New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-12
AUTOS BACK FROM RUN
Rain at Atlantic City Mars
Pleasure of Contestants.
GOOD ROADS At FINISH
Several Cars Return with Per.
feet Scores-Resuits To Be
Announced Later.

Leaving Atlantic City at o clock yester-
day morning IN q driving rain, the con-
testants in the t1o-day automobile reiia-
bility run round New Jersey finished at 4:Se
O'Clock in the afternoon amid clouds of
dust in Washington Square, Jersey City.
The original schedule called for departure
al o'clock but the garage accommodations
were overtaxed, and the cars were slow in
coming TO the line. Not q single car that
arrived at Atlantic City the night before
failed to face TIE starter. The porches OF
the hotels were crowded with guests, and
the big Lozier flashed out at o'clock sharp
carrying the pacemaker referee and tech
nical committee. The tourists were sent
away with a hearty cheer
At one minute intervals the twenty nine
cars started. The boulevard across the
meadows 10 Pleasantvile was greasy, which
made driving hard. Some of the contes-
tants put on chains, but nearly all re-
spected the Jersey law in the matter and
went along without them,
The observers of the previous day were
assigned to new posts. and each car car
ried a different official. These observers
saw the cars taken from the garage and in
spected them. No penalizations were re-
ported at the start.
Colonel Pardee of the Maxwell company,
was assigned to the National gunboat as OBJ
server and insisted on dressing for his sur
roundings by wearing a naval officers rub
Der outfit for bad weather.
The route lay through Hammonton, the
Hollys and Haddon TO Trenton for lunch
con. This leg of the run was not so well
marked the two legs of the first day,
and as a consequence nearly every con-
other before reaching Trenton. Two
drivers went all the way TO Camden before
discovering their mistake, and the Stod-
dard- Dayton was lost in the back country,
encountering some terrific thank you
ma ans that were severe tests of con-
struction All pulled into Trenton without
a scratch, however. save tire blowouts
which do not result in penalties. The
roads continued soft and dangerous till
Bordentown. seven miles from Trenton,
was reached.
W H. Morgan, president or the Motor
Contest Association, under whose auspices
the event was run. showed up for the
morning run. having arrived at midnight
Tuesday in the Matheson car, after nU-
merous adventures.
The first car reached Trenton at 1927 and
the others came struggling in soon after.
During luncheon at the Windsor Hotel
the gasolene tank of the Overland caught
fire The blaze was quickly exunguished
and the car proceeded on its way.
The first car left Trenton at . o'clock.
and from there to this city the roads and
weather were as perfect as on the first
day. There was tendency to speed on
the home leg
The Cole thirty" broke front axle south
Of New Brunswick, but one was hurt.
The car was badly damaged. The acct
dent of the previous day was a constant
topic of conversation. The small amount
of damage done the Ford which crashed
into a contestant was remarkable, consid-
ering the relative weight of the two cars.
It was generally thought that the Ford
vanadium steel construction saved the
lives of the passengers in that car.
At Jersey City the last car finished about
$50 The officials were unable to figure
cut the results last night. They viii prob
a blk be announced on Friday.
Among the perfect scores for the run are
the National, Regal. Stoddard- Dayton and
Maxwell The big Franklin truck, which
carried all the baggage, got into Jersey
City with the first car, having come across
the state.
The Touring Club of America. which is
the only organization in the country de-
voted exclusively to the compilation and
motorists. both i'm this country and abroad.
opened it's new house, at the corner of
Broadway and eth street, yesterday after
noon.
extras or other charges for maps, route
cards or live map disks.