New-York tribune., 1908-05-28
WAR FOR AUTO CONTROL
NEW GOLD CUP OFFERED.
RiUal Contests To Be Run by 4uto-
mobile Club of america.

The Automobile Club of America acting yes
terday afternoon through it's governors, met
sQuarely the issue raised the day before by the
American Automobile Association. and accepted
the declaration of war for the control Of the
sport in this country by not needing the ulti-
matum indirectly made by the national body
The governors of the club adopted unanimously
the report of the contest committee and in
structed it to prepare at once for an interna-
tional road race to be held this fall, for a gold
cup to be known as the Grand Prize of the
Automobile Club of America, under the rules
agreed on at Ostend last year by the Interna-
Clubs.
In addition to this duplica ton of the Wander
bt Cup race, the governors decided to hold
annually long distance touring contest on the
lines of the Glidden tour. a hill climbing contest
and road race for the BriarcIif trophy. which
being open only to stock cars, is similar to the
Jefferson De Mont Thompson trophy contest of
the American Automobile Association
There was no reference whatever to the reso-
lutions adopted Tuesday by the American
Automobile Association. Nothing has as vet
been decided to the course for the big inter
national race 1t may be held at Savannah or
on a course New York. The contest COM
mittee will start work at in preparing the
details of the race and VIII determine the course
as possible
The text of the resolutions adopted Yesterday
follows:
Resolved. That. the Automobile Club of America
he hold in the fall Of 1905 road under the rules
Automobile Clubs, adopted at Ostend on Julv
Il, 1907, and that the contest committee of the
club be empowered to organize and carry out such
& Resolyed eid n That +, the S Antomobe Club Of America
Of the Automobile Club Of Amerca to he COM COM
nnder the auspices Of the AGtomoe BIZ Gnb ID
America. under the rules adopted each year bv the
nternatlona1 Association of Recognized Automobile
The contest committee is hereby directed to have
value Representatives of the international inpor-
Resolved That the Automobile Club of America
organize and conduct each year the following
First-.An International road race for the Grand
the rules of Internatona ton of Ree
ognized Automobile Clubs may be adopted each
the Briarcl trophy Third long disfance e'e fouP lPr
Resolved That the secretary of the club be in-
structed TO communicate these resolutions to all
clubs and organizations with which it is af1liated
The long distance touring contest will be held
this year but there will be no hill climbing con-
test until next summer. The race for the Briar-
cliff trophy has already been rum the cup having
been by Louis Strang in an Isotta car. on
April "a. This race will be renewed next year.
The following governors were present at YES
terday's meeting, with E H. Gary, president OF
the club and chairman of the board of -ha
United States Steel Corporation in the chair.
Henry Sanderson, William G. MCAdoo Robert
Lee Morrell, Frederick D. Underwood William,
Pierson Hamilton, George F. Chamberlain Win
throp E. Scarrtt and Colonel John Jacob as+or
The action of the governors of the Automobile
Club of America shows that the resoIutio, of
the American Automobile Association which
provides disqualification for all manufacturers
and drivers taking part in any contest not sane
toned by that association has no terrors for
them. The resolution of the American Auto
mobile Association provided also that the only,
national or international contests to be SAM
toned would be the Vanderbilt Cup race. the
Gdden tour and the race for the jefferson do
Mont Thompson stock trophy
This made impossible. with the sanction of the
national body, renewal of the Briarcliff trophy
race, which was frowned on from its inception
by the associations racing board as il was
held in contravention OF the stand taken by that
board after the Vanderbilt Cup race of 1906, as
we'll the race proposed. since the protest of
the foreign clubs by the Automobile Club of
America.
The governors Of the club took up this chal-
enge boldly yesterday and struck telling blows
by their decision to hold a touring contest in
addition TO the two road races.
Health and Delight IN & the eo0i .6,a deeths Of
iya w