The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-27
MUCH WORK DONE
BY AUTO CONTEST
ASSOCIATION
Assistant Secretary of Organi-
cation Reviews Progress
Up to Present Time.

Russell A. Field, assistant secretary
of the newly formed Manufacturers
Contest Association. this week gave
out the following facts connected with
the formation and work of the asso-
citation to date:
During the show of the Association of
Licensed Automobile Manufacturers. in
New York, last January. representa-
tives of twenty manufacturers and i'm
porters held a meeting for the purpose
of forming a new organization for the
conduct and control of motor car con
tests throughout the country. 10 carry
ont this purpose a committee of seven
was appointed, consisting of f. r.
Hollandcr, II. A. Lozier, George RI.
Strout, Frank B.. Stearns, Paul Lacroix,
A. q. Newly and II. E. Cofln.
As the manufacturers and importers
are vitality interested in all matters
pertaining TO the sport it was thought
proper that they should have a voice
in the making of rules and in the gov
eminent of all motor car contests.
After preliminary meetings in New
York city a circular was sent out call
ing for a general meeting to be held in
Chicago on February 10.
Previous 10 this several meetings
were held, at which were present, in
addition TO the seven members orig
inally chosen in New York, Alfred
Reeves, general manager of the Amer
lear Motor Car Manufacturers Asso-
citation; E. r. Chalfant, general man
ager of the Association of Licensed
Automobile Manufacturers; II. O..
Smith. of the Premier Motor Manufac-
turing Company; w. f.. Metzger, of
the Observation-Disclosures Com
PAM (the latter two representing the
contest interests of the National AS
ISOLATION of Automobile Manufactur-
ers). By invitation, at some of the
general manager of the Long Island
Motor Parkway, Inc, and r. b. Hover,
chairman of the contest board of the
American Automobile Association.
After going most thoroughly into the
situation it was the unanimous de-
cision of the committee that at the gen
era meeting scheduled for February 10
it be recommended that the American
manufacturing interests, including the
American manufacturers and the Amer
ican importers of foreign cars, combine
in a body to be known as the Manu-
facturers' Contest Association, and
that this association have accorded to
it such representation upon the various
boards of the American Automobile As
ISOLATION as to Nlsure the proper safe
guarding of the manufacturers in
terests.
At this meeting the findings of the
committee of seven were thoroughly
discussed and it's recommendations CON
sidered. Following a decision upon the
d%esirability of forming AN incorporated
cody to govern the rules and classifi-
cations for motor car contests, officers
of the same were elected as follows:
Chairman, Benjamin Briscoe; secre-
tary-treasurer, William E. Metzger: as
sistant secretary-treasurer, Russell A.
Field; chairman of the rules commit
tee, II. e. Coffin, and an advisory COM
mittee representing the Manufactur-
ers' Association upon the contest board
of the American Automobile Associa-
tion, consisting OF e. Z. Chalfant, AL
fred Reeves and u. r. Hollander, repre-
sonting~ respectively the interests Of the
Association of Licensed Automobile
Manufacturers. the American Motor
Car Manufacturers Association and the
Importers Automobile Salon. Since
tEat time the National Association of
Automobile Manufacturers has asked
for representation upon this advisory
committee, and in Difference to this ra-
quest S. A. Miles was appointed.
The final action of the Chicago meet
ing was the appointment by the chair
man of a committee consisting Of
Messrs. Chalfant, Reeves, Hollander
and Coffin, to meet a committee OF q
similar number appointed by the
American Automobile Association, this
Joint committee to arrange a basis OF
agreement between the American Auto
mobile Association and the Manufac-
turers' Contest Association.
Such meeting was duly held on the
18th Of February in Chicago and an
agreement drawn and signed. which has
fhe entire approval of the management
Of the six Associations Interested, viz
Tile National Association Of Automobile
Manufacturers, the Association Of
licensed Aatonaebile Manufacturers.
The American. Motor Car Manufactur-
ers' Association the Importers Salon.
the American Automobile Association
and the Manufacturers Contest Asso-
citation.