THE ALJTOCAR B ]ournat pubrisbeD in the::ffr"Y:t;H:.:?ll,J:r,,, properrcD roaD carrrase.

No. 488. Vor. XIV.I SATURDAY, FtrBRUAI{Y z5tr, r9o5. fpnrcn 3o

THE AUTOCAR. best, canrrcrt compare with the Crvstal Palace, and it is certainll handicappe,l ll the fict that the nearest

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trial ground can only be reached by a long rur) through traffic, though this is not a serious objectiorr irr many cases, because it enables the would-be purchasers to see just hr.rw the car can be controlled in traliic.

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Otltrg to lho lareo amount ol itrterosting matter in connectiotr with ahe shor at Olympla. we arecompelled to again hold ovor somo ol the rsgllar tosturG ol "Tho Autocar.,'

While, as we have sai.l. the shoiv has treerr so successful, we must say that we do not consider it reasonable to attribute that success wholly and solely to the fact that Ol1'mpia is more easily reached from manv parts of London than the Crystal Palace. We think the motor manufacturers are quite right to hold their owr-r show, and we co,ngratulate them on the way in r'vhich they have conducted it, but we cannot for a moment believe that the show rvould not have been equallv lell attended and equally successful from the exhibitors' point of view had it been held at the Cnstal l)alace. People who are intending to spend arrlthing lrom dzoo to f z,ooo are ltot Jikely to be influencetl by the fact that the articles they rviih to see u'ith a vieiv to purchase are at Sydenham instead ol Kensington. 'lhe reason the shorv at Olympia has lreen so sur:t'essful is Lrecause the motor movement is spreading so rapidly that many people have made up their minds to buy cars this year, and they would have borrght them rvhether the shorv rvas held in the West or South-east, or if there had been no show at alt. l'he matter is l.orth rnentioning. ltecause there seems to be so many people who imagine that there are altogether mvsterious and unique virtues about Adrlison Road. These same exhibitors, if they had not sold a number of cars, would have been equally certain that the Crlstal Palace or the Agricultural Hall rvas the orrly fit plar.e in rvhich an exhibitiirn should be held. 'l'he fact of the matter is that the show rvhich secures the bulk of the suJrpcrt of the manufacturers and large agents is necessarilv the sholr,of the r.ear, and norv that the makers have apparently agreed to stick .together in this matter, it appears to bJ only a question of time before the other shorvs are extinsuished.

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, h{otes. The Show. ,/ There is nu rluestion whatever that the show at O\'mpia has bec-n a great success. Not o,nly were there large nuntlrers of visitors each day who were keenly interesterl, and really rvent to see fhe exhibits, anrl not to wander aimlessly arourrd, but there u,ere a large -number of neu, cars orclered. Unquestionably, it was the most su( cessful molor exhibitioit that has- v.et been held in this countrv; in fact, from whateier starrdpoint r is regarded,'rt remains the best, except so far as the brrilding is co,ncerned. Olvmpia, at its

Before clropJring the sutrject. we should like to add that the way in rvhich the show at Ollmpia \\ras conducted was a great crredit to all concerned. It is at\\,ays.a diflicult matter rvhen taking over a building rvith rvhir:h the shorv promoters are unacquainted, t5 make arrangements rvhi,'h rhall not bre;k do,lvn in actual practice. 'fhat is to say, the lirst motor show in Olympia has been mur:h harder to arrange than the second shrr*,rvill lre, and as this is the case, we think special < 'ommen,Cation is due to all concerned in its rnanagement, because it u,as certainlv the best conducte(l motur shorv that rve have attenderl. The onlv serious inconvenience rvhich the visitors suffered \\'as due to the verv success of the exhibition, as this meant that at certain times the place rvas rather too fuil to be pleasar.rt, and Lhose who wanted a meal often had to wait some time before they coulcl secure a table. Such inconveniences, ho*6ver, are the necessar\ attell(lants ulron the suc(.ess rtl a motor sho,w.