The sun., 1910-02-17
AMONG THE AUTOMOBIlSTS
COLGATE HOYT TO LECTURE
on TOUR IN AFRICA.

Former President OF AutOm ObiIe Club Of
America VIII Entertain Members OF
OrWNnlEa tlOn-A. A. A. Contest Buies
toCOntaIn striCter Amateur Definition
Announcement was made yesterday BY
the entertainment committee OF the Auto
mobile Club Of America that Colgate hoyt'
former president OF the organization
would deliver an illustrated address next
"Wednesday evening on his recent automo-
bile trip through north Africa and the
island OF Sicily. The address will be given
on Wednesday evening. as Tuesday, the
regular olnb night. is a holiday. Mr.. Hoyt
will illustrate his description OF his trip
with sterooptioon views made especially
for this lecture from negatives taken by
himself. Members OF the club can secure
additional tickets for guests by applying
to the club secretary.
1t il expected that a draft OF the contest
rules for 1910 will be issued this week by
). N. Bntler. chairman OF the contest board
OF the American Automobile Association.
Mr.. Butler took the rules to Chicago during
the progress Of the annual show In that
city, where the rules were approved by
the A. A. A. board Of directors and the
Manufacturers Contest Association. One
Of the notifications In the 1910 rules. as
compared with those OF last year. will be
Q stricter definition Of an amateur driver.
The contest board has issued sanctions
for the following events February 10
and 20. Los Angeles Motor Racing Asso-
cistion. track races at the Ascot Park track.
Los Angeles. CAL. February ~, Automo:
bile fTsde Association Of oakland and
MsioS %SGs Tofn' Moore S s SOtiRs Oontsst. SsE
York 10 Boston; March 10. Licensed Motor
Ssi. Hfsf Rfii Climb. iH xlssdsSa. Cal. ca LOS NS'''
The members Of the Motor Club Of Har-
niSSt postponsd action until the next meet
ing Sn the to ndsw frS% Sa me tSs
of the Pennsyivsnia Motor Fsderstion
club De shsn sSs Sstser of o%
the State and national bodies VIII be dem
% sss.eS sS%s e The bonn Ss Ss.rS Of
ton and dsyotinE the money that would
be paid for dues 70 good roads work in the
O. G. Robertson. president Of the club.
The organization during the past year.
ported that the organization has lsS mem
bars and ls growing steadily. The club
%eo Toads Convention on held at Harrlsbnrr % be be-
fore the next session OF the State Legista-
ture Ia an effort to secure more effective
Yanss &. Gccorynick of the good roads
committee asked the members of the clno
e Ss % Ai SSi
s TisOSs keep S the @ TosSs iH n tSeir ssstisSS 10
OF Wilmer, Pa, spoke in favor OF a moro
general nss q the King split log drag on
dirt rOsss MTsin RudE PreSd;sSpt .S;S q .Ss
good results that have followed tho use
OF the King split log drag on the highways
nesr hls city
=. Ths contest board Of the American Auto
!poble Association has nominated z. L.
from q; n N:w 4; YORK to Boston "a on March % 5.
las. and q ha: Ss Seen "a
official OF the Glidden tours for the last
three years; The paoenaking car for the
BY lot from the machines offered TO T.. II.
Perlman. donor OF the trophy. for this
George c. John expects TO enter two
E-A=F and two Flanders cars in the event.
w. b. Hurlburt. manager OF the Thomas
run with the Thoma: car that won the New
York 20 Paris trophy. T. r. Moore. man
81 the S ol sni ;s and
Six entries have already been made for
Automobile Club viii conduct on May IS
testing cars will be divided Into three ,divi-
Gions, as follows. First division. class A,
cars costing 81. $50 or more; class b.. cars
costing less than 81 $50. Second division,
class A. rnna bouts costing 81. 500 or more;
class Il, runabouts costing less than 81 500.
Third division. cars owned by club mem
bers. r
LOWELL, Mass, Feb. I6.-Unless parties
other than the nIenbers OF the Lowell Auto
mobile Club take hold of the project there
will be no automobile' road raee on the
Merrimac Valley circuit ct Lowell next
fail. At a meeting Of the club last eve-
ming IL was definitely voted not TO promote
another race and TO notify the American
Automobile Association OF this DECISION.
The governing board of the Lowell club
present ed it's report on the races Of last
fan This showed that the total receipts,
including the guarantee fund OF $4,000
subscribed. were tes, ,4Se. The receipts at
the gate. we're s2S, t0s. The expenditures
were ses, ,s77 divided as follows: ConstrlIc-
tiOn. s2S,sss: sdministTation and salaries,
prizes. dc. sSO, lis. President Heinze said
there was an impression that more than
$50 900 persons saw the races, hut about
half that number OF persons was he
course.