The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-18
The AUTOMODILISTS.
AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF AMERICA
ADDS NEW MEMBERS.
President Morris Says Organization 10
Not Planning . R~acecourse Near
Washington Newark Law Committee
Protects Motorists Against HOldups.

WA1nlnkNUu -NeW1rk LAW AvhhnlttCO
Protects Motorists Against Holdups.
President Dave II. Morris Of the Automobile
Club Of America said last night that his or
ganization had not sent a representative to
Washington to buy a tract OF land for q race
course. nor was there even the remotest pos
sibility that 1t would. He does not know Van
Buren, Reeves. who has been looking over
sites for q racecourse at Washington and has
never heard 0S him. nor 10 there any member
Of the Automobile Club OF America OF that
name. Mr.. Morris said that the subject OF
buying land for a ra~cecourse he'd never been
considered by the clubs board OF governors,
nor had any OF the governors ever discussed
the matter with him. Even IL there was any
chance OF the A. c. A. going into such an
undertaking. Mr.. Morris said that Washington
represented dreamland. so far a. It's adaptable
ity for any such purpose is concerned. He
added that there is not even one continuous
stretch Of good road between this city and
Washingt n. which would prove an insur-
mountable stumbling block In the way OF any
proposed automobile course near the nations
opinion that there would be q private course
arranked before next spring over which. IL
would be possible for subsorioeTs to drive
without hindrance, II they. wished, but there
WAS not the remotest possibility that il would
be as far away from New York as Washington
nor that the Automobile Club OF America
would be financially interested in 1t.
Sixteen active and Ave associate members
were added to the Auto mobile Club of America
by the r board Of soIIern rs az their ms l1sS msst,
'Rs; H. inG F. BALI eiifct &c T.. u Bo fSssvs %f Fl. ;. Bra,
ker. Howard r. Chappell. Paul D; Cravsth,
Alfred g. Dale. 4 J. Drexel-Biddle S;eemuel
Hardeqbergh, Francis I, Hine, v; S. HOfstra,
Thomas A.. Mcintyre, Henry F. Noyss. John
]. Underwood and David Wilcox The new
Thomas y. Chadwick. Charles H., Farnam,
George s. Gardiner and u X. thomas OF
now very close to 1000.
N NNf Sa.or G Sr the e N Nsw,I Jersey sy. A tSs BsIsBs
OF the organizations law .committee's. adj
vice when they are involved in legal difficult
Gases The law committee takes up the case for
the club member and fights IL to a nnish II
necessary il the suit looks like an attempted
holdup. Az present the committee has two
cases which it is looking after for members.
William +. Fulper Of the club, was sued by a
caused by q team taking fright at Mr.. Fulper's
car. Mr.. Fulper was driving along a country
road and met a farmer driving a team, lie
stopped his machine and waited until the
team had passed him before proceeding.
After the horses had passed the car they
and the team broke away. upsetting the
wagon and inJuring some OF the occupants.
The horses ran sway when MTti pnlPer was
HLlIG hNdN bak bNAAN inv HtANH
The other case which the law committee
Ia hooking after is that of a bicyclist who
sued Andrew kiefer of the club. The BIZ
cycle rider claims that Mr.; kiefer's car forced
him to the curb and caused him 10 fall, though
the machine did not touch him.
Though Bert Holcomb announced that he
would leave Chicago early last Monday IN an
attempt TO lower the record to New York
with a Columbia he has not been heard from
He intended trying TO lower the record OF
SO hours So minutes. which was established
recently by c. 6. CarriS and others with a six
cylinder Franklin. At the local Columbia
headquarters II was said Yesterday that the
recent storms in New York State and Ohio
had probably caused Holcomb to give VI his
plan for the present. though ne might make
the attempt later.
There was . reportyesterdsy along automo-
the big red Lorrane-Dietrich racer driven by
Arthur Duray when he won the Ardennes
Circuit and alao when he finished third In
the recent contest for the Vanderbilt cup
The report had IL that Mr., Vanderbilt had
obtained the racer Immediately after the
cup race and had been using It since then il
making his daily trips between his office and
his home on Long Island. Upon investiga-
ton IL was learned that the duplicate racers
brought here by Duray for the cup contest
were both at an automobile salesroom near
Sherry's. II was also learned that Mr.. VAR
derbiIt had expressed q desire to have q ride
in one Of the racers and that he had the dupli-
cate car for a day or two, but had not expressed
a desire TO buy it. as he has several cars Of
lower power that he bought recently.