The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-07-08
AMONG The AUTOMOBILISYS,
,,rsTIR>ERS HAVE STARTED FOR
GLIDDEN TOUR.
p.stern Contingent WIN Proceed 10 Buffalo,
where Final Arrangements Will ne
Made FOR start on Thursday -Hotel
accommodation for $50 Persons.

b. Accommodating TOT 800 F1foono'
rho third annual tour Of the, American
,,,onohilc NssocintIon-Glldden and Denlng
,,nnhy cout"sis- started last Thursday from
,tioo ~ s\ cars leaving tho Auditorium
~ thni lay and running to Goshen, Ind.
q" rrid,y they trayelled from Goshen to
g"lsdo snd yesterday from Toledo to Cleve.
,.nd Today viii be spent In Cleveland and
."morrnv ~" Journey TO Buffalo Will be
.,.r,cd the ,rp being divided into two days
~ rurr.gr The entrants who drove cars
trom chicago include No, 1, N. II Van slcklen;
w j II. Acpunce; No. Q, Charles Y. Knight;
NJ II. Henry Paulman; No. 10, Webb jay,
.wd No ~, c. Henry Fosgate. With the
srcention Of MIR. FosRate, all OF the drivers
s,s lhics gnans. He halls from Quincy. H.,
and will only go as far as Buffalo, The ONCE
AZ The 4 4 \, touring committee has been
J. removed from this city to Buffalo. where
n hsadauartcrs will be established Tomorrow
IN the rooms Of the Buffalo Automobile Club.
4 meeting of the contestants and drivers
md ali tho committee and executive stat
If The tour will be held at the Buffalo Auto
nobuc cub on the day before the start OF
the Giddon contest. "wednesday afternoon
n, X. O'Clock. At this meeting there will be
m EXPLANATION Of the checking system and
Y All i]nGuirir. will be answered. so that every
one connected with the tour will know exactly
sbv the contest Is to be administered and
win be shlc 10 guard against misunderstand-
hE the rules
chairman Of the A. A. A. touring committee.
Ior the tourist section Of the run, has been sent
IN BRETON Woods. II Is to be awarded to
the tour participant. not competing for the
= charles j, Glidden trophy, who makes the
most regular running record from Buffalo
to Breton Woods. 1t 10 a beautiful bronze
Azure of Mercury and Is about two and q half
fee, in height. The total number OF entries
Z for the tour had reached seventy-one yester-
dsy. Although the entries formally closed on
,Juiy 2 at noon, a number of applications
for entry numbers in the tour were received
htpr and the committee has ruled that there
would he no objection to allow such apph-
tants to participate. This years entry list
h more than half again as large as was last
YEARS. while the representation Of manufac-
iurers is much greater, Thirty -one different
makes OF cars have been entered. OF which
thirty are American and four imported.
Walter c. White. with q White steamer. and
n. A. Grant, with a Maxwell runabout. will
act az pilot cars and leave a trail Of confetti
behind them to mark the way for the tourists
from Buffalo to Breton Woods, There will
also be other confetti cars sent out. by the
Buffalo, Auburn and UTICA automobile clubs,
while the advance car OF the tour, I'm II charge ad
IF S'i ianr 'H,y@0P ahead fe Of ths' tour ! marking lie
End nda completing the details Of hotel asd garage
|accomodatlons. Complete hotel range:
ments have been made for the entire party OF
|the steamer Three Rivers of the Richelieu
and Ontario Navigation, Company will be
pressed into service and at Jacfman; Me.
OF the men Of the tour, the hotels being in
|~snffcient to care for the whole party, Ezra
d Fitch Of the touring committee VIII be in
Many Of the entrants are driving to Buffalo
from New York and other points and all
The f %Nutomobiie i Of Buaaio Viii give a
Theatre party that night, and at Auburn the
following night the tourists win be taken for
being arranged at Utica and Saratoga. II Is
likely that there will be a dinner az Saratoga
tpe -Madlarkss the orssnizstion Of the
hnc e. ran OF 1908. At Montreal an. interesting
R,ogramme Is being made up for the tourists.
The rs,e Sff sna m said q Of Pg sbs Of oet Ihs .t tour II t has ss cen
pictured, so that the tourists will not be liable
10 go ,astray where they might do 30 without
E Eoe e'G sr y also a,'f printed IN m@ he q book sdsn SaSSIkcss
contains the full and revised rules Of the tour.
wbo is Interested In factories In Bun alo and
Detroit is opposed to indiscrimlnate speed
(eg over city streets and 6as caused d, The he
F StlS%tieS e efFhs n ne ps nossso are f fSil Of q a ac.
counts Of automobile collisions with street
fsrs, RAILROAD dm trains, vehicles chi Is =, and and e 9ed Im.
beratively to slow down with throttle upon
closely approaching any railway or street
brought to a standstni within a few feet In
HE law does not excuse eoiiisions with vehi.
khey may be on the wrong side OF the road.
Women. children and many men are ignorant
pi the road rules. hence they must be given
Them. Driving through the streets Of the
2cty at illegal speed is prohibited"
L.F, s. K,-Best rogte from Hartford to
Montreal Go TO Springfield along the east
SAs 4. ! ;to Of the so GSpSne sna H.i River W,t through west East
S SSnss0' Point S1u'f En deH h+ ThompsoaSiils and
SssiiaeId. Fairfield. RUSSELL HSintfnston,
i iessssr' GO Se to Fey RssEe thfro aass H Hss; sfs s saa
IA, Alps. Glass House, Sand Lake. Wyants-
Waterford, Mechanicyille. Maltaville, Malta
,Sr 4 ~ th S, rs. route ,at, is !, he one me j e Be i tOl \ wed
South Glens Fails. Glens Falls. French;
s Esnih; c sehTooh;. "e ao e. lFfsf GsfsseE'G 9Sro ssa
,nd south piattsburE;, Go to Roase's Point
nuoush lhkidHdm, .Suhzy- anu Shohhpanihs
easements must Be made before entering
the Dominion Of Canada. Go to Montreal /!
through Lacolle Junction. st. Johns. Chambly.
" Hubert and Lon gueuil. where a ferry
which runs every half hour is taken TO Mon
lfeal.. In order to tour In Canada 1t is neces-
Hry to procure a. license and a new. number
4 deposit Of S25 Is required and q bond for
double the estimated duties, to be returned
provided the tourist does not remain In
canada for longer than three months.
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Automobile dealers and owners who suffer
rom the, ~graftiyg propensities OF chaufeurs
seem to have forgotten the existence OF the
o. all the automobile organizations at the
tpeeh made under the law, but no automobiles
mas yet taken advantage OF IL to prosecute
u grabbing chauffeur, Yet the ,provisions
OF the act provide explicitly for the punish.
ment OF just the sort Of collusion that is COM
mon between Chauffeurs and agents or garage
Keepers. To those who are unaoQualnted
MN W. this law the following excerpt will ex-
pam the situation:
Whoever gives. offers or promises to an
agent, employee or servant any gift or era,
WHY whatever. without the knowledge and
opphseni OF the principal, employer or master
w W s,ich agent. employee or servant. with
mrlhcipals. employers or master's business;
" an agent, employee or servant who without
.e knowledge and consent OF his principal.
roWWploy"r or master, requests or accepts q
tnt or gratuity. or a promise to make q Gift
VI 10 do an act beneficial to himself. under
hn agreement or with an understanding that
Nv shail act in any particular manner to his