The Washington times., 1910-07-07
MunSey Historic Tour Party
Rests After ExertiOns of
f,7GO-Mile Ride.
PREDICT PLEASURE
FOR CONTESTANTS
'Sdck-tO-It Skeggs Returns TO De-
troit Wit His EMF Tour
ing Car.

The pathdndilg party that laid out the
route for the 1Iunsey Historic Tour IS
resting today after the strenuous LOO
mile trip IN the EMF touring car
Tommy SzegEs. who DiIoted the car
over the long route. viii leave today for
Detroit He IS connected with the en-
gineering department OF the EMF
Company and is particularly interested
in the auto racing game
II is likely he viii be at the wheel OF
an EMF stock racer IN various events
to be held during july 7. H E"aid'
Of the Advertising department OF the
Fs-M-E Company. who joined me pain
finders at NNilkesharre and finished me
trip with them. left for New Aork las-
night and today VIII 20 10 DeItolL &c
make a detailed report Of the patntlnd-
3. 8. Lynch. who did the pictorial
work Of the DaLh1udilE trip. also nur-
RED back 10 New York last night
An Ideal Tour
Each member Of the pathluding party
declared the trip an ideal one and pre-
dicted the contestants in the MUnseE
Historic Tour win md every inch Of the
long tour interesting and instructive
Il have helped 10 lay out several
routes for endurance contests, said
'sStick-to-it'' SkeEEs. but the route
laid out for this tour is Tar and away
better than anything ever arranged FOR
& competitive event since the advent o.
the automobile
stretches and some Of the hills Llal
will be encountered VIII Lnoru-e-lis
test the staying qualities OF Ile 60
but on the whole the route Is e2e-ElLs-----
The run from Biugharnpton 10 s---seS-
barre Is q hummer, ara Wli-e t-lS GiS-
tauCe is only elElty-uFe miles, liie coz
testauts VIII ind their Work cut o-t -O-
them when they make this Gay run
twenty miles out Of BinShauron the
macaFan road ends, and then a Ions
climb Commences. and Il does not ems
until W-tEeSuarTe IS reached me --
r1er0us water bars are natural ones o
ETore and ii is simply impossible %
make any speed over them llS -
be the hardest run the tourists WIN
have"
Lynch's Endorsement
Having done the picture work on sev-
eraI pathdIdinE trips, E G. Lynch, Whl
accompanied the lTunsey patluEdlra
party. IS also competent 70 judge me
route with accuracy and he does no
hesitate 10 say that the path tn3
ATunsevites viii follow Is one or IN
finest, If not the finest, ever laid on
for an endurance contest
There are lust enough bad ROADS o.
the route 10 add zest 70 the TOUR sdi-
Lynch. .., ,
timed -srhe route Is ideal Mountains
valleys lakes and streams csSc&ttle
a05 suIenSfa forests are always at hand
and the picture presented as the q
Fowls along the road IS an eFer-Vary l-la
one 10 the student Of history N
STUnsey tour VIII afford every oppor
tIInity 10 get in close touch with N
zfiTrfns- events that transpired in IN
early days Of America
Car Goes To Detroit
The EMF pathfndinE car viii b
ghIpDed to Detroit today and viii b
exhibited there a few days before II l
sent out again on some other expedition
Tha cars performance during the Las
three weeks was perfect SkeEgs do no
have TO do any tinkeTing with 7 at an
STAGE CT the trip, and the enSlle va
running as smoothly and s77eetly ct IN
end of the trip as II did when Mayo
Fevburn gave the starting signal I
Philadelphia on June ID.
The Morgan and Wright NOob
Tread" tires also came through the ~
with Hyinz CoIors- Only two tires Wer
changed or the entire trip