Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-08-03
ON AUTO
CONTESTS IN FALL
Executive Committee of Georgia
Good Roads Automobile Associ-
alton Meets in Atlanta-Relia-
bility, Not Speed, the Test.

At a meeting held here Thursday by the
executive committee of the Georgia Good
Roads Automobile association, the details
of the contests to be held in the state
this fall in connection with the automo-
bile show were discussed.
The contests, ii was decided, Will be
besed Oh reliability rather than speed.
In this connection, the committee decided:
From starting point to finish all COM
peting cars shall be required to pass GER
tain designated places of control, allow
ance being made for arrival at such points
at a specified time from the starting
point. Care running more than hVe
minutes in advance, for over SAID nxeo
running time, will be penalized as inolca-
ted by formal announcement of the COM
mittee on contest regulations, of the Sa-
vannah Automobile club, to be puohsh-
ed later, thus assuring endurance rather
than speed as the controlling event OF the
contest.
''The regulations controlling the contest
between Savannah and Atlanta are now
being prepared by an expert committee OF
the Savannah Automobile club. At the re-
quest of the state committee this COM
mittee of the Savannah AutomoDile cluo'
which has made a special study or ren-
ability contest conditions has consented 10
extend the authority of the regulations OF
the Savannah Atlanta contest TO all Oh
the state contests.
The members present at the meepns
were Judge w. F. Eve, Augusta; Capt
7 Davant. Savannah; w. 8. Holman,
Athens: Mayor ]. @. Knapp, Fitzgerald
Mayor Fl. A. Tarver, Albany; Asa W
Gambler. Jr, Atlanta. and Clark Ho"eii'
president of the association.
The committee alsodecided on the staIe
contests which will be started on NO
vember s, as follows:
sAVANNAH-ATLAN
reliability run from Savannah 10
Atlanta-over route to be announced later
Prizes in this contest will be 800 LOT inc
first car and $3.50 for the second.
| ATHENS-ATLANTA.
q A reliability run from Augusta 10
Atlanta via Harlem, Thomson, Washing
! ton. Lexington, Athens, Winder' Law
rencevilIe. Stone Mountain, Decatur 10
Atlanta. A prize of $500 is offered the car
making the best score over this run, ana
S2Oo for the second car The Athens Ban
ner offers a special good roads prize OF
$500 for the counties of the route pc
tween Atlanta and Augusta-SSOO for tne
first prize, $500 for the second, and siOV
| Is offered in addition for the third TOT
the county Offering the best ten miles OF
road over this route-Richmond, Clarke
and Fulton counties being excepted.
ALBANY FITZGERALD.
q combination of the two proposed
runs from Albany and Fitzgerald-the
routes from these two points to meet al
Macon and from thence via the counties
along the Central railroad to Atlanta.
The route from Albany to Macon VIII
be via Leesburg Americas, Montezuma'
Fort Valley and Macon, thence to At
lanta.
The route from Fitzgerald will be via
| Abbeyflle, Hawkinsville and Perry to Ma
con. thence to Atlanta. Allowance will
be nGde for the seven miles difference o.
distance between Albany and Atlanta
land Fitzgerald and Atlanta by the COM
mittee on contest regulations OF the, Sa-
yannah Automobile club. A prize OF 500
will be offered for the car making the
hest score and $3.50 for the car making
the second best score in this contest. Also
a prize of $3.50 for the county offering
the best ten miles of road, and 500 for the
second best in the routes of this contest
Bibb. Dougherty, Ben Hill and Fulton
counties excepted.
Other state contest routes are to be
announced later.
All cars, from points of starting or else
4 whore in or out OF the state will be per-
,nitted to enter these contests at any
Official starting point, subject to CLASH
fcation and handicap conditions, to bs
determined by the committee on contest
regulations of the Savannah Automobile
club.
| II ia the purpose of the state commit.
ltee to encourage and permit the greatest
freedom of entry and to secure a fail
lbasis of competition by which all cars
may enter upon relatively just eondi