The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-25
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Down iussde the Fence 0'hrr Se~s'
New vorhs Are, ornn Mn ~auton,nhiie ahow
and carnival vas opened at the tmrit" Guy
track In Yonkefs yesterday The ears nnd
accenaaflea y ore on ~ hihitIon In the morning,
hut the show was not formally opened UNIV
o'clock In the aftrtnonu IN" opening
ceremony took place M tho htg circus tom
erect cd In the midheld 10 shelter tho "Nhlhii@
~ automobiles Announcer Prnntv used ma
negaphonr t. implorr tho spectators 10
come this way when enough had gain
cred around him 10 suit hts ideas he 4aid h"
would like to Introduce Chairman Nafadon
| of the New York Automobile Trade A~-ocia
tlon'a Carnival. Mr. Hatador climbed up II"
the floor ~ n hig green touring car near IN"
tent e%ntrancr and intr0d uCed President haNe
Hennen Morris Of the Altonoh lie 'hh I"
America NJ one who had been an cnthusiH~ti'
automobiles ever since there had been any
AUTOMOBILES. Mr.. Morris took hia place IN
| the car and said he thought the open air show
idea an excellent one. Hn advised visitors y"
have rides In every demonstrating car on the
grounds TO see II the cars were ~ taSt as hao
been asserted. Mr.. Morris remarked that H."
he was glad 10 he standing on hls feet looking
dow n upon 40 many good cars that would run,
because In former times he had been forced
| to lie on his back In the road gazing mp az
cars that would not run. He said ther"
should always be cooperation between tn"
| clubs and the trade. and declared the show
open.
In the big tent thirt y-nine concerns OK
hIbited automobiles, seven of these concerns
showing Imported cars. Most all OF the cars
were In place by the iddle of the afternoon.
though at a few spaces there we're tales or
| machines delayed in shipment. Some OF the
cars displayed were demonstrating machines.
as nearly everyone IL behind in deliveries
and many firms could not get any new cars to
show. Some OF the spick AMI span new
| machines which were towed up or made the
run from a safesroom by their own power
had burlaD coverings VT ,pped around the
tires TO Keep them clean, out me purlsp was
reached. The 5000 square feet under The
grand stand was occupied by the exhibits Of
| couple Of trade papers, Dozens of ~hostlers
from the training stables connected with
the track perehsd 90 The fence along TIE
and nexibility. contest with mild interest.
, and q couple OF negro boys cakewalked back
to a stable to the music OF the naha IN ne
Barney Oidfeld and his Green Dragon. ut
side the big tent were several popcorn; peanut
S new red, oS White and blue Rites carrying. a
| huge yellow banner eStolling the merits Of n
t ~ IA a !. 81 d RfTsSsSFtih, ue iI ssre a ass ' ioT d sSeTa.
The balloon, ascension and PARACHUTE drop
| did not 20 up until almost ; o'clock. 1t vas
a hot air balloon. said the Professor" In
charge Eeu Of The EiDd %inptiai ,Ss bi EhI bas 1 ross IA ao fha
e h'r M ih9.' Ida 3ae M ie&Fh T and 1Prrof. Miller, and a
| battery Of photographers cnsconsed on a big
rock ii. the field took snapshots-or tried. TO.
The balloon rose a couple of hundred feet
and the wind carried II over The corner OF
rangements had been made for three big
AUTOMOBILES to follow the balloon and bring
for the balloon settled inside the track, fence
behind the clubhouse, Prof; Miller let go
when near the ground and his woman com
Ing SOM green stains on her pale blue tights.
A touring car was requisitioned to drag the
rapidly, debating bag oack TO- It's stat'9h IN
would be another ascension at once. but it
had to be called OF.
Hundreds Of men and boys stood OF, the
biIity test, but, luckily, none of them we're
injured; The feasibility 'es, consisted q" m;, q
slow speed trial, both to be made on the same
gear With a flying star. Nine cars comncted,
was declared the winner, with a score of 200
points, which had made the slowcst quarter
mile trial in'S minutes Fl IS seconds. and had
! a-S seconds. second honors went to Bur
goyne Hamilton's 50 horsepower WEIGH, with
Sai points, having made naded ,he n i4S'eS miles, h1,,e tr'ai
Fosarty was third witt, his 20 hoIse-nower
/ slow quarter mile. he first brake test was
I m|le s0 Sn I hour ears 1r S Glsi%in WHICH { ssP we're q sl1 tSP'S a
half mile start. so as totravel an eighth Of n
NILE NILE q faster ss1e % b.. a u its seconds when the
Ernest Keeler won with a IS HORSEPOWER
oldsmobile, doing his last eighth in 10 sec
S %ss s sas sdio REsR a 'a 60 'f So lse.i a; cSM% anmosn,
Stopping in lis, feet. j, +. Brown. With a
the last eighth in 10 IS, seconds and stop
ing In III feet. The other brake test was
for fO rm tSsri ing S Ss1s n Sldtm' ne s Se1we eoud IL Sna
= sses ssS,' 5 : s%|se sss f e o% a, 1%1y%s g
S SSr Feet: Peter 0 Fosafty WA was second ss fadYH VIII. his
e hosse-RO pow c NSrlhegn; ~hI len, 't o1pE,S IN N
se is ite' seconds' An impromptu one, "miie
match race, between a /? horsepower Frank
lin, driven BY Ewing EEaster, and 9 "a horse
was won by Easter with 20 feet to. spare.
Both cars carried fogr passengers and Easter 3
ing the record for the hin climb again fell
to s. b.. stevens OF Rome, y. y, whose ~
grade of historic Dead Horse Hill in the
second annual climb Of the Worcester Auto
mobile Club here to-day In | minute ? seconds
and 1 minute ? is seopnds. The second
! hest time for a gasoline bar was made by
| the new six cylinder Stevens-Duryea, the
figures being l minute 10 seconds. l.. i.
n, Baldwin In a 20 horsepower Stanley
Steamer broke the record first in event No
10, when he few over the grades in / minute
Q is seconds. Last year ina 30 horsepower
| Mercedes Stevens made the record of minute
o seconds, which ne lowered to-day. A
special 100 horsepower Stanley Steamer
1 which earlier In the week covered the hill
in 20 seconds did not participate today hay
ing been damaged yesterday. On the whole
the large crowd which attended found the
| climb TO be very wearisome: The manage
ment had provided too much to pc run of
comfortably In one afternoon. There we're
twenty;three events and l2t entries which
last year. After the sixteenth cvent the
spectators began TO leave. The cars were
sent Of on an average Of every three minutes.
The final events OF the day in which a number
OF big cars figured we're run of In a down
pour OF rain which did not add to the safety
OF the contestants, There was nothing
whatever spectacular to the affair. There