The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-15
Automobile News
21 CARS START IN
 CATSKILL AUTO RUN.
(By John b. Wetnore.l }


 1 first day in the open, exhilarated with the bracing air of early spring, warm ed with the sunshine of summer prom ise and buoyed with the prospect of a magnificent two days drive through a picturesque country the West Hudson Catski1l tourists got under way yes- terday afternoon. The start was set for 1 o'clock from Edgewatar, at the Jersey end. of the 130th street ferry, the caravan lining up as follows: 1-Mercer, Armour Ferguson. 3-National. Poertner Motor Car Co.,
 6-Alco. American Locomotive Co. Ford, William B. Young.
 13-Ford. The Van Motor Co.,, (Newburg).
 15-Meroer. G. w. Burdett, Mercer
 17-Pathhnder. Pathhnder Motor Car Co.
 1s-winton. Westinghouse Air Spring Go
 sO-AmcEican, American Marion Sales Go.
 22-oakland. Oakland Motor Go.
 24-Paige. '.s6" $. J. Wise & Co.,, Inc.
 2G-Lozier. Lozier\ Motor Co.
 2S-American. American Go.
 32-De Dion-Bouton, De Dion-Bou- ton Selling branch.
 34-Briggs-Detroite K. c. Pardee.
 30-Kissel-Kar (light trucl<) George Kissel- will carry tourists baggage.
 36-Chalmers, Carl H. Page.
 Ss--Oldsmobfle.C c. H. Larson.
 40-OveFland, c. J. Silver.
 42-Hudson, Charles A. Stewart, pi pot car.
 To-days run will take the tourists through Englewood. Pearl River and Haverstraw to the point where the state boulevard begins. This excellent road, very attractive from the scenic side, is followed through Highland ToII %1 %4ov, at West Point, where the military academy is. Ordinarily special per mission has to be got to drive through the West Point grounds, but there is an attractive way around. The road leads up Crows Nest Mountain and la ter down the mountain into Cornwall and Newburg. This is a run of about sixty miles that combines rare beauty of scene with a diversity Of touring ground.
 Six competitive prizes are offered to the contestants for the best perfor- rnances in reliability, hill-c1imb, fuel economy a1l-around performance for touring cars and runabouts and for the driver who maintains the best av- craze speed in the secret time set by the referee and taken at a given point between Edgewa.ter and Newburg. All cars, whether competitive or other wise, including press cars. will com pete for the secret time prize.
 President Merritt of the Automobile Club of Newburg. has planned an elaborate entertainment for the tour ists who will make the night stop at Newburg where the good roads smoI<- CT will be held. A. G. Batch elder, chairman of the executive committee of the A. A. A., will speak on Federal Aid for Road Building" Secretary of State Mitchell May will give an ad dress on Motoring Latws." J. Lackey of Hunter, N. Y.. will speak on the proposed West Hudson and CatskiH state scenic highway. which he and many others believe will rival any highway in the country.
 Gov. William Sulzer has stated in a recent letter to Senator Morgan, manager of the contest, that if he can find it convenient to leave the capital for short period, he will be present at the smoker. President Merritt, of the Newburg Club. is doing his utmost to have J. M Carlisle, state highway commissioner, attend the smoker.
 M. Charles Emile Farroux, of Paris, editor of 'La Vie Automobile" and Mrs. Farroux, will go along on the tour, this being their first trip along the beautiful, winding Hudson River James c. Nichols says he is making splendid progress with his exploitation of the Velvet shock absorber. All though 1t has been only a short time on the market it is. fast becoming popular and made the closing of agen- cies easy.