The sun., 1910-05-23
AMONG THU AUTOMODTLISTS
CRESCENT AND LONG ISLAND
DRIVERS FINISH Run. =. N
Several cars lCOmpeting In lntsrciub
Endurance Contest fer Pardlngton
Challenge Trophy Incur Penalties
., Committee WIn Report Result Later.


Challenge Trophy Incur Penaluea-
., Committee NHl Report Result later
All of the thirty contes,ins drivers In th'
tptsrclub reliability contest between team'
rsnresantinR tine Crescent Athletic Cut
and the Long Island Automonile Clut
checked n on time yesterday 81 tho country
house Of the crescent club ~ Bay Ridge
A number OF the cars In each oY the teams
Incurred penalties on the two day run Ia
Rivnrhsad and return for the Challenge
trophy donated by 4. r. Pardingtor, hut the
Joint committee Of both clubs will not report
ita findings for a couple Of days. The
tFnphv is 10 90 10 the club whose team made
the better showing In the contest and VIII
b. rata med until the next event.
There we're no accidents Of any kind yea
Asrdav. and the time schedule arranged fer
the run back from Riverheud was such a
liberal one that all the drivers had To PRO-
coed a. moderate rate NJ speed. Con-e-
oueptlv there was no trouble from eNcrs-
sive spseding In addition Co the thirty
oars that we're driven by members Of the
ahe two clubs In tho contest a Chalmers,
a Peerless. a Stsarns. a Franklin and q
Rainier accompanied the tourists out 10
Rlverhead on saturday and returned with
them yesterday.
Clarence X. BisseIl. president OF the New
Jersey Automobile and Motor Club, has
eallRd q special meeting Of members OF ne
Newark organization Tor next THURSDAY
evsning at the clubhouse, Park place AMI
Pas Park street The meeting j. for rhe
purpose OF considering and voting upon 4
prOpOErd change IN the bylaws by WhCh
ina annual dues Of both active and asso-
ciats mambers would be increased s. A
present the annual dues Of the active mem
bers are go and the as~ociate members
fhe notice sent 10 the members regarding
the proposed increase deClares the added
income would be used 90 provide reserve
fund 10 BE- devoted 10 iurtheIing the inter
Rata OG the members Of the club. II y re-
pOrted that a greet many members of the
orRnniEatioh are opposed 10 increasing the
amount of the yearly dues. and u h expected
that the meetlpg Vii he the largest in the
history Of the club.
Charles A SINGER, JT., has been appointed
aaleR manager Of the Palmer 4 Singer Manu-
featuring Company and will have HE head
quarters az the new factory on Long Island.
Fred u Titus is to have complete charge of
the Palmer a singer retail establishment
In Broadway a. result Of Mr. singers
promotion.
RE Rosa. chairman Of the contest COM
mittee Of the Quaker City Motor club. has
announced that the club will hold its fourth
annual track meet az the Point Breeze
events arr schednlah. all for stock chasses
classified according TO piston displacement.
The two day endurance contest Of the
NoFristoWn Automobile Club 10 scranton
and return last week proved 20 he such .
gtrenn0ils anair that only eight Of the more
than my c0mpetIng drivers finished With
perfect Acoree The ears travelled iSi
miles on the nrst day and only the eight
drivers finished with perfect road scores
The rnileage the second day was i7S.s and
the eight drivers kept their road scores
intact on the trip back 90 Norri.town.
Ihe drivers who finished with perfect
road scores were as follows Class A. for
touring cars selling for s2ooi snd over
Iohn Burns. franklin. Robert J.. Morton,
Kline kar. and Herbert Bitn"r. pullman.
Class h, for touring cars selling for O. npO
ard lssa- Edward Wilkie. Buick. and n
r Wnsla Maxwell Class e. for runabouts
selling for N,eoi and over William long
stTetht Alcoi James A kllns. Nlne- Mar.
DIVER, ealdeR won th~ prize IN the class for
mamheTe II the riuh. The nnal result ~
the contest viii not he known until the
teclnicsl committee announces the result
Of u eAaminatioh Of the competing oars.
A new eimiaR apparatua Il 70 h usad
for the ms time at the hill climbing events
q The WORCESTER Automobile Club on
n
will BE- adapted for this part culsr use from
inserunlRnts belonging % the department
Of upeclia nlcal engtneerinF Of tho Worcester
Polgechnic Institute and WI ~ in charge
i1R, sasistsd bv John ! Harvey and q d
Knight Of he institute
TIE apparatus consists of a roll of paper
on a drum driven at constant speed hy a
gman motor and on which are indicafed
seconds intervals through an electrically
competed clock and pendulum. The speed
0f the paper h such that a second interval
may b. made equal r length 70 four inches
which will h. sufi'iU' 70 determine time at
i-lO0 Of a second The instant q car goes
over the line. either at start ar finish. an
electric circuit will ~ opened hy q special
devised snap switch and this will b. Indicated
Zach tape viii 10 marked with the make
and number ~ the car, event number and
driver, 30 that the r'Cprd may h. kept on
flle This system viii h. installed in
dent will h. reduced 10 q minimum. Con
nections viii also b. made 20 that az the
instant a car crosses the line = series of
single blow gongs spared at intervals up
will b. able % note the time Of stArtiog
The instant q Car finishes will be indicated in
the same way.
The Motor Contest Association has an
nouuced that 70 viii conduct a two day
Ieliahilty run around Long Island on
Tuesday ana " Wednesday. June ~ and o.
The associations first run ut this Kind in
September, laGs. had ffty-twO cars ~ cor =
peiltorH The mileage each day WiIl ne
bout 200 miles Dsrf n 10 over sandy roads
IL is likely that the tourists will spend the
night AZ Orient Point. The outgoing trim
VII be made along ihe south shore 0f the
island and INV return journey along the
north shore.
here viii be- two divisions 81 cars In the
run, one OF cars Contesfing for the relia-
bIlitv priKaa and an0t her made up Of amateur
drivers, owners and others who viii take
pait IN serra time run Chairman Butler
ff fhe b. A A. contest board will set A
twenty-five prizes for the drivers whose
me is nearest that set hy Mr. butler
aymOnd Be'k chief ~ thp bureau ~ tours
AZ the Automobile Club Of America. will
Dfeplre the route directions for the tourists