The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-30
WANTED
The AUTOMOBILISTS.
NASSAU COUNTY SHERIFF WILL
ST0P PROMISCUOUS SPEEDING.
Warrants VIII BE Served On Owners Of
Offending Cars-BlE Demand Expected
for Seats on On1clal Stand at Elirnins.
ti0n Trials Alcohol Test Postponed.

Chairman Jefferson De Mont Thompson
Of the American Automobile Association
said yeaerday that Sheriff Gildersleeve
Of Nassau county had told him that he in
tended to prevent this year the pronhscuous
speeding that preceded the two former con-
tests for the Vanderbilt cup. Sheriff Glider
sleeve says that before the 1904 and 1905
races were run apparently every owner OF
a high powered car hereabouts took it down
TO Nassau county and drove IL at top speed,
not only. over the Official cup courses but
or err mahy OF the other fine highways that
abound in the county, He informed Chair
man Thompson that he will have deputies
posted on all the roads from now on. not
only on Sundays but on all weekdays as
well. 1t Is his intention to use the method
sometimes employed in New Jersey and
other States OF taking the registration num-
Der without making any arrests at the time,
after which warrants will be served on the
registered owners OF the offending cars.
The A. A. A. racing board has given to this
plan its hearty Endorsement. realizing that
while II can control the entrants IL fhe Van.
other automobiliBts.
On account of the high class Of the fifteen
cam cam i Team CHAIRMAN Thompson asid ne ex.
pected there would be. as great a demand
t K. ' ysts. OF The es 1fhI &C. f ifseYd, st fR e. ,iof fet
stand, has decided to make club reserve-
are made as a club for certain reservations
Of seats for members the privilege will be
granted Of using a banner with the nj me
san tas S,n9 St SIoe * Of ,fs ssats. 10 MARI 'ne or
Though no %oficial announcement has been
made. II becA me known yesterday that the
to hold its denatured alcohol efficiency test
t & nc ,s'li m az sss Ss sls P ssoR n d ia, ( 'aH H Sr:s
experiments with alcohol motors and car
s sai' %s,i i't *. T fsei S Ssssm ENG g Ps ssrs1S q
possibility before looking into It's adapta-
s SIn.s. as one e fs of t for p nieFnsa 9%9tSassIIcs EN- en-.
to begin experimenting az once Is the lack
%e q ro of Tie "a Go we res SsfHSe the pro-
cesses to be followed in d%enaturing grain
s a|So hoi f. rh that sn isR%euid & pe t al vis.S SHns &c as
ahead with expensive and time consuming
experiments without having some assuEanse
!Sss ths on G ,Ss m ssi"s t Nsen au sse as present. I. Ma' ,s ss
Of S2.O5 a gallon IL removed on January l next.
II was also found that many automobile
cont est II It we're held in September, a. they
will be too busy working on the models Of
theL. regular sasolene cars Tor lno7: T6e
test later In the fall. and 30 II has been de-
cided to wait until next spring before. con-
Quoting tne oenatureu ahcoHoi eHciehcy
contest.
II would seem that there are some En- 1lish
eutomobilists who are not prepared to ac-
cspt az final the term devised. by Punch to
describe this. police trap which = a thorn
Enthusiasm In the tight little island. Cop
perrnine" was the word coined by that ven
erabie publication which is fun pirveyor in
hns made its appearance. police controls"
is. the new term. and i e%onI,Ires up visions
wait FOR hours while funds by which he might
bc, delivered from the clutches Of the guar
dians of his MajestyS highways can be
brought to him from some distant place.
A., n. '~ChHdbourne. yice-president OF the
Cape May ANtnmobile Club, passed through
woods. He viii make a leisurely tour
through New ENGLAND and will return in
time TO witness the American elimination
trinls on september "a over the Nassau county
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