The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-11

|CARS BACK HOME
| AT TER LONG RUN
THROUGH RAIN.
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to speak. He hesitated, but some OF
l the party led him forward, and he was
i forced into ring of admirins hearers
i am not a spieler. but healer,
i he said. Allen Potts is the spieler.
and is easier with words than I.
must say, however that we have had
a splendid trip and that nowhere have
we been more kindly entertained than
in your little town OF LawrenceNille. [
n came here hungry and tired You nave
fed me, and now l feel Ike new
man"
AR. Potts WAS brought forward "on
behalf OF all our party he said, Il
thank you for the very cordial re-
cep,ion you have given US We have
passed through many villages But
nowhere have we been more lavish!y
and courteously entertained than here.
upon DIR. Lewis's lawn. and we leave
you so soon with. the deepest regrets.
! II may De our fortune to visit you
/. again some day. We hope So"
d A few minutes before noon the tour
, lists began checking out for the leg
toward Petersburg, ftrt, six mi es dis;
tant and forty-sls miles which afforded
the severest test for the stoutest cars
? There wa, n, step in Peter sburg, the
cars continuing straight on for Rich
mond. where the pilot car, DIT
McGuire's oldsmobile. carrying Allen
Potts and Jonathan Bryan. pace:naker,
John b Alsop's Speedw-ll. official car,
and Louis Rosensiock's Speedwell the
press car. arrived promptly on schedule
time. 4:4s o'clock. Six others checked
in on time. but the others were late,
the rough pulling over muddy roads
and in she rain which settled down
causing them to lose little time on
nearly every mile.
The scores OF rhe entrants were not
made out last night, but Will be fur
nished this afternoon All omciaiiy
entered cars Will be subjected to
mechanical ties, at o'clock this at,
ternoon in front of the speedwell
!, Garage, IL West Main Street, the Off
, cial garage for the endurance run The
, mechanical test Will include the
d aia1eR and Curb 9l Climbing. The
technical committee, consisting of Otis
. Alfriend. E. w Farley and DR.. n. w,
/ Bassett. will then make up the maj
scores, and the announcement, OF prize
winners Will be made in TIE Times
Dispatch tomorrow morning. In the
. meantime. no one Will be allowed 70
touch the cars. and they Will be kept
in the garage until the Inspection Is
completed.
over Terrible Roads,
Yesterdays run was the longest and
: the worst on the whole trip. The roads
e from Clarksyille to Boydton, clever
! ndescribably bad Drivers had TO eX-
S ercise all caution to steer clear OF
9 mudholes two feet deep, ana to aVolo
stumps and stones which have beer
!. Abraham There had. evidently. beer
u no effort to repair them, and 1t is
: inconceivable how even ordinary roae
I. vehicles travelling at the rate OF
mudholes without being ditched or
:, breaking down.
:. The condition of the roads. Just be
d You'd South Hill caused one bad acci,
e one to occur. +. E. Williams's BuicF
: II lost It's left front tire and skiddee
into ditch e. w. Wilson. who was
acting ohseryer for shs ana nas n,tcSe;
:, lheadforemost out of the car. He landed
= twenty feet from the car with ter
:, rifle thud and broke his shoulder bone
!, Mr. Williams stopped his car and hur
y ried to the assistance of the half-faint
y ing observer. Another Buick follow
ing behind. picked up Mr.. Wilson AM
: carried him into South Hill, where h
: vas attended by a physician: He wa
unable to make the rest Of the t,
and came home by train. The threw
s replaced. and Mr.. Williams's Buicl
y proce eded on its run.
The roads improved few miles gu
of South Hill. and a few miles out Q
Lawrencevile. With the exception o
these bits of good stretches and min
=. and the Petersburg Turnpike to Rich
:. mond, the roads were almost impas
At able. and the wonder is that the au
tomobiles were able to travel o ~,
i. heavy rains OF the day before ha
= made them twice as bad as usual, an
&c there was water and mud everywhere
X. Bridges were but Door excuses. Rut
= which could be removed In few min
utes still lie. where they first fell ]
the ages 6efore aHu Nh or sshse
;, Of the run was within Virginia Dor
= ders.
Z, Excels Virginia.
I'd North Carolina is more progressive
H. There are no roads in Virginia, includ
ri ling even the Valley Pike, which eaus
- tho roads In Franklin and Durhal
- counties of North Carolina. The Care
Sss sosnS seSa iaaes
1e every year 10 keep then, in good cor
= dition. Virginia may follow the exam
= pie of her sister State to great az
4" vantage,
Ii Ten cars got in last night. but SON
of them greatly behind their schee
q Louis Rosenstock, of Petersburg, wi
E entered the run as a non,contestar
h totally lnprepared and without tir
nc or inner tubes, brought his Speedwe
. into Richmond directly behind u
, pilot car. After the accident TO Il
= White Special, he offered the servic
G. OF his car as press car and was
time at every checking station, Charl
al Romaine drove the car and came IN
r.. Richmond without the slishtest'%m
i, hap,
en- White Special n Wonder.
~ The White Special, owned lV R
L. Blenner. which went over an emhan
az nent near Lttleton Tuesday ..afteinot
was dug out of the railroad cut We
p terday and hiisted by a derrick onto
be flat freight car and brought into Rtc
lr- mond After leaving the freight dep
yn the car went toathe garage on Its ny
= power. The damage was found 40
~ very slight. The front axle was sllEE
" ly bent and the lamps We're, broke
All the machinery and steering &c
AWsre Intact. Coleman. Cutchlns, "