The San Francisco call., 1910-06-19
MRS. FISHER Tells
OF HAZARDOUS TRIP
Tour Through Japan One of the
Hardest tests for Her
LOc0mObile
MikadO's Officials Sent Corps Of
Experts to See Her Safely
Over Mountains
BY R. R. L'HoMMEDIEU

Mrs Clark Fisher Of Trenton. n. j.,
WHO arrived fin san Francisco on the
steamer Siberia. completed the first and
hardest lap of her trip around the
world in her 40" Loccmobile.
Mrs Fisher was accompanied by her
nephew. Ifarcld Fisher Brooks, who
acts - ller secretary and who drives
taa cay. by her maid and a valet In
addition Mrs. Fisher has a Boston bull
terrier. 'Ionk Honk." which has traN-
cleG around the world with her in the
car, beautiful little dog which she
secured in Japan AND a monkey from
Ceyl0u.
Mrs Fishers Locomobne, which IS
the second Of this make she has owned,
was dcliVSred 10 her in January, 1908,
ard after 4 trial "trip TO cleveland the
party embarked for Europe and tTaV-
eied easily and comfortably across
France. over The Alps and through
Itaiy 10 Lake Como, where she main
Iains q residence. Short tours through
Belgium. Germany and Austria were
indulgcd in before starting around the
world
Airs. Fisher, since leaving her villa
AT Lake Como, has crossed Europe
EGYPT. Palestine. India Ceylon, China
and Japan. crossing thousands Of miles
m0biists have never been seen, ac-
complishinG tie almost impossible
1cats without maps or other data TO
assist her. Warned again and again
that roads were impossible or did not
exist. she has perSeVered.
on the journey all sorts of obstacles
and difficulties were. met and overcome.
one Of the feats performed by Mrs.
Fisher is one that has never before
been performed by an automobile 1t
was the trip from Bombay to Calcutta
overland IL an automobile The roads,
if they could be called such, are mere
paths through jungles, with only scat
tered Oak bungalows here and there
Ii was not only impossible to secuxe
guides. but there were no maps show
ing The roads. Even the engineer corps
a. The British army had no maps Of
this country which would be available
for motorists use.
TRIP WITHOUT GUIDES
AS a result the trip of almost 1900
miles across the jungles and deserts
of central India was made without aid
except such as could be gathered from
the natives in the villages along the
way Many times il was necessary for
the party to camp out all night: in
others 1T was FAR preferable to attempt
1ng the Oak bungalow. She was
warned by the government authorities
against attempting the trip, and when
their warning was not accepted they
absolutely refused 10 accept any re-
sponsibiiity. In every way the authori-
Ties did their utmost to discourage
Mrs. Fisher, but she was convinced
lrom her previous experiences that it
was possible TO take a Locomobile any
where q wheel conveyance could go.
Bets were freely offered at the Tai
Mahal hotel, Bombay. that the party
could not make the trip. On her arri-
Eal in Calcutta il was necessary to
show records proving conclusively that
they had done so before her state
ments would be believed.
They experienced no trouble and
were treated with the greatest kind
ness throughout the trip. They were
entertained extensively by various
various native princes and by the Eng
lsh families whom they met. His
higiness the maharajah gaekwar of
Boroda, whose party later joined Mrs
Fishers party in Ceylon. and accom-
panied them across the Pacific on the
Siberia, was especially kind and en-
tertalned them magnificently Mrs
Fisher was permitted TO enjoy a priv
lleGe seldom if ever extended to anv
occidental one native prince permit
ted her and her maid to sDend the
night in the women's quarters of his
palace.
From Calcutta the car was shipned
70 Colombo, Ceylon, and some time was