New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-18
TIMELY AUTO TOPICS
Course for New Jersey Endur-
ance Run To Be Laid Out To day

pathfnding car to lay out the route
for the fourteen-hour endurance contest 20
be held by the New Jersey Automobile and
Motor Club will leave the clubhouse IN
Newark at O'Clock this morning The
special contest committee will cover a route
that was looked upon with favor at a meet
inS of the committee held ON Friday night
The estimated length Of the proposed
route is 14O miles. Two laps VIII be made
tho large touring cars to start at ) a. IN.
and finish at p. m. The smaller cars
Will start an hour or SO earlier. so that al
will finish at the same time
The route which will be followed to-day.
and which will undoubtedly be adopted. is
as follows
Clubhouse. Newark: East Orange. Mont
clair. Mountain View, POmpton Butler.
Newfoundland. Green Pond. Dover, Ken
vile, Stanhope. Budds Lake. Hackettstown.
Port Murray. Washington, Glen Gardner.
Clinton. F'lemington, White House. Sorner
Vile. Bound Brook. Plainfeld. Scotch
Plains, Springfield. Hilton. IrvingtOn, New
ark.
In all probability the contest Will be held
on Saturday. June 4, the only question be-
ing whether the committee can make prep
arntion in time. b. F. Hurd. member %
the committee, has offered his car as the
official pilot car, and viii leave before day
light on the day Of the race 20 erect d.
recting signs and sprinkle confetti at the
turns
The classification OF the contestlng cars
viii be on price basis, 70 be worked out
by Horace A Bonnell, chairman of the
committee. after conference with S. N.
Brtler. chairman Of the American Auto
mobile Association contest board. Official
Observers viii be placed on each car. An
attempt Is now being made 10 obtain stu
dents in the higher classes at Stevens In
stitute Of Technology for this service.
J. r. r. Smith, State Motor Vehicle Com
missioner Of New Jersey. has reported the
receipt for the month Of March of $685.
ISL % for automobile registration Of license
tags. as against S2s.66S % for the CORE
spending month Of last year, a net increase
of S25.521 90. or almost double the receipts
for the corresponding month of 1909.
With a few important additions tending
TO eliminate speeding and accentuate the
touring qualities of the competing cars, the
third annual endurance run of the Norris
town Automobile Club to Scranton. Penn,
and return. on May Is and 49, will be con-
Quoted under the new rules and regula-
lions as adopted by the American Automo-
bile Association and approved by the man.
ufacturers' organization
The Norristown Club makes II perfectly
clear and specific that touring cars with
toy tOnneaus and surrey bodies must carry
four passengers and are only eligible for
the touring car classes. This will elim-
nate any possible chance of any Of the
newer styles of bodies coming in the con-
test under their carrying capacity. placing
any car entered at a disadvantage.
To determine the operating condition of
a car at the conclusion of an endurance
contest the A. A. A. rules provide for a
test OF brakes. clutch, transmission and
motor, but the NorristOwn Club goes even
further and will insist on a backward
brake test on a hill to be designated by the
technical committee.
The club officials feel that brakes hold
ing on level stretch are not adequate. and
they viii impose a penalty OF . points
a set Of brakes in the event Of their failing
to hold going backward on a hill.
The official entry blanks are out and
show a total of six classes in three divis-
ions. as follows:
Division 1-C1ass A: Open 10 touring cars
costing Sl.9O1 and over; for the Macdonald
and Campbell trophy. Glass b: Open to
touring cars costing 81. 900 and under; for
the Mccullough trophy.
Division Glass G.: open TO runa bouts
costing $1,501 and over: for the Kelly
Springfield trophy Glass D: Open to run
abouts costing Sl,5O0 and under; for the
Bailey, Banks & Biddle trophy. Special
class: Open to runabouts costing $3.50 and
under; for the NOIristOwu Chamber OF
Commerce trophy.
Division 3-Class f: Open 10 members
of all clubs affiliated with the A. A. A:
specially engraved medals TO all perfect
score cards.
Entry blanks and all information can
be secured from William Mcgee. chairman
of the contest committee, NorristOwn.
Penn.