Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-08-01
BIC TOURING PARTY
PASSED THROUGH BRYAN


The largest touring party ever or
ganized In Texas. and for that matter
in the South, is that which arrived
in Bryan at 1915 o'clock this after.
noon under direction of George w.
Baker, of Dallas, president of the Dal-
las Auto Club and the Texas Auto
mobile Association, the tour being un-
der the auspices Of the Dallas Auto
Club.
The particular reason for this tour
is to provide for large number to
attend the Galveston beach races,
which will begin Thursday and con-
tinue three days. The Dallas Auto
Club is the sponsor for the party and
President Baker Is the individual pro-
moter. That the automobile Is to be
popular more and more for touring is
being demonstrated every day, as
there are individual car owners and
their families making tours all the
time; but large touring parties have
not become common in this state
This tour Is the breaking of the ice"
and there will be more of them In the
future. This tour from Dallas has
demonstrated that Marlin Is a proper
place for the first night control on a
tour from Fort Worth or Dallas. While
the roads all the way are not the best,
and in bad weather the travelling
WOULD be slow, yet with dry weather
and with the improvement that is
promised by the work that is being
done good time could be made.
The party left Dallas Monday morn
ing at o'clock. A pleasant run was
made to Waxahachie over the macad-
am roads of Dallas and Ellis counties.
The roads between Waxahachie and
Hillsboro were not so good. The party
stopped at Italy for lunch. At Hills
boro short stop was made for some
of the cars to replenish their gasoline
tanks. At Waco Percy Willis met the
party in the outskirts of the city and
piloted them in, and the entire per-
sonnet of the, tour enjoyed fine lunch
in one of the local gardens provided
by Mr.. Willis. Fifty minutes were
spent at Waco. The run to Marlin
was over roads that were dusty and
sandy, and although there are large
number of ladies' in the party, they
are taking the dust good naturally.
The party is attracting great deal
of attention as it passes through the
various towns. The long string of
more than thirty cars gets notice from
everyone.
The tour is being led by the official
pilot and press car, Maxwell 30,
which was provided for the occasion
by Nj. A. Sacksteder, of Dallas, man
ager of the United Motor Dallas Com
pany. 1t is the same car which was
in the Red river to the gulf pathfind-
ing tour and made over 1900 miles
without puncture. 1t is being driven
by Wilbur o. Beatty, of Dallas, who
drove it on the Red river tour. In
this car are President George w.
Baker, of the Dallas Automobile Club,
and Mr.. and Mrs James Hays Quarles,
of College Station. Others in the
party are:
A. V. Lane and wife, Miss Lane and
Robert futile, in Pierce Arrow,
driven by John Davis.
w. NJ. Freeman and Buford Free
man, in a Ford.
Temple Wheeler, driving Liberty
Brush.
J. S. Walker and wife of Rockwell,
in a Cutting,
c.. e. Linxweiler and Stanley Gil
bert, in a Cutting.
C. ]. Lemcke and N. Savage, in a
Brush roadster.
H. L. Kindred and Aubrey Kindred,
in a Sampson.
w. A. Giddings and wife and e. M.
Rasor and wife, all of Allen, Collin
county, in a Maxwell.
Tony Bazaar and wife, in Maxwell.
P. o. Newton, c. R. Nichols, c. P.
Nichols and ]. s. Keel, of Valley View,
in a Buick.
Daniel d. Otstott and wife, Miss
Francis Otstott, John Otstott and Du-
Shane Otstott, in an Oakland 40.
r. L. Chapman and wife, Miss
Eloise Chapman and Miss Bessie Lee
Chapman, in Cadillac.
J. p. Sebastian, L. G. Sebastian, M.
R. Sebastian and c. p. Sebastian, all
OF Valley View, in Regal.
w. p Kleber, John J. knight and
Harry Williams, in Columbia.
H. c. Apgar and Will Rose, in a
Ford.
George S. Conner, Mrs. Gussie Con
nor and Mrs. o. C. Crosthwait, in a
Cadillac.
A. B. Clark, wife and baby, Mrs. J
]. Finnegan and Miss Mary Joseph
Finnegan, in an Overland.
]. S. Kendall and wife and Mrs. e
H. Fogg, in an Overland.
T. M. Fisher and wife, T. B. Fisher
and S. H. Fisher, in an Auburn.
w. w. helms, r. R. helms, Horace
Nelms and Ben Nelson, in Maxwell
]. S. Finch and j. w. Swain, in a
Cutting.
V. II. Bostick and wife, in Buick.
Ed Sewell and wife, in a Regal.
H. p. Way and wife, in Regal.
Jesse Illingsworth and M. G. Mon
roe, in an American Traveller.
]. l.. Simpson, William c. Simpson
and ]. L. Simpson, Jr, of Gainesville
in a Buick.
w. H. Bertram and s. Renfro, in a
Simplex.
II. G. Rock, of Waxahachie; Fred
Rock and Miss Lois V. Rock.
Sam Beattie, Raymond King, Carl
ton Beattie and Leslie Beattie, OF
Gainesville, in a Hupmobile.
w. B. Smith, wife and baby, Mrs.
w. ]. Lake and Mrs. N. ]. Hunter.
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