New-York tribune., 1908-07-09
READY FOR THE STAR
LEAVE BUFFALO TO-DN
Ffty-fUe Ghdden Tourists En-.
to Begin Long Jourueu
TBy Telegraph to Ths rr1oua. 7

Buffalo. July s.-F1nsi preparations s,-
for the Gidden and Hover trophies us-. rs
pIetsd this afternoon. when the drivers r. "r
together and received their instruction, a. s
to handle the cars during the run fror, %,
Saratoga
The tour will start officially at 10 ocIoct
row morning II was planned to star ar 80
but because Of the dinner this evening w..
competitors had filed I'D nerrtIy until o. +, =
individually like Old King Loie It wa. -
that late start would be better for ever,
physically and mentally
In the GHdden tour there will be te, +
three cars each. representing various cIuh. :.
ton will have one team OF three Maru1ons =
sentins the Bay State Club F. Ewing o, a..
will drive one OF them Buffalo will hsv. -
teams One will have three Pierce ARROW,
]. ". Mcguire. Of Boston. will drive one a, -
machines. The other team will have two Pr.-s
and one REQ.
The Rochester Club will be represented h. -
Studebaker cars. There will be another strs.
ker car, the army dispatch car that made the :.
ord run between New York and Fort Ieavenvo-.
Kansas last winter. and this will carr -
Tribune man. Three air-coolsd cars viii a. ,
hand TO uphold the honor Of the Syracuse e1,.
There will be a trio OF Peerless cars. maxfu9
the Columbus team The Rochester Club sf -
last minute managed 10 get a second team in IA.
tour consisting OF a Thomas. a Seden ana +,
Gasth Three Garford cars will carry the colo,
Of the Cleveland club and Chicago will have n,
teams one with two Haynes and Oidsuoss.
and the other with two Oaklands and Ratu.-
For the Hover Shield there will be thirteen nm,
bouts in composition
The first stop will o. at Camoridge Sprrr,
Penn, III miles from here This afternoon all as
cars were taken over by the committee and placs
In a lot where no one was allowed TO touch tas-
Each contesting car will carry ar observer, y
that a close record will be kept Of its psrto--.
ance There will be. all told. about hfry-fve can
IN ths tour. and a fair estimate Of their vain
would be $4,000
The Good Roads convention that started yss,-.
dav continued its work to-day. with addresses u
the morning and visit TO the outskirts Of TIA
cfty in the afternoon, where practical demonsrs.
t,ons OF road building were shown Among thos
who addressed the convention this morning veTs
Harold Parker. chairman OF the MassachussrI
highway committee, and Ex-Governor n /
Batchelder Of New Hampshire, master OF the Na'
tfonal Grange; Stephen Ryan. state road director
Of New York; A. r Psrdington. general manager
Of the Long Island Motor Parkway and + n
Godfrey. master of the New York Grange Il,
dinner this evening was we'll attended, and motor
topics were also discussed there
The official list of cars and entrants follows:
For GIdden Trophy-No- /, Charles Cttor
Great Arrow No 2. Charles Chiffon. Great A1oE.
No & J. W. Mcguire. Great Arrow; No. = K Il
OtUen REQ: No. 8. E H Parkhurst. Peerless No
s e H Parkhurst, Peerless: No :. T. ID Psrs-
hurst peerless; No s. R. NJ Owen, Premier; No .
~ n Smith, Premier; No 10. Paul tIasIn, Gaetn.
No. II. Gus G. Buse, Thomas; No: II, II II Frans-
lin Franklin; No. Is, John WiSlnson rrsnslh.
No. IL F. H StiIwell, Franklin; No To- AndeE
CUneo, Rainier; No. is, J. F. Duryea stevens
DIrvea: No. H. I. n. Page, Stevens -Duryea5 Ne
10 Frank H Mutt, Haynes: No. 70. Lorlng Has-
oner HAYNES; No. II, Frank E Wing Marmon'
No 22 w C. Marmon. Marmon; No Zj' w. = Y; 4 1a.'
mon Marrnon; No. "a. z V: Stratton StudeoSS z
No 25 e V. Sratton, Studeba ker No; -. Z '
Stratton Studebaker- No 2S. A x DAYS Id'
ford: No 80, A r. Davis, Garford; No 81. A 4 !
Davis. Garford; No. 32 R. H, Salmons, Seden' No
FOR Hover Trophy-No- 100. R D. Garden Gfssi a.
Arrow: No 101 r. II. Owen, REQ: No 10- w W. = \
Vandsrvoort. Moline; No 10s. Charles ChrSol
c1aat Arrow: No. 1o4, George A. Weidsley, Prs- P
Tnier: No los. John Breyfogle, Gearless No 90 ~
Barton, Franklin; No, 1o1. G. p Moore
stoddard-Dayt No los, z W Shirley ...sr Uss.
Ed. No 109 H c. Tillotsou- Stoddard- DAYTON
Nn 10 J. u WHY'S, Overland. No. III J. y
Willvs Overland; No. 112. r G. Cox, SuoudA'-'
DAYTON: No. 11s. A L Kull, Gyroscope. xo r
Non-contestants-No. IS, Q. H Foster; No O. :,
R NJ owen. REQ. pilot car; No ss Tis+oL r. NJ G+s s1,
Pren1ier pilot car: No 90. Charles C1lttOn: 1.eS
Arrow chairrnan's car; No. So + 80 y: S'6scS. pscs
stndebaker press car: No 81 z R. Estep' FseA
Ard press car: No. So, Packard. Red ross eaI a.
For certifcate-No q; j. =. EGcleS'0n' O''
land: No. Is, E Nj Murphy. Oakland.