New-York tribune., 1908-08-19
QUAKER CITY CONTEST
BIG RACE IN Il PARK.
Many Entries Promised for Test To
Be Held an October.

Interest among motorists has been excited by
| the announcement made in Philadelphia that at a
| meeting of the Fairmount Park Commissioners it
vas voted to grant to the Quaker City Motor Club
the use of roads in that portion Of the park lying
west Of the Schuylkn River for a 2Oo-n1ile road
| race to be held October Z. in connection with
| the founders week celebration. The idea was
fathered by Tom Moore John Kane Mills who
have carried several big automobile contests TO
successful conclusion.
They presented the scheme to the Quaker City
Motor Club, which Immediately detailed its coun-
sci. Douglas Bartlett, obtain permission for the
| race from the park commissioners Aided by
President Follwell of the club, Charles J Swain,
Dr. j. r Overpeck and other well known motor
| lists. the support OF Mayor Reyburn was enlisted
This is the first time that a public park lying
IN the heart OF big city has been given over for
| the purposes Of automobile competition. The
route selected covers ten miles of the finest roads
varying from forty TO eighty feet in width If is
planned to cover this course twenty times The
high bluffs the river front make fine natural
| srandstand. while for those who prefer TO watch
| score board a grandstand with a seating ca
pacity OF ten thousand will be provided.
circular letter is being prepared. which will be
sent TO manufacturers agents. asking their ad-
vice regarding rules and conditions This follows
the precedent esta blished at Briarclif which has
resulted in the formation of the Motor Racing AS
soclauon. which is 10 run q two-day speed car
| niva1 and twenty-four- race at Brighton
Beach In September. The Isotta Fiat and Sim
plex owners have already said that they will enter
as soon as the conditions of the have been an
| noUnced.
J H. Tyson, jr. has entered the fsotts car which
won the Brtarclif in the 250-rne road race to
be held at Lowell, Mass, on September I and has
| nominated Louis Strang to drive the car There
have also been paid entry fees for two Knox cars
| by the Knox Automobile Company Of Springfield
| Mass.
IT was announced yesterday that the board Of
governors Of the Automobile Club of America had
elected Harry S. Houpt q member of the con
| test committee and that Mr. Houpt had accepted
the nomination The committee of which Robert
Lee Morreu is chairman, has charge of the Grand
Prize race, and also of the race for cars with a
! maximum of three-and-t d-three-quarter-inc bore OF
four cylinders. to be held in Savannah in Novem-
| Der
Motorists are responding in large numbers TO the
| invitations seEt ont by Harry S. Houpt to an
| Illustrated lecture the New York-to- Paris race
which will be given by Orrel a. Parker chairman
of the entertainment committee at the Automobile
| Club OF America tomorrow night.
Fred J, Wagner. the well known and popular
| starter of the American Automobile Association
who injured in automobile accident two
| weeks ago at his Office yesterday. He went
| under another examination IN The morning and it
was learned that bone in his left foot was
| broken and that II would have to be put in
| plaster cast.
As an indication of its esteem. the Studebaker
| Company is presenting each of the plucky driv-
ers who assisted in taking the army dispatch
from this city to Fort Leavenwortt. Kansas, a
solid gold watch. These watches viii be presented
| next Tuesday at the Studeba6er showroons.
1 Broken records in nearly every contest of the
Algonquin Hill climb, at Algonquin, H.. last Fri
| day bore witness to the marked Improvement in
two contestants were entered in the contest. The
| Chalmers Detroit Forty, and its younger brother.
| the Chalmers-Detroit ''S0'' added honors TO
their brilliant record OF victories, securing
the time four events. The Chalmers-Detroit
go made the best average time the small
class. Its time 81 3-5 seconds The Corbn
took the honors in the class for with piston
area over fifty square inches, climbing Perry Hill
| in 26 Is seconds and Phillips Hill in 50 seconds.
| in the next class with piston between
So 90 square inches, two Chalners-Detroit For
| ties driven by Burns and Lorimer. came in first
and second on both hills. Their best time on Perry
Hill was "a 40 seconds, beating the record made
last year by a 6-cylinder The Chalmers-De-
trot Forty carried off all the honors in the anna
teur Driven by A. ". Greiner, this car
! won both the amateur free for all in p seconds,
beating last years record. and the Western anna
teur handicap in 36 % seconds The best time OF
/ the meet was by Lelands big 6-cylinder
stearns which climbed Perry Hill in rs S5 seconds
! and Phillips Hill in . 20 seconds. averaging q
seconds The Thomas Flyer was second, with
/ q 30 seconds.
Tie Long Island Automobile Club has just
issued year book which contains about every
! thing concerning the club that any one Is likely
/ to need IT is handy little book bound in cloth
and enbeIlished with frontspiece containing the
photographs OF the present officers and of the city
| and country clubhouses-
with 1121 members on its rolls, the New Jersey
Automobile and Motor Club is now the second
! largest club in America. The Automobile Club OF
| America stands first
ATTEMPT TO SWIM CHANNEL FAILS.
London Aug 1s-Of the many attempts 10 swim
the English Channel, none has come nearer In re-
s,lting in success than that made yesterday by T.
! w Burgess blacksmith swimmer. Burgess
| was compelled give up his attempt within
one mile OF Cape GrisneZ, on the coast or France
because of the adverse tide. He remained In the
water for twenty hours and eleven minutes and
as It would have been necessary for him 10 stay
| in the another six or seven hours, awaiting
ida ia in n reg Rh he