The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-15
AMONG THE AUTONOBILISTS
TWELVE PERFECT SCORES IN
TRADE ASSOCIATION TOUR.

Only Five Contestants Penaiized During
Three Day Sealed Bonnet Run
Through Catskills and Berkshires -
Roads Rough on Some Parts OF Route.
Twelve OF the seventeen contestants
In the Observation-Disclosures tour Of the
New York Automobile Trade Association
finished the three day trip late yesterday
afternoon at the Automobile Club Of
America with perfect scores. The drivers
and passengers Of the cars all declared
they had a ine time. and practically all
Of them acquired new coats Of sunburn
and a few had peeled noses. While there
were many stretches Of rough roads In
cluded In the route Of the tour the schedule
time was very conservative and the pace
was slow enough. SO that every one made
the trip In comfort.
Since the start on Saturday morning
the contsetants had driven about $50 miles
under sealed bonnet conditions by the time
they finished at the clubhouse In West
Fifty-fourth street. Yesterdays run was
a trip OF $50 miles In from Pitts1eld. Mass.
The FIRST checking station was at Sharon,
Conn. forty-six miles: the second and
the noon stop for luncheon was at Pough-
keepsie, seventy-seven miles: the third
was at Peeksk III. ITO miles. and the last
a v tiic hutOIliouliC Siuo VI fSo' AAS'
was a detour Of about two miles necessary
yesterday. as a bridge at Great Be rr!nston
was out OF commission.
The roads going into Peekskill were
rather muddy and some Of the drivers
had TO push their cars to arrive there on
time. Frank Eveland. who acted as Official
pacemsker. In his Stevens-Duryea, was
warned at Peekskill by a local oficer to
drive very slowly over a bridge. Chairman
Skinner and his associates Of the contest
committee played a practical Joke on the
drivers by disappearing after checking in
instead Of giving out the oficial scores as
is always customary in events where there
is no technical examination Of the Compel
ing machines.
The following scores were made up from
unoficial. sources but 1t is thought that
committee finally gives out its Official list:
- Giass G, for .eoT rs,s ielll Mi Hssb1 s1;Hsa to M n ;SSo
Interstate, and Warren b: Brown, Mitchell;
Charles. Short. Sta ndard,. had a wheel
smashed in an accident and, withdrew as, a
contestant though he finished last night
,s:c%S.rerfefs scores: y. Z; rSsr{ner'
q. Il. De Lanater, Mitchell, lost % points:
II. Newton, standardization, lost 4 points,
and A. II. Whiting. Standardization. lost
Class E-For cars selling from ss.ool to
%bite: J; i. Turns. franklin; c: H. larson
Class FSFor cars selling for more than
saooihFrank Evelsnd: steysns.lnIyea;,
against mart at least Of the penalization..
Nichard Frenler's Thomas taNicab. which
was the only entry in class g., for taxicabs
- . ..tf F. NN~ In III, - h
driver, also finished with a perfect GORE
mond tires. three had Goodrich, two had
s hsf' ons lh..d S9 So ssf s%p eSsip Sns had Fisk
LARAMIE, Wyo.. June 1.-THE Shawmut
car. In the ocean to ocean automobile race
and ieft here an hour later. Driver Elmer
III miles west, some time during the night.
miles. distance s.. co! fsSa in q, i1ssi:; more mot ,' sSsn
at 10 4. n. and left ,ye, minutes later, Ford
S S.T Ss' from / or1'y Grs. IL ch rol'' n,Sro so.d.y a t hsed
hailstorm and over roads that were little
more than rivers Of mud; The car left for
I ISramie At Don 1t i In goo eo nt ton
an d sfter q hasty o%verhauling left for
Cheyenne nearly wenty.four hours behind
Ford car No l..
J; J. Evans has announced hat he has
resigned the general sales agency OF the
automobile department OF the A%bendroth
: *, R 81 th Ma1 F4ontsnne es .ompsMn n.y. E %sa.
was formerly identified with the American
Mercedes.
There is a possibility that the New Jersey
Automobile n Motor Club will conduct
gust Sas , the bis N 'Sss Hst cla ht'f has G not II held aTi
On q track re hn meet mi since os. the e, one %ss that was ps run
when there were a number. OF accidents.
II has been suggested that the club secure
the use Of the one mile track at Long Branch
q match. race OF 1000 miles between an
Overland and another car will be the main
feature Of the meet; The plan suggested
noon on a Friday and stopped for a couple
OF hours Saturday afternoon to permit
q number OF short distance events being run.
The contest committee Of the Automobile
Club OF New Haven Is making plans for
another club run for the organization. II
Is expected to be an all day affair.
The officials Of the Camden Motor Club
have arranged for a club run to Cape May
on June q. There will be a BANQUET at the
MEMBER men "G.e Of . ne Camden saH e ers aaa anf have ave
been invited to attend. District Attorney
Jerome OF New York will make an address
AZ the banquet.
Some provision should be made to permit
drivers Of cars competing in the Glidden
tour to wash their cars every night. or at
least twice a week, says George Meinzinger,
which Dai n. Lewis surveyed the route
for this years contest. 1T is not only a
shame to sub iect any piece OF mechanism
to such treatment as a car gets. when it
must carry from day to day the dried and
oaked mud and sand that has accumulated
but II defeats the real purpose OF such
a tour. the object Of which is to test the
mechanism under severe touring condi-
tons, Any sane man knows a piece OF
kept we'll oiled in every moving part but
scrupulously clean as well. The object
Of cleanliness Is to permit examination and
oiling.
was ever made. In fact the cars were taken
out OF the hands Of thu drivers at night
and only permitted to have the tanks filled
before Starting. To attempt to wash a car
would have meant a loss OF. time figured
In the daily sehcdmle. VT sc%nse9pent
conditIons the hest car in the contest might
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