Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-23

Hotel at $50 o'clock tomorrow morning,
bound for Ottawa. Canada, it will have
q representative escort of local autoists
through the city and for considerab Bile
distance along the road to Baltimore. A
number of cars will make the entire trip
to BaltiInore-the pathfinder s first stop
where they will be met and escorted
through that city by members of the Au-
tomobile Club of Maryland
The local automobile escort will consist
of members of the local club William
:. Duvall. the president. issued call last
| night for the club membership to assem-
BILE on Pennsy lvania avenue between 18th
and 10Th streets. about a half an hour be-
| fore the start. The car of honor will be
| that used recently in mapping out the
several trips of the -Four Leaf Glover"
run. Clarence Bernard is the driver
s NJ Butler and other officials of the
| American Automobile Association contest
board arrived in Washington last night.
The trip to ottawa will he made in a big
six-cylindcr touring car under the per-
sonal direction of Mr.. Butler and How
ard Longstreth. official pathfinder of the
American Automobile Association. Ac-
companSins them will be +. l.. Ferguson.
well known referee; Nathan Lazernah
and A. 3. Young. driver
The route, as tentatively mapped out by
.Messrs. Butler and 1OnSStrcth. passes
through Baltimore, Philadelphia, New
York. across the western end of Connec-
ticut, into Massachusetts, thence mort ii
through New Hampshire. 1t is not i'm
probable that the route may be switched
farther east after leaving New York and
run directly north up the Hudson river
valley to Albany. along Lake Champlain
to Rouses point on the Canadian border,
and thence to Ottawa
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a surprise of an agreeable nature awaits
those who participate in the fourth days
trip of the coming -Four Leaf Glover
tour from Washington to st. Marys and
roads over which they will run. The trip
is III miles and over far better high
ways than the most sanSuinc of the COM
lnittee had hoped for. With the excep-
ton of d few stretches, the entire route
will be about the easiest going of any
OF the four runs. There is a delightful
dcarth of thank-you. marms. water
breaks and other idiosyncracics Of Mary
! land road builders of d generation ago.
The pathfindins committee WAS Il carload
of enthusiasts when they finished their
daN s work last Tuesday
When the start was made the commit
tee was willing to encounter most any
thing in view of repeated and consistent
tales of miserable roads through Prince
Georges. st. Marys and Charles counties.
This part Of Maryland seldom sees auto
| mobile travel, and reports from those
who had toured portions of 1t were far
from encouraging. Prospective tourists
were made to think that difficulties rang
ed anywhere from tirc-cutting oyster shell
roadbeds to open and vicious hostility on
the part Of the natives. No oyster shell
roads were encountered. the people met
were open-hearted and hospitablc and OH
the whole the pathtindcrS declared their
trip the most enjoyable of the four
The only real bit of bad road was found
aear Mechanicsvillc. where deposits Of
sand reduced speed and made driving
difficult. The only other criticism the
Pathfinders made WAS the number of
curves on the roads Travelled over that
made speeding practically impossible.
From LeonardtoWn to McchanicsviIle
the state highway commission is building
d new road. completed except for
stretch of about a quarter of mile. The
road will be finished N about ten days. il
was stated. and is as near an ideal auto
Mobile highway as It is possible to con-
StruCt in that portion of tho state
The route runs through one of the
quaintest sections of Maryland as we'll
as the most historical. The country In
Charles county especially is dotted with
colon al mansions. the homes being still
in the ownership OF families that obtained
their original land grants from Lord
Baltimore in the seventeenth century.
Many of the houses are constructed of
brick brought to the colonies from Great
Britain before the days of tho revolution.
The noon control Is at st. Marys, found
ed in 1852 by English colonists The
route as mapped out by the pathfinders
runs through Clifton. Brandywine. Me-
chanicsvile and a half dozen other towns
OF their size.
Three hours running time will be allow
ed to the noon control at st. Marys with
the idea of having the cars back In
Washington by . O'Clock in the afternoon.
ChaciyinT~ .. raj
as the contestants will do on other days
Of the run, they will check in at 18TH
and E streets. where the brake. motor,
clutch and gear test will he held chat
afternoon. 50 that the machines can be
turned over to thc.r owners the same
| evening.
Copies of Gov A. T.. Crothers' procla-
nation granting the residents of New
York, Pennsy lvaria. Delaware, Virginia
the Maryland highways for periods OF
seven days without obtaining auto
licenses. tag or marker. are being dis
tributed throughout the state.
The contest board Of the American Au-
tomohlie Association has just issued its
1911 set Of contest rules. They are moro
precise than those of previous years and
a great effort is to he made to have a
strict stock car classification prevail al
all contests this season. What a stock
car really is in competition has alWays
been all unknown quantity to the general
public. hut the new rules do much to make
this clear.
The annual meeting of the Automobile
Club of America was held recently at
the clubhouse in New York city and
the following officers elected for the en-
suing year: President. Henry Sander
SOL; vice president George w Perkins;
second vice president. Robert Lee Nor
rell. third vice president. Edward SAear-
son: treasurer. Dudley Olcott. I'd; gov
errors to serve four years from April,
1911 Henry Evans, Henry r. Taylor and
Frederick D. Underwood: governor to
until April. 1914, George F.. Baker, 1r
The club will be twelve years old June
Z next. the first meeting having been held
June !. 1899. The charter was issued
August 10 of the same year The present
membership. exclusive of subscribers to
the bureau OF tours. is between 2.4UO and
2.3OD 1t is estimated the club S cashier
handles about sl.S3ooOO annually.
Announcement is made that the touring
Information board OF the 4. A. A. has
been Entrusted with mapping out the route
Of this years Glidden tour from Wash
ington to Ottawa. The entry list for the
Glidden tour of 1911. so far. has exceeded
expectations. according to Chairman S.
NJ. Butler.
David Beecroft of the Chicago Motor
Club will be referee. and i. f. Edwards
chairman OF the contest boards technical
committee. will he in charge OF the tech
meal examination. II. ID. fOlwell of
Philadelphia will assist Chairman Butler