New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-08
AUTO NEWS OF THE DAY.
Brooklyn Dealers to Motor
Round Long Island.
SECRET RELIABILITY RUN
National Good Roads Convention
Plans Discussions of
Vital Topics.

Automobile Club The route VIII lead the
tourists over nearly four hundred miles OF
picturesque Long Island roads in zigzag
fashion, touching the north and south shores,
] as we'll the middle of the island
! The contest is divided into two sections.
1 contest and touring. Contestants in the
! contest section will be governed by the rules
l of the contest board of the American Auto
mobile Association, and their cars will be
penaIized for road work, taking on of fuel
outside of controls and for lateness at con-.
| trolls The tourist section is the pleasure
section OF the run.
Contestants can practically do as they
please in this division no penalties VIII be
| imposed for road work and stops can be
made anywhere along the route. However,
| to win trophy car in the tourist division
must show consistent running time from
| start TO finish
Before the start each contestant will be
! told the number OF miles TO the next stop
! ping place or control, and also the num-
Der of miles an hour he is to travel. Secret
stations have been established along the
route and only Referee A R Pardington
and Secretary E. F. Korbel know OF their
location AS a car passes a secret station
checker will take the time it goes by
Besides being checked at the secret controls,
| checked in also at all the known controls.
| Realizing that q tie in the contest IS
probable, the Brooklyn Motor Vehicle Deal
ers' Association submitted to Chairman
Butler, of the American Automobile Asso-
citation contest board supplementary regu-
/ Iations which they believe will evolve a
winner in this section These regulations
provide that cars to be eligible for trophy
offered in the contest division must show
consistent running time between all con-
trolls and at the same time have a perfect
road score Cars in the contest division
will be checked secretly in the same manner
| as the cars in the other division. Chair
| man Butler has approved the supplementary
regulations. II car makes perfect road
| score and is the only car eligible for
trophy the secret control time will not
! count against it if the car does not show
consistent running time.
| Six prizes are offered for competition in
the seven divisions of the contest section
| and two in the tourist division. As yet
| the exact number Of cars entered in the
| contest has not been announced, but up TO
! SATURDAY. twenty-nine cars were entered for
| both divisions
| From Brooklyn the tourists will journey
northeast TO the north shore OF the island,
passing through the towns Of Flushing, Lit
/ tie Neck, Thorlaston, Great Neck, Roslyn,
| Sea Cliff, Glen Cove, Locust Valley, Oyster
| Bay. Syosset Kings Park, and then direct
IN SY,1ithtown. Here fuel control has been
established at the Riverside garage. cars
will be checked in and out at Shutdown
The tourists will journey along the north
shore for few miles and then plunge
southwark into the heart of the island.
/ The route along the north shore leads over
rugged hills and is graced with masnEceAI
marine views and charming rural land
scapes, with frequent spots Of more than
ordinary historical interest
The next stopping place will be at
Patchogue. where tourists will dine at the
Clifton. The route then leads the tourists
for nearly fifty miles along the beautiful
south shore as far as Bridgehampton.
passing through East Patchogue, Bellport,
Moriches, East Moriches, Speonk, West
hampton. Quogue, Good Ground, Canoe
Place and Southampton. \ fuel control
has been established at Rogers Ackers's
garage in Bridgehanpton- From here on
the tourists will travel as far east as ANA
gansett, where the route leads TO the north
shore again, thence 10 Southampton. At
this place the participants will remain
overnight at the Commercial Hotel II was
originally planned 70 have the night stop
at Good Ground and lodge the contestants
in tents but because of Inadequate accom-
rrodations il was necessary TO lodge the
tourists elsewhere
The route for the second day leads the
tourists along the north shore. The first
fuel control will be at Port Jefferson The
cars will have 10 climb Port Jefferson
hill on the route The luncheon stop will
be at Huntington. at the Chateau des
Beaux-Arts. A long stop will be made hese
for tourists 10 enjoy bathing if they desire.
4 r Pardington, second vice-president
Of the Long Island Motor Parkway, will
oticiate on the run referee. E. L. Fer
guson, well known official of Glidden
tours. will start the cars on both days of
the contest. Messrs. Webb, Whiting and
Weiss will act on the technical committee.
James Hempstreet Will ofT1ciate as chief
observer, and will be assisted BY Guy Har-
rington-
A meeting Of the officials, contestants,
observers and drivers will be held tonight
at the home Of the Long Island Automobile
Club. Instructions, running cards and
ba dges will be given out.
With St Louis as the place and October
6, and as the dates extensive plans are
going forward for the third national good
American Automobile Association, the Ma
tionaI Grange, the Farmers Union, the
American Road Builders Association, the
United States Office Of Public Roads and
the National Association of Automobile
Manufacturers.
At the meeting of the general committee
held at No. S37 Fifth avenue on last Thurs
day the reports presented from subconmit |
tees made apparent the fact that this gath
erinE of representatives of national organ
tzations will be the most important good
roads assem- blage ever held in this country. |
The convention will be divided into two
parts, one devoted to the roads proposition
In its general aspects and the other occu- |
pied with technical papers prepared by the |
most noted experts Chairman George c. |
piehl has secured promises of attendance
and addresses by men who have devoted |
years to road building and who have
studied the changing conditions Of traffic |
in all its new phases.
Invitations to attend the convention will |
be sent by President L. r. Speare Of the |
American Automobile Association, on be- |
half Of the committee in charge of the con- |
vention, TO the Governors of states. Mayors !
of cities. state highway commissioners, !
mark commissioners of cities, county com |
rnissioners and town highway commissioners
throughout the entire country. as well as
10 officers OF farmers organizati tons. auto |
mobile clubs, automobile and vehicle |