New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-12
CLEAN SCORES IN RUN
uouEN At THE WHEELS.
=. sccj3pnfs Mar auto Contest on
First Ddg.

..a.,,bia. Jan. 1.-THE first half OF the long
fh'-.- sr,ar'ohile contest by the womens Motor
SsS :. VIEW York ended in this city tonight after
CIV e-fn1 I'm from New York. through Newark
,r-,,nsvick and Trenton. The women drivers
Wv +o-sd ty good weather. and the roads were
Tsfe ,-,53ticn all the way. No accidents n1arred
r'@ end the contestants handled their like
rs l. a,d so far as could be learned all had
Ian scores.
--,eo vas the first TO reach the upper end
E's straet where she waited for the rest of
bI. n come along. Then the procession.
u ,,r- NJ members Of the Quaker City Motor
w .o5e3 hv Dr.. J. r. Overpeck came down
C4-.' .-ast 10 the Hotel Walton. the party max
bToaO a. arpearance. and being loudly appauded
As = nassed along automobile row. The head
IS - .--irsd at the Hotel Walton shortly after
o. IL There were many Philadelphia friends
,,r,s.s n the finish OF the run, and the
Of lL7 a, eniiyentng one. Dinner was set for
sem ar5 full Justice was done TO tbs meal by
- hungry tourists
te thinner the visitors went to the rooms
~ orske- CITY Motor Club on the second floor
!, he hotel, where an impromptu Iecep,'oh n ~as
ebortly after O'Clock Mayor Reyourn ar
hu -vas presented in turn to all the tourists
h's1 bor, he was personally acquainted WIN
saHs ~ the evening was spent in social SEES
ne bsr, the motoring experiences OF the last
- - yer, gone over again, ana many 'hS
paI... contestants in the run started from 'LIe
Ias IL q sac o'clock yesterday morning II
hos' = contest. and q big crowd gathered 10
Eas = -,-o-,en drivers of. The tourists were
ensa begxv furs. ana locked prepared 10 en-
GU ~ Kinds of weather. A pilot car Went
s 80 scatter confetti, and TO prevent SUI III
.rscernaker'' car led the way
n the women drivers, who had nosl u
-. % see them of. was Mrs Joan Ne".on
- - Richmond Hill. Long Island, VINO mas
80 - -o-ss5arahIe fame in Glidden tours, ana
w- P Ramsay, of Hackensack y. - WIZ
.+..s5 3 car with considerable skill in the around
T,,z Island run last fall. Mrs Cuneo oEoNe '-io
r.,ris r,lnabout which, handled by HliliaIu' "on
:, light car race at Savannah Dig hehaui'
81 driven by Mrs Evelyn NJ beechniaI' u '---'
stv aroused much attention. -
Tsa conditions Of the contest are similar u
..ose Of the Glidden tour. The Ma1"eH-b1lsc
vo,c- Company has offered bronze trophy iol
:. driver Of the Maxwell car who makes the oSo'
A,.-,r while tie Hol-Tan Company put up
7yer cup FOR the car making the best score, llS
- make Of car-the Lancia-being barred only
xo ri the contestants entered failed to put IN an
s,resrance at the starting line
Tbose who took part in the run and the guests
they carried follow;
W maxwell runabout. Mrs. J R Ramsay
raekensack n J.. driver; Miss Helen Jams, guest.
To 9-I.ancia ''Lampo'' runabout Mrs Joan
Newton Cuaeo, driver; Mrs II. II. Cushing; guest
Poughkeepsie, driver: Miss Marion Collyer, Brook-
lyn guest III 60 ,,.,,,,,o. ,,rs " Sea-
man Brooklyn driver; DR.. Elizabeth Hatton, Ut
LeighJones and Dr.. Lysaght. guests ,,rs r>,s,v,
II Eeeckrnan New York, driver; Mrs. CardeH ana
NJ. SheTTnoch, guests ,,.x =. DE.
weger, Huntington, Long Island, driver hugh 7.
Arthur New York. guest.
Hsves driver Miss Madeline Heyes. Miss Sarah
Heyes Miss Bertha Keasby and Frank Brannard
No maxwell. Mrs. P. Bach, Newark. driver;
Mss E speer and Air- Bach, guests - ,,..
Norr.sioEz. Penn, driver; AR. and Mrs. Il A
hamburger and Clarence S. Butt. guests.
through Newark at 10 O'Clock, after short stop
al the New Jersey Automobile and Motor Clup
The Contestants were met at the HackensacK
bridge On tie Turnpike Road by party OF mem
hers Of the local club and escorted through Faar
where large number OF club members mad been
The Toate was over the Weehawken ferry to the
Hudson County Boulevard, and thence over the
turnpike to this city. Some delay was caused at
tie "a street ferry. and instead Of reaching New
ark shortly after o'clock the ofnclal car oio hot
oEeu Up the checking station until s:55.
Among the 4uloists who met the party we're
" Mason MsS x R4s 9F and and G sew apsa
q Summit who drove his Maxwell runaP bout Mr. Mr.
apgT vas accompanied by INSPECTOR
o. TIE state Department Of Motor Eehlcle5ii a
number Of other overlook the party IN mar
The contestants attracted Considerable attention.
ane the automobile club was crowded during the
souvenirs o. the occasion, miniature ceuoid pen.
n,anis which We're given TO each contestant ana
re passengers
Aslse from the drivers there were four
csrs entered by women owners whose machines
were orlveu hy their chsuffeurs. while there were
several Official cars including a press car; and the
Eocesson attracted much attention as II passed
through the city.
TIE contestants resumed the journey al 10 AS
.oock going via Broad street. Clinton and Eliza
seh avenues and through Elizabeth and Metuchen
% View Brunswick where they were entertained
q ne Middlesex Automobile Club.
4Ie.ton was reached az 1 10 o'clock, when lunch
W vas served, and the drivers were entertained
NE Mercer County Club On entering Tren-
% ne motorists were met by a delegation from
u Quaker City Motor Club in cars, and when the
Ia fun 10 Philadelphia began. az o'clock, these
tcs served as an escort
VI the return run to-day the women drivers will
received 81 the State House by Governor Fort
~ accidents happened during the run from New
fo-k to Trenton