New-York tribune., 1908-07-24
TIMELY AUTO TOPICS
WILDWOOD TRACK MEET.
Calcium Solution Tried on Washing
ton Road Instead of OIL.

The Motor Club of Wildwood, N. J., will hold its
second annual midsummer meet on the Central
avenue speedway Saturday. August l. The pro-
granlme is made up of eleven contests, under the
rules and sanction OF the American Automobile
Association. The first race will be started at
D. m. Entries will close with II. L. Hammersly.
racing secretary, at Wildwood. on Wednesday next
The contests as follows:
Contest No. 1. open to gasolene selling under
81 go (stock); contes. No 2 six-cylinder gasolene
cars (fr.e for alb: contest No g. gasolene SELL
ing from 81 Isl to 5000 (stock): contest No l. free
for all: contest No s. open to gasolene cars selling
from s2oo1 5000 (stock); contest No g. open to
easolene cars selling from s3.o01 to $4,000 (stock);
contest No T. open to four-cylnder gasolene cars
selling for over 5000 (stock) contest No. 8, kiio-
metre time trials: open to all makes and horse
power; contest No. 9. open to steam cars tstock)'
contest No 10. time trials: contest NO. IL, STOCK
touring cars. any price. any horsepower All cars
must carry four passengers besides driver, each
Messenger to weigh 80 pounds more; open to
gasolene cars only
On Friday night. July 81, preceding the day OF
the races a meeting will be held on the Ocean Pier
under the auspices of the Motor Club OF Wildwood
10 discuss the constitutionality Of the iegslation
in New Jersey and other states on licenses ana
other questions affecting automobiling and 10 take
action looking to judicial test. The meeting VIII
be open to all those Interested
Contrary to the expectation held in some quar-
,ers that the Maxwell challenge would resolve Itself
into mere advertising stunt. the New fork-san
Francisco run assured C. W. Kelsey VINO
is 10 drive the Maxwell challenger has just re-
turned from Chicago. where he went in making
,,-ersra 1ions for the contest According to MI ke-
sew +he model d 24-horsepower Maxwell will under
take the endurance run even though none of the
Clidden tourists should accept the challenge Tne
route contemplated foI the is as follows: New
York Buffalo. Erie. Cleveland. Toledo. South Bend
Ind: Chicago Cedar Rapids Iowa; Omaha,
C-hevenne Wyo.; Ogden Utah; Elko. New Sacra-
r,ento CAL and San Francisco. The entire distance
Is approximately 400 miles
Presenting another phase Of the automooinsts
campaign against the use of Oil and gasnouse
products for 'ubrcating the bouevards. instead or
sprinkIing them. to- the constant detriment OF the
rubber tires a Chicago motorist presents the claims
Of calcium as q better medium for keeping down
du.t than oil a stretch Of roadway I'm Washington
u,as treated recently with the new calcium COM
mound and under the surveillance Of the Asrtcult-
uraI Department officials, the experiments were
pronounced satisfactory
solution was prepared by mixing 300 pounds or
commercial calcium chloride granular containing
75 per cent calcium chloride and . per cent moist
,,rs with 300 gallons of water in ordinary street
snrinkIer care being taken TO agtate the liquid
thoroughly before applying It, 10 insure a uniform
solution 1t was then applied from one sprinkltng
head the sprinkIer passing slowly back and forth
over the road to facilitate the complete absorption
of the solution. Each application consisted Of SO
gallons over an area of 15S3 square yards, or SO
gaIlon square yard.