New-York tribune., 1907-09-20
AUTOISTS IN SESSION.
CUP RACE DECLARED OFF
Resolutions Adopted by the Directors
of the n. 4. 4.

Il, declared off at meeting of the officials OF the
American Automobile Association yesterday Ihe
arncrtive committee me. in the morning at 9"H
O'Clock and the board of directors convened at ii
ociock at which reports of the president. the sec
rotary treasurer and chairman were read ! ne
board EelG another session at l;D o cloch III rue
afternoon. Ii. a.,
first week in November the new otcers 20 take up
their duties on December I. The report CT tHe
treasurer showed balance of $500. not including
about s. coo derived from the American AutoInoo'ic
Association and Ghdden tour.
A finance committee authorized by resolu-
tion ard power conferred upon the pTeSi lent 1or
the appontmeut of such committee to audit the an
nual report Of the treasurer for the current SeHI
and frame TN a suitable financial policy for the
future President Hotchkiss appointed the foiioW-
ing finance committee: George e harrington
treasurer; Colgate Hoyt. Automobile club OF Amer
ira. Elliot G. Lee, president of the MASSACHUSETTS
State Automobile Association; John Farson. chi
cago Automobile Club Isaac Starr jr, president OF
the Pennsylvania Motor Federation' ana I. II
Elliott. secretary of the American AutomoDie Asso
ciation
An invitation from the Springfield Automoohe
Club was received and the following were named as
delegates 10 attend the good roads and legislative
conventions be held under the auspices OF the
Snringtied Automobile Club on September q and p:
7 p sneare r III Elliott A 6. Batchelder. Rob
ert P Hooper and Charles T. Terry
After some discussion the following resolutions
adopted. -,
Resolved That this board heartily approves the
position taken by the donor OF the Nanderoiit Cup
and racing board of this association 10 tle
effect that there should be no race for such cup
over public highway unless such course IS pohced
by troops. ..,u,
will be held I'm November and meetings OF the en-
tire board of directors will take place four ihsteao
of three. times year; in February April, Septem-
her and November. The fiscal year was pldced 10
begin December l.
Resolved. That the president be authorized to
appoint a technical board. to which shall be re-
ferred all matters pertaining TO contests OF tech-
Meal character including any contests between
stripped touring which board, or its executive
committee all times. subject to the control
and veto the board of directors or OF the eX-
ecutve committee acting in it's stead have charge
of all such contests. with fun power - make rules
and enforce fines and penalties
Resolved That special committee. consisting
OF the president OF the association. J. d Thompson
and Ira NJ Cobe, of the racing board; s A Miles,
of the National Association of Automobile Manu-
fact,rars. Charles Clifton OF the Association of
Licensed Automobile Manufacturers: benjamin
Rriscoe of the American Motor Car Manutactui-
ers Association. and Percy owen. Of the importers
Automobile Salon. at once take into conslderauoh
the ni,estio of future sanctions for racing on cir
cuar tracks or those originally intended 1or morse
racing and after comforting with the animated cluoS
of this association and the representative IIat-O.I
bodies of manufacturers report at the November
meeting of the board as TO whether sucL sAcIiOis
should hereafter be granted
Those present at the session or the executive com
mittee were ". H HotchkiSs. of the Automoble
Club of Buffalo. president; l. r. Speare. OF the
Ray state Automobile Association first vice-presl-
dent: George r. Farriugton OF the Autononlie CiHo
of New Jersey. treasurer; w h Nai'uerDliI IT,
of the Automobile Club If America; sidney > Cor
ham of the Chicago Automobile Club: A g.
Batchelder Of the New York Motor Club. and r
H. Elliott. secretary
The same men also attended the full board meet
ing while other members present were: Colgate
Hoyt Of the Automobile Club OF America hoOert
p Hooper of the Automobile Club OF Gernlahto"h'
Pani = Wolff of the Automobile Club of Pitts /,
burg Stanford i. Haynes, OF the AutomonlIe 6llo
OF Springfield. Mass; w H Chase, of the Wa I
chusett (Mass) Automobile Club; j. H. Edwards
of the Automobile Club of Hudson County. n j.; /
G; a Post Of the North Jersey Automooie CIuo
and 4 r. Pardnston. of BROOKLYN
The report of President Hotchkiss was conlpre- !
bansiye and interesting He touched on the needs /
Of the assoca ton and what should be done IN tle
near future to extend its sphere In speaking OF /
legislative matters he said that the Cooks Dill Tor
a general federal would be reintroduced at the
opening OF the Sixtieth Congress in December In /
referring to the Vanderbilt Cup race he said;
Much has been said in certain quarters OF late /
as 10 the racing board and its so-caed lnefhcercy
narticularly with regard TO the Vanderbilt cup !
race this year. Members OF the ASSOCIATION wno /
knew anything Of the facts discounted the crlt-
cfsrns To those who did not the following state
meHt is due. -
every reasonable and proper effort was made to
have a Vanderbilt Cup race this fan The donor OF
the cup and the chairman Of the racing board were
d ermined that the race be not held unless the
course was policed by troops. and they were un-
right I'm their position Representatives
of the association waited upon the PRESIDENT OF
the United States and asked him to permit the use
Of federal troops. This he seemed entirely WILING
to do il within his authority. though the gather
ing Of sufficient troops at central point like New
York City would have been at considerable eX-
pense TO the association The War Department.
however intimated that our appeal should be made
20 the state. and the Governor of New York was
then urged to promise state troops This he was
unwilling 10 do. An effort then made to ac-
-ounIish the same thing in New Jersey, which
s,iIad throuch no fault of the active officers of
this association. While suggestions We're made
that II the held in other states troops
could be furnished, they were either so vague IN
their character or tho proposed courses were so
remote from our motor manufacturing centres.
that a successful and we'll policed race seemed out
OF the question. Hence. the race was given up for