The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-29
AMONG THE AUTOMOBILES
ORMOND AND WESTMINSTER
RACES ARE SANCTIONED.
a.. A.. a. Racing Beard Gives OnrcIal Per-
nnIts for Beach Events and BrIarcllR
Trophy Road Contest New Inter-
national and National Regulation.

mlts for Beach Events and BrIarclIR
Trophy Road Contest New Inter-
national and National Regulation.
added glory TO track meets they are con-
duc,ing by scheduling international" or
national" events will he compelled TO fOregO
this form OF advertising according to Il resO-
luton adopted yesterday by the executive
ommits of the A. A. A. racing board. rhe
resolution, which was Introduced by Dave
Hennen Morris and was seconded by r. Lin
coin Lippitt, applies TO future sanctions
granted by the racing board and In to be in
corpOrsted in the racing rules. II reads az
follows
An international race is a race where the
entrants are respectively named by and
represent any two or more OF the recognized
national AFFILIATED automobile clubs Of the
world.
"A national race Ia a race where the entrants
are respectively named by and represent any
two or more Of the automobile clnbsa affiliated
with the American Automobile Association. "
Frank G. Webb OF the Long Island Auto
7 mobile Club acted as chairman in the absence
Of Jefferson De Mont Thompson. the others
present being r. Lincoln Lppitt. Providence,
r. l.; Dave Hennen Morris, New York: A. q.
Batchelder. New York. and A.. l.. Riker. tech
nicaI adviser. Bridgeport. Conn. President
H6tehkiss and Secretary Elliott of the A. A.
~ "NhN aHp ~ = uhtN
for the following events: Automobile Club
Of America. Ormond -Daytona. Florida. week
beginning March ,, 1908; savannah Automo-
bile Club, Savannah. Ga. stock car road
races. week beginning March 10. 1908: Robert
Lee MOrrell. chairman. first international
road race for the Briarclin trophy. West
chester county. n. u. April %. 1908.
! A member Of the Good Roads Association
Of Brooklyn and LOng Island denies the re-
port that the organization has been disba nded.
There was some talk about disbandinR the
organization last summer. but this was not
done and the association is now Incorporated.
He declares the organization has sixty-hve
life members, 200 yearly members and 500
In the treasury.
Motorists Of several years experience have
! frequently declared that theappearance Of cars
, has AWAY had considerable influence on the
minds of police officers so far IA arrests for ex-
ceeding the speed limit were concerned. In or
Of the law are affected by external appear
ances the Marquis de Dion Of Paris recently
had a special car constructed for the purpose
Of demonstrating the truth Of his contention.
u had been his experience that, whenever
o es SsH ~ e SS. S[ls, Need Z and n Ss5 ne no T matter ss-
at what actual pace he had been travelling.
SO he had an extra long chassis built. which
and mounted a racing body. with a long hood
Suggesting at least six cylinders and 100
acetylene headlights he could obtain and a
deep, roaring horn,
Taking a superior officer Of the gendarmes
as his companion he started out at dusk one
evening with the mufier wide open and the
little engine barking At a furious rate although
his rate Of travel was comparatively slow.
The Marquis and his Of1cer companion were
both heavily 5egoggled and leaned Ior%srd
was striking. and the car was quickly stopped
by excited gendarmesw hoaccused the Marquis
human lives, His protests were in vain, |
in view OF his huge looking car until the
was impressed with the justice OF the Marquis's
complaints and all the gendarmes received
q SiSh s aSSdd' mat Ssosuss Their cars were
large or happened to have the appearance
Of having been designed to travel only at
extreme rates OF speed.
The show question has been much dis
cussed Of late both In London and Paris,
and q rather startling suggestion has .ema,
mated from Paris that an agreement SHOULD
llsh authorities to the effect that the shows
SHOULD be held In alternate years. SAYS the
XXX sostS t 81 s soHGo and Il H. Is O iITsads SsoS.e Sho Snsi
be held In 1908, but after that IL might be
feasible. they think. to hold only one show
reduce the expenditure and would put. an
end. IL is hoped. to needless competition;
such an arrangement were COME TO and olym-
pie were. abandoned in favor OF the Paris
Salon what the British trade would do,
The French trade would be in full force
at the Salon and their novelties and improve
Smepts would be July neTsddeS N s sns pr 81
public. As there would be no Olympia show
The English trade would either be compelled
the Salon aud ship their cars TO France. This
move would he more expensive than holding
q show In London, and thus IL - % be feared
that no such arrangement az holding alter
nate shows can prove feasible BUT IN view
much can and should be done to lessen the
needless and lavish expenditure at the shows
and make the exhibitions strictly utilttartan
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