New-York tribune., 1907-12-08
TIMELY AUTO TOPICS
NEW RULES FOR RACING.
Sanction Committee 4cts to Safe
guard Public-Vorious Notes.

Chicago. Dec. 7-AufomobjIa rsc;n, -b,o. ,.-.
year resulted in large number of fatalities and
serious accidents to spectators and PARTICIPANTS
VIII be shorn of great part of its terrors By the
adoption Of revised set of rules and restrictions
the American Automobile Association believes that
uOus contests may be
AT meeting of the sanction committee which
@ Iater reported to the executive committee OF the
national organization at its meeting at the Coli
scum snow yesterday, the rules were drawn
up Ihe new provisions specify that the organi-
cation will not sanction any race that is not given
IN accordance with all of these rules Prior to the
granting of q sanction an investigation of the
tracks must be made by a competent committee
ana photographs of all turns fences on II must
be submitted to the national body.
There also must be drawings of the buildings
ana STANDS Tor spectators. with their descriptions
It is provided further that the racing board shall
decide in what places spectators shall be per-
mitted. and then only after they have made a
thorough study of the peculiarities the locality
in which the will be held.
There are many other stipulations regarding the
judges. guards and other details of the tracks. but
the committee gave most of its attention to a
study of safeguards against accident.
The presence of Jack Haynes with bright
smile. among the clean score men in the recent
Chicago Motor Club 600-mie endurance was
considered quite remarkable, in view of the fact
that the car which he drove the old
style runabout which through the Glidden
tour under his guidance The company had hoped
to place of the new low hung 80 horsepower
runabouts in the contest. but the last minute IT
was found that this was impossible. on account of
show eXigencies.
Arthur Kumpf seventeenyear- -old boy, who
drove the 60-horsepower Great Arrow car into
ond place in the Chicago Motor Clubs reliability
lost first honors by only points. due
10 a loose grease cup which took five seconds to
tighten. kumpf was much put out by the acCi-
dent. slight though II was. He has been driver
for two years. Originally office boy for the
George \. Pierce Company. of Buffalo he be
came stenographer and. with a lively interest
in the cars. managed to work into position as
operator.
The Continental ready nated" tire is something
in automobile circles An arrangement has
been perfected by which a Clincher tire of the
standard type he used in connection with a
demountable rim, and can be put a wheel anu
he ready for without any delay whatever The
tire is carried the rim already inflated. This H.
the source of the name which has been coined for
the tire. In case Of puncture the time required
to replace the damaged tire with one is less
than that which is necessary merely for the IN
fating of tire in the ordinary fashion a book
let with prcfuse Hlustra tions and thoroughly de-
scribing the tire has been issued by the CONT
mental company.
Frank Nuts victory in the reliability contest Of
the Chicago Motor Club unstnted praise for
the veteran driver. Mutt brought the Haynes
through without the loss Of point in d field OF
thirty-fve prominent drivers and almost as many
cars Of the first class After the thousand miles
of travelling the committee spent almost two days
on the car aud then gave Mutt and his Haynes a
perfect score.
The strenuous test q which the machines which
went through last weeks 600-Inlle three-day re-
liability run. under the auspices Of the Chicago
Motor Club. without doubt more severe than
any event the kind in the history OF automobile
contests While little Studebaker 30 did not
win the prize nevertheless, from a standpoint or
absolute reliability. II made splendid record. and
without requiring u single adjustment, II finished
the run with its power mechanism In perfect con-
dition and the car running just sweetly as when
it entered. The only points which were charged