The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-03
AMONG THB AUTOMODILISTS
CHAMPIONSHIP RACES SCHED-
lied TOR DEC0RATION DAY.
Tntsen National ES ~n,s Arranged fSr
stock Cars AT Indianapolis Meter
speedway. with Gold, sllN ~ snsi
Brwaye Medals ~ Prize On Zach class.

Announcement waa mac '-',r,ts hat
ser.ss of national ,AaInptIu-.tp n
ate to be conducted OU %" Ia ibn npoiiS
Motor S,rc,lNav On Decoration hay under
tho direction oi the contest hoard 81 ~"
American Automobile A-~n,lAtt"n. Their"
Niil be fully nttsen races "a the champion
ship events. aud the entire do. Nh Ice re-
sutrrd 10 run them Every division IN the
new th.stf,atIoI Of stock 'arS VIII hc
Jared Tor IA the a arrangement ut tho races
and nearly haf a hundred medals vii
distributed among the winner The drivers
oT the cars nnishing first IN each division
will receive gold medals. the second men
silver medal and tho third men bronze
medals.
The contest boa "a has had 4 cham pion-
ship meet under "On~ideratio for some
time. but no pUblic mentIon vas made
at tho matter until the board met last week
In this city. Chairman = VI Butler then
announced that the hoagd had authorized
the Indiana polls Motor Speedway owners
10 positively schedule tho cham pionshiP
meet for Nav ~. following n grand circuit
meet to 10 held On ia. speedway on May
n and -. Entries must bs made with tho
a. A. 4 contest boa I'd. and tho events MI
not only be the hrst real chain ionship
nces ever held In this country hut they viii
also be the militia ma tlonAl rSCss run under
the new 1910 rllles Of the contest hoard.
Ia IL expected the starters in the several
divisions viii far ouinumbcr tho FIELD. in
any previous automobile track races The
completion OF the Arrangements Tor the
cham pionship raoes was tho most important
thIng done By the contest boar last week
The msmscrs Of the board Who attended
wriSht, wilEesbarre: kifrsd Reeves, New
YORK: Joseph II. Wood, Newark, and :. N.
spsSrs. PRECEDENT H Of the A. 4. A.. vac
present. and approved Of the sction OF tho
Rnles and entry blanks for the 1910 0udden
tour. which 81 arts from CinctnnAii on June
Is. we're ordered printed and distubuied
sS,rSn,s. The board also seSI au,horizsd post
START from Cincinnati. notwithstanding nu-
msR0us unofficial reports TO ne ensct thar
The board directed thar printed instruc-
tons be sent 20 the boards technical repre-
santatives throughout the I nited states
and to lie referees and A--ociaie memhers.
81 ere contest board now scattered through
out the country. together with a large corps
81 technical REPRESENTATIVES. and an able
Organize ton which is national In character
The board ordered certificates OF racing
records issued to Rarney Oldneld for recent
performance with the Benz racer on the
FLORIDA beach All Of the rules IL the
1Idsetd's osicisI Tecord il; Is 4nnoancsS
a. follows. One mile. fiyinx start. - n-tO'
seconds. one mile standing start. 81 3-isl
seconds. one kiometer, flying start. ~ a-l00
seconds. and two miles. flying start. s5
s7-lOO seconds
An appeal whinh was taken from the
decision ~ the referee IA a rare meet in COn-
nection with road race from T"- Angeies
Gal. to PhPniN. Ariz., was passed On bv
abe board vhich decided that the spirit
az the rules " the race had been violated. 4
The rare In question took place on rack
following The road race The 'arI N"r"
supposed 20 participate ~ the trs-k race
IN the -ame condition. in which theN finished
ghe road rase The driver uf the protested
pennsVivania car changed The wheels from
- inches 20 - inches before starting Ia he
rack race and won Nhsreupon the en-
trani 10 a Columbia car protested ~ the
referee Who dstided IN favor of the Penn
gylN ANA car on the ground that the rules
merely prohibited tho changing OI gears
An zpf~.al w.- taken nv the Columbia IN.
frant from che decision - n" referee
The .on'czf bN7ri Sustained thg Nupeal
end directed rIa' the pUrs.s 1t AfD he
awarded 20 fke rur rant 0I the columbia ear
The board aunouu' ed that % had reg
fsfered 70 dare more than me hundred
contest dri, 90. in both the amateur AMI
profess ionHl classes Thirty registrations
ere re~eiysd ~ ono Uui FROM atlanta.
fts " here 4 hli climb Vas recently hs'u .
lvery driver for sanctioned 'onyes'
curing the present season must ~ first
- gi-rrrcd At the national h"tdg IIarters
Applications FOR registry hlHuHa can 10
made direct - the contest board "a New