The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-16

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In 4 more strenuous sunt W. Woilahdef
said he though, thefe would no, he any i'm
pntted ears In tbs tour unless they Wefa an
tered nv Individual owneta Who wah,ed a
nice. eAay ttlp thfoush n plo,ufeaann region
for tho aittceh days the tourists viii he o "
the fnad from huhalo 20 pfetton Woods
A. a contest, boeevrt. ho docs NM think the
tour will have any value ~ m" tour distance
NJ l.ins,, miles IL divided into twelve days
NJ tfavcillng, viii i9a miles a. the longest
single run and ss miles 80 tho shortest In his
opinion the European touring contests pro.
vide much bette ~ tests Of the running ability
of cars. thp iterkomer tour Of about 100
miles being complete I'd In ala days. while tho
Coppa d'Oro tour In Italy was even harder.
the tota II distance Of 2.07l miles beinK finished
In nine days. averaging almost So miles q
day
There are now n dozen entries for the third
annual tour Of the American Automobile
Association. two more having been received
yesterday by Supt 4 Il Tucker, Col. Albert
A. Pope Of Boston entered a S-to horse
power Pope-Toledo. which will he No. II.
Col. Pope entered m n member Of the Auto
mobile CMb OF America and will travel from
Buffalo 10 Breton Woods ns a competitor for
tho Glidden trophy. He named George and
Charles Soules as drivers. Albert l.. Pope
OF Hartford entered q rs horse-po wer Pope
Hartford, WHICH will be No, ~. He entered
az a member OF the Hartford Automobile
Club and will go from Buffalo TO BRETON
Woods as a contestant for the Glidden trophy
He named X. NJ. Alexander and J. p. Grady
as drivers.
A 1905 convert to American built auto
mobiles. T.. c. Shaw OF Akron. Ohio. passed
through this city yesterday on his way home.
He toured from Akron TO this city through
the shenandoah Valley by way Of Natural
Bridge and Luray to Washington and then
I through Baltimore and Philadelphia. He
reports that the roads he encountered were
generally good. except in the lower Shenan-
doah Valley, where they were wretohed. He
drove over many toll roads upon which the
tolls we're excessive. the charge being five
cents a mile In many sections, In his trip
from Akron to this city he travelled about
1. 600 miles and says the only monotony was
the absence OF anv necessity for tinkering
with his car. He Is general superintendent
OF the b. F. Goodrich Company at Akron
and heretofore has Away used imported
machines. This year. however. he is driving
a 4O-t5 horsepower Pierce and has had no
trouble at all during his trip. even the Akron
air with which he started being still In his
tires.
In case more than one Lorraine De Dietrich
racer qualities for the French team In the
vanderbilt cup contest, one Of the cars will
be driven by Richard Mapse Il. a New Yorker;
Walter c. Allen Of The ne. Alt9mG6ie CUP OF
Conversation in which he said Dnray. who
drove the De Dietrich racer in last, years
ostend races. If only one De Dietrich wins
a place on the French team for the Vanderbilt
race. Gabriel will be sent over oyer h here nr to drive I'VE
England but has lived in this city for the past
IO4T I ysa5s, . Las, fs ~ h T, sstSS as e Oh PsSIs
Of the Automobile Club Of France fo5 The
Turckheim said Manseil was the best driver,
driven him through New York streets and
S %hiis Mans iiih has lad iSdp no 's e1p sSISe IN BIG
road races Mr., Allen thinks he viii give a
good account OF himself II he In o competitor
In the next Vanderbilt race.
Harry Fosdick OF Boston, who has made
several record breaking trips i1 stripped
last Sunday. He left the Hotel Manhattan
3 . to etTGn car ~ which carried four passenger
and arrived In Boston at sl9 o'clock In the
afternoon. He made no special attempt at
Tor the "a allies, stopping only once on the
way 10 replenlsh his gasolene tank.
Under the auspices Of the New York Auto
mobile Trade Association a mass meeting OF
local automobile dealers will be held next
a mssFiss viii nIfba s held at '9 For h tRs pa smosse; of a aiss
cusslng the project of asking the manufao.
turers icr a larger commissi ion allowance
than is received by agents at the present
time.
A.couple of years ago the con men were
t SssIsSs, to r ssls t dla 6 on ' York raves very to wssi hiras ss
most OF them had quit playing the, ponies
and gone In for high horsepower 4 mem
her OF the genus worked a new wrinkle re-
Gently, however. in a way that cost q dealer
a $40 tire and the game was one OF which
others should bewar e. The dealers, tele-
phone rang and this is what was said over
the wire:
secretary talking. Have you a 34x4h outer
shoe2"
time" the dealer FASTENED to reply. Please
do So" cam the response, : as Mr.. Blank
is In a hurry. He will send his chauneur
"A boy, logged out in the usual leather
can and coat, put in an appearance a little
later and asked for the tire; He was supplied
with all necessary Information and was given
over his shoulder and end d liza sdter
and that was the last seen Of either boy or
tire. il did not take long to find out that y
suooessful working no other capital. than
knowledge OF the size of the tire used, by the
owner in question and the fact that he bought
supplies from the victim.