Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-05

blue and green colored running gear. The
car is fully equipped.
y
]. Granville Meyers has just received a
Washington car of the touring car type.
finished In dark red striped with gold.
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A short circuit may occur in The wir-
ing leading from the magnetic to the ig-
inter plugs on a make and break engine.
This may be due to some fault in the wiz
ing between the igniter plugs and the
switch which grounds the current in order
to stop the operation of the engine. In
this case disconnect the wiring at the en-
CINE and see if it runs properly. 1t will
probably he found that the trouble is in
the wire or switch caused by grounding
through bad insulation or switch defect.
The seventh national tour OF the Amer-
can Automobile Association for the Gid
den and Chicago trophies starts from
Cincinnati June II, which is just little
more than a week away. All Of the man
ufacturers who have entered the competi
ton have completed the fitting of their
cars for the long trip. Their drivers and
managers will report to Chairman But
Ter of the American Automobile Asso-
citation contest board, at the Gibson
House, Cincinnati, Ohio, not later than
Sunday, the 18th instant for final in
structons. Special rules have been issued
by the board for the 1910 reIia bility test.
They are based on a fixed penalty sched-
ule and in many ways are different from
the rules governing former national tours.
Cars competing for the historic Glidden
trophy must be fully equipped touring
cars those competing for the trophy Of
fered by the Chicago Motor Club must
be either miniature tonneaus or of the
runabout type. Both trophies will be
awarded on the same merit determining
system, and if there are two or more
cars tied, o: with perfect scores, in
either division of the competitors neither
Of the trophies will be awarded. The per-
feet score cars will in this event be pre-
sented with suitable medals certifying
that they have qualified as winners, and
their names will be properly inscribed
upon the respective trophies for which
they were entered.
Cars finishing in either division with
81 per cent of the winning score will be
awarded "certifisates' setting forth in de-
tail their performances upon the road.
Never before have the cars in a national
tour been subjected to a penalizatnen
system, which is more practical for the
purposes OF the buyer and user. The ma
chimes leave Cincinnati only after rigid
examination by the technical committee
of the A. A. A. contest board.
Prior to the start the makers must file
with the contest board their stock car
certificates, in which they minutely de
scribe every Mechanical part on the COM
peting machines. These stock car certif-
Gates are filed by the maker alone and
sworn to before a notary. When the ma
chimes are gone over by the technical
committee they must in every particular
conform to these stock car certificates.
Absolutely nothing but stock cars can
start in either division. In addition to
four passengers or more. the cars are
compelled to carry the full equipment as
catalogued by their makers. All cars leave
Cincinnati with a clean score. There is
an observer on every machine. These OBJ
servers, so far as can be arranged, ride
every day on a different car. They make
written report daily to the technical
committee of everything which has taken
place in connection with the car they
have been observing.