The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-03
AMONG THE AUTOEODLTTS.
RESERVATIONS BEING MADE FOR
VANDERBILT RACE SEATS.
Mayor % Milwaukee Latest Aspirsnt for
New H0rk-ChicaEo Record HOnOrs
-ODDoxitiOn Motor Club Organized in
western Metropolis 20 y Something


western Metropolis 10 "DO Something
Chairman Jen eraon De Mont Thompson
OF the racing board Of the American Auto
mobile Association Ia 10 decide on the loca-
tion Of the grand stand for the Vanderbilt
cup race and American elimination trials
within . few days. last year all Of the boxes
and seats were sold two weeks before the
race, and II IL planned 10 have a larger struo-
ture this year. though this cannot be
definitely settled until the location has been
determined. The elimination trials are to
be held on Sept ember ~ and the cup contest
on October 0. Reser vations for either date
can be made now with Alfred Reeves. secre-
tary OF the grand stand committee. at 20 West
FOrty-secOnd street. New York city.
Sherburn Becker, the youthful Mayor OF
Milwaukee. started st ~ 30 o'clock this morn
ing with q party OF eight to try to make a new
record from this city to chicago. A factory
demonstration will drive the car the entire
Distance. The only stops scheduled will
be TO let the travellers get a few bites Of cold
food. The Mayor il an enthusiastic auto
mobiliet and has driven his Pope-TOledo
thousands Of miles. He spent yesterday on
board Charles g. Gatess yacht. On Satur-
day the picturesque Milwaukee motoring
Mayor visited the President at Sycamore
Hill In his car. which bore q huge canvas
chA1h hAu WI WhNNh ~ tOCds
Mayor Becker Of Milwaukee On the car
this morning was q sign on which was printed
Mayer Becker, New York to Chicago
Alfred Hennen Morris, brother OF President
Dave H.. Morris OF the Automobile Club OF
America. does not possess a car, though he
II q member OF the organization headed by
hts brother. When he was asked recently
how many automobiles he owned he said
that all Of his automobiles had four feet. Il
have q much better plan than owning a lot OF
cars, : said he. Il can ride in my brothers
have q great many friends who frequently
take me out In their cars. By carefully fol-
to keep my disposifiop unspoiied. and stiii
be an automobiles as often as l wish
Not to be Outdone by their metropolitan
brethren. a number Of Chicago ~automobilists
have formed an Opposition. eutom9bile
Stss%'nai I Pf1hseSrnse nave e'' in,t tn inc Srr 19sd
the new body under the name Of the Chicago
Motor Club. and propose to conduct IL on
the Chicago Automobile Club is run. Among
are William Arthur. Charles p Root.
Joseph =. GTntSer and H. K. Van sicsien..
One Of the organizers says the club will de-
reasonable iegislat ION and spreading the doc
they have adopted 1Do something.
It was announced Yesterday that the i'm
preston that either OF the Maxwell Wander
City is Erroneous Neither caS win be sent to
the beach race meet beginning to-day, as IL
has. been thought advisable to connne the
trying out process for both machines to road
driving.
George c, John Of st. Louis. who ia making
Q leislreIy' tour from Chicago to- New York
and Boston. has become convinced that the
construction OF improved highways, is Of no
RAANn ~ M 80 thai AhA D--Aa- A~AN.
~tenance OF them after they have been built.
This fact has been demonstrated by the
REess SobS So sSs Sis Of 1a T%nS Ss Sf 'S S1i T9ads sy which n
city. He has found many siretches Of road
but which are now worn out and full Of rgts
and cross ridges. so that II the proposed New
stT,ct.d many 'c Of the r foTmer ITO sne . Ge SSs.
which have never been improved. In a
-Betwesn Cleveland and Erie we asked a
resident to tell US the route We should follow,
he told Us t that Z, the me nsTt 100 Tilss vas the fHest
II had been made world famous by Stevens,
the man who first rode a bicycle around the
hrst twenty Of that famous 100 miles proved
to be a worn out turnpike so full Of dips and
raises and mail bumps that II did not allow
many other roads not seeming to be so good
This same condition exists throughout the
CounITN. bluCC VIC ttlN OutCh9O We nave
covered many miles Of highways that were
built at great expense. and which after, say,
twenty years OF use without necessary repair
have become 40 uneven as to hardly be worth
while. In fact, we have travelled stretches
where trafic had abandoned the macadam
and made . winding dirt road Of its own
alongside OF IL. There H. nc doubt that a
tour from Chicago to New York furnishes one
Of the best tests OF y touring car possible to
ind. on account Of the great variety OF road
surfaces that are encountered"
George Robertson. who is To drive the m
horsepower Apperson racer in the American
elimination trials on September ~. has re-
ceived word that the car was not seriously
damaged in its recent accident. lie eK-
pected that, the machine would be shipped
to New York yesterday and as soon as Il ar
rives here he will move to his training
quarters. on Mineola avenue on the Nassau
county circuit.
Richard II. Little and Christian D. HRRerty,
the two war correspondents who recently
started On a record breaking automobile trip
from New York TO San Francisco. have been
compelled TO abandon the record breaking
part Of the undertaking because they en-
30 much bad weather west OF
Chicago. The car, however, will continue
its journey TO San Francisco.