SCENES ALONG WASHINGTON'S SPEEDWAY.

BY HOWABD FISK. day that Fred G. Berger, a prominent IMPROVEMENTS theatrical manager of this city, had be¬ along Washington's Mr. speedway continue, and in the course come the possessor of an automobile. of time it will rival the fine roads of Berger returned a few days ago from a Rock Creek Park. A large force of western trip, and, while visiting in Mich¬ in a masons and ironworkers are igan, he was treated to a, "joy ride" busily a short the large racing car. After traveling engaged In pushing to completion distance, as he thought, he inquired how beautiful new stone bridge at the tidal far the cyclometer registered. When in¬ basin, and when this is finished autoists formed that he had gone only 118 miles, be able to make a circuit he expressed surprise at the rapidity with will complete covered. He was roads have re¬ which it had been highly over fine oiled roads. The elated over the trip, and whether he con¬ ceived a treatment which completely tracted the "automobile fever" remains to eliminates the dust nuisance and enables be seen. the motorist to a spin with com¬ * enjoy * * fort. In a number of places the treat¬ ment of oil is being renewed, with a top George H. Guerdrum has returned from where has been layer of fine sand, which is soon worked Deleplane, Va., he spend¬ ing the summer. He toured over 800 In. miles in his Ford roadster throughout The speedway of late has proven quite that section. popular among the automobilists. where * many pleasant hours can be spent leis¬ * * urely driving over the smooth surfaces. With the completion of the new bridge During the past week . automobile li¬ the speedway will be accessible for per¬ censes were issued as follows: sons not owning carriages or automobiles Walter Van Swearingen, 18th street and by the electric cars which run within a Florida avenue, Crawford touring car. short distance of the park. Within the past few days \he work of erecting elec¬ B. L. Santmyer, 4317 8th street, Mid- tric arc lights was commenced and satis¬ dleby runabout. factory progress was noted along this Capt. W. H. Clifford, U. S. M. C., Ma¬ W. B. Moses A Sons. 11th and F streets, Braddock Heights, Md., last week in his line. The has several en¬ rine Barracks, Cadillac touring car. speedway Auto-Car delivery wagon. Buick roadster. He left Sunday morning trances, although a majority of the ve¬ S. H. Edmonston, 1224 8th street, E. M. Frederick C. Stelzer, 210 Tth street hicles enter from 17th street. Here F. touring car. southwest, Oldsraobile runabout. and spent the night at Braddock Heights, Btands a small stone house on the outside F. A. Blundon, 100 W street, Haynes Warner Motor, Company, 1206 New returning home Monday evening, stopping of which is posted a sign announcing that touring car. Hampshire avenue, Crawford touring car, at Ridgeville for dinner. He was so de¬ the speed limit is fifteen miles per hour. Frank T. Mitchell, 15th and Ohio ave¬ Sothoron Key. 1718 H street. Baker lighted with the trip that he expects to Just after entering the roadway the roads nue, Allen-Kingston runabout. take it again In the near future. fork. At this point another force of H. G. Kimball, 626 I street. General electric. car. . ? men Is engaged in the construction of a touring * * * * sea wall, which when in its finished state John A. Stoutenburgh. 116 2d street will add greatly to the beauty and charms southeast, Maxwell runabout. E. G. Cornell and a party of friends W. A. McBurney left for New York of the water front. The Washington W. C. Fowler, 1812 1st street. Mora motored to Benedict, Md., last Sunday, a few days ago and will drive a four- car. channel bridge is attractive in design, touring spending Labor day and returning in the cylinder Matheson touring car over the and a short distance beyond is located George W. Blankenshlp, 2501 Pennsyl¬ * evening. He drove his Ford roadster road to this city. The car is entered in the new Highway bridge, beneath which vania avenue, Baker runabout. and found the trip an enjoyable one. the beautiful drive wends its way along H. J. Mock, 2228 Decatur place. Ford the Munsey tour. He has been desig¬ car. . nated as on that occasion. He the water front. touring * ? pilot will * N. R. Wheeler, Stoneleigh court, Wood's be accompanied on the trip from New * ? victoria. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Wallls and a party York by T. B. fipence. Duane C. Bill, 1429 Potomac avenue of on The city is still deserted to some ex¬ friends have left a motor tour in * were and car. Before to the southeast, Stanley runabout. * * nected with the Motor Car Company, and Quick repairs made, however, touring returning: tent In the automobile world by the ab¬ C. A. Pierce, 216 14th street, Stoddard- thejr new 1010 six-cylinder Stevens-Dur-r will make this city his future home. the Journey resumed. city they took a side trip to the eastern sence of a large proportion of autoists Dayton roadster. yea touring car. They are at present on Dr. T. L. MacDonald, accompanied by * * shore of Maryland, covering one thousand who are on extended tours in their cars. Joseph W. Trimble, 1201 M street, Ford the eastern shore of Maryland. They ex¬ the members of his family, is spending * * * * miles in all. pect to be gone several weeks. While a number have returned within roadster. his leisure time touring through the state Now that the north has been dis¬ At a recent meeting of the contest ? George J. Mueller, jr., 3117 11th * of Maine in his pole * * the past few weeks it will be some time street, Studebaker "E-M-F" covered and is within easy access, auto¬ committee of the Motor Racing Asso¬ Ford runabout. * * touring car. and The Dayton Motor Car Company hmm yet before the influx commences. The A. Howard, 308 14th street southeast, Dr. William F. mobile endurance contests will be in ciation, Friday Saturday, Septem¬ Sowers has purchased a . were selected withdrawn entirely from all automoMle continued pleasant weather is inviting to Packard delivery wagon. model K 1910 Chalmers-Detroit ? * order. ber 24 and 25, definitely the is William A. Oldfleld, 10S5 22d roadster, * as the dates for the next twenty-four- racing contests, rather than endanger tho motorist and every advantage be¬ street, fully equipped for touring purposes. Rusty rims are to be avoided, and ing taken while it lasts. The arrival of Winton touring car. they * * hour automobile race in the Brighton lives of it9 men and take chances of in¬ M. 15th * should be over new cars daily has resulted in an in¬ R. Heth, and U streets. Over¬ occasionally .gone and That the citizens of Horse Head, Md.. This race will be juring spectators. President Stoddard in land touring car. * * cleaned of Beach motordrome. crease of the number of tourists on the any rust that may have ac¬ take pride in their little village was run in conjunction with the start of a letter to The Star announces the and each new faces L. V. Bentley, Richmond, Va., Chadwick E. W. White left in his new posi¬ roads, week many Thursday cumulated. A coat or two of enamel will never better evidenced than during the the Hudson-Fulton, celebration, and in tion of his company as follows: are seen on the thoroughfares adjacent touring car. 1010 Ford roadster for Newark, Del., with the William T. Wlllett, 1300 H Max¬ often prevent further corrosion, or the week. The town sign, which has order not to clash night pa¬ "We have decided after careful con¬ to The field is in¬ street, " past Washington. rapidly well runabout. where he expects to do considerable tour¬ rims may be treated with a coat of geant on the Hudson river September to abandon automobile creasing, with the end still far out of been weather beaten for several years start the race at sideration racing Harry Luckett, 1253 4% street, ing. wax. 25 it is planned to entirely for the or until sucli sight. This is naturally pleasing to the Franklin * has received a new coat of paint 6 so as to fin¬ present who are car. * past, o'clock Friday evening, time as the conditions govern- dealers, supplying the demand touring * * * * and the of the horse's head in ish at the same time Saturday evening. generally as fast as the cars arrive and equipping J. B. Kinnear, 404 7th street, Pope-Tri¬ picture in? automobile racing are so changed bune roadster. Several 1910 models arrived the The center stands out in relief as it never There will be racing of a novel and and 'bettered as to remove to the them for touring purposes. President W. during management of the Indianapolis the character Friday afternoon. greatest D. West of the Automobile Club of Wash¬ Spencer B. Prentice, McGill building. past week, including models X and Y, motor speedway has about did before. Its fresh-looking appearance interesting extent possible the present dangers, both Franklin touring car. definitely de¬ Although the course is in excellent con¬ to and to drivers and me¬ ington is still absent from the city, which Stevens-Duryea cars, and model K, Chal¬ cided on the surface for the attracted considerable attention last Sun¬ of workmen will be spectators is also the case with a James A. Damall, 1332 New York ave¬ track, which dition, gangs put chanics the cars." number of the mers-Detroit touring car. The model Y is to make when a large number of automo¬ it week to render the surface operating members of that organization. The club¬ nue, Washington touring car. car is a the speedway the greatest day, upon this * M. 2402 14th six-cylinder touring car. course biles over the road to Bene¬ as fast and safe as it is possible to house on Georgia avenue continues to be Mrs. J. Hysan, street. Lo¬ * In the world. For the last few Journeyed well patronized these cool evenings, there comobile touring car. days experts have been dict, Md. The painting surmounts the make it. This meet will be the final Charles E. 1413 H Oldsmo- * ? submitting fig¬ one to be this year the The Chalmers-Detroit "Blue Bird." being ample facilities for parking cars Wire, street, ures and samples materials town lamp, which is located at the forks promoted by on bile touring car. Charles E. Miller and members of his of that will Motor Racing Association. which the trip from the club grounds. make a in the road, and has been a landmark negotiated pathfinding * American Truck Company, lllO C street, family spent last Sunday enjoying a complete roadway, while the * Denver to Mexico City for the endurance * Stanley steamer. spin management decided to set aside for many years. The citizens took kind¬ * * * In his Ford touring car through $150,000 run this fall, made a trip to the Rockville American Truck Company, 1110 C street, over Mary¬ for the work to be to the recent article in The Star on Mr. and Mrs. H. Chadwlck Hunter, who land, the new Laytonsvile pike, re¬ done. A bitulithlc ly As considerable time Is required for last week. "Jack" was at Stanley steamer. of an "Automlle Trip to Historic Benedict," fair Sperry motored to Denver, Col., in their Truck 1110 turning by way Olney. Md., at dusk. surface will cost $100,000, which will the water to pass down some as a recently American Company, C street, which reference was made to the through the wheel, -with T. Lamar Jackson Franklin roadster, have returned to the steamer. * make the track as smooth as glass, and In radiators in which the are Stanley * * weather-beaten and to passages guest. The car attracted considerable city after sojourning at the Marlborough- W. A. Hartranft, 107 7th street north¬ capable of two miles a minute. While sign post, desiring small. It is well, after the water has attention when President Lee Oflutt of Atlantic east, Doe-Wah-Jack wagon. Maj. Green a aid the autoists en route to the Patuxent Blenheim, City. delivery Henry Cole, United States surface of the finest road brick, at the overflowed at the cap in filling, to turn the fair association took a seat In the ? Louis Boeckstyn, 467 Florida avenue, has decided to river, got busy with the paint brush. the events was Army, enter the automo¬ rate of $15 per thousand, will make a a car and between racing * * Harthraft delivery wagon. bile field The residents of lower Maryland are the motor by hand few times and to around the race track. C. F. 552 Columbia and has placed his order for track perhaps faater and as and to then if more water can be added. permitted spin has arrived at Logan, road. Max* next year's K certainly courteous hospitable motorists and try The car has over 50,000 miles to lt« Albert Douglas Chilli- well runabout. model Chalmers-Detroit durable. The cost of the brick is well welcome them to that section. A num¬ If the radiator really is not filled when motored in his roadster with a full equipment. in excess of the cost other sur¬ credit. cothe, Ohio, where he Ford William Hits, Hibbs building, Chalmers* of any ber of new faces were seen on the road the first overflowing takes place over¬ * . car. On his he covered 470 Detroit touring car. * face, as it will require 4,000,000 brick, and last Sunday their to Bene¬ heating may result. touring trip * the brick alone will cost with wending way * * mile? without a or accident of Andrew Stewart, 1442 Clifton street. * $150,000, dict. * puncture Ford car. perhaps $20,000 more to lay them. This Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Terry antf kind. He a touring Among those who purchased Ford cars, * * * any reports delightful trip, Henry Hull, 117 U street, Fbrd touring would entail an expense of $200,000 in¬ * * George C. Hutchinson enoyed a trip to although the roads were found rough in fully equipped, during the past week stead of $150,000, as first to re¬ L. V. Bentley of Pottstown, Pa., ar¬ car. were planned to use Atlantic City in Mr. Terry's Buick tour¬ some places. J. J. Mawhlnney, 38 M street, Stanley Dr. Andrew Stewart, Surgeon Gen¬ pair the speedway and install the new Permission the roads of the rived in Washington Wednesday in his * car. eral Rlxey, U. S. N.; E. C. Thomas. A. grandstands as well as equipment that is Rlverhead circuit, Long Island, for a ing car over Labor day. The party left * * touring E. Davis and Dr. J. M. to make it not fast but Chadwick "Six" touring car, after a John R- 8perry, 3800 14th street, Stan¬ Fisher. only perfectly stock car race September 21 has been He will remain here Washington last Saturday afternoon at It would not be surprising to learn some ley runabout. * safe. The indications now are that the granted to the Motor Contest splendid trip. 2:30 o'clock and arrived at Philadelphia * * latter amount will be expended. Sam¬ Association about a month, during which time he at 12:30 midnight. After spending the of tooth surfaces are being laid of New York by the town boards of will leisurely tour this section. One of the catches the ples night in the "City of Brotherly Love," the largest of sea¬ and will be tested out at once. As soon Rlverhead and L. I. The race * was the next son at Southoldi, journey resumed morning \WlSllll,ll///M/. // Benedict. Md., was made last as the thorough test has been made the Is to be a sweepstakes event of practi¬ * * at 9:30 o'clock, arriving at the seashore Sunday by Gardiner Orme Stanford contract will be let and Indianapolis will the same H. Edmonston has purchased was reached on the and her bid cally character as the Motor Samuel at noon. Washington Eddie, the former a again make for a series of con¬ Parkway sweepstakes held over the "E.-M.-F." car. return Monday night without acci¬ landing 98-pound tests that will surpass the events run Van- a Studebaker touring trip drum fish and the latter one derbilt cup circuit last fall. a car, four dent. weighing off in August, when the greatest race It is five-passenger cylinder, » 85 pounds. The fish were on exhibition meet in the world was run. rated at thirty-horsepower, and fully the * * equipped for touring. * * during past week and attracted con¬ * car manufac¬ siderable attention been * * J. A. Muehleisen, captain of the Auto¬ * America's leading motor having brought * * turers have taken space in the Atlanta here by a party of local motorists who Dr. J. B. Bayne has ordered a Chal¬ mobile Club of Washington, and Samuel A. Luttrell have returned) Rich¬ spending several weeks at At¬ automobile show which will be held in spent Labor day on the Patuxent river, mers-Detroit "30", 1910 model. The car from After to mond, Va., where attended the auto¬ lantic City, Herbert T. Shannon and the Auditorium Armory, November 6 returning to the city Tuesday. Those will be of the roadster type, with rumble they of the Na¬ in the were Mr. and Mrs. T. seat and fully for mobile race*, under the of the Walter Brownley have returned to the 13, under the management party equipped touring. auspices Automobile Mantt- B. Spence, Mrs. Alice Lee, Mrs. Vil- * Automobile Club of Richmond. The pro¬ city. The trip was made over the tional Association of lar Miller and Charles M. Browne, in * * ceeds of the meet will be expended in "short in the former's Buick " on Fourteenth Page.) Mr. Spence's Pope-Hartford touring car; the Improvement of the roads»in the route," "(Continued Lester D. Moore, jr., and Stanford Eddie Many autoists have been troubled with vicinity of Richmond^ a "Jumpy" spark and some of in the former's Reo: Mr. and Mrs. Fran* them have * m Kopp, in their Franklin, and Gardiner been unable to locate the cause. Several * * Orme, in his Chalmers-Detroit. The cases of faulty ignition have, however, Ed B. B. trip was thoroughly enjoyed by all and been Terry, Harry Fowler and for these who visited remedied by the insertion of a re¬ the writer last at proved a treat this turn wire from the timer spent Sunday Benedict, historic little town for the first time. to the switch Md. The trip was made in Mr. Terry's proving that the use of the frame as . a Buick roadster and after an * return is detrimental to the successful enjoying * operation of the Ignition system. Where "oyster squall" on the beach they started Col. Meade, United States Army, re¬ the current has to pass through bearings on the return trip to the city at dusk. tired, is touring through the Old Do¬ or gearing there i8 always a chance of * in his Studebaker "E-M-F" looseness causing a break in the circuit * * minion tour¬ or . of grease acting as insulation. The ing car. best Abe Cohen and Ralph Stinehardt mo¬ * way to have a dependable system 1b to Benedict, Md., last in * to have a complete wire circuit, all tored' Sunday » then, former's Columbia touring car. In left other things considered as being in order, the E. H. Johansen several days ago there is no chance of faulty Upiition un¬ company with their families, who have for Atlantic City, where he is enjoying less a wire breaks. the summer on the Patux¬ salt water. been spending the * ent river, they returned Monday evening. ? * was Lewis in Hit New * * Considerable tire trouble experienced Strang V-Shaped, Eight-Cylinder Buick, "Earth* WILL XT COKE TO William F. Kurt, well known in auto¬ on the trip down Sunday morning, two THIS? Chariee EL Langley enjoyed a trip to mobile circles in Baltimore, Is now con- blow-outs occurring in rapid succession. quake."