New-York tribune., 1908-11-08
CUP DRIVERS WAITING
NEARLY ALL HERE NOW.
Drastic Action Against AUTO Speed
ers Planned an Ne1c England.

OF the fourteen foreign drivers who Will pilot
cars in the Grand Prize race at Savannah on NO
vember IS all have arrived with the exception OF
four The absentees are Henri FOurner, who Will
drive Itala car; Poegge and salzer, OF the Mer-
cedes team, and Szsz. who viii be at the wheei Oh
a Renaut The last named is expected on La Lor-
raine to-day.
There is still considerable doubt about Fournier
coming here owing to a pressure of business at
home Many OF the drivers of the racing cars nave
already gone Savannah to begin practice for the
contest, besides number of members OF the Auio-
mobile Club of America, under the auspices OF
which the will be held
1t Is estimated that $4,000 in plate and cash VIII
be offered as prizes The expenses of the race
have been on the scale as the prize AWARDS
1t is said that the Savannah club has spent already
close to s5oOOO including road building and course
preparation, and that the expenses of the Automo-
bile Club of America will reach $4,000 FOR us CON
fest committee in addition to $4,000 for the gold
cup and cash prizes The New York club VIII not
get penny of the receipts even the entry Iees
going to the Savannah club
A central section is being prepared on the grand
stand for the use of New Workers. The sale or
these seats will close at the Automobile CiuD Oh
America on November T. After that all unsoo
seats and boxes must be returned to ina oaN@hnN"
club, and late comers will take their chances
At the Automobile Club of America on THURSDAY
night the Vanderbilt Cup will be presented 10
George Robertson who the recent race Tor the
trophy. An appropriate entertainment mas Deeh
arranged in honor of the occasion
Reports received at the headquarters OF the
American Automobile Association indicate that the
officers of many OF the local automobile cIuns
which have placed their organizations on recoro
as strongly opposed TO speeding and reckless orI'
ing are not content with this action alone out IN
tend to place the responsibility where II rlshl-
fully belongs, upon the motorists OF other sta'eS
who In many cases do not evidence any desire OF
inclination to observe the local speed laws. Many
of the automobile clubs affiliated with the Amerl-
| can Automobile Association have during the IdS1
few months endeavored to break up the reckless
! driving and speeding through the principal thor
oughfares and the Automobile Club of Springfield
Mass has taken drastic action, which WILL Will
out doubt. have far reaching effect
At a recent meeting Of the board OF directors Oh
/ that club 1t was decided to have suitable cards
printed which will be displayed in all or the hotelS
and garages in Springfield and its vicinity ana leao-
| ing through the popular routes into the adjoining
states These cards will call upon the automoDllsts
| to use the roads in safe and sane manner anu
| If they fail to comply with the clubs request Ine
directors have decided that there is only one aer
native and that the establishment OF official cluo
| sDead trans The Springfield club is determined
that the speed laws IN the vicinity shall be prop
erly observed. the local motorists feeling moraHy
responsible the acts of the motorists from otner
states, and they will not hesitate 10 estaohsh traps
| II it is deemed necessary.
The directors of the Automobile Club of Spring
field have this step upon their own initiative
without waiting for specific complaints to be made.
and in this connection have taken more radical
action than the other clubs in New England which
| have been considering the best means OF discour-
| aging the continuous speeding over the splendid
| highways of that section.
It is only few weeks ago since the secretary OF
| the American Automobile Association sent warn
ing against reckless driving to the officers of the
two hundred automobile clubs scattered throughout
the United States the effect that drastic anti
automobile legislation would surely be enacted in
many of he Eastern states, particularly Connect-
cut if a stop was not put to the reckless driving
over the roads of New England. There has already
been agitation regarding the Connectlcut auto
! mobile statute, regarded Of the most mod
crate motor vehicle laws in the country and unless
the automobists travelling through the state cease
| speeding and thereby tend to diminish the NUMBER
of accidents which have frequently occurred TO the
| other users of the highways, it may be repealed
| For the ninth national automobile show IN Madl-
son SQUARE Garden next January. at which the hlsn
grade cars of various prices of the licensed makers
| are shown every effort is to be made to have the
decorations chaste and tasteful rather than ornate
| and caudv There will be richness and elegance
| throughout the big garden but there VIII De no
cheap aJlurements to catch the rabble- There VIII
he solidness to the fittings and genuineness IN the
| "a nestries but there will be no singing birds or
| moving picture exhibits mechanical organs OF
other vaudeville feature. The new models of the
standard high grade cars will be the attraction re-
| lied upon.
TTvpTv HOCKEY SEASON EXPECTED