The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-30

concern should take such a step in
view OF their agreement upon enter
ing the Glidden tour
THE entry blanks signed by all ems
trants in the Glidden tour" said MT.
chalmers, bear clause to the effect
that the signer agrees to abide by all
of the rules of the contest hoard and
to accept all stipulations and condf-
tions therein contained.
The entrant agrees to abide by the
spirit as well as the letter Of the rules
governing the contest. And in the
rules themselves Ia one which states
that all entrants have no legal claimr
against the American Automobile As
ISOLATION. or It's agents, through dis
satisfaction with decisions of the offi-
ctals or because OF disqualification
This rule Is inserted because the en-
trant has already agreed to accept
the decisions of the contest board an
Anal.
THE Premier Company entered into
these agreements when they entered
the contest, just as all the other en-
trants did. The Glidden tour Is an au-
tomobile contest for Ftock cars to be
run under a set of rules formulated by
the contest board of the American
Automobile Association. The contest
is to be run under these rules over
the roads of the country and not in the
courts.
"The hearing of the case by the con-
test board was fair and impartial and
conferred about an extremely simple
proposition. We had entered a strictly
stock car In the Glidden tour In full
accordance with the rules OF that event.
We believed that the Premier cars were
not stock cars. Under the rules gov
erning the G1idden tour we entered q
protest to that effect. Through mis-
understanding Of the rules, Referee
Whiting did not give us hearing on
the protest. at the end Of the tour in
Chicago, 10 It was later carried before
the contest board In New York At
the recent hearing the Premier Com.
pany and the Chalmers Company
submitted evidence on the proposition
as to whether the Premier cars in the
Glidden tour were stock cars.
'The attorney for the Premier Com
pany saw to 1t that none but strictly
legal evidence was submitted to the
contest board by the Chalmers Conn
pany.
ION the @other hand, the Premier
Company failed to submit. ~ Chair
man Butler'g ofiicial statement Of the
hearing says. evidence sufficient to
sustain the stock status OF the Premier
ment of auxiliary oil tank and pump
for injecting oil direct to the crank
case. They failed to do this, A. Mr..
Buffers statement further says, In
spite of repeated demands on the part
OF the technical committee Of the
American Automobile Association from
June 30 to July 81, during which period
three OF the members Of the commit
tee visited the Premier factory.
'"The contest board Of the a. A. A.
IL the owner of the Glidden trophy and
may award 1t to whonsoever wins the
reliability tour Of the association, In
accordance with the rules governing
that event. The 1910 tour was q regu-
lar annual reliability tour Of the A,
A. A.: 1t was promoted and managed
according to the -rulea governing that
event, and the contest board. which
ID the court Of last resort In notordom.
and 30 acknowledged by all entrants In
the Glfdden tour, has ruled that Chai-
mers go Number s won the Glidden
tour In strict accordance with the rules
and has regularly declared this car the
winner. This II enough for Va Other
people may run the tour over In the
courts as long ~ they please"