MOTOR BICYCLE RUN.; First Event Of The Kind

MOTOR BICYCLE RUN.
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First Event of the Kind Will Be Held by
Metropole Cycle Club on
July 4 and 5.

On July 4 and 5 the Metropole Cycle Club of New York City will hold the first endurance run ever held for motor bicycles. The route is from Boston to New York, and the run will be made, rain or shine.

The contest will start at 8 A. M. July 4 from Copley Square, Boston, and run to Hartford, Conn., for the first day. On July 5 the start will be made at 8 A. M. from the Hartford control, and the finish will be at the club’s headquarters, Sixtieth Street and Broadway. Starts will be made in couples at one-minute intervals.

The contest will be open to motor bicycles only, classified according to motor power, and by the term motor bicycles it must be understood that they be equipped with cranks and pedals, and in condition to be driven by pedal propulsion if occasion requires. Each contestant may pedal at any time without penalty.

The bicycles entered will be classed as follows: Class A, motors of not over 1 ¾ horse power; Class B, motors of more than 1 ¾ horse power and not over 2 ¼ horse power; Class C, motors of more than 2 ¼ horse power and not over 3 horse power. No entry will be accepted when the motor is more than 3 horse power or where other abnormal conditions exist.

The following controls will be established: No. 1, South Framingham, Mass., 23 miles; No. 2, Worcester, Mass., 22 miles; No. 3, Warren, Mass., 26 miles; No. 4, Springfield, Mass., 29 miles; No. 5, Hartford, Conn., 26 miles; No. 6, Meriden, Conn., 20 miles; No. 7, New Haven, Conn., 20 miles; No. 8, Bridgeport, Conn., 20 miles; No. 9, Greenwich, Conn., 34 miles; No. 10, New York, 34 miles.

As the objects of the run are to demonstrate the reliability of the motor bicycle and the ability and skillfulness of the rider to operate same, speed beyond the average rate of fifteen miles per hour will be penalized, and in riding through built-up sections the speed must not be in excess of eight miles per hour. The usual rules of the road must be observed.

If the maximum schedule is exceeded at any control the rider will be cautioned by the checker in charge, and three cautions shall disqualify. On each of the two cautions allowed a leeway of ten minutes will be granted. For each minute over the ten there shall be a penalty of two points. Any contestant arriving at any control behind his minimum schedule will be penalized one point for each minute that he is tardy.

All essential parts of machines will be sealed at the start by the referee, and any changes or alterations of sealed parts will be penalized. Entire changing of machine will be cause for absolute disqualification.

Awards will be made on the point system on the performance of the machine and on the ability of the rider.