The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-06

AUTOISTS WILL ENCIRCLE
GLOBE in GREAT RACE
Route From New York to Paris, via Siberia, Out-
lined for COnteStantS--StartS Next Month.

PAT rs. Jan. 6.-Le Matin, which is ar
rangll g the details of the automobile race
from New York to Paris by way of Alaska
anel siberia, yesterday published many i'm
polta-nt details of the great event. lie
Msgtfn says:
7 he coup de monde is a challenge issued
by lie Matin. This cup must be won by
an automobile. The contest will have for
its, itinerary in 1908: The crossing of the
Ukited States without any auxiliary power
WI atsoever, unless during the passing
TIA rough the Rocky Mountains and the
81 erras. Then from San Francisco or
Seattle along the glacial coast OF British
Columbia as far as the entrance to Alaska
10y way of Valdez. hen by roads or
frozen streams to Norton Sourd. to Nome.
Bering Strait may be G. ossed either on the
ice or by steamer. In Asia the route may
be either by land or by way Of the ice
along the shores of the Arctic Ocean.
through 5000 kilometers in Siberia. follow
ing the Lena River, passing through North
Siberia to Irkutsk; thence to Paris by the
route of the Transsiberian Railway to
Moscow. st. Petersburg, Berlin and Ak
la-Chapelle.
1.-The European contestants are 10 leave
France by way of Paris, embarking from
Havre on February l, 1905. The start for
all the machines is to take place in New
York February 10 or February Is. What
ever may arise the cup will be awarded
in 1903. That automobile which in the
course Of this trial shall reach the point
in the itinerary which is furthest from the
starting point New York; shall be de-
clared the winner. The challenge cup will
be deposited in the country TO which the
manufacturer of the winning ehicle may
belong.
Among the starters. it may be an
nounced, will be a De Dion machine, which
is almost ready. A Motobloc machine is
also entered. The firms of M. Werner and
Gobron are both preparing machines for
the race, as are other concerns, whose
identity will he later announced"
The following information will be of par
tIcular interest to actual contestants, as
well as to others:
"A short chassis is preferable, one Of
30 or 40-horsepower. The air intake of the
carbureter should be supplied with a
warmer. This warmer Will thraw the air
at the moment of starting, and thus save
time. This can be accomplished by affix
ing a tube to the air intake, this tube be-
ing adjusted to q lamp. so That It can be
heated red hot. Thu air intake will thus
be heated by conductability. A special
tap should be arranged so that the tJbe
conducting fuel to the carbureter can be
completely empueu, SO mat the motor can
be heated by means of a little oil ignited
in a metal plate under the motor.
water neutrality-suspicious. made
in Switzerland with the patent liquid OF
NJ. Eugene Bouje, 3 Grande Rue. st. Ger.
Vais. Seine, shows that this liquid Is a
powerful substitute for water. and is prac-
tically enforceable. This product costs If.
4 litre. We have asked the inventor Il
supply the contestants free with 30 Hires.
Body Work-Spare rims and tires should
be placed in the middle of the chassis
above the reservoirs. Golfers for food