New-York tribune., 1910-02-20
TIN ELY AUTO TOPICS
BOSTON TOTING" RUN
Cities TO Ballot on Question Of
Popularity.


ceived for the annual New York TO Boston
run on March 5. The start is to be made
from the Hotel Astor ~ s o'clock IN the
morning L, H Perlman has offered q
trophy for which the contestants will strive.
Unlike most motor car contests speed will
play 10 part in determining the winner of
the event. for the competitive feature Will
be confined to A vote for the most popular
car In the run. the ballots 10 be cast BY
residents Of Boston and cities along the
route
a daily newspaper in each city which has
been selected a : a voting station will pub
lsh the official ballot in its column for one
week, beginning the Monday previous ~
the race. and the ballots will contain the
names OF the cars entered I'D 10 the time of
going 10 press. When there is more than
one car entered of the same make each car
Will have a ballot box, but the ballots will
be counted collectively. As each car starts
the driver will receive en- official ballot box
Upon arriving al d voting station the rep
resentative of the entrant Of the car must
place the ballot box IN conspicuous place
but must not allow il TO be out Of his pos
session. Each checking station will be in
charge OF e1If,-referee OF that city and he
will be appointed by the newspaper which
prints the Official ballot. The car receiving
the most votes will get the trophy.
The controls or voting stations will be at
Bridgeport New Haven. Hartford. Spring
field. Worcester and Boston No contestant
will be allowed to remain more than thirty
minutes in control or the vicinity OF one
The entrants must sign an agreement not
10 do any speeding, and none of the con-
testing cars will be permitted to pass the
7acemaking car
Women viii be allowed to drive cars in
the contest and permission is given TO those
who desire TO decorate their machines A.
H Whiting has been selected as honorary
referee by Samuel ". Butler, chairman Of
the contest board OF the American Auto
mobile \ Associa ton.
The plan OF the Touring Club Of America
10 organize a series of six Eastern tours
during the spring and summer seasons has
found a warm exponent in Mrs. Joan New
ton Cuneo, probably the best known woman
motorist and tourist in this country. Mrs.
Cuneo, who has been a conspicuous figure
in several Glidden touring events, has
many excellent ideas from a woman's point
OF view on the manner in which such
events ought 10 be conducted
The trouble with competitive events,
such as the Glidden tour said Mrs. Cuneo,
''is that participants become SO engrossed
with the effort to maintain perfect scores
that they lose all touring enjoyment. Their
thoughts are centred on arriving at d given
point at q given minute. no sooner or no
later and they are in dread every moment
lest a punctured tire or some other mishap
cause them to fall behind They are re-
ouired 20 arise at uncor1fortably early
hours. TO stand in line waiting for break
fast room doors 30 open and then TO gulp
their morning meal. SO as not TO cause an
instant's delay at the starting line.
once tFe1. get under way they are forced
10 trail along in some one else's dust and
arrive st the noon and night controls coat
ed with dust. both within and without. At
the night stops their cars are taken from
them and locked up in garages to prevent
any work being done upon them. 1t Is a
case of rush and eat, rush and eat, twice
every day. for the schedule must be made
whether the sun burns like furnace, the
wind blows q gale or the rain falls in tor
rents There is no fun in 1t. and there is
no real touring in Il.
'Tt Is absolutely impossible TO enjoy the
scenery iu competitive tour AS a mat
tor OF fact. few participants have a knowl-
edge Of the names of the towns they pass
through. This vas illustrated in my
case. At the recent automobile show in
Madison Square Garden l was introduced
to several persons who Informed me that
they had recognized me from seeing me
pess through their town on the last Gid
den tour I inquired the name OF the town.
and though they took IL Tor granted that
7 must have remembered IL, viii confess
that | did not remember ever TO have
heard the name before. This. l think, is
a good illustration of how little so-called
tourists In trophy contests really known
Of the routes 5 they travel