The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-17
AMONG The AUTOMOBILES.
FORMAL APPLICATION FOR I4N-
DERBILT CUP COURSE.
Supervisors OF Nassau County Expected TO
Grant Desired Permission at Meeting
on acknowledgements Places to Be
Eliminated-TranscOntinental Trips.

Chairman Jefferson De Mont Thompson.
g.. M. Butler and A. @. Batchelder OF the A.
A.. A. racing board made formal application
yesterday for the course to be used for tho
American elimination trials and the Wander.
biit cup race. The application asked for the
use Of certain roads in Nassau county on
September ~ and October Q. Supervisors
Jones and Wiletts received the application
at Mineola and told Mr.. Thompson 1t would
be acted upon next Monday. when the Board
Of Supervisors has It next meeting. and the
third member. Mr.. Seabury, will be present.
Supervisors Jones and Willetts expressed the
opinion that in all probability permission
to hold the races would be granted. After
fling the application Chairman Thomp.
son and his associates made an extended
trip over Nassau county roads in Mr.. Thomp.
sons Hotchkiss car. The chairman said that
a number Of chan res would be made in the
course for this years race. which would
eliminate as much as possible the dangerous
places on the course used last year. The
drivers in the HOS contest had to cross two
railroad tracks at trade In each round OF the
circuit. but for the coming events the course
will be shifted so that the tracks Of the Oyster
Bay branch Of the Long Island Railroad will
be the only ones TO cross. 1t is also likely
that the stretch Of the Jericho Turnpike.
along which trolley tracks were laid. will be
Cut Out VI u oiSuit v " " ucct thln 'H'
Richard Henry Little and Christian Dane
Hagerty, the two Russo-Japanese War CORE
spondents. who thirst for New York to san
Francisco record breaking fame as automo-
bilists. started from Herald Square promptly
ing. Norman De Vaux drove the % horse
power Buick touring car as 1t began is long
as subetitnte driver. Walter r.. CHRISTOPHER
Of New York acted as pilot and accom-
gBs s1S d,t shs ana Dsrt H.s e far re rs i PG sHs ioHassq
when the trip started, little being scheduled
to ride as far as Syracuse Both we're so Glsa
IN new W. fhaLi ,s suits IT,; L LII +. S Se,hg N So~1 a
straw hat, which heA excused by saving that
he would leave the car soon and go 70 Syfa.
s soss Interest Sg ssss among an those scar afoot at the time,
Word was received in this city late l2gt
transeontlnental trip at II o'clock Yesterday
mor6ShH; WHITMAN " htithmn Nam and b C; Si ns Sa tTIp from ON
car wes oonsldersbly damaged sPd csrris
a assu = sees & ap pS. 81 sasls on in| Tassday Fn nis Ha+S aas
at that time Whitman thought it would delay
him for bqStwenty.four hours He fyp"I aSd
further trouble develops. whitman eS;
poets 70 reach this city az 2 o'clock to.nign.
Huu VII Dc. HcL ny VHc III 'I
Of the New York Motor Club on his arrival!
Ezra II. Fitch, the New York Motor tlno
member OF the A. A. A. touring comm zee.
has gone'on a nve weeks hunting and hshinH
trip through Maine and Canada. ron
Bangor, Me, Mr.. FitSh will tour by way o..
Patten and Ashland to Fort Kent. wher" lie
viii cross the Canadian border, and continue
through Edmondston and Notre DANE nr
Lac to Riviere du Loup, He VIII ir,loM
the at. Lawrence River from there to ! me-
Rivers. and then 60 through the foIS.' 'of
shout 100 miles % the game prcservcs "Ii
the Iaurentian Club. He Is accountant
by his wife and sl4-year-old daucht'T s,s
they are making the joruney In a N"'o
steamer.
Gen. John T. Cutting. president OF me
Long Beach Country Club, said, ycst"r'Ngg
chat the organization had decided 70 cay ON
the automobile carnival which had n,Tr'
scheduled for tomorrow at Long h'",n
50 many ,~automebtiists are out, OF the mm,
on vacations or are living at their snuln,IrI
homes that the clubmen found they N"vs
mot be able TO secure enough entries 10 1'9A'
che affair . success.