New-York tribune., 1908-05-17
SHAPING GLIDDEN TOUR
LEUIS Il PATHFINDER.
Bli-=ards Make Preliminary WorA
-1nything but .SineCuTe.

As details of the AutomobfIs Association OF
America touring contest for the Cidden trophy are
unfoIded IT is becoming evident that the event tns
year will be more interesting and important than
ever before In no former year has the route
been laid out through much magnificent seen
cry, many points OF summer attracttveness and
so many large cities. Never before has there been
planned tour and daily schedule that would
offer the watchfuI general user such a thorough
going and wholly fair anu satisfactory criterion
for Judging the merits OF touring
There never has been either. any contest In
which the cars of manufacturers could be entered
with such assurance that 6ney would travel strict
ly on their merits. under adequate and impair
tisl set OF rules. The Introduction of observers
and the allowance time for tire troubles will
eliminate Of the element of luck in the rec
ords made. and the public and trade will know
that car that gets through with a good score.
not to say perfect one, must be a fine piece OF
automobile building.
The work Of laying out the route OF the tour ~
now in progress and about two-thrds completed
This important preliminary work is being done By
d. Fl. Lewis secretary of the Automobile Asso-
citation of America touring board. under the direc-
tiOn of Chairman F. y. Hover. Mr.. Lewis ~ ons
of party of four in 6-cyInder Premier car or
A5-horsepower, which arrived at Boston yesterday
having left Buffalo the morning OF May L
Thus far there has been uishap to either the
car or it's passengers to set back the work. but
the progress has been slow because at this season
of the year even the good roads being chosen for
shape they will be in July. The pathhnders have
had hard luck also IN running from rainy sec
ton into another. In spite OF all. the route is now
nearly measured. all the turns and landmarks
noted and the arrangements for hotel aecommods-
tons for five hundred persons made for nine nights
There are only four more nights after Boston.
two or them at Poland Springs. Me-. whcre Sun
day July 70. will be- spent
The run for each day and The stopping places at
night and Sundays thus far arranged. are:
July O. Buffalo to Cambridge Springs. Penn. ma
miles; July TO- Cambridge Springs to P1ttsours.
1I02 miles: July IL. Pittsburg TO Bedford Springs.
Penn 1854 mes: July Il Sunday. at Bedford
Springs; July 1s, Bedford Springs to Harrisburg.
1855 miles; July 15 Philadelphia to Milford Penn
July Is. Milford TO Albany July II. Albany to
Boston.
From Boston the tour will 60 up into Main-,
back into the White Mountains, probably disband-
ing at Saratoga on July p or D. The details be-
yond Boston will not be settled until after ths
pathfnding trip is completed
Following the usual custom. the first few days
of the tour have been made comparatively easy,
and the harder days will later. in the noun
tans. The pathfnding car has had a strenuous
time Of II from the outset, because or the rains
and the fact that the roads which will be fine
in July are quagrnires. It has required a car
of power and quality to pull ths route layers
through and 1t has required courage and endur-
ance their part to keep at the work During
the first three days Lewis and his companions
drove through mud and snow slush that was above
the running board OF the car.
A binding blizzard going on when the path
finders left Cambridge Springs. and considerable
hardship met on the way to Pittsburg- This
will not be a very easy run on the tour, although
the distance IS short and the roads fair. for there
are many hills and dangerous curves The path
finders found a fine reception in Allegheny and
an ovation all the way from there TO the Scher-
ley Hotel. Pttsburs.
From Pttsburs the route leads across several
SUBMITS of the Alleghenies Bedford Springs
where Sunday is to be spent. Those who went
the tour last year will be glad to learn this bs-
cause of the beauty OF the scenery and the rest
f,1Iness Of the place This viii be hard pull for
the cars. however