The San Francisco call., 1910-07-11
RS AND JEAJ ARE NOW TED FOR FIRST PLACE PNANT RACE
DRIVERS
ARE CLASSIFIED
Contest Board of American Au.
fomebiIe Association Makes
Ruling

At a meeting of the contest board Of
the American automobile association.
held in New York recently, the most
important matter discussed and finally
disposed of was the definition OF an
amateur driver" The following def
milton was framed up:
"Amateur-A man who has never
driven or raced car for pay. either
in cash or any other valuable consid-
Grafton; competed for cash prize; who
does not make his livelihood. or any
part of it, az result of racing or
driving, either as demonstration, tester
or chauffeur; who has not otherwise
received financial reward for engaging
in competition; who is not actively en-
gagged in the automobile or accessory
business; who has never been declared
a professional by any other sport gov
erning body, in connection with that
sport over which it has jurisdiction. or
who. having been so declared. has been
reinstated. either by such body or in
connection with automobile contests by
the contest board of the American au-
tom0bile association.
The secretary was notified to give
out the following Interpretation of the
rule: ANY driver who accepts travel
ing, hotel or other expenses in connec-
tion with a contest of any nature will
be considered to have violated the
either in cash or any other valuable
consideration.
The use of the electric in touring
has not become very general, but this
IS hardly due 10 the
Electrics for fact that the car
Tour Purposes Is unable nabaitio1s to cSSpf SE,f
rather that an cleo
tric is usually owned by professional
man, who has not the time to spare
fAf- l,a fSh n
go with party for two or three weeks,
and must therefore take a car that is
equipped for larger seating and lug
gage carrying capacity A recent Jest @
touring was made by the Philadelphia
representatives of the Baker electric.
r. B. Daggett. local agent for the car.
has received word that the test was
most successful. The run was made
from Philadelphia to Atlantic City. the
start being made from the Quaker City
at o'clock in the morning. great
deal of road work had been done in
places on the route, but in spite OF
this fact, and that the roads were In
very bad condition in many places. the
trip was made in hours and 80 min
utes. The car used was stock model,
carrying two passengers, with bag
gage, extra tires and other equipment.
No stops were made for repairs, and
upon reaching Atlantic City the Baker
was driven eight miles around the town
before the 2S cell batteries needed re-
Tns reapGn dbopt trR 3 es
made in 4 hours and 15 minutes. The
return trip was made in heavy storm,
but the time made shows that this did
ing Philadelphia the car was driven "a
miles until the batteries ran out, max
ing a total of 80 miles for the recharge-
The Weinstock- Nichols company is
constantly receiving word from the
~ n e r thr
Uses Nobby flags Flanders 20
Tread Tires Of the good work
by the Morgan &
Wright Nobby Tread tires The car is
now In Texas and has made the trip
pump on the tires. The first stretch of
the long trip was made under adverse
circumstances, being a heavy and con-
the mud was up TO the hubs of the
wheels of the Flanders. but the Neb-
bies plowed ahead, pulling the little
car out of the nire without the use of
chains.
Quite unique distinction7 came to
the Regal car in Oklahoma the other
I. day. It win be
Hesss Seal iransisas OF State state { pita a
short time ago was
rie to Oklahoma City. Conditions were
such that an immediate transfer of the
secretary of state with his official seal
could be better accomplished for all
concerned by taking him by auto from
the old to the new capital. The day of
change having arrived, Harold Lee. the
Oklahoma representative of the Regal
company located in Oklahoma City. de-
tailed an expert driver to go to Guth-
rie. install the secretary of state in his
car and transfer him to Oklahoma City,
along with his official seal. The trans
fer took place without mishap, and the
state official with the seal was landed
in Oklahoma City's leading hotel, the
temporary executive quarters.
A drive to the summit of Big Savage,
a mountain near Cumberland, Nd, the
Franklin Put to said to afford one
Heating Test edr 91 the efo eeverest est tests Is
this country, was
recently accomplished by A. E. Glisan
with Franklin automobile. The climb
was made to show that the air cooled
Franklin engine could not be over
heated and that it was economical in
gasoline and oil consumption. The
round trip of 2S miles was made on =
gallons of gasoline, despite the road
difficulties, which is an average of 10
miles per gallon. Only one pint of oil
was used. Although high speed re-
quires a greater amount of fuel than
low speed, the journey was made in IS
minutes. At the end of the trip all of