The Washington times., 1909-09-04
A. A. A. 1910 RULES
FOR MUNSEY RUN
Striking Feature Is Fair Method of Automobile Penal
zing First Time Used-Cassihcation of
Competing Cars Is important.
By HARRY WARD.

WARD.
clutch parts. transmission parts. brakes
and operating parts, viii be filed out, /
and any noticeable points anout each; I
that might occasion dispute later. VIII 4
be recorded. This card must be ettest- I
ed 10 by the entrants representative /
In addition TO this, certain measure /
ments will be taken and recorded on 1
the inspection card, being made in the l
presence Of the entrants representative /
and attested to by him.
May Change Drivers.
Under the new rules drivers may be
as often as desired, but report
of same is required to be made to the
managers. The regular and substitute
drivers must be named prior to the start
of the contest. This provision about
changing drivers as often as desired Is
a new departure in reliability contests
and Is very desirable provision IN
asmuch as reliability contests are de-
signed to test the cars and not the
drivers thereof.
A new method OF starting the cars IS
provided in the new rules. Cars in dt-
vision No. 1 will start first, and so on
in rotation, bringing division No. TO
the last in starting. Cars will start IN
the order Of their entry in each d.
vision. The time OF departure edch DAY
viii be shown on the observer card
Each driver will receive a card when
checking out in the morning, WnlcH
shall name the checking stations ana
the time the car is due at each sla-
ton, so that he may estimate his run
ming time during the day There shaii
be no appeal from the time registered by
the official watches Cars cannot check
In ahead Of time except at noon and
night stations.
Speed Is Limited
Cars in divisions 4. 5. and viii main
tain an average speed OF twenty miles
an hour Cars in divisions 2 and viii
maintain an average speed OF eighteen
miles an hour, while division l cars
must average sixteen miles an hour.
The cars viii be started at minute In
tervals. the sixteen mile-per- lour cars
starting first. followed by tbs eighteen
mile-p er-hour ones, and >hen the
twenty-mile-an-hour cars.
The schedule for the different divisions
must be maintained irrespective Of time
spent in tire troubles. To explain.
Should a car lose twenty-five minutes
on the road due 10 tire troubles, II must
make that up or suffer penailzatiSo or. ous
20 being late at control. A car late az
the first control must make the loSJ
time up or suffer penaliZation AT sue
cessive controls
Thus. il car is due at the first con-
troll at O'Clock. and at the second con-
troll al 1880. then. irrespective OF now
much time Is lost before reaching the
first control the car is held TO be at the
|
allied for being late beyond its leeway
Of three minutes. each car being allOWeu
| that much time at each checking station
| Thus. il a car is due at control al ~
! O'Clock, it has until 1908 to arrive,
Metal and Wire Seals
| Cars cannot check through ahead Of
| time marked on running card, under
penalty OF disqualification. For each
minute or fraction thereof car IS late
/ I'm checking through one point Is i'm
| posed.
/ Metal and wire seals will be affixed
/ bv the technical committee to the fol-
| lowing parts Of gaSOleue carS- Bonnet
| coil box battery box, hub caps. trans
/ mission case. differential case. ~adiator
/ gasOlene tank. mud-aproh, or ran an'
parts or the ignition not benettn Don
/ net or protected by bonnet seals. Whert
| motors are under the body or the car
the floor seat and deck boards vii
be suitably sealed. Water may be takef
on only at fuel stops. taking ~ on "a
other points being penalized AZ tne rae
Of two points per man per minute 81
fraction thereof, according to time spent
There will be no penalty Tor breaking
n seal. but a penalty Of two points PEE
man per minute VIII be chdi etu ull 1, \
the part Is again closed and fastened
whether any work be done or not.
To Have Final Inspection.
/ Al Inc GOIupltilDn OIL the A'hi'''N
final inspection Of all cars not with
drawn viii take place. which eXamina
ton will be a duplicate OF the prelim
mary one made before the start, and o
which record will be made on the re
served part Of the preliminary inSpec
ton card The penalties resulting from
these examinations will be made accord
ing to the penalty schedule that ma
been formulated as a part OF me heN
rules Parts or cars not enumefale -
in the schedule and discovered faulty
2 impaired. lost or loose, will be penalize
in due proportion 10 those enumerated
- The technical committee has reserve,
/ to IL the right 10 increase or diminish
: any of the penalzations enumerated II
[ the schedule as II sees ht, accordln
- TO the degree and demands Of the con
@ ditions.
+ TO explain: A leaky radiator is give
r examination test, but there are degree
[ to the amount Of leakage. one rad
- atOr might have two or three disun(
leaks. and another only one, and
II would be unaifr TO penalize both allk
r I so that In such conditions the teChnlci
q committee will have to use its discr'
n ton as TO the amount OF penalization.
l. The rules governing observers Al
q very explicit II is expressly stipuiate
j. that observers must not interpret IT
a rules for entrants or drivers, and the
2 cannot say what work may or may M
Is be done without danger Of penallzatiol
j. their duty being solely 10 record whit
n Is done and the exact length Of tin
r. required In doing It,
s, Copies of the new rules governir
& this contest have been sent hroadca
l. over the country by the managers
z the tour. and Bulletin No 3 was all
S, issued today and given wide circulatio