The Washington times., 1910-07-14
Enthusiastic Manufacturers
VIII Swell Munsey Run
List Before Weekend.
COMMERCIAL CAR
WILL BE TESTED
Business Men on Oui Vive Over
Automobile Trip-Skeggs
CheeTed In Detroit.
By HARRY WARD.

The rvveutv-first entry in the Nun
sey Historic Tour was received this
InorninE
The entry is a CIno go" popularity
known as rne "road-stir OF the sea
son" Made by Haberer & Co. in
Cincinnati, from which city the car
gets its name. The Cino has come rap
idIv 10 the eront since its introdUc-
ton and TOW enjoys an euviabIe
reputation IN the automobile world
The car that has been entered IN the
Afunsey Historic Tour is Of the tour
iuE rype. and viii have Walter Don
nelly as its pilot
In the words OF the manufacturers,
The CI1O IS the result Of years of
experience. and the first models were
given a test Of 10000 miles over the
famous hills OF Ohio and Kentucky
before they were placed on the mar
ket"
The Randolph Motor Car Company,
Of Chicago. has entered one OF its
1911 commercial cars in the noncon-
testing division Of the tour. The car,
which is OF one ton capacity, VIII be
Used 10 transport the baggage OF the
tourists, and its performance over the
long stretch OF country mapped out
for the tour viii be watched by bust
ness men IN al parts Of The country
The makers OF the Randolph are de-
lghued with the opportunity 20 show
what their product can do over all
Nsorts of roads. and with a full load OF
baggage.
Business Men Interested.
The commercial vehicle has rapfdlv
come to the front in the Iasr few
years and II is Just such dem0nsrra-
t-ons as the Randolph. makers viii
give their car IN The 1Lunsev Tcr1r thar
impress The commercial interests OF
tAe country with the utility Of the
motor-drIven car for business pu--
poses
Information was received al +o.r
headquarters this morning thar 5urf7z
me DIG auto parade IN Detroit tbs
week N honor OF the EIks. the E-AT-F
% Pc thHndlng car thar laid ont the
-oI me 4Iu1Sey Historic Tour.
ma z place OF honor ID the bTo~ 1f-,a--7r,
q cars, and that Tommy SLyzp. -
ot4Nsrr received an ovation from rba
thousands OF people who lined T7e
slIeeSs OF Detroit 10 see the monster
More entries for the tour are e--e5-
uied Tor the coming week. as me mo-
moLeTs have received word from So
era sources that signed applications OF
q number C. prominent makes or cars
would be filed within the new fsw
days Nanufacturers and dealers are
Eeallzing that the earlier thew GET
their cars eunoIled the better position
ley VIII have in the Ine-un- The facr
Should also be borne in mind by mos
peCLlVe entrants that early entries in
sure greater publicity
Driver Miller Enthusiastic.
The tour is attracting widespread al
tention in the press Of the country. and
this IS q matter Of which manufacrur-
ers and dealers cannot afford 10 lose
sight
Charley Miller, who VIII drive the
Ford IN the tour, is 5ubblinE over with
enthusiasm about the forthcoming
svent-
From all accounts said Mr. Miller
this morning, ''the MunSev Historic
Tour IS going 20 be the biggest auto
mobile event Of the year. and an
delighted 10 have q place IN the Iine-uu
The whole proposition looks good to
me- and 7 hope TO bring the Ford
through with a clean score Mr. Miller
has the good wishes Of thousands Of
Ford owners about the country that he
Will b. successful in his underta king
In mapping out the route for the
tour. the path6nders exercised the
greatest care in order TO insure accur-
acy- The path6ndiug car was equipped
with two speedOmeters and every cross
road and other item Of interest were
noted on the log or record book, so
formation about the route. These facts
as brought out by the pathfuGers VIII
be Of greet aid TO the drivers Of the