The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-20
LONG ISLAND AUTO PARADE
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tsrd leadIn g 10 the hrHeh waa fsaehet when
tho hpilsyari VS. fearhed Ofi u Marshal
charles sefatne Edwafda had Instructed the
paradef' ~ drive iva abfsaa, until The dis'
bandin plars N Cdnry Island wee fsarhed
and sone NJ the drivers dscsfuusl oh"ysd
their lhst r~tctiona
svef. score he'd down tho boulevard N fsss
that 'he oid ssylna among a,tomoblls's.
-evrry run 10 4 race" aHaln received afurlr
iustinoatIen. instead ~ being too abreast,
there wpfs times when the pafadefa we're sls
abreast. and In some ~ Tho spurta 90 avoid
tho clouds NJ dust, more than one spredom
eter pointer nsared tho forty miles an hour
marx Occasionally one ~ N" equestrian
statue iike COPS that lined the roadway AZ
Intervals would eotne IN life long enough 60
shake q warning hand az som~ Tying car that
was threading la way through Its slower
fellows. but on the whole the run from the
Park 10 the beach was simply Q glorious
chance to scorch. There we're about i95
cars In line. about two-thirds Of them bearing
the fiaRs Of the Long Island Automobile
Club. while q few cara bore Gags displaying
the initiate Of the New York Motor Club or
the Richmond County Automobile Club. The
Automobile Club Of America had been In
vltsd 20 participate and some men hers OF tho
organization showed ~. but there were no
A. C. A.. Tags TO be seen. A~utomobileleas
BrookIynites were quite Interested In the
parade and scores OF houses along thesrouts
were decorated with Unltcd States flags and
many residences had from one 70 four specta-
tors In each Of It's front windows. Doorstep
parties Of women and girls were also very
numerous. and thousands OF small boys Ined
the route shrouRh the streets, yelling shrill
acknowledgements TO snorchers about being
"pinched.'
In view OF the speed ut which the process
sion moved, the interest how by the ply
sioians along the route was much commented
on. Many OF the cars were decorated with
United States flags. particularly those OF
the Long Island Club members. Quite n
few women drove their own cars. one OF them
displaying a small Red Cross emblem on IN"
radiator front. IA did several physicians who
we're in line. Two pretty girls In an electric
runabout showed their patriotism by using
a big silk Stars and Stripes for q lap robe. as
their car had no top on which TO fasten the
flag. One OF the cars that started ont with
the others " as the first American four cylinder
car manufactured for the market. which made
its first appearance In the Boston endurance
run In 1907. One OF it's rear tires was punct-
ured 40 badly yesterday that IL had to he re-
me we'd and the veteran machine limped along
10 Coney Island on the bare rim thereafter.
One Of the mounted policemen solemnly
asserted that 400 cars had been In line when
asked how many had passed him. but ad-
United he might be mistaken. The returning
paraders were allowed no such liberties com
ing back IA they had been 30 shortly before.
AZ one mar discovered on the boulevard.
lie was driving a single cylinder car or the
vintage Of 1902 and was not going as fast az
we're a pair OF horsemen driving fast trotters
to speed wagons. A mounted policeman
moved his horse out into the road 70 caution
the automobiles, who slackened his pace
while tho horsemcn raced past him unmolested
and laughed at his discontinue. One OF the
Long Island Club men in the line was I. *.
Hastings, who had Chaplain Handel OF the
New York Fire Department In the front seat