Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-01
ny HOWARD FISK.


~~O ~HIIE' affairs have been un-
usually quiet in local auto
AAx mobile circles during the past
wv week, ample excitement was
provided in the west by the
finish OF the Glidden tour Friday at Kan
sas CITY and in the east by the automo-
bile races at Brighton Beach, which con-
cIuded with a twenty-four hour event last
night.
In the Glidden tour the last days run
of 200 miles with the thermometer al
1Oa proved the hardest yet experienced
on any similar tour. The blazing sun on
the Kansas prairie proved hardship to
the occupants of many of the cars In the
line.
The races at Brighton Beach attracted
q large crowd of enthusiasts and the sem
sational racing furnished during the two
day meet was some of the best witnessed
, this season. Although nothing phenom-
/. email was done in the way OF breaking
records, the time was fast and encouraS-
Ing to the promoters. The twenty-1ouf-
hour record, which II was expected would
be badly shattered, still rests peacefully
on the shelf, where it has been since last
October.
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After much careful study and nearly
! four thousand miles of experimental tour
/ ing In their scout cars, the route for the
! national highway between New York and
Atlanta has definitely been selected by
the New York Herald and the Atlanta
Journal. The itinerary finally chosen for
the endurance run which is to take place
! next autumn from the metropolis of the
, north to the Gate city of the south, and
the route which is thus to be dedicated
as the national highway connecting these
two great cities. is the one traversed by
the scout car in its first run to Atlanta.
The chosen path which is to link the
north and the south together by a series
of fine touring roads and is thus to unite
more closely the interests of the two Sec
tins. passes through a region rich in
scenic beauty and historic memories. 1t
traverses many of the most famous bat
tlefields of the civil war and includes the
resting place of many of the wars most
illustrious heroes. The route will be as
follows: New York to Staten Island,
Perth Amboy. Trenton. Philadelphia,
Lancaster. York, Gettysburg, Hagers-
town, Berryville. Winchester. Strasburg
Harrisonburg, Staunton. Lexington, Nat
ural Bridge. Roanoke. Salisbury, Char
lotte. Spantanburg, Greenville. Anderson,
Jenersonville, Decatur and Atlanta.
Within a stones throw, comparatively
speaking. of their goal, Denver, Col, Mr..
and Mrs. II. Chadwick Hunter, who are
crossing the continent in their Franklin
roadster, are now on the last leg of their
journey. After leaving the roads of
Iowa. which Chad refers to as being
dragged but which the natives term
''drugged.'' the conditions improved on
reaching Nebraska. They arrived at
Omaha from Atlantic, Iowa, over good
roads, free from ruts. They were both
astounded at the richness of the state
and the poornesS of the roads and the
lack of interest from this standpoint on
the part of the farmers. Cars are being
sold plentifully in Iowa. says Mr.. Hunter,
but the people never tour on the roads,
and consequently know absolutely moth
ing about motoring In the country, but
simply devote their time to the little
solve the road problem here continues
the writer. quicker than the east, as the
farmers are very wealthy and are buying
automobiles. Iowa is very nut hilly, and
one could 80 from one end of the state
10 the other on the high IL the roads
were good.
The tourists were delayed a few days
at Omaha on account OF rain. They an
ticipate good roads far as Julesburg,
Col. They are continuing west from Fort
Morgan to Greedy, and thence south to
Denver. the route between the two latter
might be made in the itinerary by going
from Julesburg, Col, to Cheyenne, Wyo.,
and thence south to Denver Four days
will be consumed on the journey. Omaha
was reached in thirteen days running
time. averaging over 125 miles per day
will figure nearer 1850 miles than 2,2OO
anticiDated by MIR Hunter They are