New-York tribune., 1908-02-05
AN AUTO ECONOMY RUN.
Long Island Club VIII Hold q
SeUere Test This Month.

| one-day open nlfdwinter economy test on FEB
ruary 25 from Brooklyn to Montauk Point and
| return a distance of 242 miles The SUM of 5000
will be expended for the first prize, 800 for the
second and $50 for the third Every car must
| carry its full quota of passengers according to
| catalogue specifications the same to include one
| observer nominated by another contestant OBJ
servers will be assigned. far possible, to
| cars of corresponding prices. Sealed cans of
| gasolene and Iubricating oil will be placed in
| charge of observers, who will give the same to
| the respective drivers of the cars to which
| they are assigned, computing the expense at the
| following prices: Gasolene, gallon, 20 cents;
/ lubricatng OIL gallon, 81.
The winner Of the test will be the which
carries its full quota of passengers from Brook
| lyn to Montauk Point and return at the lowest
| cost for each person. fuel and oil only TO be con-
/ sidered A comparison with railroad rates will
! be made There will be penalties for repairs,
| requirements adjustments to or tires, but
| contestants complete the 242 miles within
| a time limit TO be determined by the committee
the night before the test after considering tele-
| graphic reports of the road conditions.
Each dealer IS allowed an entry OF not more
| than three cars of any one make. The fees will
| be- First car. S25; second, S15 third. $40, or
| a total of $50 for the limit of three Regular
| entries will close February 20. Other en-
| p
Monday, February a, the day before the con-
| test at a penalty OF SO for each car. The
! Long Island Automobile Club reserves the right
J to abandon the test If at least twenty-five en-
tries have not been received at the regular clos
| ing time and TO postpone the event until some
| date not conflicting with other race meets al
ready announced if there should be snow enough
| on the roads to make them impossible.
Contestants and officials will meet the night
| before the test at the clubhouse to receive final
/ Instructions Cars may be left in the club
| garage the night before the start, which will
be early in the morning. Entry blanks will be
| issued Immediately.
The Long Island Automobile Club believes
| the 242-rne test will be tough one. The
| memorable New York to Albany race is the only
| one-day affair approaching its length held In
| the metropolitan district. The Chicago Motor
! Club is planning endurance run OF 500 miles
! in one day. The coming event IS recommended
| bv the contest committee of the club as a means
| bv which drivers who have signed for the west
| chester race for the Briarclif Trophy may show
| their worth and incidentally get some valuable
exoerience It is also thought there will be
enough of wintry conditions to suggest the
rigors of an automobile trip from New YORK 10
| Paris via Alaska and Siberia The contest
committee of the Long Island Automobile Club
| consists of Arthur r. Pardington, chairman; C.
| G Arnold and F. D. Bandell. Russell A. Field
acts as secretary.
Tho contest committee OF the stock car race
70 ha held in Westchester County on April "A
has decided to permit further entries at an extra
fee of $50 a week. dating from the closing of
entries last Saturday. Eighteen entries, as
published in The Tribune yesterday. constitute
the official list so far received.
flo sI,,n
Of America is making strenuous efforts TO make
the Ormond- Da ytona (Florida) beach races, 10
he held the first week in March, big success
this year Three of the most active workers are
Pobort Lee Morreu s. NJ Butler and Frank
Wagner the starter Four powerful racing cars
"A Fiat a HAYNES, a Christie and a Renault-
have been nominated up to this time for the
Automobile Club of America Cup.
wrapped in furs until they resembled seekers
for the North Pole. F. J. Clark and George
Schuster who are making midwinter run IN
a 1908 Thomas Flyer. arrived in New Haven last
night Since leaving Buffalo the car has passed
through Albany. climbed over the Berkshires
and visited Sprinsield Mass During all this
time the temperature has been near zero, at
times > degrees below. but the motor has never
failed to respond and the car has never fall
tered. Nfr. Schuster said:
We have had to plough through snowdrift
after snowdrift. and we have suffered some from
the cold but the Peary-that is the name we
have given our car-appears TO like it. Its
motor purrs as If in July weather instead or
February. We will to New York tomorrow
and then to Boston by Friday
During their stay in New York the tourists
will be at the Harry S Houpt Company sales
roorn at 63d street and Broadway.
snow test of one of the new 45-horsepower
AIaia cars was made by E b. Gallaher man
ager of the NIaja Company, Limited, during
recent snowstorm, the car being run from New
York to Poughkeepse and return at the height
of the blizzard. The test made TO how
the springs withstood the hard roads and rough
going and find out how the could be
handled under extremely unsatisfactory road
and weather conditions. Not only it DEM
onstrated that the vanadum springs of the
Maia overcame all road difficulties and made the
car of the easiest riding cars ever pro-
duced but a penitude of power hand
for all emergencies The measuring of the gaso-
lene carried at the start of the and the
return showed that upward of twenty-one miles
had been made per gallon without any trouble
This result was something Of a surprise Mr.
GaIlaher who had made provision for an
economy test. The four persons who made
ne trip said that In spite Of the chilly weather
4 was delightful and comfortable run from
every mint of view.