The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-30
AMONG THE AUHOMOBILTSTS,
VANDERBILT CUP RACE rs FILL
ING UP RAPIDLY,

Three Entries Received Yesterday Bring
the Total Up TO Thirteen -Glidden
TourSts Also on the Increase ANA.
teur Driver Fined for Fast Going.
Three more entries for the American team
In the Vanderbilt cup race were received
yesterday at the office OF Chairman Jefferson
De Mont Thompson Of the 4. A. A.. racing
board, bringing the total up to ia Two
were from the Oscar Lear Automobile Com
pany for 40 horsepower Frayer-Miler cars
and the third was from the Maxwe ell Brlscoe
Motor Company for a Maxwell. Tho notice
from Chairman Thompson's ONCE gave Mr.,
Robertson as driver for the Maxwell. but thla
may be a mistake as Robertson was reported
Yesterday as having agreed TO drive the
Apperson racer. which is yet to be formally
entered. On account Of Chairman Thomp-
sons absence In Europe, where he1s per
sonally attending to the entry Of the French
team, there will be no meeting Of the A. A.. A.
racing board as the Vanderbilt cup commits
alan until Mr.. Thompson returns. For this
reason intending entrants Of cars for the
American team are requested to send In
their entries on or before July 1, the date set
for entries, both foreign and American, to
close.
For the third annual tour OF the American
Association three moro entries
"eIo TeCtlNeu yesterday AT inc ouC6 OF lOuT
Superintendent A.. b. Tucker. Number 81
was from John w. Breyfogle Of Rochester,
N. Y. for a Gearless car OF so horsepower.
through the Rochester Automobile Club.
Numbe IS was from O.. Henry Fosgate Of
Quincy. H.. who did not name the car. He
entered through the Chicago Automobile
Club, and will make the trip from Chicago to
Buffalo,. but will not contest for the Glidden
trophy. Numper 80 was from W. w. Burke
Of New York city for a 4o-45 horsepower
Columbia, through the New York Motor Club.
Messrs. Breyfogle and Burke will drive from
Buffalo to Breton Woods and both will be
contestants for the Glidden trophy.
Louis r. Smith OF this city. the amateur
driver who defeated tho professionals In the
obstacle race at the recent open air show
at the Empire City track, has Joined the
ranks OF those automobilists who have been
fined for excessive speed. He wal returning
from Tarrytown to his homo on Thursday
afternoon in a Maxwell runabout and was
held up by Q village constable az he was
passing through Irwin ton- 1.-the Hudson.
He was taken before Police Justice Irving
N. Taylor who aned him $40 on the testi-
S SSen sm s5sSSs ana his tT eompsnion R Soth az dse aiaTsdi
disYerenee. He demanded a receipt for his
n nesd hna ss'f foliew g ve ske %eE~f'a from o1Gp Loais
i. Smith Ten Dollars for exceeding The speed
I Twin to te Il f0s Tss signed d BY SSo .I h1i1se NJ 4.
il 6ii,s and % SIFS the GsndSr:ep M, Tiki sa SS
that the DRYERS Of four, other runabouts
were arrested and fined the same day. but
hour without molestation, He warns all
S very sio Sv sm unie ssf hey 20 20 Wts shRr to make tfS' inVoIn
untery contributions to the village treasury.
The plan Of the Rochester Automobile Club
to hold a road race OF 100 miles four times
around a Is mile circuit on Labor Day Is
% oSjeetors w Is ce sSms G4R nRsineeP iMc Gin 90 '@ p
Monroe county. who thinks the contest should
there 81 are eleven crossings o. steam railroads
at grade, 80 that each car that makes the ful
T win Of ar dssr t i5@ss sa fGS%es 'ss = Plas f iI%ss'
SECOND; The bridge Id over %SIct the s,i dep Ss t.a EIver
but light loads at low speed, and is not con-
81 sia IS miles ssf ~ the lsofh1it sRSSsy l in Ton s9s e eeqntS
to general travel on q holiday, from 10 o'clock
is unfair and unreasonable. especially as the
from tbs south are included.
Automobiles, given to. touring In this
country and advocates, Of good roads are
msss E bs RspTese In q ReI Rsoaes sall IN Gf FOR
the establishment Of q national commission
f.. pu tSs aishnsys; The sSslE ps soope2a R3e0y Wiz
and improvement. and to bring about as far
1NRey Sam asstS Is to be- mad, upIof three
%eP ese f,rs Snd ut OF ah9 fRe I Sn IL ?? st sReeln s9d
Who must have. practical k9Swledge Of road
ssSlassiTla asd and sbs bqs! sdresary The oi P fssfeaitsFo
are to be the two ether members Of the com-
mission. The Postmaster-GeIera Is to be
president of the commission and the PRACTICAL
P TGsS Gssf tSat = the he = 'eeopstitutsd sat6Sre
have jurisdiction over the public roads. on
having expended a given sum subsequent 70
January | 1907 in ths e sasdl sinner tbs pr
or Territorial auditor a duly certified and au-
t psnded' Sh sen's ans state Ht or or f ETTIto SHAH
make application n to .on the ,ct fomm m improv rer
% TSles S al fh res rGsaS asf iaid down esg11 BY the COM
mission, II shall be the duty OF the commiss.on
20 imH to the amount cunt Expended by such State
or TERRITORY IN the establishTent or im mI6OtS
prior to the date OF the application: The sun !
appropriated to any ststs ,S or oc Territory r. ory s nne
PIRATES $50. ooo. 900 for the purpose Of carrying
out its nproVitsiG9 On s1 the a9 sEs ooGi oGo 70 yea, Ss
AVAllADIt " " 'NNcta Nv
during the years 1907 and 1908
A one mile board track, built especially
for auto racing, is a possibility for Atlanta,
Ga, Jack Prince, the old professional cycle
racer, who has been q race meet promoter
and builder Of bicycle tracks for many years.
wants to construct a one mile oval track
Of boards. with banked stretches and turns,
upon which he thinks miles In 80 Seoopds
can be made safely and easily ne ee es
YEAR lease Of a site in Piedmont Park.
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m over the prospect OF being Represented
by a car in the Vanderbilt cup race nex'
October. Report has It that Lewis H. TITUS
who is described az "A local mechaniclan,- lt
building a racing car from his own aesighe
and Ia planning to enter 1t as, a candidate
for one Of the five places on the American
team. He has been engaged In the eonstruc.
tion of the car for about n year anc eSpects
that y will prove very speedy.
Mrs. Coy's Bridal Presents stolen.
The anartments Of E. s. Coy, a Brooklyn