The sun., 1910-06-30

al4nle N NuAA sAAN- w ENaNNSA R4eu
sesres hy Tourlng Cars o. RunabOuts
Members Of the Chicago Motor Club.
witch donated the ChlcaEO trophy for
competiti0n by rOadstera and runabOuts
In the event. have made great preparations
for receiving the OllddeA tourists when
they arrive In the Western metropolis late
this afternoon on the Anal days run Of
their journey. More than a score Of mem
bers Of the Chicago Motor Club will drive
their cars on, from the city to-day and
act as an esoOrting party for the tourists
on the concluding portion Of their journey
Of 7.ssl miles. which began a. Cincinnati.
Ohio. on June ~
This years Glddsn tour. whlrh Il the
seventh annual reliability touring contest
Of the American Automobile Association
aud the sixth annual contest for the Gliddsn
trophy. has been both the longest In mileage
and the most strenuous 40 far a. road con.
ditions are concerned II any Of the tours.
FOr The hr-t time that the American Auto
mobile Association has conducted is snnual
touring event none OF the C0mpeting cars
In either the touring car or runabOut olaS-es
s finishing the tOur with a perfect road
scors
The great distance that had 10 be covered
In the Journey south from Cincinnati 10
Dallas. Tex. and north 10 the finishing
point At Chicawo made it necessary Tor the
contestants TO make very long runs On many
Of the days of the tour This year even one
of The TIVE sundays en- route had % bs used
a. a travelling day the tourists driving
dfty-three miles from Little R0ck 90 Hot
springs. Ark, on SUNDAY, June %. ast
] hsm HaHaHHsN AZ
Kansas city. I'm seven days of the tour
the Contestants had 70 drive 81 miles 0r
more and on One Of the other days they
had 70 travel ine miles
Aner the weary tourists hnish their
Journey IN ChicaRo to-day they will not
know the winners Ia the two 'las-es ~ The
Hlidden and Chigago trophies. a. the cOm-
peiing cars vii BE- examined by the tech
can BE- determined. The tourists are 70 b.
OfiiCially welcomed ~ thcago "a harneld
PARK after they arrive there on tO-day's
run from Davenport. III.
The officials OF the chicago Automobile
Club arc planning 10 run a siecial train
for memllers uf the organization who IN
tend going 20 Indianapolis 10 witness The
10 mile race for the iOhe trophy on July 4.
The race u TO no the second annual CON
te-t Tor me cup donated by Ira " CQbe.
president OF the Chicago Automobile Club.
and this year gill be rin on the two and
half mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway
u y planned "a have the train star from
Chiragn ~ O'clock next Monday mgfn-
ina. and the railroad company Nill deliver
tho passengers % the gates ~ the speed
Nay aud the club members viii get abroad
the train In front Of the speedway gates
after the races are over aud viii return
10 Chicago that night
The officials of the Automobil. Legal
Association ai Boston hnve started n move
ment TO discourage the practice of sople
kofal ana rarnw. kaaf,aFa Rho hava rnnra
II q pTaCtlce 10 impose heavier charges
on tourists than they exact Of their regular
Cusi siumefs. Several cases have been re-
ported to the Officers of the association
paid mOfs ihaa sisT usssl charges hecause
they were using automobiles a. the time
Circulars have been sent out 70 al The
memDers asking for CONFIDENTIAL tniorma-
ton Of their experiences and ~ their names
wtll never be drawn into the controversy
n ia expected that much valuable infOT-
nation viii BE- collected. One circular
asks u any garage keeper has OyercharEed
the motorists and When and where, while
the other asks for similar Information re-
rarding hotels
The klanks for the answers are ~ ar
ranGed that motorists replying may. give
the routes over which they travelled ami
In this way Il Will be possible 10 notify other
memberA what hotels and gaTages 90 AVOID
u u thought that when the plan u worked
ou, there will b. q change Of policy among
sS.Sm66ls,s ss a. pbeir ssitImsis pSsy 5Ss1'S a.
the AutOmohlle Legal Association has more
tbAn 5000 members he officials expect 10
get . fairly complete list VI garages and
hotels In Massachusetts, where motorists
are overchArgsd.
The great automobile racing track at
RFoOklands. England. upOu which prac.
ticAlly al the existing worlds track recOris
thras forpFttost sHte.eiallv buflt trnewa IN
this country have entirely different sur
faces The Los Angeles one mile rirrular
trank has n Wporen sufiarv, ih5 tss isilr
tract q AIlAn,a has ~, .pTfasf o. gravel
Indianapolis noE has . surface Of paving
bricks Or WadsWOFth Warren. who man
ages the Buick racing taam for the General
Motors Company. has made the follow Ing
comments on re surfaces q the ihree big
The reccnt rare meet Al Indianapolis
Afforded an opportunity 10 test Oui 3 suit
ably banked fDeadwAy paved With yitri-
1 ass Ssrs ana y vas iss GS,5a'SS sa5 s q al our
drivers shOm We had An opportunity 10
rsumiit that this track ls faster than the
Atianta track, bus more severe on tires.
and that The vibration 81 uD in the mac hines
Ssa sISns &C., az az PAX sSr. nsS sa ,SsT STs
than Il hoticeable on the softer dirt surface
Of the Atlanta trRrk.
A1uIa CheNFDlat and Robert nuFman
are Of tho opinion thst u instead Of VitFi-
Ned bgick the Indianapolis speedway had
besn paved with creoRotsd wood hlnrks
the surface would have been more resilient
and could have been kept In better con
dltlon than the hrirk.
- -AlFaady thqFs arr certain areas N ths
surface 81 ne lniiianapOlia aDssdwaT Which
thoW aliIht WaEY undulatioma due no doubt
70 the agtion % y aler and frost, tnHathar VITA
tho agttling % the earth bgnaatA the traek
iounqatiDn. Which u vii - naKt 10 M
pQaalole ever 90 coTToCt, ~ q creoauled
block payement had beun lald upon . suit
oblH fOundattan n would have bsan nsT-
factly prarticaDla % devise some HDrt of
pO@eT gperaled plansr Wblch could kean
tho aufaaeR u wooden blneh m a. Rhgolutafr
smooth cnndifi1n.
AnotheT 0hieeti9n which may b raiusd
- en1 paving 20 indlanapnln y fhnf thq
f41llar np1 4Elqnd tht foil Wi4gA 81 ~
lF9ck. iha leagcl q saliea q umsn tFonohas
llNfl-alHalae ~ ~ lncA y t2plh and four
ino1g4 ap1Ft eNtolding directly acFrnt ne
Hee3 % HgAs nlgie1 70 t4g llns of travel