The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-29
Washington Post Party
Covers Second Lap
From Staunton.
TRAVELLED OVER
SOME FINE ROADS
seottsville People Whip Highway
Into Shape and Then Halt
Tourists for Entertainment.
Richmond Cars Meet Pilot
at State Farrn-Few
Mishaps.

dI SLdLe FdIIIl-FSW
Mishaps.
Covered with the dust and CRIME OF
two days travel over Virginia roads.
twenty-four competing cars OF the
Washington Post Endurance Run
through Virginia arrived in Richmond.
the second night control, at $40
o'clock yesterday afternoon. and. af-
ter passing around The Times Dis
patch Building, were auartered for the
night and to-day In the Richmond Hoo
tel.
Two miles west of the State Farm
the tourists were met by the pilot
car Of the Richmond Automobile Club.
a. Stevens-Duryea. six-cylinder. own
ed and driven by Robert P, Allporf
who was accompanied by Allen PotfTs
Otis NJ. Altriend, w. F. Gordon. Carl
]. Rostrup and "a r. w. 1lackreth, ot
The Times Dispatch staff. The Wash
ington Post pilot car. Harry Duck
STEM. of the Post, pilot. and the Rich
mond pilot car met almost head on.
The Richmond party turned back.gfor-
lowed by the visitors. and directed
| their course for the State Farm, w1ler9
! a dozen or more automobiles mem
! bers of the Richmond Automobile
| Club, met and entertained them while
| repairs to the tires of the Richmond
I pilot car were being made. There wa.
| a stop of about twenty minutes. and
| then the cars proceeded on to the
| nights objective point. Richmond
Over Rockfsh Gap.
After fine trip from Stanton to
the State Farm the rest of the way
was made without trouble or incident,
except that one of the cars caused two
runaways just outside of the corpo
rate limits. A team of mules dashed
over an embankment, broke the wagon
and sped away. A horse hitched to
laundry wagon heard the sound of d
throbbing motor, and although he had
let several pass peacefully by, the last
wa stoo much rfohis nerves, and the
laundry wagon paid the cost Other
| wise there was no damage and no eS-
citement except that due to the race
! home.
The way from Staunton led over tho
dreaded Rockhsh Gap. the Post endur-
ance party taking the road recently
built bv wealthy residents of Abe
marie county. There one OF the cars.
Colonel Archibald Gractes lAmplea,
broke down and was disqualified. The
other cars. including a Buick truck
plugged through and came down grade
to Charl ottesville the noon control,
where lunch was had. AT 1876 the
procession started on the last leg for
the day, passing through Scottsvi1le.
where the residents had prepared a
right royal reception for the visiting
motorists. Flowers were strewn be-
fore them and flung into the cars
But best of all and as signifying the
work done by the good roads move
,ment of last year, the supervisors had
dragged twenty-six miles in that Sec
tion--from eleven miles into the town
to fifteen miles outside. There were
two bad rnudtoles encountered. and
for these abject apology was offered.
The reception in Scottsville had been
arranged by S. r. Gault. who cama
four miles out in DR.. Stinson's car, DR.. Il
Stinson driving, to meet the Washing
Itonians. From there on the roads were
found to be In fairly good condition..
But, of course, the best piece of road
work was from the State Farm to Rich
mond, where all those behind their
schedule time made up for what they II
had lost
To Spend Day Here.
Piloted by r. P. Allport's Stevens
Duryea, the tourists and their escort
formed a procession two blocks long,
and half of Richmond turned out to 81
greet them along the roadside and the
streets. The line of march was by the Y
Richmond Hotel, headquarters: down
Ninth Street to Main. where in front OF s
The Times-Dispatch business Office.
they formed for group photograph
Thence 1t was back to the hotel. where ss8
samuel9T. Atkinson. proprietor. enter
tanned the party, including nearly sluV Il
people. before supper.
hn
day, leaving at . o'clock Tomorrow
morning. The trip back to sWashington
will occupy two days. the night con-
troll being at Locust Dale.
M Referee w. D. West, other officials
an observers will hold a meeting at #
O'clock this morning to- settle upon the Z
score of the various entrants, Officials
and entrants were too tired last might
and the meeting was postponed. The n
officials arc W.8D. West, referee, Rob
ert B. Caverly, representative OF the
American Automobile Association: VIII
liam Jose, starter; f. w, Powers and q
f. II. Johansel,, checkers, Frank Boyd
chief observer; HI, FE. Duckstein, of the
Post, pilot, Robert B. Caverly, w. D.
West and Fl, e.. puckstein, technical
committee. l
Meeting Tourists, i
Among those who Went out to the
state 8llieti w
4tonians were DR., s. Il. Hillsman. In
an oldsmobile; Charles W. Shields, In
a Hudson Howard Wagner and John
Alsop. In a, Speedwell, ]. Mostly West,
In a Buick; r. u. Nichols In Rea,
q, X Lassiter and party. in an Alec.
SDr, r, Angus Nichols and party. In q q
REQ; olln Richardson, In Hupmor
bile. stephen Stage and party, in AZ
Regal; e. 9, Pelouze and party. In
Chalmers. owen Hudson, ina Hudson;
Frederick Scott Campbell and party,
in a Buick Rufus Williams and party,
IN a Buick. Samuel r. Atkinson and
party, In Buick; L. A. Folger and u
party, in a Hudson. Or. s. A, Mean
nally, in Maxwell. s 3g5
n The contestants who finished In
Richmond Yesterday are az follows @
Buick truck, Ward Angle, MAXWELL
A. D. Reh, Paige Detroit. Es Seihy; g
Ford G. II Miller Buick STANLEY Nor
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