The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-04
AMONG THE AUIOMOBILBTS
CARNIVAL ROYAL ram LEAD
DAYLIGHT PARADE.
h1ng Guy Vaughan Keeps His COnsort.
Queen Annette kelIerman, Waiting
for an Harrisburg Contestants
Gathered In by Washington Cops.

afternoon In the postponed carnival parade
n N the ibreezes were brisk beyond Tbs
hiking OF som OF the thinly clothed girl
occupants OF the decorated and ADVERTISING
ears the sunshine was warm enough most
cf,the tine to partially atone for the chill
atmosphere. With a true regal disregard
~ time King Guy kept the oourtiers and
browning party waiting for an hour after
the appointed time before he showed ur
at Breton Hall. where the regal pair were
Invested with the badges of their transitory
grandeur. before le9ding the procession
up {and down Broadway. over to Fifth
avenue and up that thoroushfare to the
disbanding point.
Hing GUY 1. second king OF the carni-
val or king Of the second carnival, as
one wishe' was In n royal rage when
he reached the spot where Queen Annette
and the browning party awaited his coming
He had been ready to start Sharp on time
hut the knavss to whom had been entrusted
the task OF adjoining the royal chariot
had been most remiss in their labors and
had kept him waiting for moro than an
our after he was to have started for the
point from which the parade was to begin
Gen. John T. Cutting. chairman of the
carnival committee, assisted by Gen. George
NfooTe Smith. grand marshal OF the parade.
made q very few brief remarks before he
crowned The royal pair and the parade
finally got under way.
Generals Cutting and Smith were In the
leading car, and Immediately behind them
csme the chariot Of Queen Annette, q Buick
csr upon which a platform representing the
seashell had been erected. The Queens
there was a fountain IN front Of her, but the
fountain had run dry by the time the chariot
reached the reviewing stand; The Queen
vas red piatfo ona' erected St1e on a ! stearSs
ar a. a9s the * Kip rs s sias in a YH ID sor sh a so EIsn
Coiored suit and a white wig
Of Facing cars. David bruoe-Brown, in
the bis. .Iao horsepower Benz racer. was
great engines Of. the speed monster, could
l.sdins ears. / ;. Gardner Vas in line, win
mobile Club OF Americas Grand Prize race
St Savannah last fall and the NATIONAL racer
thst vas was also q eomge'i EHa , as saY X IT nan
AND Maxwell stock cars that won in their
classes IN the Fort George hill climb were
10 this division and there were some early
hundred years old, bu. is an ENTHUSIASTIC
% .aebs sHae ! in = a E =FsSnt snS tb wiS Ist,e her
husband, the car being driven by Mrs.
cSstie,s grandson.
Il 0e D4radE 0ln MOI prove as GOpUIdt WIN
suta,ach'ie owners as did the illuminated
procession OF last years carnival, as only
about half as many cars were in line yester-
"a" ptsw a ~ tRs iac e that SsFf it 0 Was neither eth aS IN the he
evening nor on a holiday, the turnout of
copmecrial vehicles was . very good one,
crease In the number of business motor cars
r.prssentsd in the updscorated pleasure
car division were as follows Chalmers
nofrOif. Rambler Ford. IOZier. Buick,
psIdsppSS6iis poPeiHarttora Msthesen,
shods Midland, torSiu,, ,Acms. Peerless,
singer. Mitchell. REQ Rainier. Stevens
representing the, Goddess Of Fortune. Won
nrst prize. in the decorated division. 4
wheel Of fortune. of red carnations. Was
mounted on the bonnet, and a silded horn
n plenty vas mounted above the vince,
The tonneau there were a number OF young
women from the Beauty Spot company in
Colonial cost busily engaged in working
r.; .Rinp ems v ss. also ,H al I III III * AASS o d5SEi
styIe, Gen Cuttings Oldsmobile. carrying
Z dYssy Gsopstrs. Won second prize, and
= Sou y: s MsseesG N 4rs MssaesG eostn a1as@ w Nom
me .Micheiin Tire .Compsny's famous
rsbber ~ hg uiesno Won NM in the E con'mereiiaii
vehicle division. Second prize went 10 q
float carrying an immense lhermos bot lie;
pyite. This car showed Ave big silver
cups, two of which were won in the Giants
Despair hill climb. one by .NonRini at Long
Quaker City Motor Club and the hfth ny
The late Tom Cooper, when he drove a
Motheson car with seven passengers a mile
in 10 1-j seconds on the beach at Atlantic
city several years ago. Frank Schumacher
Won first prize in the srotesque division
With a creation called an airship N Africa
on an old Imported car with q number of
men made up as African natives. sitting
under the balloon. \ REQ with q miniature
D, r. Thomas won second prize IN this
division.
WASHINGTON. May a.-Thr contestants
10 the third annual reliability run Of the
Motor Gu OF Harrisburg arrived at the
New Willard Hotel in this city this after
the completion OF the first leg Of their 6ei
This i the fret automobile contest from
outeids the District Of Columbia that, mas
made the national capital it's stopping place.
and the proba bilities are That i will be some
time before another of its kind will epter
far from hospitable toward the PennsyI-
vania motorists and tno OF the contrasting
cars we're stopped in Pennsylvania avenue
speed limit OF twelve miles all hour. The
drivers protested but In. vain. and after
being allowed TO check in they were ar
Berger OF. the oidsmobile aud 4. B. Cockiin
Of the 50 horsepower Pullman II Class B,
Only fourteen cars came to the mark at
Harrisburg this morning, The Chalmers
Of unresdiness.. This, Is the smallest entry
list that the club has had in the three years
II has been promoting the event. This
In attributed to the stringent rules.
The contestinS cars have been divided
selling At more than s2,,?So class B. touring
oArs ceiling Tor less than 81, 2So, class {,
r~unabouts selling for ." 900, and class D..
al Htro sRso donated sedi't BY Gov. STU Stuart ff4 Of Penn Penn.
sylyaui and known as the stuart trophy
Will be the prize for the y inner OF the class
A division. while the. club offers prizes to
the winners in the other divisions.
Al. one minute past ! o'clock this morning
the first car. an Oldsmobile. was cent aw ay
from the starting point at Harrisburg on the
lbS. miles Journey to Washington. The
Most Of the journey was over the Bus Ridge
Mountains, and the recent, severe rain.
storms IN the keystone State did not improve
ne roads any During The first seventy
Being deep IN mud %oentinuslil;y, while the
hills encountered tested the climbing ability
Of the cars. One hill near Wavnesboro,
hfty-siy miles out from Harrisburg. wss a
ps Afssr ths 9ioSa't so 9TGeYIsi at Fla ser.,oun
had been passed the roads gradually i'm
proved, but by the time the cars got 10 the
roads that were decent 8 high, wind car VI
the dust incopvenienced the drivers and
passengers considerably.
Two cars did not make an appearance
At Warrington until long sfter the others
They" were the Rambler and one Of the |
". B. Rheineck, arrived at 8 O'Clock. hay
jpf been della we'd by clutch trouble The