The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-07
GRAND PRIZE AUTO RACE OFF
ACCIDENTS AND CRITICISM
LEiD TO lBlNDONN WENT.
Executive Committee Of Motor Cups
Holding Compan, and I:ntranis de-
eide Not to hun Nv eat Over the VAN
derbIIi course savannah MAJ Get u.

There will be no international Sip2
mile, race for the Automobile Club az
Americas Grand Prize gold cup held m
Long Island on Saturday. October Is.
T OficialS of the Motor cups Holding Com
pany. which - vested with power 90 con-
duct the contests Tor the Grand PTEe
and Vanderbilt cups. and which con-
Quoted the sixth Vanderbilt Cup race
Last saturday. had lengthy conference
Yesterday with entrants - cars IN the
Grand Prize race. at which u was decided
not 20 attempt To- run the race over the
same CIRCUIT used for the Vanderbilt
event
There - chance that race for the
4 Grand Prize gold cup may be held later
IN tho season at Savannah. Ga. where
the first Grand Prize race was held on
! Thanksgiving Day. November %. 1905.
Th. Motor Cups Holding Company issued
I the following Official statement late last
night
At a Ioint me,',ng ~ the executive
committee - the Motor Cups Holding
| Company. attended 10y W. h Vanderbilt
Jr. president Henry Sanderson. Henry
Il Anderson and 4 X Pardington. as
-is-ant 10 the president. representing
the Motor Cups Holding Company. and
" e. Durant 81 the General Motors Com
panv. representing the Marquette Bucks;
r. X Holland Of the Fiat Automobile
Company. representing the Flats; WASH
ington 4 koebhng ID; James Joyce of
the American Locomotive Company. MIR.
Luttgen. representing George W. Loft;
CASTOR Plaintiff. representing Henry Ford
and " Il. Ea=fon. representing the Sharp
Arrow Automobile Company, held in
the rooms 81 the Automobile Club %
America AZ ISO O'Clock this afternoon.
after a full discussion Of the situation,
considering the unjust and unwRrranted
criticism passed upon the conduct Of the
Vanderbilt Cup race. held October /.
and after beng advised by the Motor
Cups Holding Company that protection
by means " militia was impossible, and
upon the request OF the Motor Cups Hold
ing Company that they be- relieved %
the responsibility of conducting the
Grand Prize race. u was unanimously
.Jld.-d that ~ was unWis' AZ this time
- pro0'~.i With IN" conduct 81 this race
on saturday. October Is
The entrants wers unanimous IN eX-
pressing confidence IN the Motor Cups
Holding company m the conduct OF the
Vanderbilt cup race. relieving that every
thing p,--inl.' had h-en done that could
h. done 90 safeguard the drivers and the
spectators After prolon gel discussion
o. was decided to recommend To ". /
Vanderbilt. JT president Of the Motor
tuU- Holding Company and the referee
81 ~" Grand Prize race, to declare that
event 81
-Ovrr'uraS having he-n made hy the
Savannah AHomobil" club through Tts
president and through Mayor Iiedeman
fDf the conduct Of the race at Savannah. /
Il may h. that negotiable ns for the event
later IN the season can be contaminated I
with the Automobile Club ~ America.
B~fur- Adjournment the following reso-
buttons wer" passed
R'solrS" That the request Of he Motor
CuTS Holding ,onpanv he acceded to- and
u j. further unanimously
R'splr,i That tho thanks of the entrants
30 extended 20 the Motor tuTs Holding ON :
panN for he Suort-manlik~ manner IN which
The Vanderbilt cup race was conducted and
for their o1er 10 conduct the Grand Prile
race should n ne the desire 81 the entrants