The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-31

the gallus individual who precipItaJes
himself into a checking station ahead of
the pilot car viii receive a swift punch
in his score that will leave him down
and out.
From Baltimore To Westminster
On the whole, the roads today from
Baltimore to Westminster and York a-e
good, but they are bad in spots and
contain enough thank ZEE NUNS" %
harry the disposition of a saint These
cunningIy devised institutions of a by
gone age are nuisance, but also
good means of finding whether you have
a car that can stand wear and tear,
or one that will shake TO pieces in the
face Of adversely
Mayor Mahool of Baltimore was pre-
vented at the last minute from going
to Laurel TO meet the scouts yesterday,
but that did not interfere with the sue
| cess of the trip. If the weather Is good
when the Munsey competition Is held It
viii be plain but, in spots, rough sail
ing. but If the rain has fallen steadily
for any length of time the stretch from
Washington to Baltimore may bring
grief TO more than one entrant ambitious
for a perfect score. There is neat
| little spot about mile and half TINS
side of Laurel. It was there that two
machines were hung up in the mud
ton Times-BaltimOre News intercity
Marathon race in June, and 1t should
be watched in the reliability run.
Another rOWdy bit Of going is between
Contee railroad station and Laurel.
Away back in the dark ages genius be-
came so disguised with that highway
crime that he laid numerous poles in il
CTOsswise and made it into a sort of
amateur plank road. It is bad enough
when the conditions are DerfeCt but
when the water has soaked through the
top dressing of deCaying odds and ends
of wood it is indeed a severe strain
on the patience OF one who has sought
TO live according to the principles Of
sweet charity.
Put en- the whole, splendid progress
has been made in building a boulevard
straight through from Washington to
Baltimore, end where complete the
roadbed is one Of the most attractive
in the United States. An untitled
stretch about three miles beyond Water
loo Crossing. or Cross Roads, or what
ever the place is called, is still a terror
but it viii probably be finished before
the Munseyites hit the pike IN Sep
TENDER.
Great interest was manifested in the
Chalmers-Detroit scout car yesterday on
the road and on the streets OF Balti-
more today All the neighbOTs inquired
diligently what the excitement was
about and pestered Karl Schnorr, the
driver, with questions about whether
he was the man who drove it from Den
yer 10 Mexico city. The honorable
scars OF many rough pathhnding
"trip over mountains and deserts made
the car really worth seeing, for il has
accomplished what even experienced
makers IF automobiles thought impos-
Sible- So great is its reputation that
Il is much in demand for exploring trips
and il is engaged for almost all OF the
coming year.
Much OF the very good time that was
had by all In Baltimore was due 10 Che
busy hospitality of A Stanley Zeu,
president OF the Eel Motor Car Com
pany. Mr.. Zcll had an escOrting car at
and Frederick Butcher and MI Harig
They demonstrated that entertaining
scouting parties Is one OF their best
tricks, and without .hem there would
have oeen q sadness in reaching the
EdmOnSOn avenue entrance TO Balti-
more, for the "bluebiTd" party were ay-
. ing along On the wrong road when res
cued and steered into the road past
Relay and on through Gainesville.