Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-07-25
ON SCHEDULE TIME
GIidden Tourists Pass Through
Woodstock on Last Days Run.


den tour fled through Woodstock
Thursday morning, the sunburned
occupants covered with the dust of
seven states, tired and somewhat
haggard but happy and enthusiastic
over the success of the l700-mile en-
durance test which was to end that
afternoon in Saratoga, 100 miles
away. They stopped at Views gar
age, where large supply of gaso-
lene was in readiness, and then rushed
on to Rutland.
A complimentary lunch was served
to. the hurrying tourists at the gar
age by the Woodstock Inn, a consider
ate attention which the begoggled
travellers seemed to appreciate thor
oughly.
The Premier pathfinder was the
first arriving car, reaching here a
few minutes before 8 o'clock. In
this car were D. H. Lewis, the
Original pathfinder" Ray McNam-
ara and G. H. Martin. 1t carried a
load of confetti which was strewn
along the course to mark the route.
At 8 o'clock an Oldsmobile turned
"King's Corner" and its Inelodious
octave of gabriels horns struck up
I'm Afraid to Go Home in the Dark"
"a tuneful but untimely selection
it seemed to the audience at that
hour The car tipped out of the
village to the strains of "Merrily We
Roll Along" and they rolled along
some miles in excess of the speed
limit. The people-and everybody
was out in the streets with greet
ing for the tourists wanted to hear
more of it, but it didn't stop. About
Is minuses later it played my
Little Red Automobile" to the folks
in Bridgewater. This machine was
soon followed by two other pilot cars,
both Reos.
At 9.25 came the chairman's car,
Pierce machine, with Charles j.
Glidden, donor of the trophy for
which the cars contested, and Chair
man +, B. Hover, who offered
atrophy for runabouts. Mr.. Glidden,
whose balloon was shot at IN hos
tile section of Vermont recently, had
friendly greeting here, meeting
several acquaintance. This is one
of the most successful tours yet held,
Mr.. Glidden said, being real tour
and not race. The cars represent
an expenditure of $225,000 and the
tour included at the start 81 cars
with about $50 occupants.
The chairman's car was closely
followed by eight of the regular cars
including five Pierce machines,
reaching here ahead Of schedule time
making the 85-mile run from Beth
lehem, N. H., in about three hours,
The Stevens-D uryea of the Spring
field automobile club was another
car of especial interest, being driven
by Luther ("Stub") Young, formerly
of Lebanon, N. H., who has many
acquaintance here. His speed
ometer indicated a 68-mile gait
which he explained by saying that
in making up for lost time few
days ago the pointer went up to GO,
and stuck there.
One of the Studebaker cars was q
30-horse power touring car, which
was last year selected by Maj Gen
Fred D. Grant to carry military de
spatches from New York to Fort
Leavenworth, Kan, distance o.
over 2l00 miles.
The perfect scores for the Glidder
trophy were the Peerless team of the
Columbus club, the Pierce cars o.
the Buffalo club and the mixed team
of the Chicago club. In the Haynes
car of the latter team was Count
t. Muagawa of Japan, who'it is sale
is studying automobile trade condi.
tions in this country.
The perfect scores for the indi-
vidual runabout competition were
the Pierce cars driven by J. S. Will.
liams and E. A. Retting, the Premier
driven by G. A. Weigely and the two
Stoddard- Dayton cars driven by j
F. Runkle and R. S. Cox.
Mrs. Joan Cuneo, the only woman
driver of the tour, went through in
her Rainier, of the Chicago Motor
club, without stopping and with lit
tie slackening of speed. She was
once fined for overspeeding, but has,
as one of FIVE, maintained clear
score during the present tour.
The last car through, at about
1890, was the Premier Century
which is out to do 100 miles day
for 100 consecutive days, and Thurs
davis run was the 54th hundred made