The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-04-24

cup race as a member of the American
team, all of which is quite different from
statements made by Oldfield in regard TO
what Odfield would do when there were
in the field two controlling bodies and each
afraid of the other, and when Oldfield was
the only driver in the land.
Late in May or early in June a monster
parade through the streets of New York
city will be conducted by the Automobile
Club of America in order to demonstrate
the rapid growth in the use OF automobiles
and TO Indicate the strength numerically
OF the users of the horseless carriage. At
the recent regular meeting action was
taken by the board of governors of the
Automobile Club of America and became
known when the run and tours committee
OF the club were requested to take the mat
ter up and organize the parade A similar
parade had been under consideration by
the Trade Club, and the co-operation Of
that organization with the A. c. A. is
assured.
May 80 is the date set for the start of the
transcontinental record trip of Bert Hol-
comb from San Francisco. Holcomb is
Journey, and is already in hard training
DONG nightly riding stunts of several hun
dred miles through Connecticut to accus-
tom himself TO the hardest sort of night
riding. He will also strengthen his back
and arm muscles in this way for long
spells at the steering wheel. and will accrs.
tom himself 10 long stretches where sleep
VIII be out OF the question. Laurens DufSe
who will accompany Holcomb as an aid
and relief during the period when the
great driver sleeps is also in training and
Will go out on the trip thoroughly i'm reaCli-
ness for hard fight.
The recent test of motor wagons IN New
York city attracted considerable attention
throughout the trade. The various manu-
facturers of vehicles of this kind entered
their wagons and they were loaded with an
ordinary load and covered certain delivery
routes In trips of from twenty to thirtv
seven miles over streets and roads of all
KINDS: me loads carried by these wagons
would range from 500 to 10000 pounds and
they made from five to 100 stops. There
were seventeen machines started and ff
teen of them completed the weeks fest in
excellent condition. 1t is claimed that they
performed work impossible for a horse
drawn vehicle TO do in two weeks, tine
The test was very interesting and II re-.
ceived considerable attention from the Nau,
York daily press
New Workers are to be given the choica
of two through routes to St Louis on the
big club run. Augustus Post has laid ont
a second route via Philadelphia. lee miles:
York. 90 miles; Gettysburg, 40 miles: Bed
ford, 40 miles; Pittsburg, 80 miles; Wheel
ing. 20 miles: GAINESVILLE, O., so miles. CO.
lumbus, 80 miles; Dayton. 100 miles: Indian
apois, 10 miles: Terre Haute. II miles:
Nandalia. ILL.,, l0l miles, and ST Louis "a
miles. The New Workers who go via the
Buffalo and Chicago route have two
choices, one via Albany, Utica, Syracuse.
Rochester and Buffalo. and the other via
the endurance run route, Kingston. Delhi.
Bingha,nton, Bath and Buffalo. The AL
bany route will be the choice providing
the use of the canal towpath is obtained for
this run from the State authorities This
permission will De gained in all probabili-
the utmost enthusiasm in the run from all
quarters,