Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-04
PLUCKY GIRL in
LONG AUTO RUN
GLADYS MOORE BACK FROM
SAN FRANCISCO TOUR
DROVE SINGLE CYLINDER cADiL-
LAC 1850 MILES ON TRIP
Young Woman, Accompanied by Her
Mother and Sister, Concludes
Long Journey-No Accident
Mars Tour
BIZ FnEDER1o rABsr

MISS Gladys moore. the plucky 10
year-old driver, has just returned aft
ter completing a 1850 mile tour in her
single cylinder Cadillac. She was ac-
companied by her mother and younger
sister. The trip was absolutely free
from trouble, the party of women not
having so much as a puncture.
Miss Moore returned with a fine coat
of tan and sunburn, the result of many
days in the open. The route was from
Los Angeles to Santa Barbara, Pizmo,
Monterey and on up the coast TO San
Francisco. The return was also over
the coast road, the plan of making the
run down the valley being abandoned
when the northern city was reached.
This is one OF the most unique trips
in the history of California motoring.
With q one single-cylinder, ten horse
power engine this nervy little lady
started on tour which only the most
experienced motorists would UNDER
take. Women have made this trip be-
fore, but always In higher power cars
and accompanied by q chauffeur to
take care of the car and alternate at
the wheel.
Miss Moore did the driving every
| foot of the way and took care of her
car. All along the line the garage
keepers and motorists who met the lit
tie car marveled at the pluck and abil-
| ity of the girl who could take ma
chine over the many mountain grades.
1T was a dandy trip" said the sun
burned miss. MY car acted like the
good car 1t Is and we had q perfectly
delightful time from start to finish,
| BY taking all the side trips of interest
my odometer registered 1880 miles. On
the way up we stopped at Santa Bar
bara, Santa Cruz and other resorts"
] By this trip Miss Moore wins the
title of California's leading woman
| motorist.
| r. L. Forsyth, the local Auburn
agent, wired yesterday that he would
| be here Saturday. Mr.. Forsyth has
been to the Auburn factory and will
| probably be full of news. The local
| Auburn agency has only three touring
cars and roadster for delivery.
The Durocar company shipped three
cars to San Diego yesterday. They
went to p. j. Benbough, the agent
there.
Local members of the trade will be
| interested In the report that Charles
h. Shanks for SO many years with the
Winton company has become manager
Of sales for the stearns-
William ]. Batchelder. the Stearns
agent, announces that the first of the
1909 Stearns cars will be here within
the next few weeks. The car will be
shipped in a few days. The changes
in the new Stearns will be minor ones.
Lester Patee, who has been associ-
ated with the Lee Motor Car company
for a couple of years, was married a
few days ago to Miss Nora Stewart or
Portland. Mrs. Patee is a sister-in-
law of D. M. Lee. Mr.. and Mrs. Patee
will return shortly.
The Durocar which was taken to
Arizona on a mining prospecting trip
has had some hard service, but Mr..
Wilson writes that 1t is doing every
thing asked of 1t.
Leon 7. Shelter Bert Latham. G.
p. King and a party of friends nave
returned after several days spent on
the course of the Badly race. Latham
went over sections of the road several
times and is now prepared to make
out his schedule for the race.
At a meeting Of the contest commit
fee of the Automobile club of America
rules and conditions for light car
race were formally adopted.
The minimum weight will be $50
pounds, and the minimum bore on
basis of four cylinders has been placed
at IA inches.
There was some discussion as to
whether the bore should not be placed
at inches for a four-cylinder car. II
was found, however, that four-tnch
cylinder bore would be too big in pro-
portion for the average single cylinder
and double opposed motor of today.
The length of the race has been
| placed at 200 miles over a ten-mie
parallelogram which viii be increased
should there be more than twenty en-
trants.
The race will be run on Wednesday,
November 25, the day preceding the
grand prize race. This will insure an
enormous crowd of spectators. which
would be impossible at any other date
or place.
The equivalent of bore for varying
numbers of cylinders is as follows:
For four-cycle motors;