New-York tribune., 1908-04-09
READY FOR HILL CLIMB
ufNY ENTRIES RECEIVED.
Rain Mars Exhibition of Cars on
automobile Roc.

--.,-y-four entries have been received for the
-,or7otile hill climbing contests on the Fort
-.-re incline to-day. These tests will mark the
.bird day OF carnival week. and the outlook is
S-rf for some excellent sport. Unfortunately the
,Iook for clear weather was not so favorable
-, night and a postponement may be necessary
1I-i,b two or three exceptions the eleven events
have filed well
The Fort George hill may be reached by sub
-, express 10 Dycknan street The contests will
hee4n al o'clock Colonel X. c. Pardee, chairman
- ,he hill climbing committee. said yesterday that
,ts number Of entries surpassed expectations and
thst The contest would be one OF the best and
biggest ever held IN this country.
The decorations along Automobile Row" looked
sadly bedraggled yesterday. The various agents
ksnt open house and the new models were exhi-
hilton but the rain interfered with the days pro-
erarne and kept many prospective buyers at
home. There lack OF activity, however, and
many persons visited the various salesrooms TO
look over the cars. Some sales were reported too,
and the opinion general that the spring season
had opened with a rush.
Inside many Of the stores the decorations were
more elaborate than the outside, while the
cars looked spick and span and tempting.
The success of the carnival parade Tuesday
night the chief subject of conversation be-
tween enlaTgtng the advantages of this or
that Tire. The opinion vas general that General
John T. Cutting and his associates the carnival
committee had more than fulfilled all promises. and
that carnival week should become fixture. No
exhibition or show ever held did more. it said
- preach the gospel Of the automobile.
General Cutting was busy all day receiving con-
erarulations. He delighted that his Oldsnobile
had first prize for being the best decorated
machine. he had had the white panpas grass
shipped from California. When asked his opinion
about the parade and the prospects of others. he
said:
TT vas most successful IN every way Not any
G those who promised TO enter went hack on their
word once the parade under way there was
70 delay speak OF. except on some OF the cross
streets where car lines through, and this
Tot enough spoil the line in any way. The police
ID their part well and kept 4 clear route along the
line OF march Considering that there were so
many cars out. il is gratifying think that the
affair PASSED of without single accident AS TO
ny opinion OF future carnival parades. the great
success Of last nights pageant will undoubtedly
make i Al annual occurrence
Tie hill climbing entries follow:
Event ! ooPsn to gasolene cars selling for $3.50
O. -ess,-ITo Maxwells.
$50 . and including $l.350)-one Mitchell, Jack
EVENT . open 70 gasolene cars selling from
sl251 - and Including S20o0l-One Mitchell
son ana / Oldsmobe
Event 7. !oIen. 10 gasolene cars selling from
slodda-d Daytons, . Corbins. Pope Hartfords
roa.es Crawford. > Knoxes and / Frayer-MiiIer
s- 1a- sRT seRen 70 @ eths5 g oS steam g9s@ens or
CorbEs ] White. Pullman and Knoxes
.a1 10 and iacadiag Peansgvania PeSa aFIsa
4, NE Allen Kingston. l Cleveland. ! Stevens
DurZea- Mora and Stoddard- Dayton.
EVENT q topen 10 four-CYlnder gasoeue
selling for more than S4,00oD-One RenauIt, l Ap-
person : simPlexes and steanses.
EVENT H topen six cylinder gasolere
sailing for more than S4000)-One Acme, Hotch-
kisses. SteaLns and l Stevens -Duryea.
EVENT tfTee-f0r-all open TO cars OF all types
End motor CarsD-One Pennsylvania. RenauIt. !
Arperson. Whites. Matheson. I Pope Hartford
Srevens-DUryea, Fiat hnoXes and 1 Stoddard-
Isv-o1.
ETENT J CoDen to steam cars ony)-Three
Whites.
EVENT X Jopen to electr1os of all types)-Two
SsoCoCEs-