New-York tribune., 1907-03-31
RULES FOR AUTO TOUR.
CONTEST BEGINS JULY 10.
Three Cars Constitute a CIub-Start
Will Be at CEcceIand.

west 10 Chicago. then eastward 20 Indiana. Ohio
PENNSYLVANIA and New Jersey and New York.
This announcement was made yesterday by F. B.
Hover chairman of the American Automobile
association Touring Board. which met and decided
on the plans last week.
While the exact I'm all OF its details IS yet
10 be announced, the probable mileage will be be-
tween lS0O and I.400 The route Will include both
good and ordinary roads. level and mountainous
country and the daily requirement VIII be about
one hundred and twenty-five miles.
The Glldden trophy viii be awarded 20 the club
whose entrants proportionately.. three being the
minimum. finish with the greatest total OF points.
nut the owner OF every finishing win receive
n certificate which will tell its exact standing.
those competing the entire tour without penalza-
ton 10 have their certificates marked perfect"
Entry blanks may be obtained at the Office
of the chairman No. 760 Main street. Buffalo. MF.
Hover desires 10 impress upon all intending con-
testents the necessity for immediate entrance. that
hotel and other similar arrangements may receive
early attention and thus give more general salts
faction
For those desiring 20 take part IN the tour and
not caring TO contest for the Glidden trophy. a
class Of non-eontestants has been provided. Fur
fhermore ~ becoming disbarred through nom
observance OF the rules governing the contest
entrants who continue will, in the discretion
Of the committee. be placed in the non-contesting
ayision.
Each entrant must be a member OF the American
Automobile Association. but If competing for the
Gldden trophy, must be member OF a club affili-
ated with the association. and each club TO COM
pete for the trophy must have at least three en-
tries The following rules govern entries:
First-The time for receiving entries will expire
on July At y O'Clock noon. OF the oface OF Frank
B. Hover. chairman Of the touring board, 30 l6O
test must be accompanied by the entrance fee-soo
Numbers for the tour viii be issued IN the order IN
second-Each entrant shall give all details asked
sor in the entry blank and such additional intoFHna-
ton the committee may from time 10 utne re"
Third-The American Automobile Association re-
serves the right 10 refuse any entry.
The touring board has decided upon the follow
ing conditions TO govern the tour:
: Each car, entered shall be driven by the the
end approved by the COMMITTEES when ne caE .Ii e
ride IN the car, unless excused by the conmtsee Zee
carry muhiers and mudguards and be equipped
per manufacturers catalogue specifications;
average weight Of i5 pounds, or other equivalent
in ballast. and shall have touring car bodies with
8 No replacements replenishments. adjust
any car after the same shall have been registered
at any night stop OF the tour and before IL shall
80 requirements except tres) shall be made with
parts not inyentoTied and carried at the start,
and II replacements except as apeNe spec'neIs are are
made the entrant may continue the tour but not
S sTee @ ses4ed Each en'Fa"t may carry as many
Each car shall have its official number
8 40 record Of any previous performance.
or sign. or other indication OF the makers name.
other than the name plate. usually attached 20
displayed on any car. at any time during the tour:
score oS EACH fndvidu9I car vii be recorded dur
ing the tour. and at the finish OF the contest each
8 oeTfidcsts t1siS IN accordance Herewith
Each entrant must furnish the man9fact9reEs s
manufacturers price list of all extra parts car
regularly furnished as standard equipment by the
eon,sssaI5s will S be penazed as per
Eaoh entrant must @ -, furnish an an invs1t9ry nr1t9 y
IFS car and the same shall be put in the records.
3 4 car may carTy only one ne, nechanician. an
or both. and no one else shall pertieipate in any
Way n making any repairs or repsaeeLl1eS s IN tS .-
ator ana attested by each occupant OF the car at
parts were put on the car end what repairs or ad-
tustments II any, were made. and failure 10 DO So
fully and correctly. shall disqualify.
The committee reserves the right 20 disqualify
any car whose owner or driver Is arrested for
speeding while the tour. All cars must be ready
ct o'clock each morning. Upon starting days
run each entrant viii be required 20 sign state
ment fixing the time OF his departure. A pace
aker. designated by the committee. VIII precede
each days tour, AMI any entrant who passes the
pacemaker win be disqualified.
Protests and disqualifcatIons may be made under
the following conditions:
/ Any participant IN the tour desiring to file
a protest must nrSt deposit the OF 30 with
nemeeT OF the committee. which sum will be re-
teined by the American Automobile Association IL
sustained the protest fee win be returned to The
person making such deposit. All protests must be
made in writing, and will be considered by the
committee Il the earliest practical moment, and
decision rendered as soon practicable thereafter
sa) All protests as 10 entries must be made before
90 Al protests as TO unfair ruling. route. etc.
.sust De made within tWenty-four hours after the
C9 An other protests shall be made during or
olatey after the tour is concluded. ana before
? No entrant or car viii be disqualified until
se person IN charge shall first have been notified
~ tle act complained OF, and If the act be denied
re committee viii give the owner or person in
Sinsfge or such car a hearing after which a de-
mas been disqualified. IL shall cease to run IN the
Sonlest, the ofhclal numbers shall be removed and
SEoeWM EeW entry shau not receive any certificate, but
saal De mentioned in the records as having been
GSlssllaililea ~ ana no entrant OF any that may
ulssualined sRall have any claim OF any kind or
-AtNIe whatsoever against the American Autcuo-
olle Association or any member or members Of the
sssSh disqualification the publication thereof or
ga Ite 20 mention the performance OF the disquali-
81 NdI prior 70 ITS disqualification.
ehonld there be tie ct the end OF the tour the
oluttee may require further trials or tests as n
sis.ueIs necessary 10 establish the awarding Of
Penalties win be imposed on cars reaching co,-
trols ahead OF or behnc Sc chedules They Viii he
elective for each minute or fraction t6erso1 ~ az
excess Of tEo minutes which viii be the maxi
mum variation allowed IN timepieces A club of
IHee cars, one Of which replaces a sDriny valued
- ~ WILL be peDalzed l-3 points which Is one
1lrd % point for each dollar a cIuh ~ zen ceFs
80 OF which should do precisely the same thing
sor ~ Penaized one point. or one-tenth Of point
Contestants for the trophy failing TO comply with
sa,es S Iuies and thereby losing their status
- 49, may. II the committee 50 decides continue
- nc TOUR as non-contsstants. The decision Of the
sASSunNe 60 committee Og the touring board win be
nnal IN an disputes.
FOOTBALL SCHEDULE FOR BROWN.