The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-01
MOTORISTS OBJECT
TO RACING RULES
Suggest That Position in Road
Race at Santa Rosa Be Decid=
ed by Drawing Numbers
Want Periods Between the
Time OF Starting Cars in
: Contest Heightened
By x. x. PHommedien


The. automobile races al Santa Rosa
a week from SUNDAY are stirring up
some interest This is made evident.
as some OF those entered in the con-
tests are beginning to object 10 some
Of the rules There has been an objec-
ton. raised 10 the allotment OF the
positions of starting By giving out the
numbers according TO the time OF max
ing the entry. It has been suggested
that as, Don Prentiss. the secretary Of
the Sonona county automobile associa-
ton, IS interested IN the automobile
trade. the fairer way would be 10
hold a drs wing for position, in which
case Il could not be claimed that any
one make OF car was favored
Another objection 10 the rules is that
il is considered that half q minute
leewsy is TOO little and that. at least
two and half minutes should be
given Others. however. feel that half
a minute is enough, for IL viii then
make it possible 10 get all the cars
in the loop before the first car comes
out.
At the rate of 40 miles an hour a
car would be about 1850 feet from the
starting line before the next car would
be sent away At 50 miles an hour
-
miles an hour it would be $50 feet
away. There is no question but that
the sloEest car 10 start viii travel at
least 40 miles an hour, and il would
give ample time for the cars 10 settle
down into pace. and the driver would
be in perfect control TO let any faster.
car go by. A longer time between the
cars at starting would tend TO make IL
a procession and the cars would finish
as they started.
There was almost the appearance of
g test run last Saturday afternoon as
I n automobiles
! uanx ,fotor went W iZzi 2
TO Del Monte Monies Q s : gate At
Among the first
to arrive were Mrs. ". w. Van Arsdale
Flett, Howard 3. Smith, z. Hummer
wright and NJ. A. Harris. Shortly after
came in d. II. Hart and Harry c.
Fryman OF Los Angeles, who. with
their wives. are now touring the coast
Each has a car. and the guests who
rounded out the party were Mr.. and
Mrs. H s. White and Mr.. and Mrs.
McFarlane. The car was shipped from
the east and the party viii make many
trips in California. Mr.. and Mrs. wyatt
II. Allen and Mr. and Mrs Edward NJ
Eddy went in Stearns machine. Wal
lace W. Everett and E T. Houghton
were in Mr. Everett's Buick roadster
A party of Oaklanders in White
steamer were Mr. and Mrs. ". 3. Dun
ming, Miss Cunning. Mrs Allen Knight,
Miss Merritt and Aldrich Barton. Mr..
and Mrs. Bush Finneli and Philip Fin
nell arrived in q Buick touring car
Mr. and Mrs Joseph Weller SETON Jr-
arrived in their new Lozier roadster
Mrs. Henry Frooman and Miss Beatrice
Vrooman ulotored down from Berkeley
in their Win4on machine. having as
their guests M. and Mrs. G. Forbes
and James SpieTs. II. NJ andsburger,
and a ID. Harrison went from Alameda
A Dahlke and family made the trip
from Oakland. DR.. and Mrs. J. Under
wood Hall of San Jose, with Mr.. and
Mrs Sidney p Robertson and Mrs. K.
s. II. Woodruff and W. T.
Hess automobiled from San Francisco
In a Buick runabout Mr.. and Mrs.
George Thompson of st. Paul, with
their friends, Mr.. and Mrs. +. r. Yerxa.
sbn large car Mr. and Mrs. J. Russell
Selfridge who are spending their
honeymoon at Del Monte. automobiled
from the city in six cylinder stevens
Duryea-
A contest Of national interest to mo-
torists was launched BY the American
...automobile associa-
National stock f1en Of az rs tas sad meet
-. :. committee in New
York recently. ].
O. Heinze, president of the Lowell au-
tomobiIe club. Lowell. Mass, presented
a request that Lowell be granted one
of the national contests for the sea-
son of 1909. It is proposed to hold a
two day event to consist of two days
OF road racing-a light car contest on
the first day and a stock chassis con-
test on the second day both of them
TO be held under the classifications re-
Gently created by the Manufacturers
contest association.
A So 900 trophy has been guaranteed
to the American automobile association
for the stock chassis event. Competf-.
ton for this trophy will be an annual