The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-23
GASOLINE BUBBLES

hence now Among the many other place:
of f1rst-class character will be founc
Briarwood Manor. located on top of &
high hill al Briarcliff. an ever larger hote
than the Garden, City Hotel and a placs
supplied with views hardly TO be dupli-
Gated "a any other point in this country
Briarciim Manor is located on one of thu
largest farms In the country, some ter
miles square and overiooks the Hudson
River. 1t is reached over several miles OF
perfect road, but steep road. and there is
said to be about ten miles of dustless
road on this one huge farm. In the
garage connected with the hotel are over
thirty autos belonging TO the guests, who
travel daily to and from New York, a dis
lance OF thirty miles each way.
There are few who know tina the trip
from Jacksonville to Ornond may be made
over the roads. but such is the case. Last
year Ralph Owen made the journey, and
made it nicely and without trouble.
Others may do the same. Hitherto motor
lists have shipped to Jacksonville by boat
and then transferred to the train. and IN
this way have been placed to great ex-
pense and also to the annoyance OF de-
lays. h jacksonville to Ormond trip is
really ENJOYABLE and tourists who are going
10 attend the Ormond meet this year may
do so without the trouble oil changing
their cars to the trains at Ormond True,
that the trip from Jacksonville is not like
over the State roads OF New
York or Massachusetts,, but 1t Is interest
ing, though tough, and can be made.
jacksonville automobi1ists are svsn now
planning a 360-mile trip in the form OF a
race from Jacksonville along the East
Coast to Miami, and Jacksonville motor
know the roads. With this knowledge
T.-..-bT-x saIaa4Ad ~ nc mt tmn0EE16l0
the attendance of motorists In their
autos at Ormond will be increased amaz-
ingly.
There is a question and it is agitating
touring motorists of America. The
has to do with the 1908 tour or
the American Automobile Association The
question has to do with the plan of opera
tion, and 1t has to do directly with the
of a central point with a tour
out and back each day ranging from 100
to 200 miles, or a tour straightaway, as
has been carried out in the past. The
question has several sides. The amateur
tourists really desire a tour which Will
start somewhere and go somewhere, while
the automobile makers of the country want
a tour which will reduce the expense to a
minimum. There can be little question
that the annual tour for the Glidden trophy
mas come 10 Dc u DuSineSS-ihS dAah ioA
men. and that a majority of the
entries are made for business purposes.
The amateurs number about one In ten OF
the entries. The makers must therefore
be consulted. Providing the trip goes
the country. the suggestion has
been made that 1t follow the shore line
the country from Virginia to Maine,
and providing it ~converges nightly, the
suggestion is made hat it start at Mt.
and make the Mt. Washing
ton Hotel the nightly gathering point. TIL
makers of the Great Arrow car, the
N. Pierce Company, who won the
Glidden trophy twice, md had four cars
have been asked for an opinion, as have
makers, and upon the receipt of the
of the makers, the decision will be
Mt. Washington, the mecca for not less
than 800 touring cars during the last year,
promises to be once again the centre of
interest next summer for touring COM
hill climbing and so on. The
plan for a six-day endurance run in the
Washington district, the final day to
include a climb up the mountain for tour
ing cars, is not so much out of the pos
as might be thought, for motor
lists generally commend the plan, and
Messrs. Anderson and Price are not averse
to once again taking a hand in the pro-
noting of an automobile carnival of in
t~ernational importance. Nor are motorists
generally averse to taking part in my
event promoted in a district so altogether
delightful for touring.