New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-13
TIMELY AUTO TOPICS
TO CARE FOR TOURISTS.
Steamer Vii lSerUe as Hotel at
N0ntauk for Those IN Test.

The two-day mechanical test and around
Long Island has assumed such proportions that
the managers OF the test have found that there
will not be sufficient accommodation at MOntauk
for the number OF persons who viii go IN the cars
Therefore an appeal was made 10 President Peters
Of the Long Island Railroad help II was finally
decided that the steamer Shinnecock should Be
taken on her regular run from this city 70 sag
Harbor. Montauk and Block Island and be sent
on Wednesday to Montauk. where she will be an
chOred ut the dock ready FOR the automobile tour
lists competent STAFF OF chefs and other attend
ants will be the boat. which viii be able 20 take
care Of upward OF four hundred
1t expected that not more than hundred
persons would go the run. but that number
has been doubled. and still the entries. which close
on Monday night. are coming in
II is expected that good road will soon be built
between Amagansett and Montauk and IL that Is
DONE 1t is expected that large hotels will Built
there and a cottage settlement founded. with good
golf links
Among yesterdays late entries were those OF the
Hol-Tan Company. which has entered two OF the
cars Of Lancia. the great Italian driver These
models are I2-Is- horsepower. and the two-seater
viii be driven BY Harry Fosdick, OF the hrm and
the hve-seated touring car. with Carick body.
will be driven BY Cornelius Hoagland Tangeman.
native Long Islander, who carried or all ths
honors years ago when while boy he beat
all the competitors in the American Cycle Asso-
cations first road race Long Island on his fast
De Dion tricycle. William r Bross. r.. Of Baby
a
power Acme touring
The Ford Motor Company has entered one Of It's
4cyIinder 15-horsepOwer runabouts. carrying two
passengers. which will be driven By Frank Dun
nell. Oakley 4 De Lamater, who drove the first
car 10 Montauk Point lighthouse. Mitchell. early
in August has entered the same car. 35-horse-
power passenger Mitchell. in the 5000 class
c. NJ LOuther has entered big &C. Stevens-DIr-
yea 50-hOrsepower. carrying seven passengers. IN
the $4,000 class c A Emise. Of the Lozier Motor
-
Is horsepower. carrying four passengers J. W
Mears. the well known dealer Of Ocean Parkway
Brooklyn. has entered a 6-cylinder Acme. carry
ing five passengers. The Continental CaoutchOuc
Company viii Knox automobile truck to
carry Continental tires and supplies No one need
hesitate entering the through fear that tbs
read to Montauk Point is impossible According
to R. H. Johnston. who laid out the route for the
contest last week in his White steamer. the popu-
lar idea Of the difficulties Of the journey is err
roneoUs-
The Haynes Automobile Company is out with
the announcement Of its policy for 1903 Next
years product viii be a single model. 10 be called
Model Y. which is practically the same as the
popular Model " Of this year
The 6O-horsepower car and the 3o-horsepower car
will both be discontinued in favor OF this model
which is Of intermediate power, rating 1T 10 The
wheel base will be IL inches. SO that the car can
carry a touring body with capacity for seven per-
sons and it is not too long 70 be equipped with a
rna bout body or the little bucket seats OF the
"hastv hizer-" The chassis eubodies the charac-
terfstfc Haynes devices which have been used dur
ing the last five years. including the Haynes
clutch which is used these cars alone IL con-
ststs Of a steel band contracting upon a bronze
drum It worked exactly like a band brake. and -
eorrespondingIy simple and easy IN taxing up the
load.
The skfIfuI driving OF Robert Burnan IN the
lowell road race OF last Monday, which was MS
first ap0earance race driver. stamps tnls
Uasterner as a conner in the racing game Lur-
- 5rc,,e the 20 Buick and was a prominent
factor in the race until he was disqualified ana
ordered from the course on the twentieth lap