New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-08
TIMELY AUTO TOPICS.
Laying Ont Route for the Ghdden
TOur-Imp Orters at Peace.

The preliminary survey and laying out OF the
route for the annual American Automobile As
sociation tour and Glidden trophy contest was
begun yesterday, when the big six-cylinder
Pierce Arrow pathfinder left Buffalo. carrying
Dan Lewis, the official route maker. and pho
tographer. This work is directly under the SUI
pervision of F. B. Hover. chairman of the
American Automobile Association touring board
and he will be with the car part of the time
Every turn in the road and all useful land
marks are to be noted and distances carefully
measured. The car being used for the work is
the same one that Forbes Day drove through
the tour last summer. Mr. Hover secured 1t
for his official car this year and. besides being
the pathfinder, it Wilt probably serve again to
pick up checkers and act general rescuer to
the unfortunate.
An important change is announced in relation
TO the trophy for runabOuts in the American
Automobile Association tour donated by F. Il.
Hover, of the touring board. II was first an
nounced that the trophy would be won by
club team. under the same rules as those for
touring cars but after consultation with
Der OF those interested Mr. Hover has decided TO
offer the trophy an individual prize. to be
won as permanent trophy. new set of rules
for this trophy is now being compiled.
The Hover trophy is piece OF bronze stat
uary four feet high representing the Signal
Man" II consists of a slightly draped athletic
male figure standing hilltop. holding In one
hand a spear at rest and above his head a torch
In the other hand.
Articles of incorporation for the United States
Motor Racing Association were filed on Monday
In Albany, the capital being announced as
$4,000 The applicants for the charter an
nounced the intention of promoting automobile
race meets hill climbs and automobile race DAYS
and carnivals at the larger fairs throughout the
country. Joseph M. Gates, William II. Pickens
Fred I. Bailey and W. HI. Oyiatt are the incor-
porators The first meet of the proposed circuit
of the association is scheduled for the Point
Breeze track In Philadelphia on May "a and 25
All meets will be under the rules and sanction
of the American Automobile Association.
At we'll attended meeting of the independent
automobile importers Monday II was decided
that the Automobile Importers Society
should join the older organization. the Import
ers' Automobile Salon. thus forming one repre-
sentative and powerful association whose object
is To foster and protect the industry represented
by it's members.
This Is one Of the most important moves ever
made in this country by the importers OF foreign
machines. and will undoubtedly result in benefit
10 that industry we'll as in the consolidation
Of their enormous combined interests The old
and the new members of the salon will exhibit
at the salon show to be held in Madison Square
Garden next winter. and in this show exclu-
sively.
Any importers who are not sufficiently estab-
lished in this country to deem 1t advantageous
to join the salon at the present time and deal
ers in imported cars Though not direct I'M
prices as the members of the salon and receive
the same treatment the members.
The first formal entry for this years Wander
bilt Cup race has been received by Jefferson De
Mont Thompson, chairman of the racing board
entered is a four-cylnder p. L. NJ rated at
5000 horsepower and built practically the
same lines the one entered for last years
race which was not ready in time to compete.