The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-29
NEARING The END
Glidden Auto Tourists Will Be
in Topeka Tomorrow.
Expected to Arrive Between 12
and 2 P. VI.
ON KANSAS AVENUE.
viii Go South as Far as Tenth
Avenue.
Then Continue to Kansas CITY
on Hill Road"
IN KANSAS AVENUE.

| Sometime between noon and 2
| O'Clock tomorrow, the thirty or forty
| cars which are in the Glidden tour
| from Detroit to Kansas City via Den
yer, will pass through Topeka. Ac-
! cOrding to the route agreed upon the
! cars will come in from Salina to To-
| peka over the upper Silver Lake road
! entering North Topeka via Gordon
| street The cars will not stop in To-
peka. They will come down Kansas
avenue as far south as Tenth ave-
| nue.. The route will then be east to
jefferson street after which it will
turn north to Eighth avenue. From
Eighth and Jefferson the route will be
out the east Eighth avenue road,
over which they will complete the
trip to Kansas City on the south side
of the river, over what is generally
known as the "hiIl' road.
Norman S. Wear, accompanied by
several of the local enthusiasts, will
meet the party a few miles west of
Topeka on the Silver Lake road and
escort them into Topeka.
The tour calls for a journey of 213
miles tomorrow, the longest of the
tour. The party will start from
Salina at o'clock in the morning and
will make the entire trip without de-
lay. There will be no stops for lunch,
as the different parties in the tour
carry enough provisions for each
day S Journey
Most of the better known makes of
touring cars are represented in the
race. For this reason the tour Will at
tract unusual interest from local auto
owners. and a large party will un-
doubted1y escort the parties OF the
tour into Topeka.
The original routing will take the
party into Kansas City about O'Clock
tomorrow night. The roads are now
in good condition and unless there is
rain before that time, the cars will
undoubtedly keep close to the sched-
ule and reach Topeka shortly after
dinner
Cars Leave Oakley on Time.
Oakley. Kan, July 29.-With but
one more days run before them the
GIidden tourists left Oakley this
morning for Salina. The first car
left the control a minute or two after
7 O'Clock and by s o'clock little
cloud of dust or the eastern horizon
marked the disappearance of the last
of the contestants. Today's run is
1879 miles. The roads in this part OF
Kansas are in almost perfect con-
dition and it is expected the run 10
dav will be one of the fastest of the
4 brief stop will be made at Hays
for tsnRing and at that point the
dusty Gliddenites viii be entertained 7.
bv the Hays City Automobile club
The run from Denver has been over |
roads unexcelIed since the tour began
and charles 7. Glidden and Chairman |
Hover this morning expressed them |
selves as being delighted with motor |
conditions in western Kansas ana |
eastern Colorado.
Tomorrow's run will be from Sa1na |
to Kansas City, where the tour VIII |
be ended ..
53-Premfer &C. Waltman), 8 points.
The following shows the penalty IN |
,rrred of cars in tour in the three class
es with names of drivers and numoer
r1LIDDEN TROPHY.
1-Prenier webb Jay), 0.
Premier CH. Hammond). o.
S-ChaIrlers Detroit civilian Bolger); |
r,ithdrawn at Kearney, Neb.
A-Marmon CIT f. Wing), so points
5-Marn1on Oh c. Marmon1, o.
6-Maxweu Of. q. Gager). 80 polnts;
Jewel 90. P. BernhardD, 80 points |
S-Pierce (F. S. Dey), 0.
9-Pierce CIV. Winchester), 0.
1oNGIide "a. w. Bartholomew, 1923
points 1,,eo,. ,,,i+bdra vvr |
12GMidiand CE. o. Hayes, 43 points,
14-W1ire (H. ". Searlesl. 1872 points
HOVER TROPHY.
1oo-Moline &C. H. VandervoorD, 81
p4I5i 1oi@Moline .: q. A. wicke), o. /
1O2-Moline CIV. S. Gregory III
points.
1O3-Brush Cd. B. Huss); Withdrawn