New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-13
ROAD TROPHY OFFERED
mil Represent the American
va oo.d Record for Automobiles.
NEEDED IN PERPETuITY
=, FIR Holding First Attempt
Win the Cup at River
head in August.

a Mrs Andrew Cuneo have offered
,..d TO the American Automobile Asso-
"a, aOca cup as perpetual trophy
.;,s the American road record.
miles an hour for automobiles.
c,.o is better known as one Of the
- y, expert women drivers in the country.
.ro.t recent performance was the
of a half mile on the Long Island
-. PARKWAY in IL 2-5 seconds
-. psbrow and Neil Whalen will
80, York this morning in No. .. the
hartford entry in the last Vanderbilt
49, n make On extended canvass of
OP courses on Long Island where a
c,,ls be held for an attack on the
'a record. held by Teddy Tetzlaff. at
lilies an hour. This is the outcome of
- .-.ndoppaent Of the contemplated race
,,..s-hsad. A date was assigned for
.. curse carly in July, but was relin-
80 Il is said. however that the au-
go n that town would gladly well
snch a contest but wish to be as
- nat no financial loss will result 10
,..r 4 it IS held.
=. summer residents Of Southampton
lea eager for race Of the big men,
n,shrow also will investigate that
- The idea Of the cup IS 70 have IL
80 nv the present holder Of the record
-, "a long as he can maintain the record.
:. 20, he lifted by any driver breaking
=. ,seo-d in America. He may be for
-, hut he must make the record over
a. American road.
,,-sssv Disbrow. De Palma, Bruce Brown
"A s,eher have said they would drive for
- o,ssr prizes whatever. and special in
-..,.,,, will he sent TO Tetzlaff TO compete
"a defend his record. The winner Of the
oo,,s-,rlsted race. no matter who he is.
,r hold the trophy three months. Then
O. his performance has not broken the rec
,.3 ne trophy Will be sent TO Tetzlaff.
:, will he an added prize at the Wander
NJ Grand Prize and Elgin races, and will
end 70 make committees having road races
= ehsrge better their course for the win
,ins OF the trophy.
=, is thought that there will be no diff
,-,v in obtaining financial backing for the
,ortsst. and that the American Automobile
Association Will grant a sanction for II
vns tine in August.
Tie trophy must be contested over a
c5rrss at least two hundred miles long, and
. may be as much longer than that as is
desired The local racing drivers agree
IA, the Riverhead course. or one OF the
e,asr courses suggested. is much faster than
anythlng else in the country. and believe
tsst the record can be easily lowered.
he department stores are the concerns
TIA. have got delivery cost figured out TO
Ire last fraction OF a cent. Every package
sent out from a store. whether its a brass
bed or a box OF talcum powder. costs the
sore Iust so much 10 deliver al its destina-
Ton. and when the great mass Of small,
Inexpensive packages sent out By the New
York department stores every day is con-
sdefed il is hardly surprising that they
saould have gone after the delivery prob
lsr vita a microscope and trimmed this
cost down to the very last atom. But the
20. problem was 10 do 1t without impair
IN the service
Department store delivery with horse
dawn vas0ns costs somewhere in the
laghbOrhood Of 81 cents a package-not
much 10 deduct from the profit on a $50
geEn, but It makes quite a dent in the
Profit on box OF talcum powder. The
saving Of two cents package on ten thou
sand packages a day amounts 70 somewhat
0. profit in a year-something over $1,000.
Seven years ago one big New York store
purchased !ts first Lansden electric wagon.
i PAD evidently. as this store to-day is
operating thirty-fve Lansden wagons, and
the arst Lansden purchased is among them
Sill giving the same service IL gave when
asw and stiil operating on its original Ed
son battery equipment.
AL but enc or TWO Of the big New York
department stores have now adopted not
ol.y the same method, but the same means
Of converting delivery losses into profits
lang Lansden electric wagons In daily
service and saving not only two, but three,
iolr and even FIVE cents a package deliv-
e-ed with horse-drawn vehicles.
According TO Colonel Edward : Cornell.
o. the National Highways Protective So
Getty. tie smokng automobile nuisance
las aha.oe 40 lac. eO ~a~ cent since fne