The Washington times., 1910-07-20

The data for the entire route Of the
NTunsey Historic Tour has now been put
into shape
Livery mile OF the course from PhiIa-
deIrzia 10 Washington has been tabu-
lated II only remains 10 print the in
formation in map form so that il will
be available for the tourists IN August
The route offers without doubt one Of
the finest tests Of automobiles ever held
in this country Good roads and bad
abound IN the course There are level
stretches Of great length and there are
other distances OF The tour where the
road is a mountain climb for mile after
mile n some OF the nil trails the
roads are smooth ana firm, and in Others
they are Of the most primitive and rocky
kind
The striking feature Of tie tour viii
be The diversity OF the thor1ughfares-
Rough In Maine.
For the first few days Of the tour the
contestants VIII and that the roads are
uniformly good, with only here and
there q bad stretch 70 mar the harmony
Of smooth running. When Maine IS
reached, however, the thorouShfares
lose much OF the charm of New York
and Massachusetts, and some ror7zE.
going is encountered from the very time
the soil Of the great Commonwealth Is
reached
Through Maine, New Hampshire. and
Vermont The cars viii have 10 shosr
their mettIe, fer, although the roads are
not exceptionally bad. they are stin
enough To test the capacity Of any car.
Here The trails Zre almost constant hill
climbs Going up TO CFawford-s Notch
after q hard run from Portland. Ne
ILClJed D. a serious problem II the hiiI
climb at this point The rise to almost
ZO1O Ieet above sea level Is q test which
VIII perhap- prove fatal to some of the
contestinE n -zchines which wish % keep
e Perfect score
There IS a stretch Of road going out Of
Burlington Vt. which IS exceptionally {
rough, and, # the weather is rainy, Of
1ers slippery, sliding surface, which /
makes going most difficult The entire I
road from Burlington 10 saratoga y /
Y, IS fair example Of the thorough
test which VIII be given competing ma I
chimes In the 1Iunssy Historic Tour
Good Roads and Bad
From Burlington 20 the Isle Ie Motto
the road IS rough and uneven for the I
most part; after crossing the ferry at 1
Chazy Landing superb macadau bouIe- I
Yards are encountered running for miles
into Plattsburg. after leaving that city
the run through the foothills Of the 4
Adlroacacks IS over stony and hiIIy
ground, and then later on in the day
some fine level roads are encountered !
leading into Saratoga.
The entire day IS Just such period as
would test the going quality OF q good
machine, 1or II has rough and smooth
level and hilIE roads
There are certain stretches that v-t1I
prove a thor ugh test TO the machines.
Such SIre-cN Is found after leaving
5lilslla-LIlons n y TuuGIuz over the
Pennsylvania boundary to Vy-fTEesharre I
II Is q stony country rernar-zabIe fsr. /
Its beautiful scenery, but for hardly
anything else. Its roads are nothing 10
De proud OF: they are made on stony
beds and are fun OF rough v-a1erbreaks.
over which i is necessary to barely
move along
Test For Drivers. II
Through this country the most sue I
5esSful driver vii be that one who pilots
his car over the route at Just the rare 5
1f speed which keeps him within the I
schedule and yet allows him 10 protect {
lis car rs much as possible
The entire route has been carefully
mapped out 10 give the competing. cars 7
! thorough test. not only on level rough
,ossds, but also on hiu climbs. sDco+r, I Z
and the various kinds r. =
7 ans which are met by owners who taL-z .
neir cars on long tours
Inc management Of the 1f77nsev His
ono Tour believes that the cars which :
7in the trophies in this contest viii b.. I q.
G5aFQe1 DT the press ard tho conn 49, Z a.