The sun., 1909-06-17
AMONG The AUTOMOBILISTS
TOURING ROUTE AROUND LAKE
CH.A.MPL.AIN BEING LAID OUT.

Automobile Club OF America Marking
Way for Motor Car Visitors 'tt
Tereentenary Celebration - Dealer,
May Conduct Monthly Tours-Gossip
Announcement was made Yesterday tina
the Automobile Club OF America was lay
ing out a touring route around Lake Cham
plain for the benefit OF it's members and tn,
substrihers to the clubs bureau of tours
The route will begin at Albany and leac
through Saratoga, Lake George. pas
schroon Lake and Elizabethtown to Platts
burg. From the latter place the tourists
will 90 by steamer to Burlington. VT. anc
return to Albany by way Of Manchester anc
Bennington.
The route will be prepared more parti
oularly for the motorists who wish to visi
the locahtv during the tercentenary cele
on July 1 and lasts for one week, .the cele'
bIation being in honor OF the 3ooth ami
Butler, secretary of the Automobile Club OF
out he route ait for for the u tour and Compile the
route directions. He took with him more
thsn thousand direction signs 9nd and ye'io;T is;1
leave Albany to-day in the clubs official
car to 90 over the route.
The tour from Albany and return around
1Hk6 VIII De Ihiu Out LOT WI cr
DAYS travel in easy stages, 1t is regarded
ss one of the most picturesque routes IN
this country and is part ,,,S Of the - scene ~,
seS, psmppsle,s sy giving hs '9 "opee e& route @
directions for the Lake Champlain tour vii!
be published by the club end distributed
free TO applicants In about week from
While It is not the purpose of the club
to organize touring party TO go over this
route it ie expected ihet'a number OF mem
NJ nj ? q
70 the bureau of tours will make the trip.
starting from Albany on Saturday. July :,
Rock SPRINGS. wyo., June Is.-Both
Ford cars IN the ocean to ocean automobile
race arrived here at io.i4 this morning and
departed for the West about 1890 ?. NJ.
miles west OF Rawlins. yesterday and was
laid up for. nine hours. Ford No. was
also delayed by broken wheel at Rawl'ns,
= tg euty.five miles east Of ROCK Springs.
with the crew making minor repairs to the
engines
The oommittee in charge OF the three day
tour Of the New York Automobile, Trades
Association through the Catskills and
Monday afternoon has issued its Official re.
port. The standings OF the .competitorss
are the same as were unohcially figured
that I che Sn of.icisi score shows that 8. K. De
lannster, Mitchell, lost a. points instead OF
23. These points were lost through fliag
Easolene and water tanks outside Of controls
and there we're no mechanical troubles
with the car.
1t Is. reported that the tourists were so
pleased with the trip that some OF then, N
sinailar character be held every month.
II Is proposed that the future tours be two
day events to nearby places and the mem mem
AZ the next regular monthly meeting. None
Of the cars that were driven in the tour had
any engine troubles.
The two bronze trophies that have been
offefed for the winners Of the Motor Hunt
and Quarry Car competitions in the Queens
Island have been eShib ted in the windows
Of the Lozier store in automobile row for
the last few days. One Of the, cars that will
side y +. NJ n. { {. 4. sntomobile Schools 20
bore power Locomobile. driven by n. T..
The races Of the Bay State Automobile
Association at the Readville track to-day
promise to be very successful; as the b0s-
Of number Of we'll known drivers and some
fast cars. The feature event is to be a
twenty-five mile match between Ralph De
q hs fs HxoRae Rees aha efasi sddos s
TO meeting De- Palma in The match. Basle
will drive a as horse.power Knox In two of
ths other eve9's Other driyers t,no who NIL viii
nner,' Chalmers Detroit: James b. Ryali.
Buick: John J. Cofey. Columbia. and Hugh
Hughes. Allen-knsston, y
Thomas Motor, Company Of Buffalo. re-
turned few days ;r. ago dn,, from Euhropsaa
allowed himself in ten years. He left here
last January and his trip included a journey
through Egypt. Greece and Italy. From
Naples Mr.. Thomas and his party made the
rest Of their Continental tripin ask cylinder
20 horsepower Thomas touring car, They
crossed the Alps in April. making the trip
that no automobile had ever tried to cross
tbe Alps before June. The Thomas made
The siourney through the simplon Pass
Mr. Thomas says that wherever he went
IN Europe his car attracted a great deal Of
st,ention owing 70 he fact r that the Thomas
durance' contest, He met. a great many
Americans during his trip abroad and
says that the feeling on the part OF Ameri-
can motorists there is rapidly changing
in favor OF taking their own American made
cars over with them instead OF following
the former practice Of renting foreign
Ones. pleasure II almost doubled if he
!s using his own car on tours Of the Cont
nent. says Mr.. Thomas. In the first
pride in a hired machine as he can in a
car Of which, he is himself the owner. Be
sides there Is the advantage OF knowing
:
Most Of the hired cars nre old and little de-
,pendence can he placed upon them. There
is no longer any trouble or din fculty with
reference to passports or duties. These
cost only about siO0 each way 10 take your
car over with you. and this expense is more
than saved as compared with the cost Of
hiring a car on the other side. | made
a thoroughly careful survey OF the auto
mobile business on the other side and ]
found that the manufacturers have de-
veloped no improvements OF note i'll their
new cars. either in the chassis or the body"
Practically all the former officers were
reelected for the ensuing year at the recent
annual meeting of the members of the Boston
Automobile Dealers Association. The cleo
tion WAS as follows: President, j. II. Mac
Aiman. Stearns and Columbia agent; vice
president, j. S. Hathaway, manager of the
White branch: treasurer, +. 4: Hinchcliife.
manager Of the Winton branch: secretary.
ChesterJ Campbell. The board Of directors
consists OF the ofIice RS aud Charles +. Fay.
Ford branch manager: c. i. Whitney, Alco
n p, Underhill. knox, W. Mcguire. Pierce:
Frank r. Wing. Marmon, and f, A. Gilmore
OF the Whtten- q ilmore Co., agent for the
Chalmers Detroit. Thomas and Hudson.
DARK RONALUS HUNT cur.
RtP Martin and perxens III Rea len a.