The sun., 1910-08-13
AMONG THE AUTOMODILISTS
NEW AUTOMOBILE Law IN
FULL FORCE NEXT WEEK.
Secretary ef state Koeeig WIN Nstify All
Police On,eiala to Arrest Drivers of
Cars without New Numberu-Dis-
brow says Brighten Track II Fast.

Cars without New Numberu-D Dts
brow says Brighten TrAck II Fast.
Secretary OF state Koenig. who has
charge Of the enforcement OF the new auto
mobile law IN this state. announced last
night that next week ne viii inform Police
Commissioner Baker and the heads Of other
police depart msnts of the state that all
apple Ation- for owners and chauffeur
/ licen-e. have been filed In his nfiice At Albany
nj all cars which hav" no new number
lat~- and chRuTeurS that are driving with
, out liC.nss badges should bs put under the
| ban ~ the authorities. By neat week there
B will bs about ~. .OOn regisi rationS OF cars
| in the Secretary Of states once and about
-o.UoO chRuneur-' licenses will have been
/ issued
chief Examiner Frederick H. Elliott IL
arranging for the final road tests for all
drivers who have either failed In the written
examination or who have passed the eN
animation but whose experience IL limited.
Ie figures that there will be about s0O
drivers tested each day from now IL
Is believed that the road testers will have
completed their work by Tuesday or
"Wednesday. All who fail on the road tests
will not receive q license to operate a car.
Secretary koenlg got after the owners |
OF the sightseeinE cars that run between |
New York and Coney Island and has forced |
them 90 equip their cars with emergency |
brakes. They have not been used by the |
company and when the matter was brought |
to the attention of Mr.. KoeniR he had Spen-
cerG, Prime. chief OF the automobile bureau. |
Of the Vsllsn Law Mf. Roenis feared that |
some time there might be a collision as a /
result of the lack OF emergency brakes and |
the company has complied with tins pro-
There are a large number Of owners Of
cars who have not yet complied with the
tallan law, but most Of them are either IN
mr. al NaaauE an haaE faFR
Secretary koenig believes that by the mid
die Of September every car owned nv a New
orker will have complied with the Callan
law. Mr KoeniR Was notified yesterday
that he nrst i1nes under the Callan law Mere
Who nnea % Two ' ior T,daTs one % from no.ion
and one from Syracu-e t25 each These
fines go to the state for the Improvement
of roads.
Louis 4 Disbrow. who has driven IA
Rsach Slotordrome for The last coupIs Of
years. declared yesterday that the On"
mile track there Il nov in better condition
for racing than u haS ever been In he past
DiEhrOw drove National car for more
than forty miles Yesterday afternoon on !
travelled a. high speed all the time the
corrugations we're not worn on IN" Con
mental tire on the right front wheel of
his ear. Z
ne sayS the Motor Racing Association
deserves q lot NJ credit for the work done ,
on The track surfsc. and declares the oil
Sprinkled surfac" to he much easier for !
tires fhan the TRACK mas been IN the past T
ie -ald he drove into IN" turn into the I
homesiretch A. SeVentv-four miles an hour
a nd did not hay" to "v"r! shut m the power L
Of his car. THIS 'urn has always he"n \ .
bad one IN tn" past but Di-Orow SayS IN"
bump. that made u dangerous hAV" he-, I
entirely done away with h
Disbro~ predicted that Ralph DE Palma a
would have little trouble lowering hts own '
lone A. he thinks tho IN. I j. at least two y
So Onds faster to the mile than Il Was when ]
~" PAima made the present record he q
y gFah Ia m mn Fksa. !
ira"k yesterday with the Plat Cvclons u
making several miles around III" outSid" =
not possible for the drivers to Eeep cios.. Z" .
IN" pole. a. barriers had been plared 'hsr" -
ra,~S C,eorc" Robertson vas another ~
driver who said The tra'k surfa . had been {"
greatly improved u
While q i not an impo-Sihility that tho (.
he owners ofIhe brighton Reach track viii ~
promote two day track NEE, of short dis :,
nnce events on he Brighton Reach Motor ~
ember and 5. they will have TO ger along :
. .i,hour The assistance Of The Motor Contest
AS-o"iHiton II has been understood " the -
-ace- were run. a. has been tentatively
announced. that the Motor contest Ns.o-
management Of The events That there
las been a change IN the status OF AFFAIR."
NaS shown last night when the following
va- ISSUED hy the Motor 4
onte-t Association
Tn. president OF tho Motor Contest
association announced that neither the a
,s-ocIAtion nor IT, manager /. Fer 4
-u-on. viii have any connection with anv \
automobile race meets AZ the Brighton 5.
beach track a. long the present one mile s
iirt track = used for racing y
Although an opportunity had been -
'nered Ia the Motor Contest Association ~
q take hold Of it. meets 10 dec ided ~
hat in order TO keep faith with statements y,
made nv the prr-ident OF the Motor Con a,
e-t Association In regard TO racing on one All
NILE dirt tracks ~ would not he consistent
o hay" anything 20 do with such racing
he TACT that the Motor Racing AS-o"ia-
ion has spent much tune and expense ia
make the track safe and fast had also some
hing to do with the decision
W Morgan. originator Of the speed
arrival on the world famous straightaNav
each course AZ Daytona Fla Is president
Z the Motor Contest Assoc iAtiOn. lie has
ppeatedly oppressed the opinion that ~
IA dangerous to race high powered an.
Dmohiles over one mile dirt tracks buIt
nd banked for the comparatively sln- l
A." Of speed attained by running or trot-
ng horses
y VI Butler chairman Of the contest
oard of the American Automobile N--oria- III
on. has issued -an" tion- for the following Il
pmpetitiNe events
august y: trans meet, Cheyenne Motor
lai ra'"S at Elgin. III CHICAGO Motor
lub september To IL. reliability contest
utomobile club of Buffalo .
rt-n contest Committs. Of the Automohil.
luh Of America has annOunCe ed that At the I.
'Iue-i OF the foreign manufat tursr- the a
ub : International commercial vehicle con
~ has been postponed until next spring -
be rules and conditions have been com k2
He'd by the contest committee and will
lortle be forwarded to manufacturers ~ ~
,mmerrtAl vehicles both here and abroad .
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