The sun., 1908-10-30
AMONG The AUYOMODTLISTS
W., X. VANDERBILT, JR., ASKED
TO REFEREE AT SAVANNAH.

Chairman MOtreii Of Contest Committee
Requests Him TO Oniciato NJ Grand
PPize Race Of AUTOMOBILE Club or
America - Chadwick Car Entered.
Though the Grand Prize Gold Cup race
OF the Automobile Club OF America Is to be
run at Savannah In less than a month the
referee for the contest has not vet been
definitely selected. II was learned yester-
day that Robert Lee Morrsll. chairman OF
the contest commlttee OF the Automobile
Club, had requested w. X. Vanderbilt. Dr..
to act as referee for the international strug-
gle at Savannah on Thanksgiving Day.
Mr.. Vanderbilt informed Chairman Morrell
that he would not be able to act, as he In In
poor health and his physician advised him 10
avoid excitement Us much as possible. Mr.
Morrell has not given up hope OF having
Americas best known amateur motorist
act as referee In the event that his health
makes rapid Improvement In the near
future. .
| The list of entries for the race has been
increased by the nomination OF q six oylin-
der Chadwick by II. B. Larsalere OF Potts
town PA. II Is the same car that led Tor
time during the Vanderbilt cup race last
| Saturday, and Willie Haupt. who drove the
car on, Long Island. will be at the wheel
In the Savannah race The Flat and italia
plies for the two italian teams arrived here
Yesterday on She Koenlgin Lalise OF the
North German Lloyd. Henri Fournfer.
ono OF the Itala drivers. Is expected to
| reach this country on the Kaiser Wilhelm
ne II Tuesday il is reported that well
known automobllist will buy the third
Renault and have Emile stricker drive 1t
| for him at Savannah. ,
| 1t is reported that the entrants OF cars
| in the Briarclff stock car race, which was
| held In Westchester county last spring,
have decided that the maximum bore Of
the competing cars in the 1900 Brlarclih
| trophy contest shall be 81 inches for four
cylinder engines. or the equivalent OF
o5 oss square inches In piston area, and that
a minimum weight of 2.Soo or 1900 pounds
shall be established. While these condi-
| tions provide for larger engines and heavier
chasses than the international racing regu-
lations call for. the entrants are said 70
reason TINT the international bore limit
OF $50 millmeters or a. inches issGs
enough for pure purely d raGinS maehine n sa
pounds, but that IL is to be expected that q
touring car, chassis. designed 70 carry
should have cylinders a tribe larger. II
Is not likely that the circuit will be selected
for some time. but 1t is expected that next
Law win be be- run m either in Wsstchester
part Of the Long island Motor Parkway.
Two former winners Of the trophy have
formally entered the sixth an annual So6,sss
the wsee s 10 tas
over a course about sixty-hve niles In length.
The cup is held by the winner each year
membef mel" who wins the cup three times- win
become permanent owner OF the trophy.
The previous winners were as follows:
cember mi Se s, isos; % second. &. II. Gillette beto-
Der !. ibo,: third. Gustavus b. Fletcher.
October 1895 fourth 11S GeSrseM r,n Moos a No
entered are the following; Ewing l. Ildi1.. Miilsr.
SssaTas sSsara l. fR FietcSs9 Packard gsnsSoul
Penpsylysnis; EdTard c, B. Fletehe5'
Bsiiy, winton: John d. Ayil. Pope Hartford.
and Frank Hardart. Jr.. EImore.
seventh. annual Boston, sutomobi!e show.
to be held In the Mechanics Building MARCH
70 ia: lSSe have jpst been iSsgsd iEoia aIls the
Ing show there win be ayailable 10000
square feet OF space, divided among seven
With nearly sSo sPsfSss snes A
viii take care of the decorations and the
furnishing Of all spaces, the cost OF the
sss these the ss ssns as ase
cluded. and these will be uniform in char
acter. The first allotment OF space VIII
take place the first OF next month.
Following Its annual custom. the American
Motor Car Manufacturers Association WIN
hold a show luncheon at O'Clock Tueeday,
january S, at the Hotel Manhattan. during
the week Of the Grand Central Palace show.
Job Hedges will aEsip act & as toss.mssSfer
| the headquarters OF the A. Nj. G. NJ. A.
during show week
IL was announced last week at Cumber.
land. Nd, that a bill is to be formulated
by the State Commission on Automobiles
to the next Legislature in which II is pro;
posed TO raise $4,000 year ln Marylana
to pay for the roads by imposing TAX on
horse hH Do power. G Two thousand high pow,
cred machines such as as would Won PAY PAS sis would n
sO 900 So'UH9ss %oad Be- Easily raised prsssnt
the tax. on automobiles is only sa and the
]. Charles Iinthicum. chairman; senator
H Rett. Represeniatives G @ Alien c. Gird*ood,
Matthew II. Gill and Charles Jackson, ana
sherlock Swami. Walter b. Brooks and John
Wors wstsrsi 81 bSiSns the e model roads
! for Maryland would begin as soon as spring
weather makes 1t possible.
W. o. Grifflths. cha irman of the routes.
maps and signs committee of the Automo-
| bile Club OF Philadelphia, is now preparing
| a set OF route maps and books for members
| of that organization. The new edition will
| be an improved successor to the route book
| and sectional map NOV used by the mem
bers OF the club. New roads have been
examined and listed. short cuts discovered
| and their condition noted and all the roads
| from baltimore TO the Delaware Water Gap
| and from the New Jersey coast to Lancaster
and Pottsville have been accurately put
down by the clubs representatives,
| The book Is expected TO be ready Tor the
members about the middle OF December.
Local routes win be given. in detail while
book viii be doubly valuable. The feature
| of the new book will be the maps IT, con-
tains. These books. which can be had only
| by club members will give them the best
set OF references ever laid out Tor Phila-
dephia and vicinity.
DR.. D. Braden Kyle, chairman of the
| garage committee OF the Automobile Club
Of Philadelphia reports d that the afnnoanSS I'm
1 garage has resulted In quite a number OF
| embers STATING their willingness TO sub
scribe and patronize the garage II built.
BEAGLES HUNT NEW GAME.
National Trials Called on. They Trail
and Kiii q Gray Fox.
RICHMOND. Va, Oct. ?e.-For the FIRST
time In the history of the sport q pack OF
hounds Of the National Beagles Bench Show
after a hard chase to-day ran down and