The San Francisco call., 1910-04-22
RULES FIXED FOR
GREAT AUTO RACE
Conditions Announced for Grand
Prize Contest of Automobile
Club of America
BY R. R. L'HoMMEDIEU

The conditions and entry blanks of
the International road race for the
grand prize of the Automobile Club of
America have just been issued The
event. which is to take place on OctO-
Der 10 at the Motor parkway Long ISL
and. is held under the auspices of the
Motor cups holding company. of which
William X Vanderbilt Jr. is president
The president makes the following an
nouncement:
The Automobile Club of America has
given its sanction to the Motor cups
holding company for running the inter
national road race for the grand prize
of the Automobile Club of America, the
gold challenge cup of the value of
$4,000, to be run on October Is, 1910, on
the parkway of the company and ad-
joining roads. This circuit is one of
the best in~America for sustained high
speed. The highways are broad. even.
we'll oiled and without any hills. The
four turns on the course are well
banked and may be easily taken at
high speed. There will be cash prizes
for the drivers, as follows: First prize
of $4,000, second prize of SO 900 and
third prize OF $1,000.
The distance of the race will be ap-
proximately 2O7.OS miles. covering the
course of 1854 miles % times.
As the international association of
recognized automobile clubs has no
formula for international racing in
force this year, no restriction as to
weight, cylinders. dimensions and so
forth will be made. the only condition
being that all ears must conform to the
technical ruling of the Automobile Club
of America as to safety requirements
The entry fee, payable on or before Au-
gust 1, 1910, is $1,000, and from August
to the closing date, September I, 1910.
$3.50. All entries are to be made
through the Automobile Club of Amer
lea. Unless 15 entries have been made
before August 1, 1910, 1 reserve the
right to declare the race Of"
C. w. Ayers, who recently purchased
a Knox tonneauette and started for his
oil . interests at
1Knox Motor Car Bakersfield. h as
Much Admired }1tSt }Etsrssti5s %fif5sn lstteT yfry
on his arrival TO
the Reliance automobile company.
Ayers says:
o'clock Had delightful trip all the
way until within so miles of Bakers
field, when we encountered raip and
'aThe Knex came clear through with
out a whimper and running smoothly
as velvet. Never made an adjustment
of any kind and she took the road like
humming bird The road was rough
in some places, but mainly good and
we made sped OF % miles an hour at
ming without jar or friction when we
arrived.
crowd Of admirers gathered around.
and we could hear such expressions as
Handsomest and classiest car l ever
saw Isn't she beauty? Bet she can
go, all right etc, etc. Here at Bakers
field, where many new cars of different
makes are exhibited OH the streets,
and 1 have bump into the crowd in
order to get stared away.
1T is the smoothest and easiest run
narso1 narg car wbo wnpid nor fall in love with
nightinotwoa ror bnoa l Ssat0 tlr
it is not human.
Following the announcement that the
United States motor company would
take into It's big
49, - Ur,taa selling organiza-
states Motors {lon non eOheerns OIsasIrs mSs AK
hicleS selling from
$500 to $4,000. comes the statement that
the Alden Sampson manufacturing COM
pany of Pittsfeld, Mass, makers Of the
Sampson commercial vehicles, have been
taken into and are now part Of the
organization This means that the
United States motor company will de-
vote it's interests to the commercial
end of the industry as well as to the
pleasure vehicle field.
1t is President Briseoe's intention TO
make a wide line of commercial We
hicles, and the Alden Sampson plant
at Pittsfield, Mass, will be enlarged
with additional buildings. machinery
and other equipment in the further
ance OF this policy.
The Alden Sampson manufacturing
company has been identified with the
automobile industry for many years,
and while 1t has not turned cars out
in great quantities. 1T has always built
vehicles that have sustained
a lasting reputation for the company
and its product.
There was probably no builder OF
commercial vehicles who had spent
more time and money on experimental
work than the late Alden Sampson. Up
to his death about year ago he had
spent hundreds of thousands of dollars
in perfecting his product. and when that
stage had been reached and when he
was about to reap the rewards of his
efforts his death occurred.
After looking over various CONNER
cial vehicle propositions President
Briscoe finally set upon the Alden
Sampson vehicle as being the nearest
to perfection of any on the market.