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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 27. 1010. RELIABILITY CONTEST RULES Summary of the Lswi laid Down by Contest Board of Association. Tlijp PEUALTT SCHUDUXE Fractional Penalisation AkclUkta, -ftklea Makes Dally Rerkenlntr Marh Mora Espen'litons (or J a dares. The most Important amendment to the reliability context rule for 1810 over those tt last yaar will be found In th adoption of the fixed penaHjr schedule, which Js applied at the final examination of the card at the completion of a contest. In this schedule each of the essential part ot a car are given a definite number of points penalty fur defective condition, greater or M, according to their relative Importance to tha whole make-up of the car and the condition In which such part Is tound at tha finish Of tha contest. Tha adoption of this schedule at once does away with tha somewhat uncertain and Indefinite penalty of points of the 1503 rules, for time consumed and money value of material used In placlnf a car 4n a safe and satisfactory operating condition, and placet! each and every contestant upon the same footing, with the same penalties applying to all for each defective and damaged, part which the contest may develop; In other words. It reduces the penalisation scheme to as nearly as pos sible an exact and known proposition In stead of an uncertain and varying one. The avoidance of work on a car after final examination and the calculation of time consumed and fractional values of material used, enable a rapid determina tion of the relative merHs of each of the cars ana tnoura m j ............ - - .he contest after the close of the last day's Jfr.m. Tha elimination of fractional penaliza tions also faoIHtates the announcement of tha score of the cars at tha end of each day- run during a contest. Operative Testa. To determine the operating coadlHoni of a .. f h eonnlusion of a contest, tests of brakes, clutch, trans ml salon and motor are provided for, with suitable penalties for defective operation. lammirr of Penalties. TIME. Ohe point per minute, or fraction thereof, late in arrival at any control or checking station. wonic One point per man per minute, or frac tion thereof, for labor by driver or pas ser Iters. Two points per man per minute, or frac tion thereof, for labor by workmen other than driver or passenrers. Two points per man per minute, or fac tion thereof, for replacement of damaged parts by driver or pasengera Four points per man per minute, or fraction thereof, for replacement by work men other than driver or passengers. Three points per occurrence for replen ishing a-anoline, oil or water, outside of fuel controls. . One point per minute, or fraction thereof, for motor stop when no work is dona No penalty for motor stop during period when work Is belnir done on car, for which work or replacement a penalty la Imposed. Flaal Out-Door Operative Teeta. Brake Penalties--60 feet perfect; for each foot, or fraction thereof, over thla dis tance, 1 point. Cultoh 6 point for failure to climb eurbs, spin rear wheels or stall motor. Gear Pet 28 points for failure to drive n any forward speed or reverse. Motor Test 6 points for each cylinder not "front and Rear Axles-No 'penalty for sne-fourth-lnch spread between wheels; 5 points for each, additional onereUihth Inch, raitlnn thereof. Springs No penalty for sag of one Inch: I points for caoh additional, one-half Inch Final Examination Penalty. -' At the close of the contest each compet ing ear, after being properly washed, shall be delivered to the technical committee, which shall record all adjustments, re placements or repairs neceiwary to plaoe ach car in a safe and satisfactory condi tion, and penalties therefor shall be lm poHed In accordance with the following fixed penalty schedule: Carbaratloa. Broken oil feed J Inoperative oil feed S Leaky oil connection I Loose oiler 1 Ulsablerl oiler 20 Lost grease cup J '. Loose grease cup Lubrication. Broken gasoline line I Leaky gasoline line 1 Lky gasoline tank 1 Jjeaky gasoline potcock ... 1 Disabled throttle control Ill Broken or loose manfold IS Drakes. Broken operating devices ...100 Broken brake 100 Loose operating devices 25 . nasslag Gear. Broken spring leaves, each I Broken spring clips, each IS Broken spring seating 1 Loom spring clip 1 Loose spring horn IS Broken frame side member Suo Broken frame cross member 150 Bens frame pieces 76 Br en strut rods 26 Brf n torsion rod to Loi muffler 6 Brokrin muffler t Loose muffler t Broken wheel 100 Loose wheel spoke 6 Broken wheel spoke. 10 Broken running board Brokon fender iron Broken fender S Loose fender 1 Lot mud apron 8 Broken mud apron S Broken rear axle ) Coollngr. Leaky water connection 1 Leaky radiator 20 X .. . J iJUUIV IWIWIUI , M.illtMMMII Disabled water pump U Inofvtlv fan ... I Leaky water Jacket CO Ignltlo Loose terminal 1 Broken terminal S Deed battery I Lost commutator cover.. ., 2 . Disabled commutator 20 Inoperative Ignition control S Disabled magneto SO Loose magneto 4 steering;. Broken tie rod or draa; link ...500 Bent tie rod or drag HnW 85 Broken steering rod Jo0 Bent steering rod ji Faulty steering rod joo Loose steering connections 15 Broken steering knuckle iv. Bent steering knuckle 15 Broken front axle 3uu Slacblnery Parts. Broken valve 5 Broken or Impaired valve spring j Broken earn uti Broken eamuhaft la Broken crankshaft SO Bent crankshaft .2ao broken valve rocker arm... .. 10 .. hi ..M ..1' .. .. 25 .. 10 .. 2 .. 1 .. 2 ..200 Broken puah or valve lift arm Broken transmission shaft , Broken cardan shaft Broken driving chain , Broken iiwar or pinion Broken bearings Broken body or chassis bolts., , Loose body or chassis bolts... lot body of chansls bolts , Broken clutch Broken or Impaired universal Joint.. Broken or loat bonnvt fastener., 2 t,oise bonnet fasteners 1 Broke or impaired spra-s I Bro ilioi k absorbers S Loose t 'lock absorbers 1 A Steasa. Xeaky condenser to Irfiaky generator (0 Faulty thermortat.. to Faulty pilot l:-nt !t Faulty flow motor 20 Faultv faux I Ream Irak In line Wr.ier leak In llqe 1 (In eases of leaky radiator or water Jackals, recognition must be liken ot the desrreo of leeltac and Iho s mount of fixed penslty mo!ifnd accordingly.) Grades ef Tea test. Reliability contests are graded fol lows: Grade I A contest not e-ofedlns; six S) fliys In duration, with rris'Tlre for time, rod work, final operative test and final technical examination. Gradi II A content of more ths a six (5) days duration, with penalti fur time, road work only, .but in which the final technical examination exeppt that carbure tor and brake adjustments mxv b made without pcuaity and spark plugs may be chanced. Grade III A eontet of any duration In wrtch penalties are Imposed for time and rosd work only, but In which the final operative test and final technical examina tion are omitted. Grade IVA contest of any duration in which penalties are Imposed for time only. Nonstop Una. For the "perfect road score" of the old rules there has been substituted a "non stop run" defined as fo'lowa: A run without an Involuntary stop of the car outside of controls, except for tire trouble or on account Of traffic congestion, shall be known as a nonstop run. The motor must be kept running con tinuously while outside of controls. The car may be brought to a standstill at any time, no jvork being done, and the motor kept running;. Stops for tire repairs or replacements with the motor kept running, are permissi ble. Nonstop certificates may be Issued to contesting cars in grades 1 and 2 who con form to the requirements of the "non stop" definition in a contest exceeding 1,000 miles In length. Car Eawtpsaeat. Just what equipment a stock car may ""' " ' esrrv In reliability contests Is very clearly laid down. It may carry spe- . . u.u.. aprons In front of -radiator or bonnet screens between the side members of the frame; rubber bumpers for springs, and rebound straps; tlrs Inflating tanks. It may not have special springs or spring windings; .shock aborbera may not bo added unless part of regular equipment, and covers over coil boxes, magnetoes or any other part of mechanism, or screen'" around carburetor, are not permitted un less part of regular equipment Toola. Tools are carried In a special bag and sealed, the observers only having access to sama Parts. Parts carried are inventorised, officially checked and sealed. Tire Repairs There shall be no penalty for the repairs, provided the engine be kept running while the repairs are being made and no other work Is dons. The time consumed In making the repairs, while the engine Is running, shall be added to the day's running time. Oil, Gasoline, Water and Batteries At noon or night controls, tanks for lubrica tion oil, gasoline and water may be filled without penalty. For replenishments of oil, gasoline or water at any other places the penalty Is thrse points for each occurrence. Oil or grease may be added to or may be drawn off the various canes when nec essary without penalty during the half hour allowed for oiling at the end of each day's run. Recharging- of batteries win be allowed at any time, but all work In connection therewith must be done In the presence of the observer. Seals. To enable an observer to keep a more accurate record of work done on a car, metal and wire seals will be affixed to the bonnet, coil box, transmission esse, dif ferential cose, mud pan or apron and parts of ignition system not protected by bonnet seals and any other parts, as may be nec essary. There will be no penalty for break ing a seal, which will be replaced at the Btxcked by Seventeen Years Experience Wonderially Consistent Contest Records, Design, Engineering and Manufactur ing Practice Not Obtainable In Any Other Car Seventeen years continuous experience in manufacturing has taught us, and we have experimented with every conveivahle type of engine, that the T head motor, that is to say a motor with the inlet on one side and the exhaust on the other, is from every standpoint of efficiency, economy, quietness, power and reliability the best. We were the first in America to recog nize this. That our experience in this respect was and is correct is best proven by the fact that all cars of recognized leadership employ this type of motor. In selecting a motor car insist on the T head type of engine, and to satisfy your own judgment in the matter, inquire of any one at all posted on motor cars what type of engine is em ployed on America's and Europe's leading and highest priced cars. The T head type of motor is best because it permits ,of the use of inlet and exhaust valve openings of generous proportions, quickly, silently and positively mechanically actuated with no delicately adjusted parts liable to get "out of step" as in all contrasting types. That the Apperson T head motor is the most efficient and reli able, is not theory or promise, but has been amply proven by the wonderfully cinsistent record of Apperson Cars in most of the principal road, hill climbing and endurance events for many years past. Every component part of Apperson Cars is made here in our own plant, which is the purchaser's guarantee of the very best in design, material and workmanship. If you will thoroughly investigate Apperson Cars before you buy, you'll find in them unqestionably the best motor car value in America, The Apperson Line for 1910 is composed of 9 models, ranging in price from $2,000 to $4,250. ' enaMsatssaV a Model 4-4040 II. l Apporson Bros LICENSED UNDER Apperson Sales Agency, 1102 Far u am St ' Phone Douglas 225 official garage at the end of a day's run, but the observer will not the seal rosn and must report how many times there after acees was had to the part or parts protected by such seal. l.abrt ration. A half hour Is allowed at ths end of each day's run for proper lubrication of the csr In the official garage, seals being bro ken for this purpose snd replaced. Ohservere. The ruies concernini; observers havs been broadened and strengthened and the duties of observers enumersted in greater detail than heretofore, the following rule among others having been added: Observers must not Interpret rules for entrants or drivers and cannot aay what w-ork may or may not be done without danger of penalization, their duties being solely to record w hat Is done and the exact lcnth of time consumed In doing it. To Induce entrants, who appoint ob servers, to uae the greatest care In their selection, the following penalty 1 Imposed on an entrant for the act of the observer lie has appointed: If an official observer shall desert a Dis abled car without first obtaining the sig nature to a statement that he has with drawn from the contest the entrant who ai pointed such observer shall be disquali fied and must either withdraw from the contest altopother or continue a a non contestant. By desertion Is meant leaving the car without taking with him the driver and passengers. This rute will, disqualify but one of the cars of an antrant In case of multiplicity of entries. Optional Previsions. The following provisions, the adoption of which In any contest Is optional With the promoter, and none of which count against a car or are factors In determining tD car's road score, have been added: Rules for tire penalization. Rules for penalization of accessories. The keeping of a record of lubricating oil and of gasoline consumption. Classification for Haaalag Tlsae. Reliability contests shall be held under Class "A" (price classification) only and run in the seven divisions of such oiass, as follows: Division 1A S W and under Division 2A 801 to 11.2U) Division A l.U to l.tW Division 6a'.'.:".'.:::'.".:"".:'.:" tm to s7 t . I l . . i A K 1 iVYt 4 ntsfi Division 6A. t. 1.001 to 4,01 4,0)1 and over running time of the Division 7A on which the daily cars is based. The following average speeds shall be maintained by the cars la the respective divisions: Divisions 4A. 5A, SA, 7A...S0 miles per hour Division SA and 3A It miles per hour Division 1A 14 miles per hour Body ilqalpaieat ClaBsIftaatlesw Stock cars only are eligible, and for the purpose of trophy awards shall be divided Into two classes according to body equip ment: (1) touring car class; (2) runabout class. Including runabouts, miniature ton neaus, surreys and double or single rum bles, (Official.) CONTEST BOARD. American Automobile Association. 8. M. BUTLER, Chairman. March 19, 1910. LoalsTllle Clabs Elaborate Toar Boole That enterprising organization, the Louisville Automobile club, has In prepara tion and will Issue shortly,' a Kentucky touring book that Is expected to be the most complete and elaborate work of Its kind yet produced. The club baa been at work on It for more than six morttha end has spent $3,000 on R. The book , will con tain about five hundred pagee, giving de tailed description of more than twelve hun- e mm Four C) Under, Seven Passenger Touring Oar, $3,000 (F. O. IL Kokomo, Indiana) " ' Auto Co., Kohofno- Ui- BELDEN PATENT dred routna. Nearly a hundred maps show ths route In and out of towna PULLING COL GUFFEY'S LEG Former Friend of the Prerlena Asked te C'oaah p Over Two Million. Oae Colonel James M. Ouffey of Pittsburg. Pa., the gentleman whose art-glass democ racy caused his expulsion from the Denver convention a score of months ago, has more trouble on his hands. He is defend ant In a suit In the Philadelphia courts In which one J. Mooteflore Myers, a London mining promoter, seeks to pull the colonel's extremities for $3,189,000 damages for fail ure of a deal In coal lands In West Vir ginia. In ths papers filed In court Mr. Myers declared that on Juno 19, 1906, he entered Into an agreement with Colonel Ouffey's representative, John M. German of Wllkes barre, under which Colonel Guffey was to have a company Incorporated, capitalised at 120,000,000. and to have conveyed to It 13E.000 acres of coal land clear of all en cumbrances, to ba Insured by the Union Fidelity Title Insurance company. It was proposed to have a $10,000,000 bond Issue, which wss to be placed in the plaintiffs control, bat Mr. Myers alleges that, al though various extensions were granted for the performance of the agreement, neither Colonel Guffey nor his representative ful filled their part. Mr. Myers charges that Colonel Guffey, in attempting to relievo himself of his obligation, while the complainant was In custody In New York on a falsa charge of grand larceny, obtained, with the con nivance of the police officials, Myers' dress suitcase and through his agents got posses sion of all the papers relating to the trans action. Myers asserts he was exonerated of the charges against him without trial, and that his accuser, 8. 8. Bittlson, was sentenced to five years In Sing Sing prison for perjury and forgery, Myers declares that Colonel Guffey afterward caused his arrest on a charge of conspiracy, but the ' sTrand Snored an indictment presented against him on January 8, 1900. At the Inception of the negotiations Myers charges that Colonel Ouffey repre sented that he was the owner of the coal land, and that there was no encumbrance against it, whereas, there was a deed of trust against a portion ct the land, secur ing a bond issue of SSSO.OOO,- the titles to the land being in the names of the J. M. Ouf fey company and the West Virginia com pany. Furthermore, It Is alleged by Myers that Colonel Guffey had pledged all of his stock In the companies with banking insti tutions of Pittsburg for loans of more than S3, 000.000. 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