The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-15
AMONG The AUTOMOBNISTS
CHANGE IN THE RULES ron
GLIDDEN TOURISTS.
Carr VIII he Numbered for To-day's nun "a
South Bend and Must keep Position
Unless Others In Frsnt' Arc In Trouble
New Conditions Meet with Approval.

had been expected, for a change was made
Tonight that seems to be a wise one. In
stead OF allowing all OF the cars in the tour
to scorch over the 10 miles between this
city and South Bend Tomorrow. each car
will have q line position and will not be allowed
to pass q car having . lower number unless
the latter In in distress and unable to make
satisfactory progress. To further prevent
undue speed Chairman Hover will leave IN
his offcial car after the Maxwell confetti
car has gone, beginning his journey TO South
Bend half an hour before the first OF the regu-
lar tourists.
This new ruling was promulgated at a
meeting held tonight at the new clubhouse
OF the Chica go Automobile Club, and Chair
man Hover was kept busy answering aues-
tiods until half past 0 o'clock. No one sp-
pears to know exactly what time the cars
viii begin to start In the morning. but II will
be soon after 7 O'Clock, rs the First Regiment
brmory. where they are stored, will not he
opened until that hour. Then the cars will
he pushed out Of the building and their tanks
hiled with the g~asolcne which was removed
on Friday night because the regulations
prohibit g~asolene 10 armories.
After the cars have been taken out Of the
armory, which Ia the same one that il used
In winter as one OF the buildings Of the Chi
cago show. and had their tanks filled with
the fuel which had been removed they will
be checked out and go to the hotels for their
passengers. As the cars are checked out the
drivers will receive large pasteboard cards
with their position numbers painted on them.
the first car out being No. 1. and 30 on.
While on the road bet cen here and South
Bend no driver In to pass another unless the
car ahead Of him carries a higher number than
his own. Should a car In the lead. carrying
q lower number. not be running properly or
have to stop TO Ak tires OF make any repair
or replacement the machine following may
60 up into the lead.
Chairman Hover declared very emphat-
icslly tonight st the meeting Of contestants.
exceed. a rate Of thirty miles an hour. In
case Of tire or engine trouble or any csuse
whereby one OF the cars is forced to drop
back OF stop altogether its driver may send
IL along after it gets going again until he
has reeained his original place In the caval-
cade. according 20 his number.
been set at 8 hours Is minuteNt which is the
same es IL Was on Friday for the trip this
the running time was to be cut down to Ave
hours. largely as a result Of the wild drive
Of the impetuous Hallowell Of the Buffalo
on Friday in Z hours IS minutes.
The prospect OF q Ave, hour schedule did
nSt SGss. 'f but sn, sss sf 1f ,a: big y h ,Es P s%: !:
but who did not like the idea q such speed
pect Of having to drive so fast even though
the roads are fine for most Of the trip.
II was said tonight that the changed CEN
ditions Tor travelling tomorrow are due
made by tourists. and q addition oa s.v Uasi
Hover objecting to the high rate Of speed at
which the cars have been compelled to travel.
The majority OF the tourists went riding
some OF them who went out in cars that we're
not provided with tops were slightly damp
s sne FOR es e short th .,m ss, .SIss d;s as 3 shoT Yer. came s.s
York tourists have been discussing to-day
with considerable amusement the. remaining
OF the drivers who competed in the ~ hour
race that ended yesterday afternoon at the
was doing spectacular stunts on the Wander
bilt cup course on Ions Island last fall 40 the
pilot Of the Matheson candidate for . place
known az Ralph Mongini.
When he was signed up as a member Of the
castor star drivers by the United states Motor
and Others hls given name did not quite suit
re me sst1te piGksns who runs the meets.
too plain a cognomen for such a high priced
star. and so forthwith he changed the Italians
first name TO Rafello. which looks much better
on q billboard than plain Ralph.
The commercial vehicle trials Of the Auto
mobile Club Of France wereffnished on June
10 with a fuel consumption test. During the
VI NV NlOhr WYNN IuHo y Dtrn Il
made into several districts in the north OF
France, and rainy weather and the poor
easos ta ' the nssc II ese SRics sti me- Continues = ..si1,,eSS
In the trials. The only interruption In the |
daily runs was one day when the ]
Paisis RaI1eau In Lille. This exhibition was
we'll attended. Of the forty-four cars which
o,isip ally st, started tee n the contest; only fifteen
SsSins no penaiisssio SS"s reooSpdeS aga ssain Ss
them, these being as follows; Second class.
one Aries and one Delshsye; third third class.
trucks carrying from 800 to $500 pounds
two Darrsca-ssrpqllet. one fursan. one
load upward, two barraca- efpollet aa and
Brillie and one Aries; small business vehicles.
two De and one vinot-De-
The fuel consumption contest consi..ed
Of . run Of 100 kilometres. or. 81 I miles, for |
The heavy trucks and $50 Kilometres. or 0s
mileS. for the lighter trucks: omnibuses and
yincsnnes on Tuesday,. June ii. and from
in Paris, where they were once more weighed. !
both b1s cit nth :, ,osd and without The Antomo-
Jury. the contestants and the military OBJ
servers In the meeting room Of the club
snt. At this meeting the winners In the
Slaeses were announced as follows:
second class, Deiahaye, first; Aries, second. |
Third class, Darraca. first and second: Turga, |
bird: Panhard. fourth. Fourth class. be
Dion Bouton, fret: Darracq, second and
bird: Mors, fourth. Fifth class, Aries.
1rst; Brittle. second. Small cars, DE Dom
Bouton first and second; vinot-D eRuingapd,
Tn proportion OF those who finished
vas particularly small In the motor omnibus
,lase. being but ~ per cent. Of the starters.
Many OF the failures we're due TO trouble
With wheels. The trails were very severe and |
he successful machines have given proof
" a high degree Of reliability. Already l
mother commercial vehicle contest 10 being
discussed, but IL II doubtful II many entries
,an be secured as there have been two such
~,ontests held within less than a year.
IL is somewhat TO be wondered AZ that SO
title attention y paid by designers to the
OF the heavy oils. and more Ca
Of petroleum itself. for the purpose e.
" the automobile motor. says the Motor
For although II Is true that in many
II H. less advantageous than gasolene,
in that It's use is u~ndeveloped
while that Of g~asolene has been carried 10 a,
high degree Of perfection In this particular
.'erivce, still its economy Ia 80 marked as TO
make the apparent neglect worthy Of re-
mark, Its thermal capacity per pound
nay be reckoned As being about the same as
hat OF the ordinary commercial gasolene.
)ut on the other hand It's cost Is scarcely
more than one-eiRhth that Of g~asolene. In
words. o. will buy a little over nine
lines as many heat units worth Of crude oil
Il of gasolene, which would make Its use