New-York tribune., 1908-05-17

ing into the Office of F. J. Wagner. assistant secre
tary of the committee which has in charge the
Jamaica time trials on Hillside avenue June 3.
1t is apparent that the list of entries will exceed
even the large secured for the recent Fort
George hill climb. Mr. Wagner and A r. Parding-
ton. chairman the committee Of the Long
Island Automobile Club. have been studying the
plans for the trials and in consultation with the
police inspector and captain of the district and
Sylvester Mclaughlin. the engineer in charge Of
the course have laid out the general scheme of the
contest
The will proceed along Hillside avenue, and
after completing the trials will return by belt
road TO the starting point The telephone arrange
nents have been completed. and also the plans FOR
roping off the for its entire distance. The
grandstand plans have been placed in the hands of
the carpenters. This structure will three thou
sand and will be three times the size of the last
Vanderbilt Cup stand. Seats upon it will be
placed sale in Manhattan. well at various
places in Brooklyn and other Long Island points
The committee is formulating plans by which
rangen1ents can be made for practice by the con-
testants, but If outsiders attempt to speed their
cars over the course before the day of the trials
they promised summary treatment by special
detail OF police who will be duty.
A most generous offer has been made by the
Jamaica Motor Car Company, of that place, through
John Leonardo, treasurer OF the company. In
letter to John Niederstein. chairman of the auto
mobile race committee, Mr. Leonardo says: 'As
we understand there is some question in New York
the accommodations which will be provided
here for the racing cars, wish to offer the use
of our garage, which is the largest and most
plete of any on the island. for the racers free of
charge. Kindly advise them of the fact build
ing will be ready. The offer has been accepted by
the committee, with thanks.
William B. Hurlburt. manager of the Garford
Motor Car Company, in speaking of the troubles
OF motorists, said yesterday:
Many automobile owners seem to feel satisfied
that it is the ma tura1 thing when their machines
begin fall off in and pay little attention
it unless it falls off rapidly. Loss of power may
be due to improper fabrication, insufficient oil.
poor oil, poor circulation of cooling water over
rich mixture. late spark, running with throttle
wide open for long periods. and forgetfulness on
part of the driver in keeping the oil supply
up and we'll regulated. In any case. the result is
that the cylinder and piston begin to cut. and
though they may smooth again after time
their dismeters changed. and after few such
cases the piston will be too small to At the cylin-
der and leakage is the result
Louis strang who will drive the Thomas car, the
only American entry, in the Grand Prix, will sail
on Thursday of this week with J. b Marquise. his
r1echanican, and H. s. Houpt who will look after
the Thomas camp in France. There are fcrty-six
cars entered In the French automobile Derby. OF
these the Bayard- Clement. Brasier, Lorrane-De
Dietrich Motcbloc, Panhard and Renauit represent
France; the Fiat and ITALIA the italian entries:
the Austin and Weigel are the English entries;
the German, Benz, Mercedes. Opel and Porthos
are the German entries and the Thomas the
American. It will he that the American car
is to compete against fifteen teams Of three cars
each of which six French. two Italian. two
English and five German.
In the many contests that Apperson cars have
been entered in the last three months they have
made a fine showing and left doubt Of their
consistent running. On February u Apperson
broke the road record from Los Angeles
climb held later in California, it broke the old
record by 3S seconds. and at the Savannah road
in March II finished first in one of the big
road contests and second in another. In the Briar
cliff stock car race Apperson finished fourth |
An Apperson machine made perfect score in the |
reliability run of the Norrstown Automobile Club |
and at the Fort George hill climb made the fast
est time for gasolene cars.
A model Mitchell touring car, with its bonnet |
sealed, the only machine its class to finish
the circUtous from Harrisburg to Philadelphia |
with clean score. The was over some
wretched roads.
The Ho-Tan Company is awaiting delivery OF the
first of the Hol-Tan line from the Shaunut
Company, Of Stoneham, Mass.
Stearns will take part in all the chief con-
tests Memorial Day Barney OIdheld will drive
Harlan ". Whippe's Briarclif racer in the 100
mile championship the Readville track, at
Boston, while at the track Baltimore Guy
Vaughan is entered in the 1oo-me championship.
rthur Warren will drive six-cylinder Stearns
at the Sport Hill climb at Bridgeport. while four
Automobiles.