The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-09
AMONG The AUTOMOBILES
TWENTY-FOUR HOUR RACE HAS
EIGHTEEN ENTRIES.
Contest at Brighton Beach starts Tonight
At no O'Clock Several short Distance
Events and q o Mile AFFAIR This After.
noon-A. NJ. &. NJ. A. Has Al Members.

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Eighteen entries have been received for the
twenty-four hour race which IL TO be started
tonight at 10 O'Clock at the Brighton Beach
track. The lighting system for the track
was tried out last night to see II II worked
properly and A. r. Pardington. acting chair
mar OF the A. A. A.. racing board. and Frank
G., Webb OF the Long Island Automobile Club
drove down to see how the lights illuminated
the track. Ten of the entrants tried out
their machines on the track yesterday and
some OF than made fairly fast time. DURING
the hours of darkness the track yill be lighted
by 1000 candle-power gssolene lights placed
at inter walls OF 100 feet and additional electro
lights will be placed along the stretches. on
the turns the inner fence. or pole, will hc
marked by a number OF red lanterns. while the
outside fence is to be marked Nv green Ian
terms. The electric scoring device which Mr.
arlington has had fixed up for the scoring
In the twenty-four hour contest was tested
yesterday and found to work all right. There
will be a number of short distance events
this afternoon and a fifty mile race for stripped
and racing cars will be run just before the
twenty-four hour event is started tonight.
The entries for the twenty-four hour contest
are as follows: G.. A. Coey. 40 horse-power
Thomas; H.. A. Van Tyne. 10 horse-power
Clement-B ayard: F.. Zerbies and E. W. Hudson.
80 horsepower MITCHELL; Ray Howard and
Harry Thameson, 3o-3S horsepower Stoddard.
Dayton; j.. A. Holm and A. J. DitmHn. 30-S
horsepower Studebaker; o. A. and J. q
Light. 1928 horsepower 0ldsmobile: l.. "
Smelser and Thomas Lynch. 20 horse power
Lozier; II. Minchenor and r. milford. 20
horsepower Lozier: II. II. Knepper and
Frank Lawwell, so horsepower Frayer-
Miller; Frank o. Fuller. 90 horsepower De
Diterich: Louis Strang. 2s-32 horsepower
PLAIN; Ralph MongiDi IS horsepower Della
have: Montague Roberts. 90 horsepower
Thomas; ". ". Cobc and Robert Bnrman. ~
horsepower Jackson: J. r.. Steurwald and
John Anderson. IS horsepower Oldsmobile,
Louis Nuemsnn and William McCslla. ~
horsepower Darraca; Charles Trewin and ".
Greenwood. so horsepower WEIGH: Steward
II. Elliott. 10 horsepower Packard.
Alfred Reeves. general manager Of III
American Motor Car Manufactured Associa-
ton. announced yesterday that there are
now forty-seven automobile manufa cturing
concerns in the A. NJ. c. NJ. A.. the Dayton
Motor Car Company of Dayton. Ohio, makers
OF the Standardization having just been
elected to membership. This concern viii
be one of the exhibitors in the associations
space at the Automobile Club OF Americas
show in the Grand Central Palace. which
opens on October -.
New York automobiles was recently ar
rested at Bar Harbor. Me-. charged with an
lnITBCtlOn Ol " LOWn ordinance pIOnlDltlnA
automobiles on certain roads. The auto
mobilist said that he had broken no ordinances.
as he did not run under motor power on the
forbidden road. the machine being toNcd
as merchandise. This statement was re-
garded by the authorities in the light Of ar
evasion, and the automobilist was requested
to appear for a hearing later. Public sent
ment was much aroused. and finding no place
obliged to have H. taken to Hull's Cove by his
chauffeur. where II was placed in . barn
The summer residents and townspeople are
anxious to find out " the ordinance will stand
ATLANTIC CITY. Nj, Aug. s--oyer = nun
machines destined TO attract the motor car
buyer OF 1908, are on exhibition in the frsl
opened on Yoanss' Pier this mornins II
hlbitoIe are enthusiastic over the attendapce
OF visitors who throng,d the show to-dSy
The pier Was not turned over TO the Managers
showing of the many firms and. makers at
trscted by the experiment Of the first sea
shore, show OF the country will not be rom.
Space for the exhibit has been secured In
the mammoth assembly hall Of III" hg
entire floor viii be occupied with the display.
which includes some OF the most modern
examples Of american and EYropeap Ta
pier have been beautifully decorated for rc
show by the same people who hand" ,hs
utNeNNlHk W .nhuisOn SpudTe thruPU ~ '
the winter exhibit there. Big Americau lls'
and categorical paintings have been rNec
tlvely used to carry out the scheme NJ do,or'
ton, and stan columns divide the several
exhibits.
Leading makes are included IN thr sNo Eirz
OF cars. which run from comparative rr'
runsbouts to the giants Of the road snd rra",
made for special attraction IN the t4idl5
who deli ghts in extremes of SIZE am .p.'d'
complications over leave TO display fNf,
wares have kept many leading exhibitor. NJ
~sundrtes out of the show. but their places
have been taken by individual and hrm ~.
hioit. OF wares, one Of the chief beinE th',, o.
the Atlantic Auto Company. which o. De
playing a variety Of motor accessnnes. "'
DC. The Thomas Company NJ New NNrr -
on" or the biR exhibit ora. with cars Of 'lel
own make. while the Motor Shop nj Hhf'alel
phia IL here with n line of OldsmoNr."s ana
Stearns cars. which they handle ~ th''r 'rr
ritory.
The Acme Company Of Reading and'N0 i5ro
car CoinpanN Of New YORK arc also au."f . no
exhibitors with fine now cars. West -. ""
NJ Philadslphia has Mercedes ears u" -'N'
ana inc auto ar concern Of hriW"r
number OF its maChiuns nu rabbit Z 'r
and Naihcson cars h"nd The 'ii oi r~rl'''N
machincs, which attract general a~'rr'''
from the visitors.