The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-07
TAFT'S G0DSP Fed
SENDS CARS OFF
ON SECOND LAP
Continued From FIRST i'ase)


With their hose and sprinklcd the
streets.
The way lay through Georgetown,
over the Aqueduct bridge, Rosslyn
Fort Myer, Alexandria, Falls Church.
Leeshurg Pike to Lecsburg. over The
mountains and through Berryville to
winchester. where tie midday control
was held.
Climb to Foothills.
The last car was due in Winchester
at 1926 o'clock. All that left Wash
ington on schedule time arrived at
midday control from three to fours
ahead oftime. 1t was a remarkable
run. After leaving Lesburg, the road
Z became a steady CLIMB to the foot
! hills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
/ There were few fords to make. bat for
many miles the way was worse than
"The Rocky Road to Dublin"
At Falls Church. Leesburg. Blue
mont and Berryville the streets We're
sprinkled. Everybody was out on the
sidewalks. NJ every corner; or At every
window. and above the din OF the
throbbing motors could be heard the
"Husrah for The Times-Dispatch" they
yelled "Hurraln for good roads, we
need EN- bad enough"
A more ideal day could not have
been 1eSlTGu. III WIS just tDpI
TO rake the run invigorating, and
coats We're not 100 heavy.
Miss Dunlop Drive Gameiy.
The pilot car. Chalmers thirty,
Ing Allen Potts. managing editor of
Vie Timcs-D ispatcl Referee Otis Al
friend Alfred Comacho of the tech
nical committee, and II. n. Allport-
chief observer, kept ahead all the way.
! The tail of the big car was never
! ,rts Yanripi tho control nDiniS,
though the Chalmers thirty. driven by
Il, G. Booth. was close behind 1t in
arriving ct Harrisonburg.. and came
second. two minutes behind. D. j. Al
lens Rambler was the first car to ar.
rive in Washington on the first day
out and kent up It's record by arriv-
ing second here.
Miss Dunlop, the only woman driver
any OF the male drivers might we'll be
proud She still has perfect score
with her Maxwell Only a few OF the
competing cars have been penalizcd,
A few were forced to stop their mo-
tors to mend brken parts, though there
We're no had breakdowns.
At Castlemans Bridge. over the Shen-
andoah RIVER. began one Of the finest
pixies in the state. The road was al
with solid bed. and tho machines
fairly hummed over it to Winchester.
The drivers made hay while the sur
shone, or. TO be more literal, they
made time while they had the road
Here everybody made up. such time
as thev lost and nearl VAIL We're sev
eral hours ahead of their schedule
when Winch ester was reached.
There is hardly finer farming sec
tion in the state than may be seen ir
this section. Green fields greeted this
ere at every turn. and from the tops
of the hills one could look over. al
vast stretches of country that looked
more like an English garden than a
land of farms. I.ocusts and acacia
trees were in fun bloom along the
roadside. Here the woodman's hand
has been spared, and smiling land
profits by his care. Their blossoms
sometimes dropped into the cars as
they brushed past.
One would have thought almost that
work everywhere had been stcppeC
for the day for no houses was passed
that did not have It's occupants-graN
haired sires and chidren-hansirs
over the fence to see the cars whiz hy
Go IT." .Hit it up" they shouted
"Ain't we with voum' And again. a:
on yesterday. the farmers prouen
their horses out to accustom them u
automobiles Many of them were TIED
at crossroads: Others were ridden ur
as close to the machines as they conlt
come There seems to be nothing left
OF the old hate for automobiles and
their owners.
stop of thirty minutes was. had, at
Winchester. Mr. Byrd, son of Sneaker
r. f. Byrd. came out several miles to
lead the procession in, and he also
escorted the cars out and pointed them
the right road 10 the next stopping
place. The cars We're parked in front
Of the hotel. and the whole town was
there to see them and the gogEled
monsters. all beerimed with dust.
There was no more cordial welcome
along the line than in Winchester.
Several amateur photographers. anx-
ious to get jSctures of the cars. stop