The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-07-08
G[|ODEN TOUR
BEGINS TOMORROW
FOURTEEN-D DAY AUTOMO BIL E
RUN TO START FROM BUF-
FAlO.

BUFFALO,, N. Y, July S.-Nothing
but the cooperation of the weather
man is now needed to make this years
Glidden tour, which starts from this
city tomorrow, the most successful mo-
toring event of it's kind ever held in
America. Most of the cars and drivers
entered are now in readiness for the
long and picturesque tour, which will
cover 1861 miles and occupy IA days,
of which two will be Sundays, when no
travelling will be done.
The start will be made early tomor-
row morning, if conditions are at all
favorable, and when the cars glide
Cambridge Springs, Pa, a vast crowd
of motorists fro all over that coun-
try, who are today taking part in the
national good roads meeting or the
American Automobile association, will
cheer them on their way.
The schedule day by day, with the
overnight stopping places, is as fol-
lows: July 9, Buffalo, N. Y to Cam
bridge Springs, Pa, 117.4 miles; July
10, Cambridge Springs to Pittsburg,
1902 miles; July IL, Pittsburg to Bed
ford Springs, 1864 miles; July -
! Sunday, at Bedford Springs; July 13,
Bedford Springs to Harrisburg, 1913
miles; July IA, Harrisburg to Philadel-
phia, 1885 miles; July Is, Philadelphia
to Milford, 1872 miles,, July 16, Milford
to Albany, 1855 miles; July II, Albany
TO T,11x Ut
to Poland Springs, Me-, 154 miles;
July 10 Sunday, at Poland Springs;
July 20, Poland Springs to Ranegley
Lake, Me-, 176 miles; July p, Rangeley
Lake to Bethlehem, N. Y, 139 miles;
July %, Bethlehem to Saratoga Springs,
NJ Y
The recurrence of springs as stop
ping places is suggestive of how the
more serious competitive character Of
! this years event is to be offset by
stops at pointst of beauty and restful-
ness. From Philadelphia on, excepting
only Albany and Boston, the stops will
be mountain resorts famed for their
beauty. First /of these is Milford, in
| Pike county, Pa, which is reached af-
| ter a run through the Delaware Water
Gap and up past Buskill and Ding
up the west shore of the Hudson will
lead through the glorious scenery of
Port Jervis, Middletown, Newburgh,
Kingston, etc, and from Albany to
Boston the route leads through ma
| ture splendors all the way, including
passage through the Berkshires and
over Jacobs Ladder.
! The run from Boston to Poland
Springs is the route leading through
Sommerville to the MiddleseX Falls
! parkway, on the Rever Beach park
way, with a two-mile ride along the
beach and past the amusement places.
| This days run brings the tourists for
the first time to the shores of the At
| lantic
| From Revere Beach the way leads
through Lynn and along Swampscott
beach to Salem, through Newburyport
and Portsmouth, N. H, where a turn
seward to Rye beach and past Bears
Head is made. Maine is entered at Kit
terry, and the Portland post road is en-
countered at York, from which place
the route is through some heavy tim
Der Of pines, Eemlocks, spruce, etc.,
and past a number of logging camps.
From Portland the route leads through
Gray, Shaker Village, to the Summit
House, Poland Springs where Sunday,
July 10, will be spent. From here the
presidential range of the White Noun
| tains, ninety miles away, can be seen
plainly, with Mount Washington tow
ering nearly six thousand feet skyward.
The days run from Portland to
Rsngeley will be not only beautiful,
| but one of the hardest during the con-
| test. The route lies along Sandy
creek. There are many water break
ers. and the Premiar pathfinder found
many soft places that seemed to have
no bottom A mile and a half from
| Rangeley, the car ran into one Of these
| soft spots and sank in to the radl-
ator.
From Rangeley there is a day of
! travel through the pristine wood
| lands and defiles of the White Noun
| tains to Bethlehem From Bethlehem,
which is near the foot of Mount Wash
ington, the route for the last day leads
| across Vermont by way of Rutland and
south by way of Glens Falls to Sa-
ratOga.
! The chief change in the rules is the
| introduction of official observers Each
car will carry one, appointed by the
maker of a rival car. and the rules re-
quire that these observers shall be
portant change is the allowance of the
''time lost through tire trouble
There will be no committee to quar-
rel about questions this year, as the
chairman Of the touring board, Frank