Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-13
.GLIDDEN TOUR
STARTS TODAY
TO BE GREATEST AUTO EVENT
OF HISTORY
SeVenty-fve Machines Leave Buffalo
This Morning on a Run
Through Scenic Dream
land

AS seventy-five automobiles leave
| Buffalo this morning on the great Gid
den tour, the most remarkable auto
contest I'm the worlds history will be
under way. For months preparations
! of great magnitude have attracted
! worldwide attention and because OF
| the cosmopolitan nature of the run the
outcome VIII be awaited with unusual
! interest.
! or the seNenty-five machines all but
| four are of American construction. em-
bodying the foremost types of national
make.
! Breton Woods, in the White moun-
tains, will be the destination, and seven
| teen days will be devoted to the trip.
! twelve being riding days and five rest
| and pleasure days. Two trophies will
be competed for i'm the tour, sixty of
the machines being entered for the
, Charles j. Gliddcn trophy, while non
contestants i'm the Glidden event will
be eligible for competition for the Paul
II. Deming cup.
| Competition for the Gldden trophy is
to be on time basis, daily schedules
being arranged in the manner of rail-
road time tables.
There will be several checking sta
tions on each days run. The actual
time Of passing will have to coincide
TO the minute with the sch hedue time
| in order that the car may escape pen
atty.
Each car failing to pass each checker
and to finish the days run at the time
fixed by the schedule will be penalized
one point for each minute it is behind
its schedule at each checker and at
the finish. and two points for each
minute it is ahead of it's schedule at
each checker and at the finish.
Must Adhere to Schedule
The double penalization for being
ahead of the schedule is to prevent rae
ing, the daily schedules being arranged
on the basis of the maximum legal
speed limits, with allowances for va
rious delays, such as filing of tanks
and traffic delays. Such checking will
be done each day at points averaging
twenty-five miles apart and at the con-
ClusioE of each days run.
Cars Will be started each morning by
officials of the tour between the hours
of I and 10 O'Clock. but neither before
nor after the hours designated, under
penalty of disqualification. The COM
mittee will publish schedule for each
day, establishing such checking points
as ii may deem proper and placing
checkers at such points is have been
established. This schedule will fix the
each checker and when it shall finish
each days run without penalty.
Immediately following the registra
tion at each night stop, each car will
be delivered into the custody of the
officials of the tour to be by them held
at owners risk and kept under the di-
rect charge and supervision of such Of
ficials or their agents until the hour
for starting on the following morning,
and no car will be available for tuning
up adjustments, filling with gasoline
or water. or for any other purpose, un-
til after it shall have registered as
starting on the next days run of the
tour
Motor Trucks viii Run
The baggage of the tourists will be
carried in motor trucks and will be
checked for each run the same as if
on a railroad train. The committee in
charge has made all arran gements for
hotel accommodations EN- route.
At Three Rivers Que, large river
steamer will be employed for one night,
while at Jackman, Me, tents will he
pitched for the use of the men on the
tour, while accommodations will be pro-
Vided for the women tourists in the
village hotel.
According to Judge James b. Dill
who aided in the selection of the route
the course to be followed is one of the
most picturesque and interesting to
be found in this country. According to
the same authority the roads are uni
formly fair.