New-York tribune., 1908-03-22
DETAILS OF BIG PARADE
GREAT DISPLAY OF CARS.
Entries for Hill Climb On 4 4pril 9
Ilready Coming In.

when the horns begin to toot and the wheels to
revclve for the biS parade April :. New York
Is going the finest display Of automobiles
gathered together for any single occasion. The vaTi
Gus committees an charge OF the parade know al
ready that they gong 10 have thousand cars
IL line in tie fourth division. but they know. too.
-hat TIRE entries have little more than begun to
come and that practically every IN the city
ihat has car and enjoys good time Will want
Il make some of a try for the prizes that
private ozaers can win in The decorated section.
Thsr means that there xiii probably he a good
MANY more than thousand handsomely gro
teso5ely decorated in that section alone. Al
together. Il least FIVE thousand expected
IN line There viii be IN particular color
scbeme- There Niu be foreign cars decked in the
colors Of the land they hail from; there Will he
cs~s made IN haH the states OF the Union. with
their decorative scneme devised from the colors
o. insignia Of those states There viii big cars
80 little cars. fuu ears and empty cars. but all
III he worth locking At, and there viii he plenty
= lock Il them
WAYS FOR SEEING THE PARADE.
there viH be splendid orr~or, tutieS for watching
tire parade Broadway and Fifth avenue the clty's
}-oadest streets. have naturally been selected for
fne route and the half of the great procession
Vi1 he winding its way hack from 10th street. on
ra0 west side Of Broadway. while the tail Of the
rsrzde - SIN moving north -srd the eastern
SIDE NindoEs good locations along the route
Viii probably Re At Z premium before the night Of
the parade. and the rerious firms Automobile
Row viii have plenty OF visitors that evening. The
rsrade starts - o'clock promptly. when the his
ro-5caI section forming n 5zth street. west Of
Broadway. viii move into the main thoroushfsTe
and start south.
As soon as its last car has PASSED 5sth the
FIST Of the cars IN TIE dealers section vii swing
into line and when that lection. in turn mas at
iszt passed 5sth street which VIII take some time
-he first Of the brilliantly decorated cars Of the
t-frd. illuminated section. viii join the parade.
T7--u VII come turning from 5zth street into
-% IN V-f1i~
commercial vehicles Of al kinds. from the mas
sre delivery truck 70 the swift glidis taxicab,
VI bs seen.
oLDTTME CARS IN PARADE.
--e historical section Is certainly not going to
70 he least interesting of the features Of the
-s-aSe The honor of leading It Is being eagerly
sought and ct present the candidate IN The best
-os7-on i = 6-horsepovver Panhard that vas i'm
-so-r=d ~ 1sas Not far behind i is : WInton
-rz- vas bought ny Peter Reiss. Of Newell avenue,
Nzv York city. IN 1S9a. That car Is still being
-zed every day. and il viii be near the van in the
parade
The nineteenth White steamer built viii he an
r-1s- interesting entry this first section. and
cha manufacturers have found old that viii
st-ve 70 show well the contrast with the latest
--7ez ezer1rlifed II this section by some of the
swift touring cars that viii compete in the Briar
c-zE races next month like the Thomas and Maja
stock cars
: ne tine al the cars have swept into Broad
zsv from the assembling places IN the four side
streets tae -st car viii probably have reached the
-----e-l end of Madison Square and turned east
n 2=-h street 70 Fifth avenue Then the cars will
move I'd Fifth avenue 10 57th street. getting q
sl-1rze o. the rear Of the parade now and then
through z cross street on The way, and viii turn
through 5-th street back &c Broadway.
JUDGES FOR DECORATED SECTION.
-Four judges viii make the awards in the deco
rated section. Colgate Hoyt. president Of the
Automobile Club Of America: Robert Lee Morren
-hz5---sn q the Briarcf race committee: D c B
Parker. president Of the Long Island Automobile
Club ard A 2 Sha-tuck, ex-president Of the Az