The Washington herald., 1907-07-07

proportion to their size. a club Of ten
or fifteen cars will have an advantage
over a small club Of FIVE or three cars,
inasmuch as # will receive a greater
number Of initial points upon entering.
As the cars in the various clubs have
trouble of one sort or another these in
itial points will be deducted from the
record Of the club so that at the end Of
the tour the club having the greatest
number of initial points left will win.
Some manufacturers have planned 20
enter such a large number Of cars through
one club that they will predominate IN
that club and victory that goes TO the
club will consequently fall gracefully on
the shoulders Of the manufacturers in
the ultimate score.
In order to provide this year for the
accommodation of the six hundred or
more persons who will go upon the tour
the American Automobile Association has
turned the hotel booking arrangements
over TO a touring agency and this agency
has made arrangements at the towns
where the machines will stop for lunch
cons and for lodgings, so that nobody will
go hungry or want a bed. 1t Is said.
Nearly all Of the night stops are in cities
of some size and little trouble is antici-
pated in providing for the accommodation
of the tourists.
One Of the Objectionable features OF last
years Glldden tour was the mismanage-
ment Of these minor details and a COnse-
quent mixup and all round disgust on the
| part Of the participants.
Trophy Also for RunnbOuts.
In addition to the Gndden trophy. what
| is known as the Hover trophy will also
be contested for by high-pOwered run
abouts. According to the deed OF the Gid
| den trophy the contest must be between
| touring cars carrying four passengers or
more. During the last year so many high
powered runabouts have been put before
| the public that Mr.. Frank b. Hover,
| chairman of the Touring Board of the
! American Automobile Association and
| the active manager Of the Glidden tour,
| decided to give a trophy In order 10 admit
such runabOuts as cared TO enter Mr..
Howers trophy win be contested for by
] Individual cars and not through clubs, as
! in the case of the Glidden trophy The
prize. which is a handsome bronze. en-
blematlc of speed. will be presented to
the car having the greatest number of
points to its credit at the finish.
| The Gliddenites, as the tourists are now
called, they having contested for this
same trophy for four years in succession,
will assemble in Cleveland. Ohio July g.
| arrangements having been previously
made for them, not only as to accommo-
datiOns, but for the purchase of gasoline
oil. and such supplies along the route.
The first days run will begin shortly
after daylight July TO- The cars will
probably be started one minute apart. aC-
| cording TO the number they received
when they entered the contest.
| While points will be deducted from the
club to which car belongs. no effort will
be made TO run the cars in club teams
That is to say. cars Of one team may fol-
low cars from another team in the actual
running. The first days run is said to be
easy, regardless of the weather conditions
prevailing. The roads as far as Norwalk
are clay and dirt, but from there to To-
ledO they are of fair macadam. At Toledo
the night stop will be made at the Boody