The sun., 1909-06-08
AMONG The AUTOAOBILISTs
ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETED
FOR TWO ORPHANS DAYS.
Children from brooklyn Institutions to
Visit Coney island To-day aud Now
York Youngsters Have Annual Ride
Tomorrow Seymour In C0be Race.

York Youngsters Have Annual Ride
Tomorrow our In C0be Race.
To-day the Brooklyn orphans are TO be
tax en- for their annual automobile ride TO
Coney Island by members OF the Long
Island Automobile Club and the New York
orphans will have their annual motor car
trip to Coney Island tomorrow The big
Brooklyn organization expects to care for
more than 900 Children to-day and the men
In charge Of to-morrow's event hope to take
more than 1900 youngsters out ior an
airing.
DR.. William Payson Richardson. a former
president OF the organization. Is chairman
OF { the Long Island Automobile Clubs
orphan day committee. and his associates
are Charles c. Clufr. William Schimpf, F. q
Webb, Louis T. Weiss and W. 7. Wintring-
ham. With a number OF cars donated by
owners who are not members OF the club
the Brooklyn men expect to have about
$50 cars to-day In which to carry the chill
dren from the various institutions to Luna
Park and return. The youngsters will have
lunch at Feltman Bros. and will then be
the guests 9! Fred Thompson at Luna Park.
where they vii! have free access To any Of
the shows until time to return to tn cir
Institutions.
The orphans day committee Of this city
has been Incorporated and win hereafter
he known offoially rs tho Orphans Auto
mobile Day Association Of New York. AT Z
ssts seGsd ysd5eFdaE sai 9elssnk ks se'
Pardee; vlce-president. W.. Morgan. who
originated the idea four years ago: treasurer.
3: Nswton: seSretaryi Als1 sehwalbash
Of the parade The cars IN this year 8 cele.
ip siStieths sSl1ty,nrsts sl1ty,second: Sixty.
will be down, Broadway to- Forty ninth
street. to SECOND avenue. and over the
Qnee1sboro Bridge and down to Coney
There will be an escort Of mounted police
from the start to Coney Island. There will
squad viii accompany The children as far
as the greensboro Bridge and the second
viii go as far as about halr way down The
a, this point in order to prevent any posi-
speed. and the third squad viii continue
With the cars until they stop At Dreamland:
o'clock. ''
The members OF the, committee hope to
take al asoqt 2Poo ShiIdsrsn chi re nnd have AZ
tonal cars up to the starting hour OF 10
o'clock to.morrow morning; The band OF
fortyE.nve pie ies from the Hehrew Shelter
sion and the hand from the Leake and Watts
Orphan Home will head the second div ison.
Owners WHO have loaned their cars for the
o'ciocR at the institutions 10 which their
cars have been assigned. II Ia planned 10
have the procession get under way at 10
Recent donation. OF cars include the fol-
losing; c. ", Matheson. a Matheson: Z. A.
Bofnger, White; .Autocar Sales Company,
Nrs. nj Henry % r. Harris. Beriist: George e
Aus: Hasustus @ s. aHutchHint.. Meresdes; Newell
% pany one Ssd car. and 4. and j Hor'er' V small
,ruck
sudasaIy eSanssd S ' 'Ss,r plans .9a l.is 81
Aems and shaSmat s. crew. Ssk were 9s%' then .w.R
ors IN On v.nns i
expected that the four cars would not start
until daybresk to- o-%or.Sw In the y, real 1s Lace
The Ssn's sH e and * ths
The crews were 80 exhausted from the
ass mile drive from Chicago over trough
hey S haa rSfds dscaed nespa fr.
Fords arrived at I O'Clock. In the morning
after twenty-two hours on The Illinois roads.
one one hours ou, a chosss &.
en- route by the illn,ss Of one oi its drivers.
crew ere S asked Tie priviiesep " sab.ttatIns R
another driver. Mr. Gerrie. representing
the Automobile Club OF America on the run.
was unable to obtain the consent Of other
contestants to this change iu rules and It Is
uncertain whether the itala- car will con-
tinue. notwithstanding the strain Of the
cars here were in nne condition for the dash
to the Pacific. The Acme. notwithst anding
that 1t carries six persons including pace
maker and pilot. or double the number Of
any other car has not needed the use Of q
single tool except for tires up to this point.
The others also have been free from me-
ehanieal trouble, The ORGANIZATION OF Ford
petitors in relays extends across the cont-
nent and is a distinct advantage. Henry
Ford is here to see his cars start upon the
actual race. The roads between here and
Kansas City are said to be betterthan those
In Illinois,
NJ. J, Seymour said Yesterday that he ar
in the Cobe cup stripped stock chassis road
race over the Grown Point.Lowell circuit
In Indiana on June 10. Edgar Apperson,
entrant OF the two Apperson cars. asked
Sidney B. Bowman several days ago to
secure Seymour as team mate for Herbert
II. Lytle. who will drive the other var. and
the final arrangements were concluded yes
the Apperson plant al Kokomo. Ind, whence
he will go TO the course to get as much
practice as possible before the race a week
from next Saturday,
Seymour drove one OF the Simplex en-
tries in the Briarclif road race In West
chester Sounty IN HprS Of sst year and was
contest was called Of by the referee after
the first few cars had crossed the hnish line.
he drove 90 horsepower Simplex in the