The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-21
AUTO CUP TEAM SELECTED.
OWEN AND MOOERS TO START
WITH WINTON IN BJG RACE.

Read Trfals Bese& WITH Dinicuities. bat
Owen Car "Mskes Coed" FER Him
and Wintsn-Mosers's Meter DID Net
Mote - Hard Luck Ter HarsGncss.
Motors that refused to mote and challensers
who were unprepared when the appointed
time arrived have been the main character
istics Of the trial tests held by the Automo-
bile Club Of America TO select team Of three
TO represent this country In the Internatlo
Cup race. The tests were completed inslon-
ously yesterday. and the team has been Sc
lected by the committee. by taking the only
two candidates on hand. although the ma
chine Of one showed no performance worthy
OF q racer and could barely be made TO 20 ut
all
Alexander wlnton Of Cleveland, Percy
Owen OF New York. and Louis p. Mooers OF
Cleveland will represent this country In the
blue ribbon event for all nations which 10
to DO held In Ireland on July .. The first
two will use Winton cars: Owen one OF 90
horse power, and Winton one somewhat
larger and more powerful Moosss will use
Peerless racer Of about 90 horse power.
Notwithstanding the very Disappointing
outcome OF the attempt TO have tried and
proven vehicles, IL Is reasonably certain that
the best possible action has been taken and
that the representatives selected will do full
Justice TO the country. The reasons for this
consoling conclusion on the part Of the men,
bers OF the Automobile Club are that while
out Of six cars Of four different inakes only
one has made good before the committee,
the team being sent includes two cars OF the
make that has made good while the third
car. although II failed TO demonstrate Itself,
was prevented from 90 doing by troubles Of
local and temporary character. such as are
easily overcome The fact Is that the time
allowed for the designing and finishing and
testing OF the cars proved TO be too short
for satisfactory results.
The settlement Of the whole question was
arrived at yesterday morning at Garden .
City. whittier the race committee OF the club
and Messrs. Owen and Mooers had gone to
try for the second time to show the speed
and substantially Of the candidate cars.
The car OF Percy Owen performed In splen-
did fashion. but faulty water pump and cir
culation OF the water through the cooling
jackets and radiators caused the engine Of
Mr.. Mooers's car TO get so overheated as to
be imperative As the owen oar IL q dupl-
cate In design Of Alexander Wintons car.
though smaller, this makes 1t certain that
two are qualified-
The members Of the race committee Of the
Automobile Club. George Isham Scott. Hsr-
Ian w. Whipple. and Dave II. Morris, left the
Garden City Hotel at $50 o'clock In the morn
Ing and went with the two candidates to the
six-mile course between Westbury and
Merrick. Owen. accompanied by Alexander |
and Sscf fhsn Moosr. :po Snss
by Committeeman Scott. went for a trial. |
After running about three miles In flrst-rate
style. the motor got overheated and the car |
nSd 70 Pc t si0wed; The rest Of the course was
time was taken, Only two hours use Of the |
road was permissible. and the Mooers car |
owsn vent out Nth
taken because the engine was not warmed |
J minutes as seconds. On second trial. 40
by Committeeman Scott. the |
Owen car, from a standing start at westbury. |
onds. Returning from MerricE. a mile in |
:o+ and another In Io3 were clocked by MIR: |
Scott: and 18th, the second one With third coupled
rack. and to avoid a collision the racer had |
for hrd sai With nr Mor. a.
red the .iubricstins fsedpips became dis.
), an who Ssd mnsSs som. ON sdSs
nents in the interim OF the second and third
hand II. made Mss w .ntr9
sSS sssoTss Tssf 4S' issD's:s
bounced the selection Of Messrs owen and
Mooers to complete the team with Alexander ]
Nlnton, VINO was 6eleCte0 last DECEMBER. |
md the aban donment Of all plans for further |
ests. Under the circumstances the COM |
nittee saw nothing else to do. II was con- |
Ildered that three cars would be better than /
me, that no better candidates bad appeared. |
erfere with the competitors work In getting
c. W. Matheson OF Grand Rapids. who J
uttered two cars. reported some time ago /
his inability. to- complete his. machines In
% he on hand at the time set by the COM
nittee. namely Mon day Of last week. got his
,ar ready on Sunday and intende to accept
he Invitation Of the committee 10 demon
trate his car on the course.
He started from Brooklyn at o'clock yea
erday morning to drive u to the course. Be- |
ore he reached Jamaica he ran over thank
you. ma am at speed. bounced into the air.
md came down With pound on projecting
tone in the road with the result Of broken
water Tank. After vain a tie mpts to effect q
e pair. the car was towed back TO its starting
'f Il is probable that Mr.. Hardness will DO
named "a a substitute on the team.
Mr.. Winton and Mr.. Owen were much
,leased at being selected, Mr., Winton said
hat he and Mr.. Owen will sail for En- gland
IN the Cam pania on May 80 and that the two
acers together with the Winton Bullet
md touring car. will he shipped on May Is.
Mr. Mooers said that he has under way
.wo other racers similar TO the one he had
tut yesterday. The one shown. he said.
: an experimental product and win not be
ne one, started n the race; One Of those
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