Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-06
DATE SET FOR
VANDERBILT RACE
CUP EVENT WILL OCCUR ON
OCTOBER 6
Great Britain, Germany and Italy
viii Send Contestants for the
Great American Speed
Event

October will be the date of the Van
derbilt cup race. and September % will
be the date of the American elimination
event. The entry fee will be $1,000, and
only twenty-five cars are desired for
the elimination contest which will be
for the same distance as the race itself
and the first five cars to finish will con-
stitute the American team. AS before,
each country will be limited to five
cars. July l will be the closing date
of all entries.
The 1906 racing board of the A. A. A.
held it's first session Monday afternoon
at the rooms of the Automobile club
of America, and the decisions above
noted were adopted, along with other
details of what promises to be the
greatest automobile race ever held in
this country or on the other side.
While 1t is probable that the Long
Island course again will be utilized, the
board did not make any positive reply
to the communication from the board
of supervisors Of Nassau county, stat
ing that over 1900 names had been
signed to a petition asking that @the
race take place over the roads of that
county.
The Vanderbilt cup commission in the
past has been the A. A. A. racing board,
the donor of the cup. and representa-
tive of the Automobile club of France.
With Great Britain, Germany and
italy also participating in the race,
representatives from these countries
will be added to the commission.
The troublesome differential require
ment was disposed of by an amend
ment to the racing rules, which here
after will not refer to a differential, but
will call for 1.-TWO sets Of brakes, each
operated independently of the other,
and motor driven reverse gear The
racing rules will receive some general
attention and Messrs. Webb, Butler
and Batchelder were named a COM
mittee for this purpose
The matter of the protest filed by the
Automobile club of Great Britain
| against the Darracq racer which COM
peted in the Ormond meet, was refer
which acts as the foreign correspond
ent of the A. A. A. 1t was the opinion
of the board that the protest was out
of order on account of not having been
filed at the time of the meet, in which
Mr.. Clifford -Earp of England was a
participant, and had opportunity at that
time of acting in accordance with the
rules.
Previous to the consideration of mat
| ters Samuel Walter Taylor asked the
opportunity of explaining criticisms
which he had expressed editorially con-
corning the 1905 racing board. After
| Mr.. Taylor had retired a vote Was
taken that, owing to his intemperate
utterances, his serving as a member oil
the board would occasion much embar-
rassment, a resolution being passed
unanimously to this effect. AS a mat.
ter of fact the 1906 racing board has
yet to be confirmed by the A. A. A
board OF directors, though this actor
is assured at the May meeting.
Present at the session were Chairman
]. D. Thompson, w. X. Vanderbilt, jr.
p. Russell Thomas, Frank G. Webb. S
M. Butler, A. c.. Batchelder and Sec
retary S. S. Gorham. A. l.. Riker
one OF the technical advisers, wa'
present during the discussion of tn,
rules.