Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-22
CE|DDEN TOURISTS.
Party Passes Through Au-
gusta Tuesday Forenoon
On Its Way to Range|ey
Given Cordial Greeting.
The Tour will End Thursday at
Saratoga, New York.

TueSday morning when the cars that
are competing in the fifth annual re-
inability contest for the Glidden and
Hover trophies passed through Au-
Susta on the run from Poland Springs
to Rangeley. There We're in all about
81 machines of various makes and
styles, and about three hours elapsed
before the last one had passed through
Water street and over the kcnnebec
bridge on the way to Waterville. A
large amount of interest had been
manifested in the trip of the tourists
through the city and Water street
was thronged with people during the
passage of the cars, and more than
that, the occupants of each car were
given cordial greeting as they
passed.
The first indication that the tourists
Wer coming WAS marked by the arriv-
al Of the first pilot car, No. 9S. at 6.53
y. Nj. This car was Il Premier and i'll
1t We're Mcssrs. Guy Lewis, Roy Nc
Namara and f. e. Sandal, the latter
gentleman being the assistant official
photographer with the tourists. The
party carried Il big bag of coarse con-
fctti and strewed 1t at intervals along
the way to guide the main party of
tourists
Following this car at o'clock came
the second pilot car No. 81, Il REQ, and
in this car were Mortimer G. Reeves,
the official checker II. ID. Herr, who
looks after the hotel accommodations,
and the driver James McGuinneSs.
This car also carried confetti. These
two cars left Poland Springs at 5
O'Clock in the morning and made the
run to Augusta, 43 miles, in about two
hours.
After the two cars had left the city
none of the others were in evidence
until about SIS, when a small REQ
came along, which it is said was not
competing but was being given an in
dependent test of it's own. Ahead of
this car was John Liggctt and party
from this city in his car, and who
went with the tourists as far as Wa
terville
1t VAS Just S25 when the first car
of the main body passed through Wa
ter street and flew across the bridge on
the way up river. 1t was Il big car car
rying the national colorS and in it
We're f. Il. Hover, chairman of the
board of officials, together with other
members; of the board. Then the cars
began to come along, not in q bunch,
but at intervals of from one to five
minutes apart and not racing. for the
tour is hot a speed test, but at good
steady pace that nevertheless got them
OYER the ground at a rate that would
carry them many miles in a day.
one of the attractions of the parade
was the car driven by Mrs. John
Cunco, who has the distinction of be
ign the only lady driver Of the tour.
SEc had machine that was speedy
and she seemed perfectly willing that
it should be, and they do say that
when she came down Western avenue
ard turned the corner on to Grove
street she was "going some" Another
attraction was the Gabriel car. This
was equipped with q siren machine
and as the car sped up Water street
the machine was playing "Im Afraid
To Go Home In the Dark" The cars
kept coming along, by ones and twos
until about 10 o'clock when the last of
the So had vanished and the Glidden
tour, SO far as Augusta was concerned,
was a thing of the past
The distance covered yesterday by
the party was 141.7 miles and the
route was as follows: Leaving Poland
Springs the run was through Poland
Center, Hackctt's Mills, Minot Au-
burn. Lewiston. Greene, kcnnc'S Cor
ner, North Monmouth, Winthrop, last
Winthrop and Manchester to Augusta,
a distance of AZ miles Leaving Angus
t. the run was continued to Riverside"
Nassalboro. Winslow. Watervillc, Fair
field Center Larone, NorridgeWock,
East Mercer, Mercer, New Sharon
Pennington Falls. Pennington, Fair
banks. Strong, Phillips, Madrid and
Rangcley. where the party checked IN
for the night. making its headquarters
at the Rangelcy Lake House.
To-day the run will be from Range
lev to Bethlehem. n. H., a distance Of
1870 miles and the tour will close
Thursday with run from Bethlehem
to Saratoga, n. Y. The number OF
running DAYS will he u, and the aver
age per day is 1891.
The complete schedule for the tour
is as follows:
.Julv O. buffalo to Cambridge Springs,
Pa. 117.4 miles.
July 10. Cambridge Springs to Pitts
burg. Pa, 1902 miles.
July II, Pittsburg to Bedford Springs,
Pa. 1864 miles.
.Julv II. at Bedford Springs. Pa.
,Julv IL, Bedford Springs to Harris
burg. Pa, 1913 miles.
July IA. Harrisburg to Philadeiphla'
pa 1885 miles.
july 10. Philadelphia to Milford, Pa
1920 miles.
Ju;v 16. Milford, Pa, to Albany, n y,
1855 miles.
July II. Albany. n. Y, to Boston,
Mass, 1912 miles.
July Is. at Boston.
July 10. at Boston.
July 20. Boston, Mass, to Poland. Me,
154.0 miles.
July q, Poland to Rangeley. Me
1417 miles.
July %, Rangelcy, Me, to Bethlehem
n H., 1900 miles.
July %. Bethlehem. n. H, to Saratoga
\. Y, 1S4.5 miles.
Total, 1867 miles.