New-York tribune., 1908-03-26
TIMELY AUTO TOPICS.
GLIDDEN TOUR CHANGES.
Many Clubs Being Organized
More Plans for CarniUdt.

The new rules for the 1905 annual tour OF the
American Automobile Association and contest ior OF
the Gldden trophy about competed anu "
be issued early next month Many hi'eies'ie
changes have been made which may inspire an
unprecedented interest in this years event. III Tue
first place the effort to stradile between pleasure
and competition has been abandoned. anu
the affair is being dealt with as a reiaoii's
touring contest. pure and simple. Th,s removes
the primary criticism and the cry that mas peen
raised every wear concerning the impossibility OF
making q two weeks tour leisurely enough ioi
pleasure and at the same time strenuous enough
for test.
Following the same policy the touring board Of
the American Automobile Association mas intro
duced amendments and rules to cover every
criticism raised. with the aim OF making the l'Vo
event the greatest touring test ever DEVISED anu
one to which both manufacturers and users can
look for honest and reasonable yet thorough
test of the road qualities Of cars. The trade will
get frank recognition than ever without
interfering with the prerogatives Of amateur own
ers who may desire compete for the sake OF
sport. When desired the entrant may carry the
name Of his the radiator, which has not
been allowed before
The rule regarding allowing contestants the uiie
consumed in the repair of tires will 60 through
but the engine must be kept running during such
delay, and other work done except on tires else
time lost will have made up. The intro
duction of observers on the cars permits of num-
Der of rules to the faults discovered IN
former years. The provisions for the award or the
trophy of the fairest sort, with no chance Tor
a dssatsfying tie at the finish Any tie will have
to be off, but 1t will be settled by quick ac-
ton. of any predetermined distance, but
test in which the first evidence of superiority In
a days settles the question
Entries can be made at any time, with only the
name Of the and entrant given, as the driver
and observer do not have to be nominated until
July g. Dai Lewis will chart the route again this
year. and the checking will be in charge Of f. L.
Ferguson and Mortimer Reeves.
As an indication of the general belief in dement's
to be derived from organization by automobilsts IN
every locality where automobng is general. the
following list of clubs. organized recently under
formation, to become members of their respective
state associations affiliated with the American Au-
tomobile Association is interesting:
New York leads with the number OF automobile
clubs. and during the week the Peekskill Auto
mobile Club and the Automobile Club of Ulster
County, Kingston, were elected 10 membership IN
the New York State Automobile Association, Civ
ing that organization numerical strength of forty
three automobile clubs. The Automobile Club of
Mount Vernon formally organized Thursday
last and elacted William Adams as president and
F. a. Kately secretary. The automobilists of
Yonkers will form club in the near future, and
motorists of many other cities of New York State
have similar plans in view.
New clubs also being organized in Kentucky
Michigan. Arkansas. Pennsylvania. Nebraska, Ohio
and Maine 1t is thought that before the touring
opens there will be thirty associations
comprising two hundred clubs. affiliated with the
American Automobile Association.
At meeting of the executive and finance COM
mittees of the automobile carnival to be held dur
ing the week beginning April s, a resolution
adopted which will allow cars TO enter in the hill
climb which not represented the subscrip
ton lists which have been made up to defray the
carnival expenses.
The entrance fee for the hill climb for cars which
not subscribers will be s1lo for the first entry
and SO for each additional entry. The committee
felt that this the fairest plan to adopt in view
of the fact that those who have subscribed the
carnival fund have made it possible for the hill
climb be held.
From present indications this will the largest
hill climbing contest held in this country both
from the standpoint of number OF entries and the
diversity of power OF the themselves
The committee OF judges for the decorated di-
vision of the carnival parade has teen filled by the
addition to It's number of DR.. S. S. Wheeler, first
president of the Automobile Club of America
whose acceptance has just been received The
committee wants to impress it those who intend
TO enter the decorated section of the evening pa
rade. 10 be held Tuesday, April 4, that print
ing advertising devices of any kind will be al
lowed on the cars entering this section. The only
identification VIII be in the way Of numbers placed
the cars for the information the judges Keen
tesquely decorated car in the decorated division
trophy will be awarded TO that automobile which in
the opinion of the committee is the most srotesule
The Automobile Club of America announced YES
terday that the detailed maps of New Hampshire
and Vermont which have been in course of prep
aration for some time, ready for distribu-
ton to members. without charge, from the bureau
of tours, upon application. When maps are re-
quested TO be sent by mail, express or MESSENGER
the charges to be paid by the member The
four maps cover the central and southern portions
of Vermont and New Hampshire.
Hugo g. Gibson, member of the club has do
mated TO the machine shop hosptaier carpenter
manographe, TO be used for indicating the power
developed in the cylinders of In connection
with tests of cars the dynamometer The nano-
graphe is q comparatively device and bv it's
use accurate and Interesting results have been oh
taned in testing internal combustion engines as
10 pressure, rate of expansion, points of ienition
ETC. of the gases within the cylinder Manopranba
records. therefore. taken in connection with dvna
mometer readings. will give the complete record Of
the power of any automobile both internal and OK.
ternal.
The next fortnghtIy entertainment of the cIuh
will be held on Tuesday evening Cortland Field
Bishop Will deliver an illustrated lecture on Some
european highways seen by an automobiles
with special reference to strategic mountain roads
on the French-Italian frontier.
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