New-York tribune., 1907-04-25
NOVEL AUTO CONTEST.
OPEN TO LISTED CARS.
Bonnets viii BE Sealed en- -Four
Days Run-YdriOus Notes.

The Automobile Club of America will hold
sealed bonnet contest open TO all listed cars oe
domestic or foreign manufacture on June 70 70 -
The conditions are that the bonnet and all parts
Hereunder. transmission gears. axles, wheels coil
boxes. etc, be sealed by the committee. and no
adjustments. repairs or replacements Of any kind.
other than tires allowed during the contest. Sup
plies OF gasoIene. lubricants and water may bs
taken on without restriction
The competing cars will 5e classified according %
selling price as follows, Class A, stock cars COM
pIete without tops listed at 5000 over; class b
stock cars complete without tops listed at over
plste without tops listed at 81 500 ana under;
10 m h [lIeL i T1l GoTer S 20 l9uT gays Se e sa.a77
Of 600 miles for cars in all classes excepting Tun-
l75 miles day. or a total of 700 miles. Each day's
run run WILL W start I ana nnis az ths clubhouse ana eac.
will be placed in the custody of the committee In
The cars viii De required TO make each DAYS
E1n @ as f9llGTS: ~ Ms lass "A. az 2 minimum avsEass
average speed OF Is miles hour; class G. ct
abOuts in class b Will be required TO make the same
minimum average as touring ears in class a.
the legal speed limits VIII be disqualified
Each entrant will be Obliged 20 furnish COM
a car other than that Of the entrant Assignments
cup Will be awarded 70 the winner % IN each class
all entrants who desire them
A meeting of the plan and scope COMMITTEES er
the Long Island Motor Parkway was held yesteE-
day. Among those present were William K Van
derbilt. jr. jefferson De Mont Thompson and A R.
Pardington. IL vas announced that the COMMITTEES
Is making excellent progress and that another
meeting would be held on May L
A more than severe test was made OF 12-hOrss-
power air cooled Franklin in the presence Of
number Of experts in the salesroOm OF Wyc6o1s
Church & Partridge, at Broadway and ssth street.
yesterday afternoon The car was mounted on
stilts and the motor started running at speed
of so revolutions minute, equivalent 20 nine niles
hour Z. l.. Ferguson. chairman or the teennt-
cal committee of the New York Motor Club sam
Butler. secretary of the AutOm0bile Club OF Amer
tea, and Alex SchWalbach. OF the Long Island Au-
tOnObie Club. sealed the caFburetOr and the thFOt-
cooled car. under the worst possicl CONDITIONS IS
superior 70 any water cooled machine
An officer of the MaIheSOn company said yester-
day that at least one MathesOn car would be en-
tered in the American Automobile Association tour
for the Gldden and other trophies in July. In
discussing the possible Improvement Of the rules
already provided for this contest he said:
1t is a mistake, in our opinion. TO try to mako
pleasure party solely. To be~of the greatest value
and Importance the motoring public the tour
should be a technical test Our idea Is 70 make
il Just for the actually cOntesting cars
as possible.
The largo -FIorio road race. which was run On
April q Sicily, resulted in another triumph for
Michelin tires. The is endurance run over
a difficult mountainous course, and Michelin Tres
used the driven BY NazaTrO. LanciAs
Fabry and Duray, who finished in that order
Among the latest contributors OF cars for Orphans
Day is John W. Gates. Another volunteer is COL
gate Hoyt president OF the Automobile Club Os
9meriCsl The club has adopted a resolution de-
signed 10 impress upon its members the destrabiiity
of supporting the project