Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-13
CADILLAC PLANS
FOUR DAY TOUR
MOTOR CAR TRIP TO SAN DIEGO
IS ARRANGED
MANY PERSONS ANXIOUS TO PAR
TlCIPATE IN RUN
Journey to Southern City VIII Be
Made Along Coast and Return
Through Valley and
over Hills

Four days of fun with the Cadillac
family Is the plan for May when the
owners of Cadillac cars will tour from
Los Angeles to San Diego and return.
The trip one way Will be over the
coast route and opposite run will be
through the valley and over the hills.
Since the first notice of the run last
week the Lee Motor Car company has
been flooded with inqurers, and judg-
ing from the interest already shown
the limit of fifty entries will soon be
reached. Entry blanks will be pre-
pared this week and experts will be
given u chance to register their entry
so there can be no playing Of favorites.
1t will simply be "a case of filling out
the entry blank and the first fifty in
will be the fifty to take the tour.
The tour will come at an ideal time.
It will be before the summer heat has
dried the hills and while the roads
are still in good shape. During the
winter months there is little touring
and by May everybody will be anxious
TO get out into the open and enjoy
their motor cars to the fullest extent.
Many Want to Participate
Manager M. II. Green received a
number of applications last week from
people owning other ears who desired
to take part in the tour. He regretted
that it was necessary to refuse their
owners DESTROYS Of taking the trip.
The cars will travel on a schedule
with enough distance between the ma
chimes to prevent dust eating. Scores
will be kept and each cars leaving
and arriving time will be registered.
This will be done by a committee OF
newspaper men.
Suitable prizes will be presented to
the winners. There will be special
prizes for the contestants with a spe-
citl prize for the women drivers
There are a great many of the fair
sex driving Cadillacs and this VIII De
The mace will not be too fast for the
THE pase will not be too fast for the
fair drivers. but judging from past
tours the women as a rule drive as
fast If not faster than the average
man.
The distance will be about $50 miles
on the first day the cars will go 14C
miles with a stop for luncheon. rms
will he an easv trip. There will be
two nights and a day in San Diego
and two days will be consumed or
the return, going by way of Elsinore
and Riverside with the night stop ~ a,
the latter place. The last day will
brine the { RS through Redlands and
San Bernardino.
Snecial rates will be secured at the
hotels and several receptions Will be
arranged en- route by the dineren'
towns. z -,
Among the owners who entered last
u,eel, was I. Augustine who drove his
thirty on an S0Oo-mile trip last sum,
mer. After purchasing his car he wenl
into Mexico on an extensive trip anc
from there he drove across the Ohiteo
States. going from Mexico TO tht
Canadian border. He returned las'
week. 1900 f,
II crossed four mountain ranges,
said Mr.. Augustine. "These mountains
ranged in height from 4oO0 TO oooo leet
many deep rivers, but never found
single place in the entire 5000 miles mile;
Travelled that the Cadillac couldn't
pull through. ,o
@ .,,o,,t oF the SAN Diego tour l declared
myself in, have taken the trip. but
don't want to miss this Jaunt or the
cadillac family"