New-York tribune., 1907-09-01

The noptlaritv Of motoring about the country for
two or three days successfully h4S gained rapiulS
among pleasure seekers. both here and ABROAD
For this reason small places coming into prom
f7enca hecause of the discovery Of their beauties
by enthusiastic autoists, whose explorations Ieao
them TO q new spot every week. and the reputation
Of many country roadhouse has come to equal
that of the best restaurants in the city for to the
honest hunger induced by the task of driving one
own car the simply prepared meal Of fresh country
grown vegetables. the broilers that are not out OF
cold storage. the laid eggs and the hams
smoked by hickory chips in the smokehonse near
at hand dclcacies Of the highest order II Inc
IT'D is taken through jerseys hills appejack sup
plenlents the rcpast, and in the neighborhood of
Sparta some Of famous make exists
There are two lavorite runs where good ToaoS
extend almost all the way. The first, and Prob-
ably the most travelled leads 10 Pittsfed. Mass,
and the other through the Catskll region In both
good rnacadarn and dirt roads alternate After the
various small towns have been run through the
naacadarn ends with the township limits and the
we'll worn dirt roads almost as smooth golh8-
Too often the love for speeding Is INDUCED oeyoiu
the town limits along these highways This Is
moro than unfair 10 the luckless farmer. whose
horses are unused to frequent meetings with auto
mobiles and are terrified by the monsters. Ihe
farmers wife too in these sparsely lnhaoited as
tcts drives with her load berries eggs TO the
nearest market. and not only have there been
many dire results 10 the produce from casual en-
counter with the speed devil" hut fatal accidents
as well are recorded daily in the papers
A RUN TO PITTsFIELD-
The route TO Pittsfed via Bridgeport and Water
r,r1 runs for 173la miles through most picturesque
.,5 lovely, country and with high power car the
+;r, can easily be done in a day. At either Water
hurry or Wins.ed which is thirty miles further on.
q stop can be made for the night, II time Is OF
no consequence, and the Journey resumed in the
morning The country beyond Waterbury is hilly'
hut the grades are easy and the road surface gen
orally good. Through Sheffield, Great harrington
stockbridge and Lenox the views are very beau
tfuI and as In the two last named places many
rror1ipent people have summer homes, seeing them
is another interest the travellers. There is also
the pleasure OF meeting other tourists. some OF
the hotels in the BeTkshres being thronged IN
the height Of the season with parties from all
quarters gathering together the best known peo-
ple Of every state who compare notes and tell
incidents and thoroughly enjoy their meetings.
Those with still more time than the week end
continue the trip to the White Mountains, with
Breton Woods as the objective point TO get safe
" on the way TO this part the world, the route
lies back to Leuox and from there into New
Hampshire On the way back TO New York diff
ferent part Of the country be gore over. with
q detour west as far as Saratoga, returning from
there dcwn to New York either via Albany and
the east bank of the Hudson, else through the
Catskin district. This takes ten days, with allow
ance for repairs and resting.
The CatsBnl trip. taken separately. means a run
through country far picturesque than the
modernized Berkshires. and nearly in natures
original wldness. Going through Kingston which
is the gateway 70 the CatskIlls. and continuing
through the Susquehanna Valley to Binghamton.
isa miles will be recorded. The Susquehanna Val
ley run is comparatively q new one this year