Evening journal., 1910-11-05
DURABILITY RUN
CAR TO STOP HERE
Auto to Make Trip Which is
to Cover the Borders Of
the United States
BEGIN TRIP AT
DETROIT ON NOV. Is

Monday, November IS, there will
leave City Hall. Detroit. Mich, an au-
tomobile on what promises to be the
longest trip ever undertaken in the
history of the industry before-a 100,-
O0O-mile durability run-which is TO
cover the borders Of the United States,
every State in the Union, and Canada
and Mexico. The car, an Abbott-De-
troit, will be driven by Montague
Roberts. Of Jersey City, and DR.. Char
les G. Pervical, Of Teaneck, ~ J.
Roberts was the driver Of the win
ming car in the New York to Paris
race and DR. Percival has twice held
the nonstop record between Detroit
and Bangor, Maine. The Abbott-De-
troit in which the two will start on
their long journey has been named
the Bull Dog" and already has a
record Of $4,000 miles, and a few days
before arrived in Detroit from Den
yer, 3,000-mile trip. The trip arose
through an attempt of the Abbott
Motor Company. of Detroit, desiring
to ascertain Just how many miles a
Si,500 automobile was capable of
travelling before il needed serious
overhauling. With this in mind they
decided to send out one of their cars
on complete tour of the country
and placed the limit at the 100000
mile figure
The car used is a 1910 Abbott De-
troit and was used last year as a
demonstrator. and was competitor
in the Kansas City to Colorado
Springs and return reliability run.
The present journey calls for Port
land. Me-, for the first stop, where
Thanksgiving dinner will be enjoyed
Leaving Portland the Bull Dog will
run through Connecticut, Rhode Is
land. New York to Philadelphia. Bal
timore and Washington, visiting
points in Virginia and Delaware and
across the Allegheny Mountains to
Pittsburg and following the old trail
to Columbus. Springfield, Dayton to
Cincinnati, Ohio. AT Cincinnati the
trip will run due South. visiting
Louisville and Chattanooga. Tenn, |
Atlanta, Ga. to Jacksonville. Fla. |
From here the Bull Dog" will point
its nose North. visiting Savannah and |
Augusta. Ca. Columbia, S. c., and |
direct over the Good Roads route to I
New York city. which will be reached
on New Years eve in time to be pres
ent at the opening of the automobile
show at the Grand Central Palace,
where the car will be i'm active ser
vice all the week demonstrating. On
January the car will go back to De-
troit via Albany. Elmira, Binghamton.
Hornel, Buffalo. Toronto, Hamilton
and other Canadian cities. Upon ar
rival at Detroit IL will start for New
Orleans, passing through all the
Southern cities and States not sew
iously covered aud from NeN Or
leans. which viii be reached during
the Mardi Gras week. the tourists viii
go through the State of Texas aud
into old Mexico. From Mexico the
route will lead to Southern California,
to Los Angeles up the Pacific coast
as far as Seattle. Wash, and across
the continent back to Detroit. giving
the sturdy Abbott an aggregate mile
age of nearly $4,000 miles and with
but half Of its total tourney completed
The car used on the trip Is 1910
madel. 81 500 stock Abbott Detroit.
with a AKA 1-2-inch engine. giving a
rating Of 26 horsepower Messrs.
Roberts and Perclval viii carry with
them sufficient clothing for the dif-
ferent variations Of climate and temp
erature that they will meet with
on that Journey across tho continent
and around the borders of the United
States. Preparations in the way of
sleeping bags. cooking outfit and tent
and provisions have been made for
that part of the trip from New Or
leans through Texas and into Mexico
and back TO Southern California, and
among the articles carried will be half
dozen quart vacuum carafes which
will keep liquids boiling hot or icy
cold for several days and will prove
quite a boon during November and
December and in the desert country Of |
Mexico and Southern California. The !
car will visit Wilmington on Noyem- |
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