New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-14

Cars on Strenuous Run n n.
tauk Light and Return A''
CONTEST OF RELIlBIlIr
Formula for Figuring go,..
power as Required By II.
New Callan Law.

Fifty automobiles start az o,.,.
morning from Madison sousr. a Ia
-'Montauk Light or bust 49,. Ia
around Long Island. "a
Thirty-eiEht OF the cars war.
the contest and carried obssrv.r. a . |
from the engineering class ~ c., sSft
University. Each car started with + a-s.
OF so many points. which will be dse-.'
by penalizatiOns for repairs other 80
repairs on the road.
There is also an unofficial co,..
non-competing cars for a priz. -
the Motor Contest Association. undsr :.
auspices the run is managed.
time will be established. and Ii. a..
irving at controls nearest this Tin.
receive the prize
The tourists will take luncheon ia
Three-Mile Harbor and diuner a. 49,
Island. The first days run Is q. ns..
They will return TO New York at
Wednesday afternoon
According to the provisions q tns So
automobile law Of New York stats ~
will 20 into effect en- August I. rno,o-,,s
must pay annually tax according =, ~
horsepower OF their cars. based On :.
horsepower formula adopted sore v.,-.
ego by the Association Of Licensed a..
mobile Manufacturers and known y $.
ass 1ciation OF Licensed Automobile g..
facturers' horsepower formula
The annual taxes are as follows.
For cars Of . horsepower or less q
cars of more than % and less thar z bs.,.
~-n -
than 50 horsepower. SIS. and for cars q. .
horsepower or more. s25.
There have been so many inqu,riss :,
Gently that It is thought well to ezra.
how the user OF an automobile driven :,
gasolene engine can tell easily the o.,
horsepower rating of his car under the Va
York law.
The Association Of Licensed Autonoa,.
Manufacturers publishes in the "sarus.
Handbook Of Gasolene Automobiles" a Ar.
from which can be seen at a glance ths al.
ing OF car according TO the oscfaI a.
muIa. This table is also published in na~.
phlet form, showing the ratings Of all m.
tors Of from one TO six cylinders. having
bore of from pa TO s inches Tor Ga
ntIlimetres).
Anybody can, however. figure for hir,s.
the rating OF his car without referring n
this table The formula is very sillols \.
ing as follows: D square times n dfts.;
by two and a half
D represents the cylinder bore. n Z.
number OF cylinders. and 50 a eonstr.
based on the average view OF the snsntr,
as TO a fair. conservative rating for IN.
cycle motor at one thousand feet MINI,
piston speed. All there Is 70 DO after know
same. multiply bv the number o. cyl.-tss
and divide the result by TWO and one-ha.
Two hundred Premier tourists arrived !.
New York yesterday afternoon about %
O'Clock. returning from Cape MAY Il.
entire run from New York to Philadelcha
and from there to Cape Hay and back VS.
made without a single nlishap o. az
nature. They came IN by the way (
Staten Island, and made the run from n.
adelphia in five hours. in spite Of hssry
roads and slippery going. The Knitss-
booker division escorted the Boston Z.
vision and acted as hosts last night
various entertainments.
The entire run was one OF the most 81
cessful three-day tours ever made By n
make of cars The tourists passed r'-s
ing vote Of thanks 70 r. ". Owen < ca
Wilkes Barre. Penn. June B.-A1ic1r
bilists who have been here for four ~
waiting for favorable weather for ne L
nuaI hill climb races up the Giants Dss'1
Mountain course, hope the weather y
clear sufficiently 70 dry out the ROADS II |
permit the races TO be held Tuesday 1is |
noon.
The races were postponed from sa'-s@
until to-day and again put on UNI :
morrow. The officials IN charge Of =
races deemed the course too dangerous :
der present conditions.