The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-10
AMONG The AUIMOBlLISTS
BROOkLIN DEALERS START an
TU0 DAYS Rt'N.
Rain scares sOme Of the Entrants. hut
Most % the Ears Nominated iieEin
coo NiIe Journey over Long island
Roads OldfleId To Race NJ BrishtoU.

Some 81 the entrants Of cars IN the Brook
lyn Motor Vehicle Dealers Association i've
dav reliability run we're discouraged by ~
rain that fell early yesterday morning
and withdrew their cars FROM the contest
bur most OF the cars entered started awa'
from tho clubhouse Of the Long Islam
| Automobile Club before o'Clo"k lh'
contesiinS cars will travel about go nIl"'
before the event IL finished al BROOKLYN
this afternoon. covering most sections %
Long Island
| The route followed Yesterday led the con
| teFiants through Flushing. l.lttl" Neck
I Thomas'on, Great Neck. Ro-lyn. S~a GIN
Glen Cove. Locust Valley. oyster Ray
SyosSet and Kings Park To Smrht"wn
where a fuel control was located They
had lunch Al patchogue. then drov" u
southampton and Amagan-ett and back
to Southampton. where they spent the
night
After several conferences held In the
city between Dan J smith. representing
The owners Of tho Brighton Reach track.
nd william ~ PickenS representing barney
,oIdheld. II now looks a. II there viii he a
Two DAYS race meet ~ the brighton B"a'h
track on saturday ard Mnndav. September
7 and = The agreement has h""n sisneh
by both part les IN question AMI bIdn'li mas
agreed to compel" IN the open races against
all corners for cash priy's
Ono nf the princiIal events will ~ two
hour race. oae hour to he run on SATURDAY
and the second hour on Labor pav. tn"
driver making the greatest mileag" IN m"
SATURDAY and Monday hour races Ia get "A
ash prize 81 o.. $50 Another f"atur" event
Will bs a sprint race for $50 IN cash.
In discussing the probable future policy
81 American automobile manufa" 'uTers p
~ ~ Ia 81
Buffalo that hears his name. recently voiced
the opinion that ultimat. aud lasting sue
ces. must eventually he won IA IN" motor
car field 10y an exercise 81 even greater
conservatism than il applied =" older and
well grounded high class industries.
-Other manufacturers may boast OF
their enormous sales and production. saws
Mr. Thomas. hut We pTid" Ourselves on our
small prod,rton and large plant. w"
built and sold LIS ears for the season ~
ipo and 1910 We will make only -! cars
for the season nf 1910 and inii. We want
only riN-tenths of one per cent OF the auto
mobile business 81 this country -,
We noV have hut ~ q models instead "f
four, a. during last year. aud ~ "an "a-llv
build that number 81 cars IN daylight ~
ia"ilitie- have recently been in, rra sod more
than ~ per rnt We have lu-' com T'"'"h
t:'s' o'o Ridr ION to our plsnt and ma hin"
euuipmen, for the sol" purpose 81 "limtna'-
ing night. SUNDAY and rush work now so
prrValen' in automobile const ~" ton and
which ~ expensive and 80 de-trt"tiNe
to accuracy and good workmanship.
Two days b~fore the entry lists closed for
the Mun-sV historic tour there Nerc fN"n'N
three different makes of cars represented
among the entries four more mak"- than
were entered for this wears 'iid,I"n tour.
The ears entered are r"pre~entaiIN" IA
character and many Of them I'LL h" driven
by men Of national reputation a. drivers
Of cars In endurance events Re sn' en-
ttants In liIds the RaFtholomsw company.
whI"h entered ~ t'lidden tour ar III" In
tsr-tg'e Automobile Company ~ Muu,i"
Ind Which named an Interstate. AMI Walter
S'ott baltimore dealer, no named
trAv ford
y !. Ferguson. well known as an sfrci1l
Of several Glidssn tours. sill aCt n referee
and also serve with Joseph Tray a. a
member 81 the to- hniCal committee Mr.
raCV. Who y a member Of the So letv ot
Automobile Engineers wa- formerly on"
Of the foremost american racing 'ar drivers
and has been a consulting automobile emf
nssr since his retirement from rarins q lev
yeaTE ago