The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-06-13
Expected in Marion Wed
nesday or Thursday.
EVENT RIVALS GLIOOtN TOUR
Car Leaves Cleveland Mon
day Night.
The Garrord 40" VIII Blaze the Tran
From Cleveland To Wheeling, ".
Va, Thence to Columbus. o.. aud
Back To the Starting Polnt--I1ntrics
For the Event viii Number 10.

Marion will bc included in the itu-
erary of the Cleveland News three
day automobile reliability run. which
will he held next month An official
of the tour arrived in the city today
to herald the approach Of the Gar
ford pathnnding car which will leave
Cleveland on Monday morning.
The event this year VIII be one of
the most important on the schedule
of the American Automobile associa-
ton ANA i'm point of entries viii likely
Outriyal the Gliddcn tour of the chi
cago Motor club. the two recognized
leading contests of this sort on the
national circuit
The Garford pathGndmg car will
contain "a representative of the Clcvc-
land Automobile club which is coop
Grating with the News this year in
conducting the event. II is reported
that the entries viii exceed 60 cars
and viii likely reach 10 in number
Many famous drivers will participate
and a number of machines which
have made international records viii
make the tour including the round
the world machine, the car that won
the Gliddcn tour last year aud q ma
chine that is at present nearing the
completion of a 100000 mile tour Of
America.
Leaving Cleveland Monday. the Car
ford 40" win blaze trail to Wheel
! ing W. Va. thence TO Columbus, o.,
ana back To the starting point The
roads win be selected by Ira Fouchc
! who has probably travelled more miles
over Ohio highways than any other
motorist and ne win choose course
having scenic beauty as well as hills
and hazards that viii prove the worth
! OF the contcsting cars
The selection OF the Garrord as the
pathliuding car was made by the tour
! officials because of its recognized re-
| liability ana runabiity. 4 Is also "a
| lifting tribute TO the manufacturer
/ because of the fact that the machine
is "a home made product ANA with the
exception of the dip into West Nir-
ginia at Wheeling the tour viii cssen-
daily be- an ohio contest.
The pathnnding ear viii he "a Now
! 1912 model The same machine viii
be asked to cover the course twice a3
IL will be utilized as the confetti ear
in the run Mr. Fouche, who viii
| make the double round of the pro-
posed course last year olflciated ON
the run which included Columbus and
Toledo i'm the itinerary.
ON account of the number of en-
! tries which are assured the cities,
towns and hamlets along the rout"
are planning To- make the passing "i
| the tourists am event of much I'M
portaucc For that reason they are
! waiting anNiousy for the appearance
of the pathfinder ana the party viii
! have local escorts over large part
of the way.
one of the features Of the tour
prpper. which viii probably serve to
cniycn the presence of the tourists,
viii bc their own band arrangements
having been made for "A Garford
truck To- transport tho musicians over
the route. Plenty OF fireworks will
also be- carried for nightly demon
stratiuns.
Aprouus of entertainment many of
the towns and cities cnroutc have mo-
uRcd The officials that they are ar
ranging special programs to mark the
reception of the contestants cnpuie.
The noon and night controls On the
first days run viii bc at Alliance o"
ana Wheeling, W. Va. respcctiNcly.
ON the second day the two principal
stops will be at GAINESVILLE and Co
| Iumbus, while the noon control on
the last day will DC at Mansfield, and
evening viii lind the tourists back In
! Cleveland.
The rules of the run are to be very
strict. The competing cars are to
have their hoods sealed and they are
to be pcnalilcd for all broken or
strained parts The motor must be
kept running during an tire repair
ing and other stops not scheduled ana
these regulations m connection with
the hills along the route viii make
perfect scores hard TO get.
The hardest work of the entire
tour. however, viii be cut out for The
| Garrord pathhnding car. 1t VIII be
necessary for the machine to retrace
many times II the officials decide that
Ianother route would be more desir-
able. In this way many miles will be
added to the specdometer of the path
finder that the instruments carried by
the contesting cars win not show.
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