Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-07
RACING TO HAVE
A SINGLE HEAD
CONTEST BOARD OF A. A. A. TO
HAVE CONTROL
EVERY KIND OF AUTO RACING 10
INCLUDED
CIasslfications and Formulate to Be
Furnished All Promoters and AS
sociations, and Events VIII
Be Scrutinlzed

A meeting of the A. A. A. contest
board and it's advisory committee was
held Monday. This is the body winch
will in future have control of auto
mobile contests, including track events
other than International. In this coun-
try. The classifications and formulae
according to which the contests Will
be conducted will be furnished by the
Manufacturers Contest association,
which has been organized recently by
the American automobile manufactur-
ers and importers.
The A. A. A. contest board is consti-
tuted as follows: f. B. Hover CHAIR
mani, Frank G.. Webb and A. L. Muir
ray. An additional member of this
committee is to be appointed.
The advisory committee, through
which the Manufacturers Contest as
ISOLATION co-operates with the contest
board is made up of f. p. Chalfant
of the A. l.. A. M. Alfred Reeves of the
A. NJ c. NJ. A. and e. r. Hollander OF
the Importers salon.
Howard e Coffin is chairman of the
organization committee of the Manu-
facturers' Contest association.
The following were present at the
meeting Monday: F. B. Hover. A. L.
McMurty. Frank g. Webb, E. p. Chal-
FAINT and IL. r. Hollander.
Uniformity is Purpose
The purpose of the new arrangement
Is to advance uniform and rational
conditions in contests, at the same time
vesting control in a body having ma
tiona club affiliations, and to insure
that adequate care be taken in grant
ing sanctions for contests and that the
same be carried on 'airly and efficient
ly, prizes being qua ranteed by those
in immediate charge of contests ana
trophies with valuations attached be-
ing appraised with integrity. 1t must
be proved to the satisfaction of tile
board that trophies or cash prizes, AS
advertised will be awarded promptly.
And when values are stated the awards
are to be in cash or plate, at the option
of the winner.
The different districts of the United
States and its possessions Will each be
represented by an association member
of the contest board. his duties being
to keep the board advised of contest
matters in his district
The Glidden tour is not affected by
the terms of the agreement between the
manufacturers and the A. A. A.
No sanction will be granted for a
long distance road reliability contest
within a month of the duration of the
Glidden tour.
A uniform entry blank for application
adopted. All entry blanks will be uni
form for corresponding events.
Every entry blank must contain the
words Under the sanction and rules
of the American Automobile associa-
ton
The new schedule of sanction fees is
as follows:
Road race, where stand is erected. $500
Track meeting 100
Track meeting, including 2i-hour event.. $50
Hill climb 80
Endurance contest OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. so
Road and beach speed trials.................. 100
All clubs affiliated with the A. A. A.
are entitled to a SO per cent reduction
from these rates.
A special meeting of the contest board
was held Tuesday at the Engineers
club. to complete numerous unfinished
details carried over from the previous
day.
Impartiallty the Watchword
The joint work of the contest board
and it's advisory committee Is pledged
to be very thorough and impartial. The
new Body assumes no responsibility for
occurrences of the past. but in so far
as 1t may be practical it will, when
granting future sanctions to clubs or
promoters, use it's good offices in an
endeavor to disentangle complications
that can without discrimination be
brought within its jurisdiction. 1t is
but natural that individuals with per-
sonal grievances or promoters whose
plans may not harmonize with the new
order of affairs will criticise the pur-
pose of the joint committee to be en-
tirely fair in its decisions and treat
all cases with uniformity. This, how
ever was made imperative by the
adoption of a new schedule of sanction
fees. and the resolution that all events
must be run under existing rules of the
A. A. A. until new rules can be formu-
lated by the special committee that
has been appointed by the M. C. A.
The joint committee decided unani-
mously to keep the press fully in
formed upon all contest matters of in
terest, and the friendship and COOP
Grafton OF the press will be encouraged.
The agreement between the A. A A
and the M G. A. was accented and
ratified by the former association AZ a
meeting of its executive COMMITTEES
held at its offices in New York civ on
wednesday evening, February "a.
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In the connecting up of batteries ana
coils 1t has generally be recommended
that the trembler screws be made most
tive" so that whatever platinum il
carried away by the continual passage