The sun., 1908-07-05
AMONG THE AUTOMOBILISTS
GLHPDEN TOUR STARTS FROM
BUFFALO ON THURSDAY

Contestants VIII Make Journey az Nearly
400 Miles Through seven states
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Between fifty and sixty cars are expected
to Etart from Buffalo next Thursday morning
Ia Jhe annual touring competition for the
Glidden and Hover trophies. IT will be the
fifth annual contest for the Glidden trophy
which is to be competed for by touring cars
only In teams OF three or more cars. which
must be en- tered by member of club affili-
ated with the American Automobile Associa-
ton, the teams to represent the clubs through
which they are entered.
The Hover trophy contest will be the second
annual one and Is limited to runabouts, the
entrants Of which must belong to the Ameri-
can Automobile Association, but need not
belong to an A. A. A. club. The tour will
be held under the supervision OF the touring
board Of the American Automobile Associa-
ton. with Chairman Frank b. Hover In COM
mand. The first car will be started at A. NJ.
and the contest will cover period Of fifteen
days and q distance of nearly l.7o0 miles.
The tourists will visit seven States and the
route followed is very picturesque one
though circuitous and arduous.
In the course of their travels the contestants
will have to GROSS five mountain ranges, in
doing which they will encounter roads more
ft for wild sheep and goats than for the re-
fined products Of the automobile factories.
with the rubber shod wheels and delicate
mechanism. After leaving Buffalo and going
to Pittsburg, the tour travels entirely across
the Keystone State up to the capital Of the
Empire State and then through all the New
England States excepting Rhode Island.
This annual tour Is this year for the first
time an avowed out and out contest to test
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makes Of cars entered in q strenuous trip
The tour originated in 1905, when Charles j.
Glidden. the motoring Boston globe girdler
donated Q big. handsome trophy to the Ameri-
can Automobile ASSOCIATION to be perpetual
prize for yearly tour. According to the
original deed Of gift. the prize was to be for
driving qualities and was to go to the club
Of which the winning driver was member.
The Arst year the trophy was voted at the
end Of the tour to Percy Pierce of the Auto
mobile Club Of Buffalo. The second and third
years II remained in the possession Of the
piieitly won it from the Buiral 10 club. ~
and everything possible done to effect a dis
he team y some one elSS BstqTs 2 .Rs s sss%s
touring board OF the American Automobile
Association and the conditions require that
The rules for this event have been changed
each year with the consent Of the donor of the
i as,ofIicially been called -Relia bility Tour
cars Have been required to carry observers,
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be forfeited for all repairs and for failure to
aud the schedule taken together are are such such
that 1t will be = credit to every car that sur
Fhe trophy viii be awarded to the Club
whose team loses the fewest points and It will
the very worst day Of travel will be the last
day. when the schedule calls for nearly 200
miles entirely over mountain roads On this
staggering along are likely, to lose points
galore or be left by the roadside.
ThS scenery will be glorious all the way.
but the going will be as yexatious as the path
Of the most wicked Yet these strenuous
conditions are what make this touring event
one OF the most important in the country to
the average run of men and women who want
to know the respective merits Of the different
cars. not for racing, but for hard travelling
across sS county More than any other event
and by those contemplating joining the ranks
OF the automobists.
The itinerary of the tour, giving the places
tie distances Of each days run. is as follows:
ou. Run p'',sTe, STs,
JSJy lo--esmbridse Springs % rattsburg... iios
Jsly ,i-Plttsbgrg to Bedford Springs, loe
JMy iS-Bedford Springs to Hsrrisburs ,. 1o7 $
July i4-HarrisbuIg to Philadelphia 1888
July I6-Mford to Albany ................... 1885
July is.Albsny to Boston. on....,.,............ 1912
July 2o-Boston to Poland Springs es.......... 1854
July si-Poisnd Springs M to Ra1geey L. Ms. M i!l7 IL
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