The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-10
AMONG The AUTOMOBILES,
ELLIOTT p. SHEPARD TALKS OF
THE CUP COURSE.

Noted Driver Thinks Its Dlmcultirs nav.
Been OVerestimated High Powered
Car GeAPed Low Likely 10 Mln-DN.
Iachablc Rims Necessary-Gossip
In the midst Of the chorus Of mild d..
approval which has followe upon inspection
Of the 1909 cousre for the Vanderbilt cup racs
there arose yesterday q dissenting voice
Elliott r. Shepard drove over the Nassau
county circuit In q touring car and said he
had bean pleasantly surprised Dy MS !nsnpc.
tIon of the course. He will drive his Hotchki,,
racer over on October o as a member Of TIA
French team. or those who have reviewed
the course Mr.. Shepard Is the only driver
who has competed in q big race this wear
having inshed fourth on the first dav Of
the Grand Prlx Of the Automobile cub oi
France, 40 his opinion lie OF considerable value.
He does not think that the course will permit
n record breaking race. but thinks the din.
cuIties Of the circuit have been overestimated
He thinks that q high powered car, geared
low so As TO pick up speed quickly after
rounding the turns. will be most likely 10
win the race. He said that he believed that
the winning car would be n steady one rathsl
than an extremely fast one. Mr. ShepFt
IL inclined to Disagree with several AneA.
cans who have expressed the opinion that
detachable rims will not be required for the
American elimination. trials and Vanderbilt
cup contest. He thinks IL very unlikely that
corners Of the full race distance without
changing tires. especially u driven anywhere
near fast enough 70 Keep NJ p1.p Ninth the he pro,
al the end Of his Hfth round Of the circuit
to repIenish his gasolene and oil tanks and put
new tires on all four wheels
Eight carloads OF the oil which IL to be used
TO sprinkle the, Nassau county circuit for the
American elimination trials and Vanderbilt
ouD race have BEN delivered at various rail.
road stations near the course. The work Of
laying the oI t Sss ne sssr esfir on circuit ssSHItp WIl b aHd
been oiled by Wednesday morning, when the
fifteen candidates for the FIVE places on the
practice on the course with their racing cars,
Having, trIed automObIlins on Gsrrc,d
the Boston globe glrdiing motorist, is making
preparations TO pile up more Of the sane sort
in thirty-ive countries and has completed
Mexican frontier At Fl Paso, Tex. and the
to Little Rock In Arkansas. lie and Mrs
GlIdden will leave Boston In November and
drive to Chicago through worcester Spring
Buffalo, Erie, Cleveland and Toledo. From
Chicago the car wall travel over the tracks
Texas. The drive from Chicago, will be
made under similar conditions to those that
prevailed for The Trip p % IoSs xS by Mr. hr tT Gildds5
from Minneapolis 70 Vancouver. a distance II
1908 miles. He will use the same machine
that has carried him on. his worlds tour.
except that the rubber. tired wheels will he
hanged wheels. suitable to run Slpon the
tracks. The car will he run under the o.
structions OF a regular railway conductor,
who will receive orders from the train de"
s~patohers regarding the progress Of the
Mr.. Glidden will pass through the states
Of Illinois Iowa Missouri KANSAS ana me
Texas and Arkansas. II arrangements can
be made. the drive on the railroad tracks
which would add about 1000 miles 20 the
railroad mileage. From Galveston the car
will he shipped to Port Said. Egypt, as Mr..
Glidden expects to use II IN touring the coun.
tries ~surrounding The MediterraneSn sea
trip from Boston to the Mexican border will
add I.Ie0 miles Of road mileage to his score
and $3.50 mIels Of railroad travel as well.
Il was learned yesterday that Chairman
Associations racing board has requested
Sheriff Gildersleeve OF Nassau county to post
deputies on that part of the Vanderbilt cup
course between Old Westbury and Mineola
avenue: The deputies are to 60 on duty 4 4
~automObilists who exceed the legal speed
limit. The road 10 narrow between the points
named IND some OF the residents along the
stretch have objected to the reoklessness
displayed by many automob1ists who have
course for this years American elimination
trials and Vanderbilt cup race has become
known. Unusual efforts are to be made 70
prevent any speeding OF touring cars over
any portion OF the course or any OF the other
Nassau cornty roads.