The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-24
AMONG THE AUTOMOBLISYS
TOURISTS RACE FROM BALTIMORE
no PHILADELPHIA.
Good Pennsylvania Roads an Incentive 20
speed-water Breaks and TOilgates
Arouse the Ire Of Gliddenites-The
Long Tour VIII Enc IN THIS Ifty To-day.

Speeu uter breuke aUO T0Htatcr
Arouse the Ire or Gnddenites-The
Long -Four VIII enc IN This Ifty To-day.
PHILADELPHIA, July 23.-The eleventh day
OF the fourth annual tourney Of the American
Automobile Association. covering the i0i
miles between Baltimore and this city. wns
mostly a road race. at least 30 far as the
perfect score brigade Of eighteen Glidden
trophy drivers were concerned. There we're
several reasons for this speed. One was the
fact that decent roads were travelled over.
which were a most welcome change from
those covered ever since the tourists left
Indiana.
The 10 hours and 20 minutes allotted for
to-day's run was quite sufficient for prac-
ception OF a few OF the cripples. Tn g
eighteen drivers OF perfect score touring
cars and Of the two perfect SCORE runahouts
took no chances to-day on being held up
by tire OF other troubles and kept going as
fast as they dared so MS 10 have plenty Of
time TO spare in which to make the schedule
There were TO have been thirty-six stops
TO pay tolls or to give up tickets or coupons
At tollgates. but luckily this number was cut
down to twenty-nine through the courtesy Of
the tolls ON sRs last few S%;q miles 81 he d ia Psy run N.
For, about forty miles the tourists we're
roads. with their bsrbarous water breaks, and
after Pennsylvapia had been reached again
= NUMBER. OF tourists stopped long enou gh to
get out OF their cars and have an impromptu
Indian war dance to celebrate their departure
from the State Of water break dotted roads,
ali Of Tie Maryland road o%Sicisls to burn at
the stake for their misdeeds;
But they were not entirely through with
have spread from Maryland to the eastern
part Of Pennsylvania. for there were u few
ton TO be found and Jumped over before
the tourists reached their checking in
station in this city.
To any one not in a perfect score COM
peting car there were certain elements OF
humor in the way the passengers in the
the Se'.% Journey Ssrs from Ters RS aItI%ore Ar to this aU oirys
4 story is told Of one OF the Peerless cars;
IL went by 50 fast that the observer could
not see whether Burman or Staub was in
nor was II possible to read the
number for the dust. but 1t was possible TO
up as they were bumped over the bumps
and each man was hanging on as II his life
depended upon IL. which was about the real
Some oI the passen gers kicked about the
twenty-nine stops for toll paying. and Of
course all Of the driver brigade were certain
this was another device to do away with the
multiplicity OF perfect scores, One OCCUPANT
oopbi ,ead onsr car ar S s;tss dlspoeeo ,9 wax . ph, ,oII
gates and water breaks, declaring. that at
Coney Island one is asked TO pay for the priyi-
should not a like condition of Affairs prevail
on an 4 A snn,lal tour.
mar Sna Hnss r. . niq hnd .o wno Go Sbt Nnnor tn Si,v
to know something about the scorching that
went on. said he thought II was the most out
rageous piece OF recklessness he ever saw.
which would seem to about III the case from
the stories that are being told tonight by
some Of the drivers and more Of the pas
sengers.
One passenger in searching for the reason
why there, we're SO many toll gates along
came to the conclusion that every deserving
person who had no other occupation could
bs ins = a I2n g 1bers aou Sno 1ui anp LII s,iion 70 a the
proper authorities. Leaving out of the
reckoning the 20 cents paid for each tourist
fees for each car to-day amounted to 81 81.
When the first cars started out this morning
they found that most OF the ~tollgate keepers
gates down. across the road. They were as
sured by the early corners that they need
to go past without paying their tolls. and so
then the toll takers provided Themselves with
ny, as IL had been explained to them that all
Of the drivers had provided themselves with
the proper amount OF pennies. dimes and
quarters so that they need lose no time at the
A few Of the .gatekeepers used their hats
cigar boxes attached TO the ends Of long
sticks. but neither OF these devices for getting
the tolls without stopping the cars proved
employed by a number Of the women til
takers. " no stood with their aprons gathered
uD IN front Oh lHtIn. ~ vas u WOMAN, 100.
who hit upon the idea of writing the amount
OF the toll at her gate on a large card and
lacking the card up where every driver could
see ! yards away from the place where she
With every perfect score that started this
topic of conversation around the oficial head
quarters a. The Hotel Walton was t thS bad
i hsn, 81 p nn Ky, o MTs a x edn "o and Sn sta 9aa 5ns
for this city this morning. but was held M
first by tire trouble. Later on there we're
arrive here to be checked in until a few min
matter Sid Black with his Lozier was a still
Though police traps and rigorous local
speed limits we're feared by all OF the tourists
least. and at York. Pa. where the tourists had
been warned to be unusually careful, the
Mayor went TO the outskirts OF the city aud
reckless. but gave them to understand that
there might he a certain amount Of elasticity
At Hanover there We're numerous men
and boys stationed along the roads With
white flags TO tell the tourists that all was
passing through York, well meant but mis-
taken advice as it developed later. At Elber-
but no one was bothered there either, nor
at any point from Malvern, into this city,
where police traps were said to be planted
For the ,Glidden trophy the club team
scores stood tonight as follows: Automobile
tiuD VI puHhIO, J. ID pDlnbS. lOsl, lNtbDhik
Automobile club. 2?S points lost; New York
Motor Club, 200 points lost and whatever
penaliZations are Assessed against Mrs.
Cuneo's. Rainier; Westchester Motor Club.
30 81 points lost: Automobile Club of Amer
lea. 502. points lost, Cleveland Automobile
Club. 5i8 40 points lost; Chicago Automobile
club. $50 81 points lost. including the i42 81
points deducted for the withdrawal of f.. y.
Nuts Haynes tonight and Automobile club
Of Detroit. 1000 points lost. including the
penalizations for the withdrawal Of A. r.
welch's 80 horsepower WEIGH. which went
out OF commission this afternoon and had to
be towed into the city.
For the Hover individual prize for drivers
OF r%unabOuts there are now three contestants
left, as John W. Haynes OF the ChiCa go Auto
Club withdraw his Ora gon as Q contestant to-
night. Those left are II. X. sheridan Of the
Cleveland Automobile Club. White Steamer,
and @. s.. Smith OF the Quaker City Motor
Club. STANDARDIZATION. both OF whom have
perfect scores, and 4, T.. Hughes. Rhode
Island Automobile Club. Pierce. who has lost
six points,
At the meeting Of the cont estants tonight
Chairman Hover announced that the cars
would begin starting out at O'Clock to-
morrow morning and that 5 hours 30 mlnItrs
would he the running time from the Hotel
Walton in this city 20 the court house In Jer-
sey City, where the final checking Ia for
penalties would be done.
From the court house the drivers will go
to New York over the Twenty-thiTd street
ferry and line IN on West TWpnt y-fOurth