Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-19
AUTO RUN WILL
Be FINE EVENT
TOUR TO SAN FRANCISCO IN
TERESTS MANY
WILL RIVAL GLIDDEN RUN is
PROPHECY
Many Southern California Entries
Already Made and Program Con-.
tains Provisions of Special
Importance to Drivers

A touring event for automobiles that
will rival the Glidden tour in interest
is the proposed run of the Tourists to
San Francisco and return.
The run will be in the nature of
personally conducted tour, and the en-
tire charge of the affair win be as
sumed by the Tourist Automobile COM
pany, who will arrange for hotel ac-
commodations en- route and provide
entertainment for the entire party.
Already a number of entries have
been made by Tourist owners from
various points in Southern California
previous to the formal announcement,
and it is expected at least fifty ma
chimes will line up for the start, which
is to be made August IL, at 8 o'clock
a. m.
An average running time of fifteen
miles per hour will be maintained,
which will require four days to make
the run to San Francisco, where at
least two days will be spent.
An opportunity will be afforded to
stop for a day at Del Monte on the re-
turn trip, and at many of the places
that will be passed reception commit
tees will be on hand to welcome the
motorists.
Several competitive features will be
introduced in the run, so as to give
added interest, but in no sense will the
run be otheR than for amateur drivers.
The roads have been gone over within
the past two weeks by two of the rep
resentatives of the Tourist factory, and
the reports they have sent in would in
dictate that the road conditions are IA
vorable for a most pleasant tour.
An accurate map is being prepared
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commercial points of interest en- route.
A general invitation has been issued
to all owners of Tourist cars to partici-
pate in the run, and only Tourist cars
are eligible.
No entrance fee has been asked and
every accommodation that can be
thought of will be arranged by the
Tourist company. There will be two
cars of tire experts and a car of ma
chinists to look after all troubles that
may occur, thereby insuring the driv-
ers of the elimination of every bugbea-
of The trip to San Francisco, which is
very attractive, but has been. at
tempted by comparatively few for fear
of tire or motor trouble and losing the
road.
Confetti Car to Lead
A confetti car will precede the run
with confetti and flags to plainly mark
every obscure turn on the road.
Various prizes will be given for ex-
cellence in driving and regularity, and
it will be so arranged that the cars
will keep far enough apart to obviate
the dust nuisance.
Special arrangements have been made
for hotel accommodations, so that
when a lunch stop or a night stop is
reached all accommodations will be
ready without any effort on the part of
the participants.
The trip to San Francisco is one of
the finest in the country and is very
attractive at this time of the year.
There is some of the most charming
mountain scenery on the run to be
viewed anywhere. and the ocean is in
right for great pert of the way on
the coast route.
The fertile San Joaquin valley will
be passed through and an extensive
view of one of the most productive sec
tions in all of the west afforded.
A better idea of the productiveness
and variety of California can be had
from trip to San Francisco and re-
turn, using both routes, than In any
other way; and the CT portunity to take
one of the most interesting and instruc-
tive trips possible to autoists undoubt-
eddy will be embraced by large num-
Der
The trip probably will exceed any
thing Of a like nature by any single
manufactures, and that it will be sue
cessful is amply assured by the COM
prehensiVe and complete way in which
the Tourist management is arranging
all of the details OF the run.