The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-27
AMONG TIE AUTOMOULSTS
HEARTY PRAISE FOR AUTOMO-
BILE CLUB or AMERICA TICKET.
Nominations for Omoen of Pioneer Motor.
ing Organization OF This Country Meet
Unanimous ApprOval-A. N. Q. NJ. 4.
Committee Meets Here on Monday.

Ing OrganiLAuOn OF THIS Country Mool
Unanimous ApprOval-A. NJ. Q, NJ. A
Committee Meets Here on Monday
Unanimous appro of the candidates NOM
mated was expressed yesterday by Local
nutomobllists who had heard Of the makeup
Of the regular ticket 10 be voted upon by the
members Of the Automobile Club Of America
at the annual meeting on April II. Ex-
pressions Of oommendatlon were heard on
every side, and members Of the trade We'd
with the owners and users OF cars In the pre-
diction that Americas greatest automobile
club was about TO enter upon a career OF
greater and more extended usefulness than
ever before. II was declared that the men
named constituted the greatest assemblage
Of prominent and influential men ever named
for office In any club OF this country.
Well informed observers remarked yester-
day that the revelation Of the names Of the
candidates would unquestionably prove more
than sufficient TO dissipate entirely the oppo-
sition which had been predicted would be
forthcoming at the annual election, II ap-
peared to be the impression that some Of the
moving spirits In the possible revolt had
thought that another set Of men would be
named by the nominating committee for the
Offices that are to be filled next month and
they had figured on naming an independent
ticket made up Of a more progressive lot OF
men, who might be expected TO win out in a
hard fought election. This plan, however,
Is almost certain TO be abandoned under eX.
listing circumstances, and all factions will I'M
! doubleday turn In TO make the pioneer auto
mobile organization Of this country the great
help to the cause Of motoring that II can
easily be.
Some Of the pessimistic members, who have
been disposed TO view the future with alarm
, because the A. G. A. has a bonded Indebted
ness Of $50. 900 and President Colgate Hoyt
declined a denomination, have proiessed to be
worried over the to be named candidate for
president as they declared he must be a mar
who would not be bothered by the prospect
OF meeting the necessarily large interest
charges during hs administration. A num-
Der Of those who had previously voiced doubts
on the subject declared yesterday they were
quite satisfied that q man who has had the
experience with finance that Judge L. H..
Gary has had as chairman OF the United
States Steel board Of directors would not lose
any sleep over the financial condition OF the
club. Henry Sanderson, the candidate for
first vice-president. has had charge Of the
clubs garage and will continue TO run II as
chairman OF ln6 tAbCullNt tOulllllNNNt' ~
will succeed DR.. Schuyler Skaats Wheeler.
William @. McAdoo. head Of the Hudson
tunnels project, has been named TO succeed
John +. Borne as second vice-president.
Robert Lee Morrell has been named to sue
coed Gen. George Moore Smith as third vice.
president. Mr.. Morrell was chairman Of the
Vanderbilt cup commission in 1905. and as
chairman Of the 4. {. A., contest committee
recently conducted the Ormond Beach race
meet In Florida with great success against
great odds, being aided materially In the latter
project by S. NJ. Butler. secretary Of the club.
The candidates named for the board Of
governors are an unusually notable lot Of
men. Gen. Horace Porter Ia named SO one
Of the class 10 hold ONCE until 1909 TO MI
out part Of the term OF MIR. Sanderson. who
resigns to become a candidate Tor the first
vice. presidency. Col. John Jacob Astor and
George +. ChRmberlin are the other governors
whose terms expire In 1909. The 1910 class
includes Dave Hennen Morris. Winthrop
+. Scarritt and Albert z. shattuck. The
candidates selected for the class Of 1911 are
William Pierson Hamilton. whose term PIX
pires this year: WaldTon Williams, chairman
Of the clubs bureau OF tours, Snd 7. D., Under
wood, president OF the Erie Railroad The
candidates named for the clsss Of 1912 include
Colgate Hoyt and DR., Wheeler, the retiring
president and first vice.president. and Com
modore Cornelius Vanderbilt OF the New
York Yacht Club, a member q the great
Vanderbilt family whose interest In auto
mobiling appears to have partly weaned
him from his love Of the sea,
At the annual election this time next year
there will be three governors elected for
four year terms. unless there arc sons vacan-
cies to be filed at that time.
4 meeting of the committee Of mana ge-
ment Of the American Motor Car Manulac-
turers Association will be held In the asso-
cations Offices in this city 0eXt Monday.
The members OF the committee are BENJAMIN
Briscoe. Maxwell Briscoe Motor Company;
K. /. Olds. Reo Motor Car Company; X. o.,
Smith. Premier Motor Manufacturing Com
pany. q. Vernon Rogers, Mitchell Motor Car
COMPANY: W. II. Van Dervoort, Moline Auto
mobile Company: s. n. Mora. Mora Motor
Car Company; r. NJ, owen. REQ Motor Car
Company: Charles T.. Lewis. Jackson Auto
mobile Cc~:.n": ". G, Ma.Eoa, H575yEc
a Marmon Company; Charles G.. %Stoddard, |
DAYTON Motor Car Company, and Alfred
Reeves, general mana ger OF the association.
Some question has been raised regarding
me Tlk0I OF lHt lrNNNN~I Nil hhh 4 ~ !
entries in the BriarcliA trophy contest to
he Classed IA stock cars, and the technical
hoard Of the Automobile Manufacturers
committee, which II TO run the race. mas been
making an Investigation. concerning which
the following announcement was made
The question as to the eligibility of the
Fiat and Isotta- Fraschini entries In the
BTisrcliif contest ha wing been referred 10
the technical board on the ground that as
they had been catered in the Kaiser cup
race Of 1907 they were racing cars, the, tech
meal board after investigating have decided
that AZ the Kaiser cup race was for touring
cars and not for racing cars, u the cars
in question comply with rules Nv. and
OF The B~rArclif contest they are eligible
for the
THE announcement 10 signed BY A. l.. .Riker
and Alden l.. McMurtry OF the technical
board and Robert Lee Morrell, eX Of1cio.
hoard and rules committee OF the Automobile
Manufacturers committee. Rule Nv. re-
ferred 10 provides that the total piston area
Of engines must not exceed lSSs7 square
ten similar cars must have been made on
or before March 81, 1907.
The Albany Automobile Club stouTiug CONF
has announced the route for the an
RIM will start from Albany on Saturday.
20, and will continue for FIVE days. The
first days journey will be TO Greenfield.
Mass tie obIective point ON I1 NDs seGo1 Eo6 DAY
been selected ne the goal for the third
day s trip, on the fourth day New York city
viii be visited and on the nth day the tour
ists will travel home from New York TO Al
hany by way Of Waterbury, Conn.
That enterprising automobile organization
Of Philadelphia, the Quaker City Motor Club.
has hopes of making its annual BANQUET
unusually notable through the presence OF
president Roosevelt. A formal invitation IL
10 he extended 10 the President through
j, Hampton Moore, and the