The Detroit times., 1910-05-17
GREAT WELCOME
FOR PATHFINDER
Joe Gardham in Chalmers Glidden
Tour Greeted by Mayor and Auto
Merchants.

Joe Gardham got back to Detroit
Monday afternoon with the Chalmers
go" car in which he has driven 3,i7o
miles in laying out the course for the
1910 Glidden endurance run. Not only
did Gardham drive every foot of tile
way with the Chalmers without a seri-
Gus mishap, but he will oversee the
cleaning OF the car and will then drive
her again In the actual tour, this being
the f1rst time that car which has
endured the rough pounding OF the
pathfinding trip has been put In the
contest itself rs an entrant.
There was some welcome awaiting
Joe when he and Photographer w. A.
Krohn got to town. They arrived
ahead of schedule time at the end or
the county brick road out Michigan
ave. Monday afternoon and had to
wait for a time for the escort, consist
ing Of about % cars containing men,
bers of the Motor club and the Auto
Dealers association TO reach the meet
ing place and form the line OF march.
Mayor Breitmeyer and President A.
E. Larned, OF the Board Of Commerce,
did the Official welcoming, although
they did not make any long speeches
in doing so. The mayor occupied
seat in the pathflnding car on the run
down Michigan-ave. to the Hotel Pont-
chartrain where Gardham's father and
mother were waiting to give him the
sincerest greeting OF all. A big shear
OF roses was also presented by the
Pontchartrain management.
The Glidden tour this year starts at
Cincinnati and winds up at Chicago,
but I'm between Is states are visited
and the run extends clear down to
Texas. In June the roads will be very
good, but the pathfinder has had 10
GO through all sorts Of spring freshets
and pillow through muddy roads. Not
q single part has broken, however, and
all that the Detroit-made car requires
before starting out again Is shop
overhauling.
Gardham comes back in perfect
health and with a fine tan from con.
slant exposure to sun and wind since
April Is. He got through on the Ave
tires with which he started, a pune
ture Just out Of Cincinnati and blow
out further along the route being the
only tire troubles. The run was a
steady one with little speeding. There
was one slow stretch when gasoline
ran out and Joe had to drive behind
a mule team four miles in three hours.
One of the features In the automo-
bile parade OF Monday was the Chal.
mers "Old Reliable" which has been
in several endurance runs and has a
total mileage of more than $4,000
miles.
The pathfinding trip proved a
double Detroit triumph. Morgan &
Wright tires being used over the
3.l75 miles, and, as before stated, on
" Ave being used over that distance.
Morgan & Wright tires have figured
prominently In several Of the most
strenuous automobile trips which
have been made during the past year.
Last spring the EMF. Co. selected
Morgan q Wright tires as equipment
in the Glldden Pathfnding car and
they came there with a wonderful
record, only one set being used in
the entire trip.
This wear the Chalmers Co. again
selected them as equipment on the
pathfinder and again they made good
hobby treads were used this time
Mud, sand. water and cobble stones
were. encountered with no tire trouble
except the one puncture and the one
blowout. and without using chains.