The San Francisco call., 1906-08-19
Motorists Plan Endurance Run to Santa Cruz
OWNERS TO DRIVE,
THEIR PRIVATE
MACHINES.
Automobile Club of Califor-
MIA is booming its membership.
The committee appointed to

The committee appointed to
bring in the automobile own
ers who are not members of the club
have been doing splendid work. as indi-
Gated by their first report 1t contains
the names of thirty-nine enthusiasts
who have not heretofore been on the
roll of the club. This is surprisingly
good when it if} considered that the
committee has been actively enga ged
in its work but q short time. If the
members continue in the good work at
the rate they have been going it will
not be long before they carry the mem
bership over the thousand mark.
The club has been doing many splen-
did things of late. They have secured
special privileges from the ferry off
cials to Marin County. They have
forced the obnoxious laws of that
county to become dead letter and
they have held a run to Del Monte that
was great success. Not satisfied with
all this the otncers of the club have de-
cided to hold an endurance contest to
Santa Cruz next month. This will be
one of the most important contests ever
held by the club, owing to the fact that
every car represented on the coast will
be entered. Many of the owners ire
spective of agencies. will be in the con-
test to show that they can run their
cars as skillfully as the professionals
Chairman Stetsons reports that many
prominent motor enthusiasts have re-
Gently joined the club, among them
being; A. w. Foster. r. B. Hale Burns
Macdonald, r. L. Douglas, George
Stone. William L. Hughson. T.. Free
man, e. G. Rodolph, Otto tum SUDDEN,
George NJ. Perine, Frank E. Smith,
Clyde P. Mcleod, d. Coffin, A. 1. Esberg,
A. Il. Sbarboro, George Tourny, Talbot
&c. Walker, G. E. Witt. Frederick j..
Fisher, Winfield S. Davis. Alfred M.
Rosenstirn, Frank e. Havens, A. D. Nc
Lellan, w. B. Tubbs. l. c. Hammond,
Wellington Gregg Jr, c.. ]. Wood. ]. v.
de Laveaga, Harry Chickering. Richard
H. Hovey, Homer Boushey, Harry
Mitchell, William ]. Gorham. John Call
wey, NJ. A. Harris, Charles d Arcy Louis
T. Samuels, ]. A. Deneen, Fred H.
Meyer.
Colonel E. G. Wheeler and L. 0. Kel-
logg, the well known clubmen. have
returned from an automobile trip to
The round trip required two weeks
and the distance covered was about
1900 miles. The PARTY passed through
the. towns of Placeryille. Tallac, Valley
Springs, Wellington, Hawthorn and
Sodaville
Many other important matters be-
sides the decision which results in the
AutOmODlf6 rClQDe OF America ana the
American Motor Car Manufacturers
Association being concerned in the De-
cember show in the Central Palace in
New York were considered. at the last
meeting of the American Association,
Probably the most important relates
to the plans for securing a national
automobile law covering the use of
automobiles in the various States. The
suggestion was made by Charles E.
af he mir ma ia .
turers In America, who is member of
the committee of management. He
believes that State rights must be re-
spected, but argues that in the matter
of numbers and general equipment the
driving of automobiles comes under the
interstate commerce act. Isaac B. Pot
ter, president of the American Motor
League and an attorney who Is we'll
informed on such matters, has informed
the American Association that in his
opinion a national law could be Sc
cured.
1t is the belief of many of the manu-
facturers and agents who have made
or are making entries for the coming
economy test OF the New York Motor
Club that the contest will be the most
interesting one of the year.
The economy test this year will take
place on August %, 80 and 81. 1t is
contrived to make the results accom-
plished show the cost per ton mile per
passenger. Under this general sys-
tenn there is no handicap for either
small or large cars. Any self-propelled
pleasure vehicle from light runabout
to the heaviest kind of a touring car
may be entered and all will have equal
chances If well driven. The runs aver
age about $50 miles per day and OBJ
servers will be carried. These observ-
ers are nominated by entrants and ride
on competing cars of other makes than
those in respect to which they have
been nominated.