The Washington times., 1909-09-27
TOURISTS RACING
TOWARD NEW YORK
MunSey Run Cars Have
Good Roads and Fine
Weather.
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last night they were informed that the
Hartford Rubber Company would pro-
vide a lunch for every member OF the
party when IL reached that city. After
the lunch the Hartford Rubber Com
pany, the Automobile Club of Hart
ford took charge Of the tourists and
furnished pilot cars TO guide them over
the new route from Hartford TO Meri-
den.
Chairman Pleased.
Chairman Trego declared last night
that it was much better for the con-
dillon of the men to have the run from
Boston to New York divided into two
parts under the present weather con-
ditions. Where the roads have been
bad the wet weather has made them a
great deal worse, and even the good
roads have become slippery and been
the cause of much skidding.
When the party left Boston yester-
day shortly after 1 o'clock the rain was
falling steadily, and cold wind, which
seemed to pierce the thickest raincoat,
was blowing. The men were all IN good
spirits Notwithstanding the adverse
weather conditions. and most Of the
machines Rugged the chairman's car all
the way over. Referee Trego himself
was at the wheel Of the National
Throughout the trip. and kept the
machines at a lively clip.
r. At Providence a stop was made for a
few minutes to allow the men to get
a slight rest, and the run was resumed
over good roads and without rain. The
trail led through miles and miles Of
woods. over earth roads which began
TO grow worse as Providence was left
farther behind. Between this city and
Providence the roads IN some places
were fun of ruts and gullies. and the
men were badly shaken up.
Pilot Car Caught.
It was dark before the machines
reached the Hotel Hooker. the official
night-stop OF the journey. For the first
time during the contest the pilot car
was overhauled on the trip and led the
procession OF more than sixteen cars
closely punched into town. The rest
of the cars mostly the small ones, were
spinning along the road at intervals Of
a mile apart, and all reached the check
ing station only few minutes after the
Arst car had officially reported.
Not car was late and the run was
without an accident There was no
seQuenUy no road scores were made
public AS soon as the last car has
arrived at New York this afternoon the
observers viii be called together and
the road scores for yesterday and to-
day made ND.
one Of the incidents of the journey
yesterday was the behavior Of the Mary
land car, which came into Boston yes
terday morning at s O'Clock. after hav-
ing been driven all the previous after
noon and night in order to catch up
with the rest. Although Behrens. the
driver, had been without sleep and bis
observer and passengers had shared the
same hardships, they started yesterday
afternoon in high spirits and the car
ran perfectly all the way over 70 this
city.
"Cripples" in Great Shape.
All the cars which were injured dur
ing the FIRST three days of the contest
Including the Washington. No. 81. the
r. NJ r confetti car, the Maryland,
and the Columbia. made the trip in fine
shape yesterday, and were promptly on
hand TO respond 20 the starters word
this morning. The drivers and observers
are confident that they will be able to
finish the rest of the journey with per-
feet road scores and barring the acct
dents which they have had, show clean
The spirit Of rivalry among the drivers
in the contest, both those who have
charge Of factory and agency entries,
and the private entrants who are drtV-
ing their own machines has grown acute
No one IS taking any chances of spoil
ing a perfect road score each day, and
the liveliest interest IS shown by all Of
them IN the performance OF every car
entered In the contest. The talk Us now
is all Of the results which will be shown
by the technical examination in Wash
tngton At the end Of the contest. After
today only two more days remain OF the
contest, and every effort is being made
70 have the cars with clean scores on
these DAYS
The contest thus far has been "A val
table and real test OF the reliability Of