The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-21
CLIMBING CONTEST
AROUSES INTEREST
MAYORS Hill Is an Ideal
Place for the Events.
PICTURED FOR THE FIRST TINE
The Washington Herald Presents
Views Showing Where the Run
VIII Begin and End-ConditIons
of the Contest-Seven Events for
the Afternoon of the both.

The Washington Herald prints this
morning the first and only views ever
taken Of MAYORS Hill. Randle Highlands.
where the automobile hill climbing con
test. under the auspices Of the AutomO-
bile Club Of Washington. viii occur al ?
o'clock on the afternoon of Tuesday.
August 30.
The contest is attracting universal at
tention among the automobilists Of the
National Capital as II is the first event
OF the kind ever held here. Il will be
conducted under the rules and with the
sanction OF the contest board Of the
American Automobile Association. with
r. B. Caverly as the referee and off,
clal representative OF the contest board.
John K. Hell will act as clerk OF the
course. and the contest committee In
cludes L. d. Moore. jr.. John Larcombe.
jr.. Arthur d. Marks. John Thomas. W.
Cliff Long. and Charles Bender. Contest
ants must be familiar with a. A A.
contest rules.
A Fine Hill to Climb.
MAYORS Hin, which has been selected
tenths Of a mile long and is situated on
the eastern side Of the Eastern Branch.
between the Pennsylvania avenue and
Anacostia bridges. II Is on the Naylor
road, and begins at Minnesota avenue and
runs south TO near the junction Of Naylor
road with the Good Hope road. The bot
tom OF the Hill Is few hundred Yards
west Of the eastern end OF the Pennsyl-
yania avenue bridge.
The hill affords a typical climb. The
road is now being put IN condition. but
the grade viii. OF course. remain IN
changed There are three or four turns
in the road. and at one point there is a
double turn. S-shaped. which viii tax the
skill Of the driver who wants 70 nego-
tiate the climb on high speed. There Is
ample room for spectators, not only at
The beginning. but along the road and at
the top Of the hill. The start and finish
Of each car Will be announced from tele-
graph stations along the course, and an
electric timing system will be used, with
timers at the top OF the hill The start IN
all events will he a flying one. from
point fixed by the committee. The length
Of the flying start will be the same for all
cars.
other Conditions Of the Contest.
Other conditions Of the contest. not al
ready mentioned, are as follows:
No prizes awarded In case OF a walk
over. three or more entries to III. unless
otherwise specified IL Jess, the event
NAV be declared of
Meeting Is subject 10 postpOnement in
case OF stormy weather, but the road IS
largely composed OF crushed rock. and
rain the day before the race will help the
surface
The right is reserved to reject any OF
all entries
The management Is not liable for in
iUries 10 or caused by contestants or
machines used by them.
Each eHtrant shall hold the Automobile
Club Of Washington harmless and indem-
nifty IL against all loss or damage re
sulting directly or indirectly from or
growing out OF the operation, manage
ment or control OF the car entered by
him.
The sprocket or ratio Of gears may be
changed.
Where an extra charge Is made for
magnetic the amount shall be added TO
the price OF the car at the time Of en-
tering.
Any manufacturer or agent entering
stock machine in these events must
agree to sell II at the catalogued price.
Before going 10 the starting line, en-
trants must present their cars TO the
technical committee for examination. TO