The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-06-07
Twenty Entrants Ready for
WaShington's Greatest
Motoring Event.
MUST NOT DELAY
IN PRELIMINARIES
Rules Barring All Who Fail to Re
PoTt Promptly Will Be
Strictly Enforced.
SEAL HAS A. Nj. TOMORROW
Munsey Building Place for Final
Preparations Before Cars Move
to Dupont Garage.
SEAL Il:45 A. M. TOMORROW
By THOMAS S. RICE.

by 1dOMAS ,. kICE-
Are you ready for The Times endur-
anee run Of l64 miles next Tuesday,
June g?
If not, get ont your buster. tell your
WlIe yOu may not be home until late,
and be prepared for the grand start at
$50 a. n. that morning.
The longest running time allotted any
car IN the race Is twelve hours, and
starters should be getting back all tho
way from 2.30 .. III. TO 6:30 p. III. the
same day, CT course. It's a long route.
some Of it over roads reproach to
Montgomery county. but we expect
every one of the twenty starters TO be
abe to turn the trick in the required
time.
ANY car or make of cars that could
finish The Times sealed bonnet contest
OF. III miles oH December 10. last. ia
twelve hours, when Il was raining.
showing. and sieetiug and the mud hub
deep III many places, should be able Id
negotiate the 164 miles next TuesLas
With nothing more serious than a little
wear ana tear on the patience involved
in covering The worst stretches.
Take Your Tire Chains.
just as friendly tip. we advise YOU
to take your tire chains along. No mat
ter how good your car may be and how
mSch power &c has &c viii undoubtedly
set stuck leaving Whites ferry or
climbing TO the bridge over the canal
just beyond the ferry if you have no
special method of giving the wheels
ample traction. The fact that il has
not rained here for day or two is no
argument al all that the conditions al
Whites ferry are all right The rain
has habit of falling up there al odd
intervals as q joke on the Weather Blu
Teau and automobiles, while the skies
are bright and clear in Washington.
When the ground there is once soaked
It is a long time drying out. because OF
p the dense shade. If you don't want 10
take your tire chains it is none OF our
business. but il you don't and get stuck.
don't blame us We had troubles
enough getting stuck at Monrovia on
May %, when il was conclusiveIv proved
that there was no practicable route over
Goose creek at that point while the
bridge is down.
Heed This Warning.
While in this insistent frame Of mind
we are going to tell you again about
that turn to the left near Whites ferry
It's an old story now. but the best
possible way to keep from being bored
by It is TO turn that corner in a hurry.
If you do. and get yours, we shan
give you a nice write-up, OF course.
but If I get the job my heart won't
be in the work OF dlshing up a swell
obituary Of a man who did not have
sense enough TO heed an oft-repeated
warning.
After you leave Leesburg. about FIVE
miles away on the pike. there is a
county road that is somewhat narrow
and Insignificant in appearance. Itluns
mo the pike at a locust tree and leads
away to the right with a rail fence
on its right-hand side. There are no
other landmarks and no house at the
corner. This road is the most slippery
I ever saw in wet weather. and Just
after a rain the driver must be on the
Job TO keep from sIidding into the
bitches.
Go Slow Around This Curve.
A mile from the pike you sight the
river through the dense foliage that
looms up ahead, and almost immedi-
ately thereafter you see q turn to the
left. There's where you want to go
slow and be sure that you stick abso-
Iutely 20 the dirt track, without swing
ing out on the grass, for right at the
elbow and extending around is a deep
ravine cut close up to the road proper.
but concealed by weeds and under
brush. You would never suspect the
presence OF this death-trap, and If you
were TO ever land it once there is not
one chance in a thousand you would
ever have a chance to profit by the ex-
perience-
But, to resume the discourse on prep
arations: The twenty sterling autoists
and trusty machines must report at the
Atunsey building tomorrow morning.
June 8, al u:45- There they win be
sealed under the supervision Of David
Beecroft. chairman OF the technical
committee OF the American Automobile
Association. who viii be as busy as
khe spinster secretary of a mothers
sIuh, answering questions, giving orders
and bossing the job generally. He win
be assisted by our own committee of
auto experts composed OF local talent in
seeing that everything is shipshape and
that every. car complies with the COndi-
tons. Mr.. Beecroft will arrive in our
midst this morning and be entertained
at the washington Auto Club tonight.
Concerning Sealing.
From the Munsey building the cars
viii run TO the Dupont garage. 2020 III
street northwest, where they win have
sn entire floor reserved FOR thems End