Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-06-10
MOTORCAR CONTEST,
Novel Competition For Queens
boro Bridge Celebration.
START FROM NEW YORK END.

One Hundred covers TO BE EStap-
lished, the Prize Going to Automo-
biist Discovering the Greatest Num-
ber In Twelve Hours.
A R Pardington, chairman Of the
automobile division of the greensboro
bridge celebration in New York, has
planned a novel motoring diversion for
that occasion, which promises to be-
come popular in every part of the
United States 1t is called a motor
hunt" and it will take the hunter over
much ground to unexpected places or,
in short, to all points where the scent
may lead or the game" may be In
hiding.
The game" in connection with the
QueenSboro bridge celebration event is
In the form of cards, showing that the
hunter has visited an official control or
cover. The person who mt nighttime
hands in to the committee the greatest
number of these cards will be declared
the winner of the hunt and will re-
ceiye a silver trophy valued at $3.50
and either cash or plate amounting to
500, the latter going to the driver Of
the car. As an additional check on
the movements of the hunter, at each
control or cover his card of idrntdca-
tion will be presented and punched
with the number corresponding to that
of the station visited.
Certain limits to the hunting ground
have been agreed on. all of which are
over good macadam roads suited to the
motorcar. The western boundary of
the northern section of the hunting
ground will be Hillside avenue, Jamai-
ca, reached by crossing from New
York over the greensboro bridge to
Thompson avenue and Hoffman boule-
ward. Rockaway road. which enters
Jamaica near the corner of Hillside
avenue, and Hoffman boulevard will
be the western boundary of the south
ern section. The eastern boundary
will be a highway known as the Oys-
ter Bay Jericho Hicksville = Central
Park Massapequa road, which runs
almost north and south between Oys-
ter Bay on the north and Massapequa
on the south, Hicksville being about
midway. This hunting area contains
approximately 300 square miles In
this territory are several towns and
villages.
In hotels, garages. road houses. real
estate offices and other suitable points
the controls or covers will be located,
and there win be 100 of them. No par
ticular order or system will be follow
ed in establishing these points. This
is purposely done so that clews as to
the different locations will not be easy
to obtain in advance. A weatherproof
card, yellow in color, with black print
ing. will indicate the control or cover.
4 banner or flag of good size, of yellow
bunting with black center. either in
- form of star, square or other dis
(lnguishing emblem. will also mark the
control or cover and viii be posted in
conspicuous place. The contest will
begin from the Manhattan end of the
greensboro bridge promptly at
O'Clock on the morning of June 10 and
will end at the same hour in the even
ing of that day
In connection with the hunt" for
which entrants in that event are ELI
gible will be another contest in which
the principal figure will be car suit
ably labeled rowing at will in the
hunting area in the manner of game
bewildered by the close pursuit OF
hounds. This car will keep on the
road continuously. travelling at moder.
ate speed, and the representative of
the committee riding therein will sur
render to each contestant met a card
Of distinctive design and color. The
driver securing the greatest number
of these cards during the twelve hours
will receive a trophy valued at not less
than 500.
Entry fee will be charged only for
the hunt" and, irrespective of size.
class. horsepower or capacity, the price
for each car will be So Entries will
be accepted up to 10 o'clock of the
morning Of the event at the Office of
the automobile division of the Queens
boro bridge celebration.
In order to guard against speeding
it is positively announced that It will
be impossible for all of the controls or
covers to be visited by any one car
during the twelve hours. The winning
Of this event will take care and pa
dence and not speeding, as controls
or covers may be half a mile, a few
yards or as many as five miles apart
There will he no blind controls estab-
lished Contestants who during the
event have been convicted of exceeding
the speed limit will be absolutely dis
qualified.