The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-11-26
AMONG THE AUTOMOBILES
BRISTOL MILEAGE TROPHY TO
BE AWARDED soon.
Competition for Prize was Limited 60 Menr-
hers Of Long Island Automobile club ~
Brooklyn Presentation To he Made
At the Annual Dinner Next Week.

Charles Jerome Ed wards. chairman Of the
runs and tours committee of the Long Island
Automobile club Of Brooklyn. has sent notices
to members Of the organization announcing
that the clubs ofiCial touring season closed
on November 10. OdOmeters. which were
registered AZ the clubhouse at the beginning
Of the touring season in connection with the
1907 milea gc trophy. had to be registered with
the clubs manager on or before November
10. The 1907 mileage trophy. which has been
presented TO the club by James Ed ward
Bristol. is to be turned over to the member
whose odOmeter showed the highest registra-
ton az the annual club dinner on December
q. The touring trophy. offered by willard
y. Reid, will on the same occasion be pre-
scented to the club member who has toured in
the greatest number OF States and provinces
during the touring season of this year. The
annual meeting of the club IL to be held at
the clubhouse, S8O Cumberland street. Brook
lyn, on Wednesday evening. December T.,
when annual reports will be read and officers
elected for the ensuing year. A regular
meeting Of the club is scheduled for tO-mOr-
row evening. The membership committee
announces that Edward II, Fiske and A.. T..
Aeby have applied for regular membership
and Mrs. J. F. Rogers has applied for special
membership.
Cast aluminium. finished neither by paint
ing nor polishing. Is coming to be 40 widely
used for f~OOtboards. running boards, toe
boards and other visible parts Of the modern
car that the problem Of maintaining its
beautiful satiny finish in new condition is
one that more and more confronts the par
tic"lar motOrist. Despite its widely adj
verI.sad immunity from cOrrosiOn there are
conditions under which its appearance will
deterioratc very rapidly. Salt water. rOri
example. will quickly cOrrOde IL. while the,
slOpp ing Of storage battery solution has
been known to eat aluminium running boards
dust. make dirt that has been found difficult
to remove, especially from rOuRhened sur-
faces. All Ofthese conditions can Be remedied.
with a very stiff scrubbing brush. A mixtmrs
of emery with washin z powder proves even
more effective. In that il reduces the work
required.
II there be any one thing Of current pro-
would he regarded generally as a minus guan-
tity, machinery would most naturally be ac-
corded that distinction. says the Automobile.
dictate body lines. upholstery, or the details
OF finish; but that ~ influence In much more
far.reachlng Than these purely nOn-technicRl
observed the trend of design during the past
few years: Three years agO there were a
embOdying numerous special features OF
design. on which they dwelt at great length
ana To which we're aSCribed many. " not all.
OF The superior points offered by their pro-
ductiOns. Observation brings TO light the
fact that many Of these have gone by the
board in the interim. 50 that the numerous
distinctive features which formerly served
10 Identify such cars have, in the 1908 models.
been completely overshadowed by the de-
mand for a machine that shall conform as
closely as possible to the dictate OF fashion.
Not that these particular details Of de-
sign and construction we're lacking merit
probably the truth of the matter would show
them to have been quite the contrary in some
instances but they had the fatal defect
of not conforming to what the automobile
buyer has come TO consider as n standard.
On the other hand, many of hi were nothing
more than talking points. and NJ such de-
served 10 be eliminated. "A the car was better
without them. IL IL not to he presumed
from this. however. hat American g,rs
one and all. have settled down 20 a single
stand ard. but the trend Il n striking illust ra-
ton Of the influence OF fashion on somethin0
generally considered beyond its pale.
The diagnosing Of a knock or pound in an
engine often Is n very difficult matter ea-
peciallv to the unmechanical ear not trained
TO akeen appraisal OF all the sounds that can
be produced by a piece Of machinery In onera-
ton. This makes II worthy Of note that there
Il another means. almost equally elKectIVe-
Tor the same purpose. b isist The Jar ar vFhra.
tiOn produced. which IN very perceptibIs n the
hand be laid lightly On. any solid meta portion