The evening world., 1908-03-23
G[|DDEN TOUR
TROPHY WINNER
MAY Be QUEEN
he1lds of Mrs. Cuneo Urging
Her Claims as Ruler of
Auto Carnival
TOURED $4,000 MILES.
New Leader To-Day in the
Race for King-Supporters
of All Candidates Busy.
TOURED $4,000 MILES.


ITALIAN banker, Andrew Cunso, Is driv-
ing her car up the line, overtaksng and
passing other candidates for Queen Of
the First Automobile Carnival ever cell
sorated anywhere on earth. and those
who are Campai gning for her say with
positiveness that sic Will win In the
election now being conducted for the
Carnival Committee by The Evening
World At any rate, Mrs. Guinea is one
OF the most interesting figures In the
automobile world just now
The Cuneo mansion az Richmond
Hill I. I. An Evening World reporter
sought an interview there with Mrs.
Cuneo. He had expected to meet big,
strong woman, almost masculine, an
Amazon at least, and was aston!shed
70 fnd instead small. delfcately
moulded and beautiful wife and moth
Or. gentle OF manner. sveet-yoiced and
alniost shrinking and diffdent. The
most famous automobile woman" in
America weighs about 10 pounds yet
she has driven her own automobile
more than $1,000 miles since she FIRST
oecams a devotee in 1902: has driven in
many races and was an applicant for
entry in the coming BriarcliT races,
but rejected simply because she was
Q woman"
Won Glldden Trophy.
She won the Glidden tour trophy. a
nIe silver and gold loving CUP. last
year driving her Rainier car through
the whole sixteen day trip TO Chicago
and back. the only woman driver In the
party She won several prizes at the
Atlantic City beach races, and Al Point
Breeze as we'll as in shorter races on
the Empire track, and at the Oldsmo
tne reunion in 1906. and exhibited at
the Orangeburg and Pou8hksepsts and
Danbury Fairs.
This refined and cultured woman
takes entire caro- of her oar. doing
everything but cleaning It. And then she
writes. telling all about her tours.
races and other experiences. for the
magazines, her literary work being
much sought. Mrs. Cuneos husband,
Andrew Cuneo. established tho banking
house OF Cuneo. in Mulberry street, in
1850 and Is one OF the best known
bankers in this country. as we'll as IN
his native Italy. He also owns q big
mac8roni factory In Long Island City.
the largest in America. and has an A.
coho disullery At New OrleAns.
Drives for Love Of Sport.
IT am afraid the impression is quite
general that i am a professional auto
driver, but the fact is that l Am in NO
way connected with any automobile
house or enterprise, nor have l any in
tsrest IN any make of car" said Mrs.
Cuneo. II drive because l like It
have nothing to sell, nothing to ad-
vsrtise. l was always fond OF outdoor
sports Yes, ! Will answer the Quss-
ton you want to ask but will not.
was q tornboy l am afraid l was a
good horsewoman as n girl about my
New England home, spent two seasons
On a TAR Western ranch, have driven
thS six-horse team ON the mall and
express out of Los Angeles many trips
sixty nliles into the Wild
Ny father. John c. Newton. OF Holy
oke. Mas. was a capitalist. He bull
little twenty mile RAILROAD from
chs Hoosac tunnel up into Vermont
the Dsrtsld Valley road-ahd often
Sat on the engineers seat and held the
throttle and ran the locomotive engine.
There learned the rudiments of steam
propulsion and steam engines. When
the bicycle was here ! was devotse
Of that exercise. | had my first lesson
lesson was an hour and half long.
and that afternoon | drove my car
through the park with my two babies
for my passengers.
II have driven ever since taking en-
tire care of my Rainier.
Teaches Seif.Reliance.
Driving a car calls for steady nerves
and leaches, self-relianee. auiGkness OF
decision and quickness Of action.
"In the vernAcular, while driver
may have Implicit confidence in her
own ability to handle her car. shs
knows that she must look out for tho
other fel ller.. for she never knows what
"Autom6bilins does not spoil a
woman for her natural duties. l think
woman shines in no other relation Of
two children. Antonio Newton Cuneo.
nine. and Madeline. seven, are my most
ny is not venturesome. but his little
sister loves to drive the car, sitting on
my lap with her little hands on the
wheel. and she is becoming quite ex-
thatt, was AS voted Tor Tor Queen Of the
Carnival. but ! should appreciate the
s2n0F SiI win | t fuRRoSss RR0%sver some 0'"eF "0"a"
THE Queen OF the First Automobile
Carnival will be Mrs John Cuneo,' said
John r. Rainler' VII ositivsne5s ,aro,,dt "Amd
and the host known woman driver IN
America. The carnival Is going to do
wonderfully Tor the auto trAdc, ana Tle
Evening World Is doing wonders In Civ
inr It a publicity which It could have
got in no other way"
New Leader for King.
r. L. Smith, General Manager of the
olds Motor Works, where the Olds-
mobile Is made, at Lansing, Mich. Is
IL town He says news of the coming
Carnival has reached Michigan, aud
that the trade everywhere II wondering
Why 1t did not think ot the carnival
scheme before.
There is new leader in tHe race
for King Of the Carnival to-day. Tho
employees OF the New York Transpor
tatlon Company, green taxicahs, having
sent in n peck Of ballots for their pop
ular superintendent, Leonard Knight
Clark. pushing his vote up to 1860
Supt Joseph = Higgins, OF the rlval
New York ,TnN'sah Company red), who
sent Pres dent Harry " Allen, another
extremely popular boss into the field
to win the crown. is working hard and
MFR. Allen as l.. ~ votes to-day.
Those other rivals, OF Harlem. Com |
nodore Rose the champion OF the Cor
bin car, and Preident +. w, Clinton. |
Of the Danbury Hat Company. Cadiits~