The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-18
AMONG THE AUTOMOBILISTS
NEWARk ORPHANS OUTING rs
POSTPONED.
Committee 90 New jersey Automobile
and Motor club Finds Many Children
Are Away for summer DE Palma
and Roberuson Co Practice To-ssay q.

| The committee in charge Of the annus
orphans day outing az the New Jersey
Automobile and Motor club has deC ided
to postpone the anair until September
The original date MAS July - but the
Newark clubm-n found that many of the
inmates IT some Of the orphan asylums
in EsssN county have been sent io The sum
mer homes Of the Institutions and therefore
IL would he Impossible TO TAX. them out
, next THURSDAY In some cases u would
have been possible 10 send cars after the
children but the members Of the committee
de-ided " would be best 10 postpone the
outing until the children returned to their
regular abode-
pr Prank Il Me"ker chairman Of the
committee and h.s associates had obtained
offers for the Use Of ~nouGh cars for praC-
Iically all the children in the orphan homes
Of E-SeN county to have been cared for
ou Thursday
Tho WORK, Of preparing The one mile track
matinee race meet to ne held nsNt SATURDAY
afternoon has been completed and the
Cour-. IL ready for practice nv drivers of
cars that have been entered The tusns
have been slightly banked to permit of
srca'er pei all ne ~, %n.'." our siis ha-
The members clubhouse has hern painted
and fixed w
IL j. cNp~,trd that hoil Ralph he Palma
and George Robertson. Who have been
matched 20 meet in = SEQ contest in heats
Of fve miles each. will t-sin training to-day
with the cars they Ntll drive newt SATURDAY.
Although tho entry Last do not close until
" ~tn"-dav night Nor" Than tScniF i've
cars have he~n named for tho eight other
events on N" programme Most all ~ the
various maks- ~ raT- that hav" 'oWI~t 81
IN tv"nty-rour hour rA.e~ under the man
agemeni " tho Motor Racing A--o"iation
will ~ competitors IN the one hour rsCs.
vhl'h - =" md NJ ~" afternoon sport
and ~ vhi"h nov ono hour rs''ord may
l.- made
several ~ the Grand rrIle and Vanderbilt,
cup ears viii p" starters IN The ten mile
free foT all and nu'nhsr nj last machines
III 10 handled hy amateurs IN the ten mile
amateur ra's Entry blanks and informa-
man MAJ %, Of the Brighton Raa-h rom'r ittes 81
the Motor Rl,inE Nsso'tatton. a. the " X
\ city clubhouse, 90 West Fift'-clghth
street
Ros,on automohilis,s are preparing -
the state lsgi-latut. refused 10 Civ" Boston
oh.-puArier oi ihs receipts from MOTOR
Commission ha~ i-susd notice that The
reads that have been used nv sutonobili-ts
are "a 30 closed - them. hu' hts cannot ~
don. until The STATE HishvaN commission
approves the acton ~ the park Officials
\ hearing on the matter hiss been -"t Tor
July p and N" automobile clubs ~ N"
state - W enter strong protest AGAINST me
ruling A. many ot N" road controlled
nv the Psrk commissioners are direct hiGh-
wavs IT, nearby towns. the Ros'on men
tfs-s town. in 'h.ir A 81, sgsins, ~" faiins
last Nint@r Nh~n MAYOR ftIgerald's re
quest for a portion ~ the motor vehicle
would have The roads ~ IN" Metropolitan
ami Boston parks closed 80 automobiles
y his request Nas Refused. hut the lesis-
lAtors DID not grant ht- request lie then
told both m" Metropolitan and Rostou
PARK ,omm's-'"4s 1" lose ~. roads 60
{ Commission did MT comply With the MAYORS
wishes hut tho boston Park Commission
the members ~ which are appointed 10y the
Mayor. nnaUy ordered ~" roads closed
early last week
The automobilists Of Boston hope the
members 81 the state Highway Commits
sion will refuse To approve tn. ruling of the
Boston Park commission In former cases
here petitions hal neen hl"d 10 close roads
the highway commission refused To grant
the request when the roads Ia question con
ne't-d one town With another The BOSTON
motorists vii exert every enoTt to prevent
the pArS officials from carry ng out the in
tentton. Particularly a. some Of the roads
that Nonli I've closed are ragular streets
M Is-Ioners because they we're close To parks
The contest committee OF the Quaker civ
Motor Club has aided several contests
70 the programme for it, rare meet on the
tur" contest - 10 b" s.N hour race aud the
other contests are to he short distance faces
And cord trials Barney uldr-ld has
ra, er With which he mate q mile straight
away ia = ~ seconds on IN" FLORIDA heaC h.
an AVERAGE OF ~ - niles an hour old
nrlt has also entered has -. ,rI Under knoI
Ia the six hour event
ulinsll vii drive the "nD horse povs or
Rem ia an attempt TO 10 sr the Point
Rre"i" track record for nn" mile Ini-
stands at Present ~ l min f.. -~,ond amt
Na- ma le hy Ralph De Palma with Nv" q"
h"rs~- lower Fat cyclone 10 IalfpH
t'errg" Hob~rtson an i"HIs Stran, hn1.
been iuvitst Ia cOmp"t.' 90 tt- -Is hour rt.,.
ami = Ross, harm, N 81 'i,. quaker t'.ft.
Motor tluh'- contest COMMITTEES" 81 ~ visit
~ j. city IA an e1ort to Obtain 'h~Ir sntrr"-
Dlihsid says h" ~ ~ pat a.. track I.s.ur.i
down to ~ -sNronts. ant Huyh We Nuau-.
o. ner ~ ~" ira b S'y- he "a ~ give. Sr..'
io pldh"ld N he ,irrles the 'rl,N "a lr-, than
one minute.
h" track surfa's - - be spriuEled viii,
oil to prevent dus' Ia addition To- OH
fields record trial and the ~ hour race
Tour OF her ten mil" races " 10 ~. run won't
: ~ Q" t,e Tor 'Hr- IT iGI - lfu 'ubir fu,hs- .
piston displa' ~furnt. event % ~ - h.. for
cars of vi 70 q" 'uhi' in4hss piston d.
pla' eWeu'g event - - l's Tor ,.ar- ~ 81
tn go 'uhtc inches piston a .r I,,rreut .
and event - iu hr a mat,h ra,," h.,t " a-n
q Mci'"r and n"W ar being built IN rhlla-