The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-07-19
AMONG THE AUTOMOBILISTS
QUAKER CITY CLUB THREATENS
TO LEAVE A. A. A.
Governors OF Philadelphia Organization
Exercised Over Point Breeze Race
Meet-Norristown Officials Say They
Did Not Ask for Simultaneously.

Did Not Ask for simultaneously.
Further complications developed yesterday
in the matter Of the race meet scheduled for
next Saturday at the Point Breeze track at
Philadelphia. The board Of governors Of
the Quaker City Motor Club resented the
granting Of q sanction for the race meet by
the racing board Of the American Automo-
bile Association and wired the A. A. A. office
In this city that the club would withdraw
from the A. A A. unless the sanction was
rescinded. When the Quaker City officers
heard the race meet had been sanctioned
without their knowledge or consent they
were very indignant over the invasion Of their
territory, and their wrath was not lessened
when they learned the sanction had been
granted to the Norristown Automobile Club.
While they were waiting for a reply from
the American Automobile Association to their
request that the Point Breeze sanction be re-
o%ficlals Of the Norristown Autompbils Club
s se%n ie Cub had dF1 not a! asee sa' fer q ah lsan eas S al Ill.
can Automobile Association was received by
rhs e the dua ky S ciiSeRMS Motor as elnS p Ss Mnsi
f IL SiSnt tHat r tSs sb II dthiilSSd1,eP promot IL Is w mot
secured the sanction viii give L up Without a
struggle. but the only thing the Quaker City
men can do is to wait until tomorrow and
s SSen wh Il Is t info a d that ia r the So e1atS wv cla aS
did not ask for the sanction.
Announcement. was made yesterday that
Carl II. Page. a life member OF the Automobile
Club OF America. and one Of the clubs bureau
member Of the colony Of dealers along New
norks rs nc, row; Since reslEnIng as
manaf EsP or ah he i0f has 0 beee New e = ysrse sn 'sna
Connecticut distributor for the, Peerless,
With branches in Newark, and Bridgeport.
METROPOLITAN agent for the Chalmers-Detroit
eeS concern formerly Mmser the =; r; Th1mas,Detrois
bis iocatlioan Within mae 4 few ways Days. 70 announce
Many automobiles. Of Long Branch arc
followed by a prominent motorist of that
CITY to secure the good graces Of the local
PoiiSe for force ewn The stOTE goes q that the 9 yoans
fond Of travelling at the maximum limit al.
lowed by law. presented a motorcycle to one
mobillIsts declare that While this viii un-
ofG9 tRe msto %9rx out It very is ye well fsT The 70 d dssSiF
away.
The outbreak Of specially conducted big
mileage runs by electric vehicles recently
o aas The ars ss1as a. t inaSai airy from as p H Hay ,S.. sa 1nes
are being made. He says that an electric
automobile won a road race OF 1855 miles in
competitors with ali Kinds Of power. but that
the car was unfit for general use. He says
the first road vehicle to travel at a mile, a
but, adds that an electric is not supposed
TO 90 touring car or raoetrsck service; Any
with a ~gasolene touring car must be uniformed
or at least fails to understand their respective
application The sole ordinary application
e f9f ti legs. Il R'f i ssr|ct Hsn a eon a. sa seD and
should be designed with that end in view. In
il The ,I design 1ne Of an %e fsaaR%s sehici e p RlU snSsss
Of Oft that ! Required for is proper use is wasted
and mileage there must be enough, but the
popular conception that these have no de-
design an electric which best serves as q
for the legs Of a user.
There are to be two automobile salons
IN Paris next winter. and the committee. In
charge Of the shows has decided to abandon
: he q Espi "a ada 's des f f1%RHfssy f sotS sho% Ss
.re to be held in the Grand hlals on the
champs E!ysees. TheN first exhibition viii ,
accessories, bicycles and motor cycles. It
v n, be opened on Saturday. November e.
second show. in which business wagons and
vehicles. m ehine tolls and tires
,ed o accessories RE T for utility ag,Gmobil .s will, vii
will close on Tuesday. December 20.
J. b. R. Smith. State Motor Vehicle Com
missioner Of New Jersey, has informed the
Mercer county board Of freeholders that his
,eEiee dst1 s sn5n S5eS dstaii ant m 1Smo t9 perform sri {
he request Of Tho, ireehSiders that he take
ONE steps to stop fast driving Commissioner
Il beg to assure ,yon that the department
en- sdp It's e a6ility ann n wi WitS SHnt the scope % se Of e The
powers vested In It by law to suppress the
buses attending the use OF motor vehicles.
overlooked the fact that the law places the
'urden OF policing the roads upon the munich
' at ahS SqaReS to au pneserxs the our pes state Of d fSs
Inherent localities except. Of course. In those
peoisi cases where the aid Of the ,militia
lumber OF inspectors--there being only ten
inspectors for the whole state-ap-
under the motor vehicle law are
.ehiSie Violation. their duties prlmarii tyV are
advise and cooperate with the Local police
Of securing uniformity of action,
investigate Complaints Of violation OF
be la and Hade f to &c he dspn9sn ep and report
Thether licenses should Be revoked and to
2 with reference to the compliance
-of course, It would be absurd to assume
statute thn r Shioh grPSides for only ter persons
( arrest should direct that they should be
harsed with the entire duty OF enforcing
ehicles. We are without power, however.
ven II we desired to do 30, to usurp the
.inctions OF the county and municipal authori-
es."
That, old time. philosopher who urged
st to discard the old. . remarked a veteran
wner. uttered a caution that automobile
uyers ought to heed. The man who buys
new model, a car fresh from the designer.
lys an experiment. and the man who sticks .
% long to an old car misses the finer service
better in It's second year than In ia first
designers beautiful theories are then
Iodified by. a years service on the road. .
lder widely varying conditions, In the
inds Of all sorts Of users. and the improved
odel reaches a real excellence that was
before 1t had thus. been put to
Is year not to be carried away by offers