The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-12
ASONG THE AUHOMODLgHS.
Practice on CUP COURSE AL
LOWED TO-DAY.
Eight or the Fifteen Candidates for AmerS-N
cGn Team Ready for Tunlng Up Gpins
-DesrEe Meath Arrives Mere Prem
France-R. H.. I.yttle tnterS Protest.

ktknt or ue FtItoon Con0luAucp Tor Aunert~
q Team Ready for Tunlng Up spans
-GesrEe Meath Arrives Mere Prem
France-H. ~. I.yttsc tcnCerS Protest.
To-day VIII be the Arst day that candidates
for places on the American team In the Van
derblt cup rare will be allowed to use their
raoiaG cars on the Nassau county circuit,
The hours set for practice are between 6 ard 7
o'clock In che morOing aud from now until a
week from Saturday the 2O.7i mlins Of the cup
course win be used every morning. by some
Of the racers. or the fifteen entrnnts FOR the
American team eight were at their training
quarters on the course last night. Thees
we're Joe Erscy. IOcOmobile; Herbert ~
Lyttle, Pope-Toledo; v alter Christie. Christie;
Ernest K~eler. oIdsmobile: John W. haynes.
Haynes, and the three Vrsyer Miller drivers.
Lee A. Prayer. Franz LAwwen and r. n.
Belden. Tho three Thomas racers. TO 10
driven by Montague Roberts. Hubert Js
Blon and OuatAve CAlglois, will be shipped
from the factory or Friday and be ready
for practice on Saturday. George Robertson
has been ARKiO1sly awaiting the arrival OF
the ApperHon racer, which was shipped from
K0kcnO several days ago. ., IL not expected
that either the r. l.. NJ. or the Ma welI will
appear on the course until next week. ksiph
~btongiui's plan to drive the Matheson reoes
ever the rOads from NilkesbaEre to the course
vas vetoed late on Monday by an Octcer OF
the AAthC9Du Wuls ~ Uub w ~ e@NN
last night to inspect the machine before N In
brought to the course. Several OF the drivers
who have thrlr cars On the courpe have
Atted powerful searchliKhts TO their racers so
they can take thsnn out on the roads befure
daylight and vsrn, them up ~ running a.
Q moderate nts or speed before the prscsaOs'
hours begin.
0eorae Heath. who 10 70 drive q Ise herse-
power Panhard racer ~ . msmber OF The
French team In the Vanderbilt cup race.
arrived hsrs yesterday on tbs Kaissr VIII
helm II. Mr.. Heath has not salected his
training quarters a. yet, but wn probably
locate in or near Garden City. Twin racing
cars for Mr.. Heath's use arc sxpected 20 ar
rive here In q week. He won thu frst contest
for the Vanderbilt cup In 1904 and nnished
second 20 Hemery and his Darracq In Last
years contest.
The repose Of Herbert n. Iytts. pilot Of
the Pops-Toledo Vanderbilt CUP candidate
sSii.s 'Eais eaS early Sssisrday and SoSdsy
tearing psst bis window: Not oniy We.
tSe unm1Snsd s1ha1sts Of the T.esrs. but he
wa. much disturbed b ths vanton ytolattpa
ooGrss until to-day. He acoordinSly wrote
10 Chairman Thompson Of the A. A racing
board lAst night as follows:
Wnfla I have no desire 70 make . nCrnal prUtcst.
morning, and one Of them was Anounm eStse on
Monday. Ths Instructions from vOur eOmmlttee.
Is I understood them, we're that no nActa9 GAYS
would be allowed ON shs course bstoru 10 morrow
porping under penalty Of $500 Ans and disaneD1
Although ! should have Tired WY R1eA 20 try
out my Pope-Toledo car over the course J. kepe 70
IN the garage this morning, and - . result o. ny
complying with the rules three OF my eonipeutcre
mad The advAnEAga Of from one % TIVE days e1tfa
practice which hardly think 10 fAlR 20 myUelf And
the other conteetAnts. VIII you ktndly advise me
H This extra practice was authorized by you. and
n ~ Why myself and thu other contestants were
not notiNed Of the change In the rvlesf You're re-
s~pectfuIly hEhbHhF n AfrrAA
Mortimer Reeves secretary 70 Chsrman
Jefferson De Mont Thompson Of the 4. A, A;
racing board, moved down to krug's Hotel
on the Jericho Turnpike yesterday. He VIII
direct the work Of otlinG and nxtnf up, tne
Nassau county circuit for the, American
elimination trials and the Vanderbilt cup
race.
Frank LAwweIl has been selected 70 drive
one OF the three ITO horsepower Prayer
Miller racers In the American elimination
traie. He will have charge. o. the machine
entered by W. J. Miller Of the Cclunabus
AutomoblIe Club. Law well drove Or. But
leF's "a horsepower Frsyer-Miiler touring
car " hen Il finished second In the two, Gelo4
efdciency test Of the Automobile Club OF
America on May 5 this year.