The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-07-01

BEGINNING with the start from Buffalo the
checking system will be inau gurated. on which
rests the result of the contest. Checkers
will be sent forward early each day by a
patrol car and deposited at the points named
in the dailp sch edule. Each OF the check
ing stations will be designated by a rag.
and as each competing car passes each sta
ton, the Oh eoker will enter on a record cara
the hour and minute il passes. The srt'ial
time of passing will have to coincide 70 the
minute with the schedule time In order that
the car may escape a penalty. FOR each
minute the car is ahead OF time II Will &c
penalized two points end for each minute
it is behind time it will be penaiised one.po'n'.
The double penallsation for be,ng ahead OF
the schsdule ia to prevent raclhg, the Gan!'
schedule being arran ged on the basis al Tie
maximum legal speed limits. with allowances
for various delays. such as fillnE o. ianhs.
traffc delays, &c. This checking viii be
done each day at points averaging twenty
Ave miles apart and at the conclusion OF
each days run. The tour will be divided
into forty-four checking units and the driver
who comes nearest to maintaining the pre-
arranged schedule each day will receive the
lowest penalization and Will therefore win the
trophy,
Each driver will receive a card at the time
Of checking out in the morning. which will
state the time allowed to make each checking
EtQtlOu ana tut exact uOuT diiN. hiittut ht hiS
arrive at the night stop. 80 that he can csti-
mate his running during the entire Gay ana 70
all times, The watches to be ,ised by the
at the beginning of each days run, A second
patrol car will follow the last contestant to
start and viii PICK UP the che%eE T5;s 80 as 70
also render aid to any cars in distress. The
following cars have been rendered. free of
expense i} e the 1so tHsf for os geneva Wals %ssFv e % III the
White steamer; patrol car, Packard Motor
Car Company. Packard s suPSs,rIlntendent's
s c%ampoasd; advance eS oar. Jacob sehreyer..
Maxwell. and baEgase wagon. Knox Auto
mobile Company y h tbe A. traok i. tour tou4,s q; c com.
nave mIt,ee f'saa de e slo the use Of their White and
"ji TtSss es an;t e. % n, Tees awe Pres ysst eads; by
was from Charles g.. WridRway Of New York
racing and nonstop running oyer tho roads.
lie entered "a 40 horse-poWer Peerless. No.
80 was from Arthur L. x Rich OF New York
No. 30 was from j.. +. Braine OF New York
city. who entered an Is horsepower White
stsamSS{a; ,. Al Mot .are cluS snt and w ,hdisssh . .hs
Rich will contest for the Gliddcn trophy,
making the run from Buffalo to Breton
Woods; M, Mr.; Bra fnr w WIN Ms s1a : At . Bdfl ale, and and
try for the trophy.
With the addition Of two entries received
vest at the office Of Chairman Thopop-
son OF the A. A. A. raging board there are now
In the Vanderbilt CUP. race. One was from
Edgar L, Apperssn OF Kokomo. lpd for a
the Chicago Automobile Club and which viii
be driven by George tobertsonl who drove
the Christie racer ~ last Henr's american
from /. X. Thomas. of Buffalo, who entered
q IFS h~orse.power Thomas to be driven by
THE sun, predicted more than a week ago
h r.. wSuia; bhs S cE,ty OF Ta su m1de u 1sT0 Mns
accompanied by the Information that the
three Thomas racers were rated at ii5 horse
power inst cad Of i2o. as previously announced.
Caillols's first name was given as .Gustave.
thou Oh II had been generally thought IL was
George when he was In this country In 1904
with Thery. Calllois won the GALLON hill
climb In France in 1902 and finished fourth
In the zoos Bennett race.
In the belief that improved Highways are