New-York tribune., 1908-04-22
TROUBLE OVER BOND
.SKENE SPLITS HAIRS
Sartori to DriUe Bianchi Car IN
BriUchf Race.

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| ed by Frederick Skens. State Engineer had -.
| into conflict last night with the committee :
| charge Of the BriarcIiT trophy race sr~-.r
after midnight. following a long conference !,
appeared that the question was whether the e.
roads when the is run next FRIDAY win -
as well insured against damage By 4 $50.
company's bond as they would be By a car.ts..
check or by cold hard cash This important -
entirely technically question has been pur 90
until to-day. when il will be decided and fbA -
mands Of legality fulfilled one way or another =.
the automobile manufacturers committee
Everything has been going forward % u-o,..
for the big road race. the first of ITS kind p, =
held in the southern section OF WaStc5ss-.-
County. over probably the roughest most Aaza-.
Gus course ever selected for such a duel - -.
buretors and nerve Indeed. the committee -
night gave a dinner for the officers OF ire =
tionaI guard regiments whose members. az .-s
viduals and not as an organization viU b.s,
police the course. with the assistance Of 80.
hundred special deputy sheriTs and asg-a-
There will be thousand OF these ~sz-o@r,,,.
miIitiamen the JOB
Long before this dinner vas held rhs-a -a-oa A.,
patches from Albany that quoted state E7gs-so-
skene saying that unless S4.500 was a.ed vt-.
him at his office before O'Clock II -1a zfre--oo.
he would order the Sheriff Of Wesrche1a- Cou7-v
10 stop the race. There had been some --i-r74s--
standing. but 4nally Mr. Skene was reached -
wire and agreed 10 come 20 New York Iast utza-
and meet Robert Lee MorreIL chairman % n.
committee. and T. F. Moore the secreta-v In n,
Hotel Breslin at 1870 O'Clock
Meanwhile Mr.. Morreu and his fellow corr,i--.A.
men had obtained bond from the National sursrv
Company The legal demand OF the STATE E-gt
a forfeit purse Of 81" for =-s-v nile -
state road over which the course Is laid. A-aoasb
the course is thirty miles tho state C0-Cefr flra
amounts n only s4.505 since only twenty-five ana
one-haf miles a-e OF state EighWays From ta5s
amount is 70 be taken the sun needed so- repairs
following the wear and tear O -1e -ac1z The
bond was for this amount. with q zuz-z1tse taa-
whatever portion vas required would be paid 5y
the surety company within a week after demand
MI skene Mr.. Mcrreu NJ Moore and their
counsel were cIoseted IN rle B-es--1 c1r alr0s,
two hours. and il was Wi after midnight ms
morning that Mr.. SEeae himself explained ne
trouble.
y am not opposed 10 auron0oIe racing 1s said
but Deputy Attorney General Densen has tod
ne that in mis- opinion the lu-a-p-stacon o. -as
law is that 7 should Be given q certified check -
cash for this guarantee and that bond IS
within the strict meaning q the ar-. II. Denssn
viii come from Albany and join Is al about %
o'clock tomorrow and We vii 60 over rh4 matter.
Meanwhile, I have communicated with Sheriff
Lane Of Westchester County and tod him net
10 stop the racing practice that IS allowed between
> and O'Clock II the morning. bu- % send OIL
men and keep a record OF the cars on the course.
Then II anything falls through the state vii have
evidence TO aid IN securing restitution o., damages
Mr. Morreu and 1Ir- Moore sad in uncertain
terms that II II appeared that a bond vas H0t
ceptabIe they would see that c1eck 0r cash
would be forthcoming So this means The -aos
will come Off as sCeduIed-
At the dinner = Martins. Whereby he officers
OF the regiments initiated i1to the secret of
keeping persons from irnpai-t1g -1a -a-aauaticaI
averages Of the "t0ntne-' and other Gts Insurance
mysteries. there were forty-fve officers from The
18Th Z2d and srh regiments y E. \. T. and the
toastmaster was Robert Lee Morr-l- chairman o..
the committee. Of course Tom Moore was taare.
and the affair was carried through as Il should oe.
Incidentally, perhaps. principally. TIE talking
afteTward was made Up or a ur--- 1ls---ssliAe
speech bv Mr. MOrreu In which l- outlined f1Sr
what was expected of The officers and men who are
TO guard the course
At Mount Kisco. the largest -0w1 through TElcr
the course passes there viii be z5+ under sew
eraI officers Following & The Ls- -c ne o--7-
places with the officers and the number q Ee1
stationed on that section Hawthorne, -4-uIenal-
Grief. :. men. VaIhalla Major Dixon Il. men
EaStview. Captain MactTratL. --s men, Ai-lWool
Captain Levien. 20 men hltcaava1- Captain u
derdOnk- GS men, and Arrlo-h- where ----e ar W.
stations under the command u Captain 9. 2
Tighe who viii have a men
Twenty OF the drivers who VIII pilot cars II ne
Briarcli1 trophy race Friday were OF me c9lrs@
in practice YESTERDAY morning The accident %
James 3. Ryau and three Others -r Aa'A-s'1
car. as told elsewhere caused a large crowd 70
gather. and this tn-erferet wiki che work he
course was still muddy IN places. which MADE ~
drivers more than usually careful 1-c OF rs
straight, hard stretches some fast rl--7 was nal
Percy Owens. who has entered a B.acc-i cal'
was forced 10 engage a new driver yesterday a
Felix Prosseu who had been tuning tie car - ID
practice for the last three weeks. was rorcec -
resign on account OF family objections w pN7-s
was lucky enough to get Paul Sa-r1~- VINO HAs -a-
plenty Of experience in handling racing cars. oo-l
in this country and abroad Sar-7-i had r1arse p
Alfred q. VanderbiIt's car IN the --s- Na1aeT'--
cup race but was late IN coming % the l7e. anu
was forced 20 withdraw after comp e-iuS one az
Sartori had the Bianchi or -h7 course YES
day and viii make a many circuits as Po7S----
between now and the race. n order 20 -7all &
roads thoroughly
Berrin ditChed the FeuaUlt car n -ouil-'-
turn az Buckout Corners but managed 20 l'V7
from the mud and continued around me cHr-.-
Milford in the Lsozisr machine was one o ~
first on the course. and made Two iaps-
Vaughan. Barney OIdheId and Frank Lssnd- 'l7
stearns trio took advantage of the time a--'
for practice and made a few LAPS over n 49,
The drivers Of the three Isotta machines. S'-a-
Harding and Poole let out their cars ~ -~1 So
the good stretches
Other drivers out were Harry Ni1hsnsr "
Lozisr. Parker and Ced-ino. IN Flats watson =.
Seymour. in TWO Simplex cars. Bloc. N q 71"1-
Roberts. in Thomas; Murphy. IN Nala' 49, 49,
son. in Panhard. Campbell n an Allsn-H-ass
ton and BerEdou in a SEM