The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-05
AMONG HHR AUHOMOBILISTS
CHICAGO CLUB OFFERS TROPHY
FOR GLIDDEN TOUR.
Chairman Rptier 90 American Aatsme-
blle AssSctAttsa Ceatest BEARD 40
cepts E'vtze fer Easrants Net m Teur-
m6CnF C1ans-To Wefepee "a nrtmhaon.

mGCar CIass To ReSeree "a brighten.
8 n. Butler. chairman % tho contest
board Of tho American Automobile AasO-
directors Of the Chicago Motor Cub "a
donate q trophy for this years Cliddsn
1 tour. TO be contested for by entrants Of
cars not included IN the touring car claas
/ The offer was madS and accepted last
Saturday az luncbson given BY the Chicago
Motor Club directors In Chicago. The
! prize IL to be known - the Chicago trophy.
Harry W. Ford. secretary Of the Cha liners
| Motor Company. wac present and Informed
| cha irman Butter that Joseph W. 0ardham
! had been selected 60 drive the Chalmers
car to be used for ma kins the DathfindinG
| trip over tho route for this years Glidden
tour. Mr. Ford told Chairman Butler
that the pathfinding car ould he ready 10
start from Cincinnati on April 10. Mr.
Butler said that the route announced two
months ago would be used and that Mem
phis and 81. Joseph Mo. are TO be the
Sunday stopping places for the tour par
ticipants.
The tour route and distances are ar.
pToxirnately A. follows Cincinnati TO Louis
willie through Lexington. iss miles IN Nash
willie through Bowling GTseI. 205 miles
to Floren"e. Ala. i2s miles: to Memphis.
las miles. TO LATHE Rock through Helena.
20 miles. to TsNArkana, i!s miles: to Dallas
through Paris. Tex. IN miles: to Oklahoma
city. eOs miles to wichita. coT miles: to
81 Joseph. IOT miles. to Cclflx or Des
Molnes. ios miles. to Davenport through
Cedar Rapids. 90 miles. to Chicago. 200
milss. This years tour will DO about 400
miis~.
chairman Butler left Chicago last sun
day for Los Angeles. accompanied By Fred
| J Wagner. the ofiicial starter. and 4. l..
McMurtry. chairman 81 the technical board
Of the American Automobile Association.
4. II. Whiting 81 tho Automobile club
OF America Ia to act as referee for the Motor
| Racing Associations opening twenty -four
hour raos AZ the Brighton Beach Motor
drome on MAY y and h A. . meeting
60 iinnt the competitors in the comins
ction Sas taken to avoid tho possibility
Of any crOvdng on tho track during the
race
The membership COMMITTEES Of the Auto
mobile Club Of America has received appli-
Man" "h% Fl.hs1' Y be WIZ Ha@iiSon ,n George
g. H%ysn. yr and John Elmsr Weeks.
tnsian -on hudson, y. Halleit Lowell.
u Madison. ! J. and louis \. ThAhaud.
ciate nember-hlp have been made by 4. p
hO-enberger. Philadelphia, and A J
wright, buualo.
W. Give crosby. president 81 the New
Jersey AUTOMOBILES and Motor Club. has
appointed the follow ing special contest
committee Horace 4 Bonnell. chairman
BENJAMIN =. Hurd, De Witt e Reynolds.
COMMITTEES Is to aSa lestIe upon some .ort ~
contest to be held by he Newark club IN
the near future The event h TO h open
TO both amateur drivers and 20 dealers
Some % the members Of the club have
susse-ted that the event be . sealed bonnet
contest to last twO OF more days.
Edward " c. Arnold's big Fiat racer.
which had one 81 IT. ptatons broken while
DE Palma was practising with II few
been 1xed up and shipped TO De Palma AZ
% Angeles, where n y 90 be driven against
barney Oldheld's bi9 Benz racer that made
a new worlds mile record OF % 9S-tOO
onds NJ DaytOna on March 10. The race
between the two drivers and - ex-
ever -een on track In reference TO the
race Oldflrld sent the following Telegram
10 Je-s- FrOshllch manager Of tho Benz
importing company
Your wire rcrslVed An glad that will have
an opportunity to meet the Arnold Fiat az Los
Know that ~ Palma Ntn have a fast car, and
proved n a. DAY iona that my II fast ~
driving viii ~tn III attn or die Keep me posted
MINgoIA J.. 4. April The Motor
Cup Holding Company has made applica-
ton for two races over the Motor Parkway
course The first will be the Vanderbilt !
cup race, on October /. and the second |
The application has been granted and the !
conditions Of rhe race viii De arranged
next week The grand prize race vas
the ore hsld In Savannah last year