Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-10-22
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impulse given to southern touring by the
pioneer. work of the Herald and The At
lanta Journal the demand for other
routes through the southland has become
so pronounced that the publishers of the
official A. A. A. automobile Blue Book
determined to take advantage of the ma
tional highway dedicatory run to secure
additional matter by entering a car In the
New York to-Atlanta run. At the con-
clusion of this trip Mr.. VanSicklen and
E r. Mixer, one of the most skilled
route makers in the country, who will al
so be with the Apperson car. intend to
lay out routes beyond Atlanta, as the de-
mands for a route to Florida now neces-
state the publication of this material In
the next years blue book.
Mr. VanSicklen has participated in. al
most all the western contests. He has
been twice an entrant in the Glidden
tours and has always been an official in
one capacity or another, when not con-
testant. He was recently offered the ref
ereeship of the Munsey tour, and has &C
cepted the appointment as referee for the
"dag-to-fiag Denver to Mexico City con-
test. During the last three years his APP
person Jack Rabbit has covered more
than $4,000 miles. ....
s.. ENTERS A KNOX.
Joseph w. Jones, president of the Jones
Speed-o-meter company, of New York,
made another notable entry when he
placed in the running his big Knox, which
will be I'm competition with other big fell
lows already entered i'm class l. Mr.. Jones
is a distinguished inventor and one OF
the most enthusiastic tourists in the coun-
try He is the inventor of the Jones
speed-o-meter, as well as the Jones taxi
meter, both of which instruments are we'll
known throughout the automobile world.
He has won a handsome fortune, and his
personal attributes have drawn to him
host of friends. Mrs. Jones will probably
accompany him in the tour to Atlanta.
His big Knox will carry one accesso-
nv which will be unique among the
cars in the event. 1t will be equipped
with a Jones. taximeter, which, on
each day of the Journey Of a thousand
miles and more will record just how
much a passenger would have to pay
if he were travelling along the national
highway at regular taxicab rates. IL
is predicted already that the tourists
to Atlanta will get a lot Of incidental
fun out of this novel arrangement as
they speed along. Winthrop E. Scar
company, said that in all his automo-
! bile experience he had never heard
of so long a trip being undertaken by
a car carrying a taXimeter.
Waiter G. White, president of the
White. company, made another welcome
addition to the fast growing list Of en-
trants when he sent in his entry Of a
! 4O-horsepower White steamer which
! is the same car that was driven on
/ A~9v 10
pathfinder for the present event, will
use kerosene as fuel
LAMBERT NAT WHEEL.
At the wheel of the Whites official
/ entry will be Bob" Lambert, who
/ is with the Atlanta branch Of the
/ White company and who has guided
many a White car to victory in the
/ southern states. He is perhaps best
known to Herald readers as the driver
J of the. Herald's White steamer on the
second of the scouting trips over the
':Capital-to-capital, route by the way
] of Columbia, Raleigh, Richmond and
Washington, and on the third scouting
! trip. over. Bristol-Knoxville-Ch attanoo-
ga route One Of Mr.. Lambert's most
1 famous Victories was the winning OF
1 The Atlanta Journals trophy in the
! hill climb held in that city last March
He drove his White up a hill nine
I tenths of a mile long in As AS seconds
4 or at rate of 20 2-3 miles an hour. This
| is the fastest time ever made in any
' hill climb either in this country OF
| abroad. One of his many notable tour
| ing exploits was mis- six-day drive from
| New Orleans to Savannah, just before
| the grand prize race last November
This was the frst time the trip had
| been made by automobile between the
\ two cities -'-
A striking coincidence Of the day:
entries was the fact That two were
made by residents of Florida. George