New-York tribune., 1910-10-04
Autonobiling
MAY CALL OUT MILITIA
Automobile Race for Grand
Prize Now Assured.
TO START LATER IN DAY
Nassau County Supervisors De
mand Better Protection for
the Onlookers.

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The inferno tio47al automobile race for the
Grand Prize viii be held on October i, as
rianne6 over the motor parkway and
Nassau County roads, in spite Of the heavy
toll or dead and injured a. a result Of the
Vanderbilt CUP race on SATURDAY An ef-
fort VIII be made. however, 20 have the
Governor call cut a regiment OF the militia
70 guard the course. while the race viii be
started al % O'Clock in the morning instead
of al daylight.
After = long conference yesterday al the
Garden CITY Hotel, IN which the Super
vlsors ~ Nassau County, the District At
tornev and the executive committee Of The
Motor Cups Holding Company took part.
the following meaEre statement was made
Tor publication:
IN view Of the difficulties involved in
-7elicinC the course and because Of the
-nan- conditions which attend a daylight
start. a. meeting a which were the
Srperviso-s of Nassau County, the District
Attorney. Franklin - Cole: the Sheriff.
Joseph Foster. and The executive committee
~ the MOTOR Cups Holding Company, IL
was decided 70 start the Grand Prize auto
mobile race al 10 O'Clock on the morning or
Saturiay. October 10. instead Of Al day
lsEhr"
Morning practice for the race viii begin
tomorrow al O'Clock and continue until
O'Clock each cay. except on Sunday.
October 2. All entrants and contestants
must .be provided with the regular radiator
plates. such az were used IN the Wander
hin Cup race practice. These grand prize
plates are white, with blue letters TO diff
ferentiate them from the Vanderbilt Cup
race uaEs
Contestants will fnd hsETuen Al numerous
points and a. all turns around the course.
Work on repairing the roads has begun.
The long drouth zn6 the recent race have
mace u necessary 70 repair the entire
stretch OF the COUNTY, roads. The surfaces
are 10 ne entirely broken up. rerollec and
oiled
The Board % Supervisors met in the
afternoon and talked over the question OF
resembling the permit for the race. Then A
2 PsrdinEron. general manage of the
Motor cups Holding Company, asked that
70 hBsrv action ne taken. r WIS decided
thar there should he z conference between
the officials NJ the county and rhe repre-
nenrariv=z Of the Motor cups Holding Com
rsnv. and N- Pard1nEton was told that
unless mis- company would give the Super
-1zors "a guarantee that there would not ne
repetition cf the disasters of Saturday
last ne need NOT expect n conduct the sec
ond race
II was expected that Supervisor Painter
~ o7-sre- Ra- would move out of hand
mat the consent u the race he recalled. hut
fe did nor do 50. Later he explained Jnat
he understood thar IN case the consent was
recalled the county nouio re sued for dam
ages. as the consent was In effect = fran
cHi4a which had involved the spending oF
money in preparation for the races
The conference NJ the official lE ana the
executive committee of the Motor Guns
Holding Company lasted most of the after
noon and until after $50 O'Clock this even
iEg The county was represented ny
Supervisors Smith Cox. Philip A. Christ and
e. e. Painter. District ATTORNEY coles and
Sheriff JoseDb II Foster. Those represent
ing the Motor cups Holding Company were
A r. Pardington. William X Vanderbilt.
jr-. Colgate Hoyt and II. p Anderson.
20 formal announcement was made that
an appeal would be made 10 the Governor
for the use of the state militia. but il WAS
learned on good authority that d repre-
sentative of the Motor Guns Holding Com
rany left for Albany last night TO make
the request
It is felt that starting the race az 10
O'Clock instead of at dawn viii insure The
better handling OF the crowd The all
night vigil, the rush IN the early hours
70 the course and the staying Up all
night prior TO the race viii be cut out
The experience a year ago. when the Van
oerbilt Cup race was run during the middle
Of the day. was that the rush OF automo-
biles did not begin until daylight. when
the drivers could see where they were 60
ing There was not so great a crowd al
any point Of the course, and the percentage
OF those who had been induigfng in liquor
while waiting for the race was lowered.
From preparations which were started
within a short time after the meeting ad-
sourned il is believed that efforts will be
made 10 put the course into better condi-
rion for the big race than il was on sat
uncay.
Jesse Froelich. manager of the Benz
Auto Importing Company. which has en-
tered three cars in the Grand Prize race.
has sent a letter 10 a r. Pardington. as
follows:
Referring TO your inquiry as 10 what our
disposition is regarding the Grand Prize
race. permit me TO say that when We en-
tered our three Benz cars for the Wander
bile and Grand Prize races / was led 10 be-
heve that the course would be patrOllec
By a sufficient number Of Pinkerton police
men properly TO protect the public and our
drivers This assurance from the manage
merit Impressed me so favOrabiy that l oio
not carry any insurance on any of the
drivers mechanics or for personal injury.
Unless ! am absolutely assured that the
courses viii be properly guarded IL way
That the races are guarded in Europe. as
well as the way the public has been pro-
1ecued al Savannah, Lowell, Philadelphia
and ElSin. ] positively viii not permit our
cars 10 start in the Grand Prize race
scheduled for october Is. L as well as the
other contestants in this race. am fur
Eishing the entertainment 80 the public,
and instead OF being paid FOR il we are
paving $1,000 a car each In entrance fees. l
and IN return receive absolutely protec-
Tlon for our drivers and mechanics.
We paid our entrance fee with the dis
ftncf understanding that were 10 be I
safely guarded and protected. This has
rot been Zone. and unless the Motor Cups
Holding Company can protect the public 4
as well as the drivers ] for one positively 1