The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-06-14
ALL READY
For GIidden Tour Which
Started Today
From Cincinnati And Ends
In Chicago
Over 2 Thousand Miles To
Be Covered

Cincinnati, o., June 13-The sew
enth annual reliability touring contest
of the American Automobile Associa-
tion, commonly known as the Gid
den tour, will start from this city to-
morrow morning. Before it is ended
the contestants will have made a jour
ney of nearly 1900 miles that will
cover a large section of the Southwest
and Middle West and take them with
in the borders of thirteen States.
There will be fifteen days Of travelling,
and, with the stop.overs, the end will
come on the last day of the month at
Chicago.
This was an exceedingly busy day
for the several hundred automobilists
who are interested directly or indi-
rectly in the far-famed tour. 1t was
the last opportunity to see that the
for mere mess of pottage. The high
est of these positions which can be
acquired were said by Rev. Black to
be clean moral, Christian characters
for which paltry amount would be
comparatively nothing.
The graduating class was made to
remember that each were American
citizens and were told by Mr.. Black
that to be an American was greater
than to be a king. The reasons for
this statement was made plain in a
very simple manner. The first reason
is that we have liberty under a gov
ernment. We have our own choice of
vocation and we can follow 1t as we
choose and are not hampered by gov
ernment or caste. In America, we
can start at the bottom, as the senior
class must now do, and work slowly
upward to the height of success and
the more work that we encounter in
contesting machines were in perfect
condition for the long grind and to
arrange for the checking of baggage
and the hundred and one other prelim
inaries that must be attended to. The
official badges were distributed by the
committee and each contesting cal
was furnished with small pennants de
noting their make and tags bearing
their numbers.
The tour this year will be a con
| test of physical endurance as well as
one that Is bound to test the cars
There will be days when the contest
ants will have to cover nearly 25C
miles over roads they know little
about.
Once the Queen City is left behin'
the tourists will head for Lexington
and thence on to Louisville, wher,
the first night will be spent. From
the Kentucky metropolis the rout,
takes them through Bowling Green /,
Nashville, After spending the nigh
in the Tennessee capital, the tourist
will take southerly course through
Columbia to Sheffield, Ala, the mex
night stop. Friday the journey vii
be continued along the Tennessee Mis-
sssippi line until Memphis is reached
The route for Saturday will TAX
the travellers from Memphis tp Iii
tie Rock, a distance OF over 200 miles
An easy Sunday run will be made fror
Little Rock to Hot Springs, where tn
journey will be resumed Monda
morning Leaving Hot Springs ther
. viii he a run to the Texas line an
TeXarkana, on the boundary line, wi
shelter the tourists Monday nigh
Tuesday will be devoted to run fror
reNarkana to Dallas, with a noon sto
at Paris.
Oklahoma will be the next State t
entertain the Gliddeners After a 2OC
mile run from Dallas, by way of Te
rell the contestants will reach Law
ton Wednesday night and will renal
there until the following morning
Oklahoma City will be reached 4 hur
day evening, From Oklahoma Cit
the long runs will start, the first da
heading for Wichita which Is 81
i miles away. Two hundred and thl
O ty.hye miles more will land the tou
lists at Kansas City, where Saturda
night and Sunday will be passed
Then the beginning of the end wi
find the tourists heading northwar
again for Omaha, The run from Ka
sas Clty~to Omaha will constitute II
y longest days journey, covering a di
tance of 243 miles. Leaving Omat
Tuesday morning the motorists wi
D steer eastward across the State of /
wa, A run OF t60 miles will brir
+ them to Des Mones, where elaborat
r entertainment has been prepared Il
e them Tuesday night The next da
II will take the contestants to the Mi
" sissippi River, with Davenport as Il
!, night stop. Crossing the river ear
the next morning the last days ~
will be commenced. One hundre
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