The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-21
AWARDS TO AUTOS.
Committee Taking Evtdence-0uly About
Ten WIN Ne Perfect


Concerning the talk that has boon made
| about the probable impuEnins Of the records
| OF some OF the observers who kept tally for
| the operators OF the cars In the Boston-Nev
| York reliability contest OF the Automobile
| Club OF America. S NJ Butler. who is secretary
Of the club and also OF the Contest Committee.
! which managed the run. said positively yes
tsrday that no formal protest or compliant
had been nled against any observer or oper-
ator lie said the observers we're appointed
| by the club. we're it, guests and officials and
II the club was TO question their reports on
the testimony OF competitors or outsiders.
u would y" for Ia" club 10 siutny .tseH
winthrop scarritt, me chairman OF IT," COM
nittae. would %, say what tie net result oi the
, run would be. wlo would win the Presidents
| cup. nor how many would have p-rfec, scores
but he sdid that II was lot the thing for the
club to qdp-tion the ycraCIty Of it's obssr-
vars. although Il might examine into the dc-
CuraCy Of their reports.
The attitude taken by tie o'cfls o! the
club is that any inaccuraCles in IN. reports
have been dua to clerical errors and not TO
falstrcation oi the record In number oil
cases II was found that the addition and sub
traction Oh the part Of an observer III figuring
out the starting and arriving times and the
average TIA" were erroneous Discoveries
OF THE and similar mistakes led 10 the cut
ting down OF IN. last OF those who laid claims
TO clean scores from twenty 20 probable
ten and perhaps not that IL will BE- several
days before the committee completes its wora
and ma k.~ m of1Cldl report OH the result. and
not until II j. finished VII tue names OF the cup
vii rsr- b.' ttOWu
4 meeting of Contest Committee was held
az tro dubious" last night and consider ne
amount OF testimony and evidence was con-
Nld"r"d, but II Was an executive session ana
not INK o: -" o'ficiAl opinion was gwen ont
SECRETARY Butter last Iisht 'hii a.t"riZeG a.
rot I'll" stories 'inanAting from Atowu along
the course Of ~" run 20 the effect tit 9 "F"
Ma a teapot t"IiI.-t Oh hand and that the
obser yor~ had been ASKED to mai" Bf'idavltS
on their reports. On Friday last letter was
sent to all Tho observers stating that the club
bad been crcdihlv informed tat certain d.
tour. and mai nuyrr-, such "a turning about
ana ha' sag down IN. had been made 10 a'o u
Usrali2ed therefore The letter concluded
with three SPECIFIC questions, OIL" concerning
ward down iil and the third concerning lssv-
Ing ne sch edUl-d route The answers to
mo-t Of these latters we're in hand Yesterday
and nearly all answered the cue ons IN the
negative. meaning t1at no detouTs. or down
Aill. bI"kNar coasting or running on the
WITH regard 10 this letter Secretary Butler
says II j. ONLY formal one that v as designed
30 AID the CouIntt-e and perhaps get some
Of m.siU'.rrretation Of the rules. which are
not sp"ciAc on these points, but are covered
hv Implication from the general terms OF the
'9nditlon- There Is little doubt that the
club and i's committee Will stand by tts OBJ
aer,-r. who were carefully selected and men
OF r.pu's
Against the statements of the Official.
there are those OF several operators and
observers who frankly admit having lodged
voluntary Information. but not protests,
AGAINST fellow Com D"titors who are said by
'hs Comp,Einan's TO have mad" stops, de-
tours or committed other p-nslizable arts
that thcy-,hp comns'nA n'--vere certain
We're not recorded bv the observer. Nothing
that NAV be done will in any way dim the
gorv OF the run for most Of those whose
claims TO clean scores will be rejected will
he dropped on techn'caliti.s. some OF which
VIII DO being At 3 noon or night control 4
few minutes ahasd OF time The Presidents
cup i the trophy coveted bv all and all with
perfect scores will be In line for IT, The
fsuriue out OF the winner viii. how ever. be
matter - much nicetv sni he who gets
/ II j. lk"lv to win nv plain luck. such a. ben z
one minute loss ahead OF time than some
other There was ten minutes leeway on
each -.de allowed on the time fixed for ar
rival AZ controls II u man wa- not more
than ten IN nu'.s ahead OF time h" nlirht
have q clean score, but IL figuring ont for
the Gun the man WHO came nearest 20 b-in =
exactly Oh time a. the most places and was not
o,h.rvi-. a. fault, viii he r"ckoned Also
tho ofhcial- NAV consider general showing :"
Whit. ther. IA nothing in To" nature of a
row th-r" il keen Interest and even anxiety
being evidenced by those waiting TO hear
the Official awards