The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-09
AFFAIRS OF
THE LOCAL
AUTO CLUB
Endurance Run Next Week.
Membership Increased.
News Notes.

of the New Jersey Automobile and Motoi
Club next Friday'wil1 be an event of greai
Importance In the motoring world. In
spite of the fact that many local dealers
have cars so tied up with the automobile
shows at New York and Philadelphia and
have booked demonstrations so far ahead
that they can not take away their demon
s~trators even for the time of the contest
the novel run Of the New Jersey club Is
practically assured of success.
Those entries which the New Jersey
club officials have announced as certain
ties are two Mitchell cars. two Thomas
cars, two Marmons, including an air
cooled and a water-cooled model; a Pull
man, a Franklin, two Maxwells, including
the 1908 runabout and the new four-cylin-
der touring car, which is a product of the
new season; two Oldsmohiles, n OF
which will be the famous Mudlark, that
has had such an interesting touring his
tory; a Winton SiX-Teen-Six If possible,
but IL not, then the same four-cylindeI
machine which came through the three
day contest of the club last spring with
a perfect score; a six-cylinder Ford, a
Pope-Hartford, perhaps a single-cylinder
Cadillac to show the endurance powers of
Brush's first creation; probably a Ma
tional, PROBABLY several H1dlhesonS anu HI
Autocar runabout.
To this list several more cars may be
added before the inal entries are re-
ceived, but the field already insures a con-
test which will be an honor to win, and
which will bring forth the greatest efforts
of the competitors cause of the rank OF
the machines entered.
The race committee at it's meeting Mon
day will finally close the list of entries,
and will at this time assign the observers.
This assignment will not be made public,
however, until the race actually starts, In
order that there may be no talk of col
fusion between observers n drivers. The
majority of observers will be Stevens In
stitute students, who are we'll versed in
the operation Of motor vehicles, as well
as in the theory Of their construction.
The matter of observers is coming along
satisfactorily enough. There will likely be
twenty Stevens Institute students on hand
at the opening Of the contest to act as
watchers on the competing machines. In
order to ''spell' these, several club mem
bers nave volunteered their services. In
asmuch as they are men engaged for the
most part In business in New York, they
will not go on duty until the beginning Of
the second round, which will start about Z
o'clock.
There will be twice the number of OBJ
servers as cars, so hat there will be no
difficulty in arranging for the relief Of any
man who comes in tired from one round,
and who wishes to rest until the next is
over. A meeting of the full race commit
tee will be held Monday night at the Broad
street home of the club to plan for the as
signment Of the observers, and to discuss
the few details which are still left unset
tied.
The question of referee will then be set
tied, and definite plans laid as to the means
which will be taken to mark the course of
the route. This problem is a serious one,
and the members of the committee are
endeavoring to devise a scheme which will
be satisfactory to all the contestants, many
of whom are not familiar with the course.
Horace A. Bopnell, secretary of the club,
has suggested that the route be marked
with signs painted with phosphorescent
paint, which would be luminous In the
dark. If this proves to be unfeasible, then
the club will probably select markers SINH
lar to those used In the three-day contest
last spring. which bore a large arrow and
the initials IN. J. A. and M. c."
There has been some conjecture as to
how the club would mark the numerals of
the competing cars on the machines. In
the first endurance test held by the local
0N'Nf 1141ANR VI 1ah al W0IG 6uDDlleQ.
upon which were painted the number OF
the machine. Many contestants tied these
across the hood in such a manner that the
paint soon became blistered by the heat OF
the engine, and In a very short time the
numbers themselves became illegible. TIL,
club will probably require In the forth,
coming contest that h cars have ths
marking numerals displayed on other part:
OF the machine than the bonnets.
In answer to requests for new addresse.
of such members who have moved since
the last membership Dol of the New
Jersey Automobile and Motor Club wa:
published, Horace A. Bonnell, secretar,
of the club, has received many replies. Mr.
Bonnell Is keeping a tabulated account OF
these in order that the new membership
book of the club, which will be published
early In December, may be as nearly &c.
%curate as possible. The book will con
tain a list of the motor club members ar.
ranged alphabetically and also by towns.
The proposed object lesson in road build.
ing which Joseph H.. Wood, chairman o
the good roads committee of the New Jer
sey club, proposed giving to LENDERS of tn
A. A. A. was not held yesterday, becaus-
of the great congestion of automobile in
~terests due to the Madison Square qarder
! "A GhCi hbCSAA16 VI tAAC OA6dAIA1n
ton was held, however, though but littI,
of general interest was accomplished. MI
Wood was one Of the delegates In at
tendance.
The first issue of the Motor Record, tn
official publication of the New Jersey club
appeared this week. The paper serves a
a club bulletin, with occasional specia
articles Of general interest to motorists
In the current number, Angus Sinclair
president of the club, gives his reason
for the assertion that automobiles do les
to destroy macadam roads than do horse
with their sharp metallic hoofs.
The first smoker of the season, to be he'll
by the New Jersey Automobile and Motto
Club, will take place at the clubhouse o
the local organization al Broad and Chest
l. nut streets on Tuesday evening. Grea
preparations have been made by the hous
# committee for the event, and novel enter
tainment will be provided for the motori;
p members and their guests.
d Vaudeville talent from New York wi
help the autoists TO enjoy themselve:
3 while the evening will furnish an oppo
tunlty for the MEMBERS to get togethe
e and discuss the attitude which the clu
q will assume on legal questions, such a
n will come before the Legislature at II
next session.
4 At a meeting Of the board Of trustee
. Of the New Jersey Automobile and Mote
e Club at the Broad street clubhouse las
r Monday, the following active member
uera accented. Iamea f. Carey, PA Par