
tennis courts, club houses and other
forms of amusement. Colonel Thomas
B. Felder has donated 120 acres lying
adjacent to the track and this prop
erty will be converted into golf links
and polo grounds.
The course is to be built on Col
lier road, one-quarter of a mile from
Peachtree road, and the Georgia Rail
way and Electric Company Has of
fered to build a spur track with a loop
all the way around the track. This
will make possible a fast schedule of
twenty minutes from the heart of the
city. The decision of the railway com
pany to make this expenditure only
proves that there is no speculation as
to the success of the undertaking. It
will be the crowning feature of At
lanta’s supremacy.
Names of Promoters.
A petition for charter Is pending,
requested by John S. Cohen, T. B.
Felder, D. S. Walraven. M. Nabors,
John Aldredge, .Jack Prince, Frank
Weldon, Wylie West, G. W. Hanson,
Walter Rich, Lucian York, W. L. Du
pre, W. G. Humphries, Chris Essig,
T. H. Pitts, E. V. Haynes, S. B. Tur
man, Oscar Barnes, Lowry Arnold,
Gilbert Johnson* f. j. i ’axon, J. R.
Smith, It. A. McTyre, Charles I.
Ryan, Shelby Smith, Chess Lagomar-
slno, L. F. McClelland, T. M. Webb,
W. T Winn, C. H. Butts. I>r. C.
H. Needham, General Clifford Ander
son, George Walters, ESsnry Davis and
Nym McCullough.
IN CLOSED Slim
LEST OF CATRON
Los Angeles Man Declares Tour
ists Miss Much Pleasure by
Neglected De Luxe Sedan.
That it Is now not only possible
but easy to make a motor trip across
the continent in a closed car has just
been demonstrated by J. W. Catron,
a Los Angelep machinery contractor.
Mr. Catron and his party went to
Rochester* N. Y., to attend a family
reunion and a wedding celebration,
and arrived after their trip from Los
Angeles, with « report of de luxe
travel that has aroused tne envy of
all who have heard It.
"My wife and I have always main
tained that a one-compartment clos-
d car would be Ideal for such a
trip,” said Mr. Catron. "We bought
our Studebaker ‘35’ Sedan in the
spring, tried P out ‘n California and
found It fully up to our hopes. We
laid out a schedule, calling for 103
miles a day and started, the crew
being composed of Mrs. Catron, my
mother, Mrs. Catron’s maid and my
self.
"Before we had been long on the
road, we revised the schedule to 125
miles a day, and bettered even this
figure throughout, making Rochester
in 21 running days.
‘Those who regard their closed cars
as suitable only for pavement driv
ing are minting a large share of the
enjoyment that might easily be theirs
have owned and driven touring cars
for many years, but I have never
made a trip in such perfect comfort
as this one.
"We made no effort at extreme
speed; in fact. I never let the car
exceed 38 miles an hour. On a turn,
a Sedan swings a bit more than a
POPE-HTFd
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BEAUTY AS AGENT
Run From Oakland to Sacramento
Made by Jack Fleming in
\ 145 Minutes—132 Miles.
Another well-known California road
record was recently smashed by Jack
Fleming, driving a Pope-Hartford car,
when he made the mountainous run
from Oakland to Sacramento, a dis
tance of 132 miles, In 145 minutes,
clipping 21 minutes and 45 seconds
from the existing record. The new
record is believed to be one that will
stand for some time.
Fleming started from tho foot of
Broadway, Oakland, at 3:55 a. m. and
checked in at the State Capitol at
6 20, after one of tiie fastest exhibi
tions of road driving ever made in
the West. He used the same Pope-
Hartford car which rie handled in the
Panama-Pacific road race.
Winding Roads Encountered.
The run from the foot of Broadway
to Stockton was made in 1 hour and
38 minutes, and, considering the fact
that a great part of this distance
was over winding roach? through the
Dublin Canyon and between Liver
more and Tracy, the average time he
maintained Is remarkable.
The roads are fine throughout the
entire stretch over which Fleming
raced, but even with the best of
roads such time Is easily one of the
best demonstrations that has ever
been accomplished on the coast. Not
withstanding the terrific pace Flem
ing held from Oakland to Stockton,
he even did better on the long stretch
between that place and Sacramento,
According to the speedometer on his
car, he covered the 47.3 miles in 47
minutes, or better than a mile a min
ute.
Teams Blocked Way.
Fleming reported after the record-
breaking drive that they would have
established even bettor time but for
the fact that they encountered several
teams near Stockton and hud to slow
down in order not to take any chances
of accidents. He also had one punc
ture, which cost several minutes of
their time. Between Tracy and Stock
ton Fleming reached a speed of 85
miles an hour, which is as fast, if not
faster, than was accomplished In the
Panama-Pacific road race.
Mechanical Age’ Has Passed and
Finish Is Requisite, Says the
Local Hudson Dealer.
It Is beauty that sells motor cars.
Buyers are fast learning that with a
few striking exceptions automobiles
are pretty much alike in mechanical
excellence. Almost any well-made
car put on the market by a reaponsl
ble company will operate with rea
sonablo satisfaction.
The clay when a driver must needs
be a mechanical genius has passed.
F6W owners carry oveialls on their
*s, as was the custom not very
many years ago. The sight of stalled
cars by the roadside is to-day infre
quent. Buyers now look more to
beauty, to comforts, to conveniences.
In the engineering department of the
manufacturers of the Hudson car, ns
serts J. W. Goldsmith, Jr., the local
Hudson dealer, there are many eml
nent designers whose sole attention is
given to creating lines of beauty in
the Hudson cars.
The problem is a difficult one. The
steel frames and motors are Inflexi
ble. They are full of angles and
harshness. To clothe this mass of
cold metal with smoothly flowing lines
of grace and beauty is no easy task
And to include in a beautiful body
the ruggedness and strength that will
make i.t impervious to rain, sun, mud,
stones, heat and cold Is to accom
plish a work of some magnitude.
The fine finish on a piano Is read
ily preserved. The polish on a piece
of mahogany furniture need not be
weatherproof. These articles are never
exposed to elemental damage. But
with a motor car Its owner expects as
tine a finish as on a piano, as perfect
a surface as on a piece of mahog
any. And with this he demands that
his car be out of doors most of Its
life.
Beauty in a motor car has a cash
value. It adds to tiie satisfaction an
owner receives from his car. And it
enhances Its selling capacity when he
is ready for a new car. None save
the owner sees the engine or other
mechanical parts. All see the out
side of the car. All that Is usually
demanded by the public of an auto
mobile Is that it must be beautiful
and that It must "go."
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The accompanying; cut shows the handsome lines of the 1914 Model Cadillac. Frank Stein-
hauer, local dealer, has been kept, unusually busy of late showing this model, and he declares it is
a repetition of Cadillac sensations.
touring car due to Its higher center
of gravity; so I took all turns, par
ticularly those in the mountains, verv
carefully.
"We studied the various adjust
ments for ventilation and found that
It was perfectly possible to travel
even through the deserts without dis
comfort, keeping a cool, dustless
breeze circulating through the in
terior of the car at all times. Of
coarse, the Sedan body is impervious
to rain and cold.
"A feature that adds* much to the
comfort of our car Is the Studebaker
electric equipment. The starter never
failed to crank the motor, and the
electric lights made travel in the
night over strange roads as safe as
by daylight. In general, the trans
continental highway Is in fine shape
now. Except for a few vhort stretched,
the worst roads we found were in the
thickly-settled parts of the Middie
West."
DANGER OF UNDER INFLATION IN TIRES.
"Some people have an Idea that excessive heat causes expansion
of air within an automobile tire,” says L. C. Rockhill. "They conse
quently keep their tires under-infiated, being afraid of blow-outs from
excessive pressure and resulting injuries. This is a popular fallacy
which seems at present to be firmly fixed in the minds of automobile
users. There never was a more ridiculous or costly idea entertained by
tire users. It is impossible for the air In a tire to expand sufficiently
from heat to cause dangerous strain, and no harm need be feared on
this score. However, the damage to tires by keepin~ them under-in
fiated is tremendous. Tire users should keep their tires at all times
inflated to the recommended pressures.”
IFF
OF MACHINES
IN FISH YEAR
$40,000,000 Worth of Automo
biles and Parts to Other Coun
tries—Imports $2,000,000.
EMPHASIZES GOOD ROADS.
GREENSBORO GA., Aug. 9.—
Judge James B. Park, one of the best
known citizens in this section of the
State, Is an ardent advocate of good
roads. In his charge to the Greene
County Grand Jury he took occasion
to stress the value of good roads in
the development of citizenship. The
Grand Jury accordingly spent nearly
a day Inspecting the roads in an au
tomobile.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—Accord
ing to figure compiled by the Bu
reau of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce. Department of Commerce,
$40,000,000 worth of automobiles and
parts thereof were sent out of conti
nental United States in the fiscal year
1913, against about $1,000,000 worth in
1903. a decade earlier.
These figures of 1913 include $26.-
000,000 worth of finished automobiles
sent to foreign countries, about $2,-
500,000 worth to Hawaii and Porto
Rico; $4,000,000 worth of tires, $2,-
000,000 worth of automobile engines
and $5,250,000 worth of parts other
than tires and engines.
It was only In 1902 that the exports
of automobiles became sufficient Ic
Justify a separate record of this class
of merchandise, the .figures for that
year, including the separate parts, be
ing less than $1,000,000. In 1907, five
years later, they were but $6,000,000.
and in 1910 approximately $12,000,000
in value.
The number of machines exported
to foreign countries in 1913 was
25,000. against 7.000 In 1910 and a lit
tle less than 3.000 In 1907, the first
year In which the number was stated
in the export records of the country.
The average price at which they were
exported was about $1,700 each in
1907. The 1913 exports Included about
1,000 commercial automobiles at an
average of $1,800 each and 24.000 other
machines at an average price of about
$1,000 each.
Unique Auto Record
By Denver Concern
As an Indication of the constant im
provement of the automobile business,
the Wlllys-Overland Company, of To
ledo, Ohio, points to the record estab
lished by its Denver distributor, the
Overland Auto Company, during the
season of 1913. The Western concern's
original order for 1913 Overland* called
for 400 cars, but within a very short
time after the announcement of the
model this was increased to 500, with a
request that if possible it was to be al
lowed 100 additional cars.
Because of the great demand for Over
lands, the extra allotments could not be
made. On July 4 the factory received
word from Denver that but 23 of the
600 Overlands remained unsold.
"These will be gone long before the
new cars come. We will need a greatly
increased allotment for 1914 and are tell
ing you about It this early so that we
will not be overlooked,” wrote W. J
Carter, of the Denver firm.
HERE IS BEST WAY TO APPLY A
TIRE.
Before applying tires, remove rust
and all other foreign matter. If the
tire has been ridden deflated at any
time, mud may hav e accumulated on
the rim and unless this is removed
the tire can not adjust itself properly.
Soapstone dusted on the rim will act
as a lubricant and make it much
easier for the tire beads to slip into
their correct position, thereby reduc
ing the danger of pinching the inner
tube.
Before placing the inner tube inside
of case, inflate Just enough to round
it out. Do not use a tube of the wrong
size and b e sure that the spreader
of the valve is adapted for the par
ticular type of case, whether regular
clincher, quick detachable clincher or
Q. D. cable base. Dust tube and in
side of case with talc, which will re
duce the friction and prevent adhe
sion of the tube to case after heated
in service. If too much talc is used,
however, and any water should work
its way on th e inside of the tire, there
is danger of grit and attending injury
to the tube. Powdered graphite is not
quite so nice to handle as talc but is
a much more durable lubricant
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The New Ideal of a Distinguished Car
Hudson Six 54, $2250
Seven-Passenger
H ERE now is a car which typifies the
ideals of the time. This streamline
body—this long, sloping hood—this
absence of angle at the dash—this
low-hung chassis—these crowned fenders—this
placing of extra tires so the front doors are left
clear—these things belong to the car of today.
The consensus of the world’s best opinion ia
that this type of earmarks the coming ideal car.
These are radical changes but they are coming as
surely as foredoora came—and as suddenly.
All the best foreign cars—English. French
and German—will this year exhibit exclusively
this new streamline body. And all men know
that what they adopt in body design becomes
the world-wide vogue.
Our designers have added a hundred minor
effects. They have Americanized—have Hud-
sonized—the type. So the car is distinctive.
There will be no other just like it. But it
embodies what we regard as the highest con
ception of the modem trend in bodies.
And we believe that every connoisseur will
consider this new HUDSON Six the hand
somest car exhibited.
Engineering Pauses
We can claim in this car no great advance
as regards fine engineering and no HUDSON
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owner expects it Fine engineering has limits.
For the past four years Howard E. Coffin and
his able engineers have given their best to the
HUDSON. Last year they brought Sixes
pretty close to perfection. So close that the
HUDSON Six jumped in one year into the
foremost rank among Sixes.
These men have worked out in this new-
model car a vast number of minor engineering
improvements. They have added scores of new
mechanical features—some of them quite im
portant. But we never expect to build a
much better chassis than we built in our last
year's Six.
This year’s advances lie mainly in beauty, in
comfort, in conveniences, in room. We have
combined the best in lines, finish and equip
ment with the best in engineering. We have
succeeded in making the HUDSON Six the
masterpiece it is.
Now the Ideal Car
We now feel that this HUDSON 54 offers the
utmost in every wanted feature. It has the
staunchness of steel Pullmans. It has the com
fort of Turkish lounging chairs. It has the
speed of express trains. It is free from all the
troubles which annoy the inexpert.
No man knows how to build a car more
handsome and impressive. No conveniences are
absent, no modern features lacking.
And all these things are here included in a
Six 54, with seven-passenger body, at the record
price of $2250 (f.o.b. Detroit, Michigan).
The New Features
These are among the new features we bring
out in this model. No mention is here made of
the countless features in previous HUDSON
models which we still retain.
Seven-passenger body.
133-inch wheelbase.
Left side drive. Right hand control.
36xt!4-inch tires.
Extra tires carried—as never before—ahead of
the front door. This leaves both front
doors clear.
Four forward speeds.
Pure streamline body.
Low-hung body.
No angles at the dash.
Wide tonneau doors.
Gasoline tank in dash.
Electric self-cranking, with the rapid type of
the Delco system built especially for this car.
Powerful electric lights with dimming attach
ment for city driving. They also aet as
ordinance lights.
Extra seats in tonneau fold into back of front
seat, entirely out of the way.
Jeweled magnetic speedometer in dash, with
new concealed noiseless gears.
Every operation and control placed within
reach of the driver’s hand. Gasoline and oil
control, lights and starter.
Individual Yale lock and ignition control,
prevents theft of car.
Rain-vision windshield built as part of the car.
Genuine Pantasote top. Curtains that aro
carried in the top can bo instantly ad
justed.
Electric horn—trunk rack—tlrs holders—■
license carriers—everything.
Come See It—Come Today
Come to our showroom* and see this new
achievement It is not merely an improved car
—it’s a real innovation. It will display to you
all the best thought of the day in automobile
designing.
Come see it while it’s new
Catalog on request
FULTON AUTO SUPPLY CO.
J. W. GOLDSMITH, JR., Pre».
46 E. North Ave. Atlanta, Ga.
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