The Washington times., 1907-12-09

Twenty-Five Of the twenty-nine en-
trants IN The Times sealed bonnet con-
test were on hand AZ the Luttreu
Garage today at noon 10 have their
machines sealed for the run of lis
miles, which begins tomorrow morn
ing al s o'clock sharp from the wash
il gton Automobile Clubhouse.
'Nhe four missing cars were accounted
for ana the committee all>7vrd them
a little grace. as IN every instance
failure 10 appear was due 10 causes
which could not be blamed upon the
entrsut In two OF the cases illness in
the family OF the driver were the rea-
soEs for lateness. and the other two
cases were similar.
Those which were promptly on hand
were lined up and their pictures taken
for The Times, which viii publish them
tomorrow afternoon, making the great
est picture CT the kind ever seen ia a
Washington newspaper.
No Case of Cold Feet.
Not a driver indicated that he would
get cold feet because Of the threaten
ing weather. The consensus OF opinion
was -Aat the mud would make the test
all the harder. and the honor Of win
ling consequently greater. AS e mat
ter Of fact, most OF the drivers took
the view they would rather have q
chance TO show the true merits OF their
machines under the difficult conditions
promised for tomorrow than TO have
the run a mere days outing over good
roads.
One entrant wished TO Withdraw a
light machine he had entered and sub
T-e- = ~Nr
but Chairman Robert b. Caveriy an
nOunCed after a talk with the commit
tee that the change would not be al
loved The committee took the po-
sition that the entrant should have
entered more than one machine and
then made his choice, failing to start
one II he so elected, but that ii would
be unfair TO the other starters to have
another machine substituted when 1t
was found the going would be heavy,
Warning to Be Careful.
Mud, especially between OIney and
LaytonsvIlle. is likely to Re plentiful
and deep tomorrow. Wallace Hood and
other careful drivers were buEIIy warn
ing their competitors 20 take no chances
tomorrow. for in so-le places the holes
are bad enough % offer serious OBJ
stacles to light cars and hard pulling
for the big ones. Where machines are
thus apt to go wrong at any minute
| accidents may be expected II the drivers
crowd one anothe- too closely, hence
the warnings were extremely timely.
It looks a little damp. but brighter
| days are coming, so don't get discour-
aged and fail to appear at the Wash
ington Automobile Club house at a. m.
tomorrow for The Times sealed bonnet
contest.
The committee has taken action on
several matters which We're not brought
up at the previous meetings and has
adopted some minor regulations which
tend to simplify matters.
Priming Allowed Tomorrow.
The first point is that printing VIII be
| allowed tomorrow morning. 1t WINS
found that a number of machines
might not be able to start promptly IL
this were prohibited. and as it has
nothing to do with the merits Of an
auto, tho ruling in favor of printing
was adopted after little discussion.
/ Speeding through the winter air is q
great help to appetites, acd as Harry
Orme. who VIII drive the pilot car, and
| Harrington Mills who will distribute
| the confetti from that car, are not
av Gse TO little food now and then.
they will stop one hour at Ridgeviile
for luncheon Thsir stop is official, and
1 fContinued on Ninth. PacaV