New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-01
MANY autos" IN LINE.
Parade IN THE RAIN.
F7et Weather and Slippery Streets
for Motor Cars.

April showers, while tlaey may be beneficial FOR
Hay flowers, are not EoEd for automobile pa
Tade. an hour before the beginning OF the Auto
mobile club OF Americas turnout yesterday rain
began 20 far, and at F. m. the tirae set FOR tho
star. il was coming down in torrents Il was de-
ciGcd wait a while and when at PAS the frst
machine went by the clubhouse ar Fifty-eighth-st.
and Fif-h-avo., ~ vas raining harder than ever.
II the first parade he'd by the club. and
two hundred ana fifteen vehicles were IN line II
w9s expected that az Iesst six hundred would
take part. but the weather yyRs too discouraging.
The display OF Commercial: vehicle wagons
perhaps tbs most notable feature OF the show.
Nearly ninety in line
The parade in two sections, one composed
o. passenger vehicles ana The other made up OF
commercial ca~s, which included delivery wagons.
Several racing cars not stripped their Ids. how
over. took part Tie best known OF these the
eighty horsepower Mercedes car OF 3. NJ. Stanley,
5r.. Of Newark. formerly owned by William X
Vanderbilt 5r. This was the in which Mr..
Vanderbilt made wor1c's records at OTTnond Beach
in January. covering c mile in o.Se.
The cars travelled At speed OF about seven
miles an hour. This was found too slow going
low some Of the steep hills in Central Park for
she fast race. The engine became so not at times
that the had 20 pun out OF line ana cool of
a bit. The machine was not f. line when the cars
passed the clubhouse on the return trip.
lines MEET OUTSIDE TIB PARK.
The srst division proceeded through the East
ern, bearing eastward 20 the Seventy -second-st
exit. md thence 20 Riverside Drive. The CONNER
ciRl vehicle division. instead o. entering the park
went through Fifty-ninth-st and thence up Eighth
ave A. Grants tomb the first section made q wide
and retraced the route the west side OF the
arrive, through West End-eve. and Seventy-second-
81 by Broadway F1fty-nnth-st- and F'ifth-ave..
continuing down Flrth-ave 70 Madison Square
whers the pt-ade disban6ed- The section of cabs
and hansoms did not take pert IN the parade.
Mayor Mcclellan was expected 10 take part in
the parade and 10 review It. but failed 10 90
Aldermen Davis, Grifenhaesn. James and Baldwin.
besides several others. were in the parade.
The autouobilists presented a widely varying
appearance. tire costumes ranging from the regula-
don long rubber TO frock coats and silk hats
One man appeared in goggles. hardly required IN a
seven miles hour Few Of the machines I'm
had covers. Several women were in the parade
but most OF the cars contained few passengers. on
aocount OF the rain
About eighteen American gasolens touring cars
and twenty-six runabouts in line. and twenty
one imported machines and half dozen OF electric
pleasure vehicles. About twenty White steam cars
were IL line. A number Of delivery wagons were
Nntered from a Twenty third-st. drygoods store.
among those in line were President Winthrop
Scarrtt. OF The automobile club; Peter Cooper Hew
ST. James J. Breeze. Colgate Hoyt, Lewis Nixon.
,eH-sheTin Thomas Dunn. and Park Commissioner
Palas.
The marshal Of the parade Was Emerson Brooks.
J5is assistants we've George Z Adams, Milo NJ.
Belding Frank Evelaud Robert Lee Morrell Au-
g1stus A. Post. o. H Goelet- ". H Brown and
ID. ID. Palmer.
Not an accident happened although the slippery
asphalt made humping frequent The rain did not
keep spectators away; they swarmed in front OF
the clubhouse and viewed the show from windows
OF the houses along the route Another noticeable
horses OF The combined WhiE Clug, buzz, clank.
CHATTER, grOaus, Kisses and plut-put OF the ma
Gaines as they made their noisy way elong Many
a. the horses turned and looked at them, but
practically none were frightened
OIL AND WATER FAIL TO MIX
That oil and water will not mix received new
demonstration IN front OF the clubhouse yesterday.
when the drippngs % oil and gasolene from tns
machine shone the wet asphalt with all this
cCors o. q rainbow.
a large sized policeman standing in the gutter
- 'front.' OF the clubhouse Just before the parade,
ana a runabout car carrying one OF the marShals
bumped into him 10 get him Of the way. The
Aoilceflall moved lew steps with eyes front The
J. ear gave MIN another bump. with more effect
- was not until little force put 20 the
2eLt bump that the policeman turned his head.
when ne saw what was behind him he gave an imi-
sauou OF a starter In a TAT mems
Mrs. a. :. Black, Of Ne Sc Madison ave,
touring car She drove the machine throughout
TIE parade, sld handed 81 cleyerly. Several of
rhe well known drivers had all they could do TO
keep from slddding and humping because Of the
at the Ormond races went r. mile in less than a
minute IN his 4GlorSe power Mercedes asked EIneT-
son Brooks, chairman OF the runs and COM
gnit.ee after The parade II the had travelled
The parade was 20 ave taken place at a later
0hte, Tut Vas cnange 70 yesterday
oonilct Win re pol e parade. In view Of the
noIrcV-hat short time for preparation and the de-
cicedly discouTagtng weather. yesterdays showing
was generally considered a marked success.