The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-26
AMONG The AUYOMOBILISTS
QUAKERS OBJECT TO CHANGE IN
RACE MEET DATE.
Motor Club's Events st Point Breeze Track
Postponed to Sept. ~ TO Avoid Con-
nlct with Morris Park y Week Earlier
New plan for DemonstratOrs &C snow.

New Plan Tor DornOnstrsaOrs ~ SHOW
Word comes from Philadelphia that the
members Of the Quaker City Motor Club are
somewhat dtspleased over having to again
change the date for their race meet and are
inclined to censure the officials OF the Ameri-
can Automo bile Association for granting a
sanction for the Morris Park meet on Sep
TENDER o and Z. The Philadelphia motorists
had originally planned to hold their race
meet on August 81. at the Point Breeze track.
but found this impossible. az the track he'd
been leased for this date. They thereupon
decided to hold their meet. consisting OF one
100 mile event and two twenty-five mile races.
on September Z. When they began looking
for entries, however, they found that q num-
Der Of prominent drivers they had been ex-
pecting to secure as attractions would not
make entries. as they wished to compete az
the Morris Park Motordrome in either the
tw~enty-four hour race or some OF the short
distance events. So the race committee Of
the Quaker City organization decided not
to run their meet in conflict with the Morris
Park affair. but to schedule It for the follow
ing Saturday. September IL. Some members
of the clubs board OF governors seem to think
the Morris Park meet for September Q and Z,
though they do not explain how this could
have been done. as the two, cities can hardly
be figured In the same territory.
A new method Of handling demonstrators
The AUTOMOBILES Club Of America In the Grand
central Palace, Whenever a demonstrator
leaves the building with one or more prospec-
to The Tmrsanns in charge OF The dennonstrstOrs
entrance and will receive a ticket for the num-
9 T o. Pfrsoas IN nh ms b psrs GOOD sd't for admlssion
within two hours. and when the drivers give
them up again their badges will be returned.
tween rRe oAq nSso S ca Ss N D' ehs s0f morning and 5
o'clock in the afternoon.
TRENTON, n. j., Aug. 25.-Automobilists
will have an opportunity to show their mettle
as racers at the interstate fair in this city.
ment Of the exposition having decided TO
offer 5000 in prizes for a series OF contests.
The races. wilt take place on Monday. the
pected to participate. including Walter Chris
tie with his fsmouskcsr. A twenty.four. hour
mence Friday afternoon. October I. and VIII
continue until Saturday afternoon.
I'm this campaign It is the hayrack against
the automobile" shouted an excited orator
at an open air meeting in Council BLUFFS. Ia,
rec n nthtocr az is the . s9%%Sa P Ss2Pbsr against nst
then the whir of a rapidly driven machine
was heard, and to the horror OF the speaker
stepped out Of the car and was escorted to
the platform to assist in the campaign OF the
"hsyrack against the automobile; the common
ItOBIt akutubt Nht .pldbOeta'ss Dh w
effect of the original metaphor was ire
trievably lost.
That the most amicable feeling exists
between farmers and autoInobilists in Georgia
has been shown by the action OF the Farmers
Union of Floyd county in putting itself OF
record as opposing any drastic legislation
which would prohibit automobiles from trav-
cling on the public highways OF the State. as
has been suggested. As a reason for oppos-
ing any restrictive measure Of this character
he Floyd county union holds that no factor
has been or will be so important in he develop
ment of good roads as automobiles, n senti-
ment that is generally entertained by all the
farmers organizations throughout Georgia.
With manufacturer Of cars rating 10 horse
power cars at 20 and others rating 81 horse
power machines at 30. but capable OF deliver
tRs 90 m norse ~ cN%me She eha reSs,redi ;r %Sv
stating the cylinder dimensions of the motor,
says the Mofor World. Particularly is this
the case since the introduction OF the double
rating such as POPS" $3.50" and the like.
as such elaboration in rating quite bellies the
apparent .exactitude which its expanded
form would seem superficial y to convey,
and in many cases imposes a hardship on the
purchaser OF the car. SO far as can be learned.
no one has as yst discovered a lnstlfcstion
PLANTATION OF what the two sets of figures
are intended to mean other than the sugges-
ton they carry with them. that the buyer takes
his chances on getting a car which will develop
a maximum OF one figure or the other or per-
baps somewhere in between. IL figures less
' " Nt NNa tiltNN aht " Nv alNtI0 NNNt INIIIl
zero mark Is the most logical, since the Won
derfully flexible motors of the present day
may be throttled down until they barely turn
over and finally stop.
The hardship to the purchaser comes in
the fact that the automobile laws OF the vari-
GUS States take account only of the higher
rating when the double rating IL given BY
the manufacturer Thus in Connecticut
the owner who has a car developing about
IS horse power and rated as a $3.50 has TO paw
$40 instead OF So for his registration because
Of the manufacture r = indulgence in the double
rating pleasantly which puts the car in the
30 horse or over" class Many a car
that is innocent Of anything like 20 horse
power is similarly removed from the 81 class
to the S. class Of 20 horsepower or more
and under 20, =" by being burdened with double
rating. which may sound nice, but is expen-,
sive to the man who pays the bill. The same
conditions obtain in the case of the owner
who wants to use his machine in New Jersey.
II II has an unnecessary 80 tackled on the
rating IL costs him twice as much a. IL other
wise would and his registration fee is IS in
stead of 80. French rating have been no.
toriously low, the method Of calculation
having been In no smal degree Influenced
by consideration for the user In the matter
of Ia Ration according to horsepower. While
perhaps not going to the French extreme
in thouGhtfulness OF this nature. American
makers could do considerable for their GUS
toners in many cases by looping OF I'M
necessary figures relating to theoretical
maximums that in actual service are fire.
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