The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-06
ALL IS READY FOR
BIG GL|DDEN TOUR
Cars Will Leave Cincinnati on
June IA
ROUTE 1851 MILES LONG
Are Expected to Be Entered in Con-
test-Wfu Come Through
Southern states

arrangements have been made for the fourth
annual reliability tour of the American
Automobile association for the Glidden
and Chicago trophies, which will start
from Cincinnati on June IA and after
passing through 10 states and covering a
distance of 2S51 miles, will end in Chi
cage on June 50.
Between so and 70 cars are expected to
be entered in the contest. which will be
by far the most important tour in the
history OF the A. A. A. runs.
The Glidden trophy, which is in the Gus
tody of the A. A. A., will be awarded, as
IN previous years, to the touring car max
ing The most perfect score and carrying
full equipment.
The prize for the runabouts and smaller
cars will be offered this year by the Chi
cage Motor club and will consist of a
bronze bas relief. The route is the long
est ever attempted. and the topography
of the country offers the finest oppor-
tunty for thorough reliability test.
1t has been necessary this year to plan
two rather unusual 1fyer crossings. The
first is at Trotter's laRdjng, about 60 miles
below Memphis. Where the caravan
crosses the Father of Waters" The
board of trade at Helena. Ark, which Is
three miles further down the Mississippi.
has arranged to have number of huge
lumber barges. such as are commonly
used In that section. meet the cars. The
levee of the river. which is some 30 feet
high at Trotter's. landing. Is being cut
away III order to form chute for the
cars. They will run onto the barges as
they arrive, and when they have all been
assembled on the barges the latter viii be
coupled and a steamboat will tow them
three miles down to Helena. This will
make a rather novel and interesting Incl
dent TO break the monotony of travel. At
Helena the cars will run onto Arkansas
soil under their own power and proceed
to Clarendon. Ark, for luncheon, thence
to Little Rock for nights stop. At Clar-
endon, famous pearl fishing town. the
cars cross the White river by ferry
boat
After leaving Ringold, the last Texas
town touched on the route, the tourists
will cross the Red river to Terral. Okla.
over a specially laid plank roadbed on the
This wooden roadway is being built by
the Rock Island officials as an. evidence
of the local interest in the tour. and will
be a mile and quarter In length. Train
dispatchers will be stationed at the en-
trance to the bridge and the CARS will be
sent over between trains ON railroad
schedule time.
Between Oklahoma City and Wichita,
Kan. the tourists meet, after crossing
the South Canadian river, on a bridge,
about five-eighths of a mile of sand road.
The sand shifts constantly during the
| summer months and the county authori-
ties have agreed to prepare this short
stretch, which must be crossed with, brush
and straw, and binder of crushed cane.
This will be done a few days before the
cars are due to arrive there, and will
provide an excellent roadbed.
During the past week two Staver cars
have been entered by the Staver Carriage
company. one for the Gidden and one for
the Chicago trophy. The Lexington Motor
Car company entered one car during the
week III the Chicago trophy division, A
rapid truck, one of the commercial ve-
hicles made by the General Motors COM
pany, will act as a supply carrier. The
itinerary of the run follows: -
The following shows the starting dates
and points, intermediate stops and miles,
finishing points and days miles:
June IA, Cincinnati. Lexington 1913
miles; Louisville 1852 miles.
June Is. Louisville; Bowling Green 100
miles; Nashville 1889 miles.
June L. Nashville; Columbia Ais miles;
Sheffield 1871 miles.
June IL Sheffield, Corinth 621 miles;
Memphis 1911 miles.
June Il, Memphis; Clarendon 1922 miles;
little Rock 207.7 miles.
June 49, Little Rock to Hot Springs, 523
miles.
June 20. Hot Springs; Prescott 81 miles;
Texarkana 1855 miles.
June 81 Texarkana; Paris 972 miles;
Dallas 2171 miles.
June q. Dallas; Torral 1901 miles: Law
ton 2oO.7 miles.
June %, Lawton Chiclxaska 64.s miles;
FL Rem, 1924 miles; Oklahoma City 145 s
miles.
June "a. Oklahoma City; Enid doo1
miles; Wichita21 miles.
June 25 Wichita; Elhporia f0SS miles;
Kansas City 234.5 miles.
jane 26, at Kansas City.
Jure 27, Kansas City; Maryville 1856
mites; Omaha 242.3 miles.
juno 49, Omaha; Guthrie Centre 105.
miles; Des Mones 159 miles
June 20, Des Moihes; Marengo 90 2 miles =
Davenport 219.s miles.
June Sc, Davenport: Rochelle 1928 miles:
Chicago 1877 miles.