The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-21
RICHMOND TOUR
STARTED EARLY
Pilot Car Left Washington at 6:15
O'clock Friday Morning for
This City.
EXPECT BAD ROADS
Entrants Have Faith IN Cars to
Bring Them Through
However.
EXPECT BAD ROAD

WASHINGTON. II. C.. oct. 21.--At
els o'clock this morning. Willis
Cronkhtte, driving a model Il Buick,
the pilot car -. she Washington Post
tour to Richmond and return. start
ed from IN front of the Post building.
Ferty-fiVe minutes later the arst car
checked out.
The rains Of the present week,
which have been prevalent all through
the State Of Virginia, Will make the
going IA little heavy, but IL is not
thought that the mud VIII prove any
great handicap u the different cars
that are to make the trip. The cars
are perhaps the best OF those repre-
sented in Washington for all-around
work. both city and country. In this
day and age an automobile owner eX-
poets his car to take him anywhere
that he wishes to go, despite the con
ditions Of the roads and the weather
He has spent his money for the par
ucular machine he owns for that very
reason. and when it proves unequal
TO the task II IS not long before a car
that viii give better service Is being
used IN its place.
Virginia roads have long been
dreaded by local motorists However.
there are many good miles of mae
adam in the old Dominion State. the
valley turnpike being considered one
OF the finest stretches of road III the
country Farther down IN Virginia,
after passing charlottesville. the road
Is not SO good and there are places
in Goochlahd county that VIII test the
mettte of any machine.
Drivers Are Sauguine
Harry Walls, VINO is 10 drive tnc
Maxwell q. II, and who finished with
a perfect score in the contest Of las,
May, said last night:
Despite the heavy rain OF Wednes-
day night. / do not dread the roads
one thing is certain. and that IL they
can be no more worse than they wer.
in the Glidden tour OF this year, Some
OF the so-eailed roads We passed over
We're nothing hut mere trails through
the woods. ] have confidence enough
IN my Maxwell to say that it Wall be
back III Washington on Tuesday"
Howard Wagner. who is driving
another United Motor Washington en-
try the Columbia. has had much ex-
p"rlence III endurance runs, and does
not nave the least doubt about his
apllity u cover the 465 miles of Nir-
sinia roads.
participated in the Atlanta New
ork run last spring ana came
through clean This trip cannot be
anywhere as bad as that" said Wag.
hef last night, There were stretches
on that road where l thought the
tolumbla would bury itself in the mud
but somehow or other ii managed To-
get out.
In planning This run the route
through Virginia was selected. owing
To the fact that it has been used by
motorists. They have been accuston-
eu 10 travel North each season Roads
IN that direction have proven no dread
to motor ear The Old Dominion
State has had but little opportunity
To test out ears in seasons past be-
cause they were stunned II took
as II does now, car that. using the
yernacular, has the stuff in IL to ne
gotiate them. especially when the GO
Ing Is heavy
Buick ears have proved what they
can do in Virginia, as Well as else
where" said Ted Johnston, manager
OF the Buick Motor Company, who has
two cars entered In the small car
class, one of them eligible for the
sweepstakes trophy that eight were
tied for last May.
The Standard OIL COMPANY. which
has entered IA Washington car TO de.
monstrate the iubricating properties OF
Polarine, a new automobile oil IL IL
putting on the market, will have the
best of an opportunity to prove its
worth. Griffin fialstead who is to
drive. this car. said yesterday.
Il am glad tha+ there viii be a few
stretches of bad going. as there win
no doubt be, after the recent heavy
rain. The additional work of the mo-
tor will have to do viii only prove
more conclusively the lubricatius /
properties Of our product"
Yesterday afternoon the cars were |
turned over To the technical commit
tee, consisting OF Robert X Caverly, /
W. ID. West and w j. &. !
Jones. for the preliminary eAamina-
tion at the Panorama Garage, Fifteenth
and Ohio avenue, northwest. Last
night they were garaged there, and at
s. 80 this morning they will be brought
to the starting line in front of the
Washington Post building
Chief Observer Frank Boyd assigned
the observers to the different machines
in which they are to ride and at 7 4
o'clock the first machine started. The |
remainder left at one minute inter- !
walls. The last to leave was William |
Jose. the referee, in q Washington |