The sun., 1907-11-02
AMONG THE AUTOMODILISTS
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN SNOW
OPENS TONIGHT.

Big Display OT Motorcycles and EIectrics,
Along with "Licenscd'' GsasOIene Cars
FLORIDA Beach Tournament scheduled
for the Last Week In March-ssOsshp.
Madison Square Gardens annual automO-
bile show Is 10 be opened to the public tonight
at = O'Clock and will run from 10 O'Clock In
the morning until II O'Clock at night every
day OF next week. The show this year. as
were the last two exhibitions of motor cars and
accessories in the same building. will be run
under the auspices Of the Association or
Licensed Automobile Manufacturers. and
only those gReolene machines which are IL
censed under the Selden patent will be eShib-
tied there In addition TO the gasOlenc cars
Of both pleasure and commercial types there
will be a notable display OF electric pleasure
and commercial vehicles. as well as the most
complete show Of motorcycles that has ever
been held in this country.
Col George Pope chairman OF tn 4. l.. A. NJ.
show committee, and his Assoc iates. ". l.
Brock and Charles Clifton. hr"s decided TO do
away with the band. and in its place the
music will be furnished by the TelharmOnic
system. 4 facetious mOtOrist when told OF
the abolition of the band remarked that he
thought the musicians had been bantshed
because visitors TO the show did not like to see
the musicians going out to take n drink be-
tween selections. A. was the case last year,
and Thursday when the usual admission fee
Of 80 cents will he doubled.
There will be more than 300 exhibitors.
among which will be thirty-three different
makes Of gasolene pleasure cars, ten electric
pleasure cars. eleven exhibits Of commercial
vehicles. one steam car and eleven motor.
cycles.
Definite announcement was made yester-
day that a speed carnival would again be
run on the Ormond- ytona beach IN Florida
during the coming winter. For some time
past there have been rlmOrs that no tOurna-
ment would be given by the Florida East
Coast Automobile Association this winter.
but at a meeting held in New York this week
il was decided to hold the tournament. which
In to be the sixth annual meet on the Florida
beach. preliminary meeting wan held
before the one at which the decision to run
the tournament was arrived at. and in defer
ence TO the wishes OF many enthusiasts who
think the meet should be held later than
formerly the last week in March has been
selected. as this time meets with the ap-
provaI Of President Foster and the directors
Of the Florida East Coast Automobile Asso-
citation.
A radical change is to be made in the pro-
gramme for the coming meet over that Of
former tournaments and the mile or two
mile record sprints will be more or less subor-
dinated to two big long events. one for the
Abandoned 1907 Vanderbilt cup race on Long
Island and the other for strictly stock cars
q sixty horsepower or less. The exact
dlstan ances for these two races have not been
as vet decided upon. but 10 is quite possible
that the race for the specially built machines
will be Of a similar distance TO the cup contest.
The race for the stock cars Will possibly be
An unusual plan has been decided upon to
Called freak STSsWctiaS and \ n S,,ito
possible that the freak will have to %
being allowed to compete in any event under
ment would possibly ask ali drivers OF all
kinds Of racing cars to engage In a twenty
mile fast sprint at the minimum speed Of.
say, forty-five seconds to the mile. This
Il is thOugh ht will eliminate any car constructed
to go only one or two miles at very high
speed. II these cars survive the long sprint
they will be eligible for the mile and two
There will be races for the regulation stock
car and the events will be arranged accord
will be Of the stripped variety and the driver
will be allowed to take on a good deal OF the
The course has been much discussed. IL
was suggested that a half beach and half
road course course be laid out; but 4 is the firm
that such plan Is impossible, as il would not
only be dangerous to use the almost inn
cross the two bridges at either end OF the
course. ~ has therefore been decided TO
Ss 1ns ana :. S e. so,S sssT end 50 hs
manner. W. J. Morgan. New York reDreseDt-
ative of the Florida Fast Coast Automobile
details concerning the meet in the next few
days.
Frederick II. Elliott, secretary of the Amer
Ican Automooiie association, sent out ad-
vance copies Of the organizations year book
present time H. a preliminary one of the 1907
year book and is the first publication Of It's
organization since It's formation az Chicago
9f the various years arranged according 20
State sssOd atoms are Included In the volume.
as well as the Officially accepted road and
tration bill and the uniform state motor
vehicle bill are given, a. well as table Of
nouneed @ that copies OF the permanent @ rO edition ION
gratis not later than November Is.
Tho managers Of the Philadelphia local
show, which Is TO be held at the First ReQi-
TO the ccnSiuSion that they e; TOO will viii have have
society nlghis. They have accordingly
their show week for the purpose and have Ss
raised the admission fee 90 81. twice the regu-
lar fee.
Max L. Rosenfeld the recently elected
president OF the California Automobile Dealers
I'm. Ia ~ ~. Ine IoLownK
Commercially Ihe dealers at the present
time do not hold the position n the business
world that the trade demands. When we
consider the large amount OF money that
automobile transactiOns represent. there are
few commercial enterprises In any city that
should command more attention. To TO
the present time the members OF an auto
mobile trade association have been satisfied
with merely keeping together for what looks
like the sole purpose Of hold ng annual auto
mobile shows. 4 trade association should
do more. " should look into the character
of its membership. It should watch the
names submitted for adm lsSion. lax met hods
OF doing business and the brcaknG OF CON
tracts. written or verbal. on the ps re OF either