New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-10
BIG AUTO RACE SURE
Grand Prize Race To Be Held
Over Motor Parkway.
ENTRY BLANKS ARE ISSUED
Safety Requirement Only Re-
striction on Cars-COndi
tions for Contest.

The International rad race Or - 81,
goid Challenge cup better known a. -
Grand prize. offered 5y sls Autous5rs
cub - America. VIII be rI1 On Octos.r Sd
over .he Long Island Motor PARKWAY g..
Nassau County roads. tie cog-s- 81 OH.
Vanderbilt cup race. which will be teld M
October g. Entry a-ks f1r ne CONTEXT
have been issued The length % the rae
vii BE- twenty-five laps. total disra-,e
OF s7s ~ miles. 80 n me vsndsrsut rsc-
Cash prizes % $4,000. e. 600 and :. Oh
Will - given % tae first three drivers "a
frish i1 tho race. Tire contest viii 30 80
under the auspices OF tls Motor Cups Hor
INK Cornpary. % wlfrh william X vard-.
bit. r.. o. president ~ is sanctioned 81
the Automobile club % Auerica.
A. the International Association % -
oenlzed Au-omoLue Clubs has no f9-mga
Tor international racing i1 force th.s yss-
no restrictions az % weight. cyiindsrs. g.
mensions etc. win be made. TIE ouv
condition f. that al cars must conform d,
the ruling % tie technical committee 1f
the Automobile club o. America as t1 sas.
~ requirements.
The general conditions for TIRE racs -
low
40 more than three cars Or any one mas
may be entered. American entries shouF
De made direct % William X va-de-hr
IT.. care OF the AutouobEs Club OF Amer
tea Foreign entries should Be made thro1z4
the recognized automobile club an tha com
Try IN which the car is manufactured. uhf-a
Club 81 America in that country. viz.
France. Automobile Club d F-a1--.
Great Britain. Royal A1tomobus club ~
Great Britain and Ireland. I.sly. Aufo-7,-
bile Club OF Italy. Germany, Ral-~r'i-he-
Automobile club. Belgium. A1tomobus Ca5
De Belgique. Austria. Oestsr-eichisc1s Ar
tomobu Club canada. Autor10bra Clfo ~
Canada: cuba. International Racing As-o-
citation % Cuba. Denmark. De0s.s A1t0-a,-
bile club: Holland. Neberlandischs avs
rnobu Club; Hungar-. Magyar Auto-obEs
Club: Mexico. Autom0bUe CI10 o. Ggsd,-
Iajara New Zealand. Auckland Auto-06Us
Association Porto Rico. tie Au-0-obr-
Club Of Porto Rico; Portugal Royal Auto
mobile Cub Rumania. Automobile Club p
Rumania. Russia, Automobile Club - Noe
cow. Spain. ROYAL Automobile Club -
Spain. Sweden. ElngL Auton1ooii- KIubbs-.
and SwItzeriall. Automobile Club ~
Suisse.
The entrance fee .v e. 900 s1- 90 ca.
$500 for two cars OF the same make, srd
$3.50 for three cars Of the SANE make
Entries will close on August Z a dspos-
OF $500 a car must accompany each srt--
az the time The blank is fled The bsIarcs
OF the fee must be paid on or before 80
date on which the entries close. r. the bs'-
ance Of the fee is not paid on or hef,-s
October I. the deposit will be forfeited
After August I and up % Sep-eUre- .
entries will be received at an increas- over
the regular entry fee Of $500 a car. 70 t--
number Of cars entered Is too 1srE- fo- -r.
length OF the course. the committee ~1-
decide % make elimi1atiors. In this case
the date and special arrangements concern
ling these ordinations viii be srbseI.e~..
fixed by the committee.
No car shall be allowed 20 take 7s-+ -
the race or IN the preliminary prac-lca on
the course which has not been sVsr1i~-+
by the technical COMMITTEES Of the Anton
bile Club OF America ss % its cons-ru--.,r
and which has not received a cerrff-s-s
from said committee that. IN its opinion
IL is safe 70 allow the car % run i7 "a.
race.
Unless fifteen entries have been made -
fore August the right % declare the -4.s
or is reserved.
The first and only other race so- 80
Grand Prize trophy was held IN Savanna
on Thanksgiving Day. 19oS II was --s
most successful race OF It's kind run i- -1l-
country. r. was Won by Louis Wagner m
"a Fiat car IN $ hours 10 minutes and r
seconds. the distance being A. -iIs-