The Washington times., 1911-04-23

Washington motordom is all agog over
the start of the Glidden reciprocity TOUR
pathfinder.
with President Taft lending his Official
presence, the pathfinding crew Will re-
ceiye a great send-off tomorrow morn
ing. when they depart on the 1,OsO-mlle
trim to the Canadian capital The
Stevens-Duryea car that was selected
for the trip arrived in Washington last
night, having been driven over the road
from Philadelphia by Luther Young,
who will pilot 1t throughout the path
finding trip. Accompanying him was
z. L. Ferguson, well known to Wash
ington motorists through his association
with the Munsey Historic Tour last
year. Mr.. Ferguson will compile the
road data on the pathfnding trip. How
ard Longstreth, chairman Of the tour
ing information board Of the American
Automobile, who will be a member OF
the pathfnding party, and Nathan
Lazarnack, the official photographer,
arrived today. With S. NJ. Butler,
chairman of the contest board Of the
three AS, they will compose the party
that will blaze the route for this year
tour. which is expected to be the largest
endurance contest ever held IN thls
country. s..
ure of the Glidden scouts will be brlet-
The pathfinding party will drive 10 the
White House, where they VIII meet
President Taft, who Will give the slgndl
for them. to start on the long journey
to Ottawa, The Pathnndii.ns oi. % parry Iarra VII
number of automobiles carrying mem
hers Of the Automobile Club OF WASH
ington and their friends. At Laurel the
Automobile Club of Maryland VIII plck
up the party and lead the way ih'o
Baltimore. A., .r.o-
President w. S. Duvall, of the Auto
mobile Club of Washington, has re-
ouested the members to have their cars
in readiness at O'Clock.
Herbert Lyttle, the dean of American
automobile racing drivers, who mas
driven in mighty hard luck withln tne
past two years, is now conhoent ms ms
luck will change He sustained severe
Injuries while racing in 1903 and lSlV'
hut is again in good shape after two
months trip in Europe. Lyttles next
appearance will be in the 5OO-mile IN
ternational sweepstakes race at inolan-
apolis Memorial Day, when ne Will pliot
an Apperson Jack Rabbit. Lyttie
says: Every racing driver has ms
periods of good luck, and his perlods
of misfortune: some years he can't seem
to lose, and other years, usually que
to minor accidents, he can't seem 10
win. l have been racing on and OF
for fifteen years. Recently I've ha9
more than my share OF bad luck, and
under the law of average, / firmly be-
Iieve l am now due to have another
winning streak. ! have secured the car
| wanted, the Apperson Jack-Rabbit,
and | shall start in the big race on
Nav 80 as confident of my success as
| ever was in any race / ever entered.
]. H. Ebersole, distributor of Marion
and Empire cars, left last night for
INDIANAPOLIS on a visit to the two fac
tories he represents in this city. The
object of his trip is to hurry up ship
ments OF cars. Mr.. Ebersole expects
to be away nearly week.
In turning over its shops from the 1911
to the 1912 line of cars, the Packard Mo-
notable progress toward its goal of con-
tinuous production at an even rate:
Thirty-fiVe Packard cars were shipped
from the factory the last two days in
March, when a cleanup was made for
the season of 1911. Two weeks later
the first of the dealers demonstrators
for 1912 were on their way TO the Pack
shipments to purchasers of new cars
will commence early in May. All ship
ments follow a regular schedule COM
forming to dealers allotments. These
are made with view to maintaining a
uniform distribution of cars to all parts
of the country.
The commercial traveller is abandon
ing the railroad trains for the automo-
bile in covering his territory, ana ne
likes the modern way better than the
old, with its ever-recurring inconveni-