The Washington times., 1911-06-03
Automobile Race to Ottawa
Will Be Monster
Event.
MANY ENTERED
FOR SPORT OF 1T
Hill Climb, Carnival, and Smoker
to Be Given Contestants
Here.
BY HARRY WARD.

Within two weeks the advance guard
OF the Glidden reciprocity tourists will
begin to arrive in Washington. The
officials of the tour will be early on the
ground TO complete the preparations for
the annual classic, and the contestants
VIII nave their cars here in ample time
for the inspection of the technical COM
mittee.
Since the 1906 Glidden contest. when
Inc tourists traversed French Canada
and drove down through Maine and
found everywhere along the route the
countryside alive with enthusiasm there
mas not been in the conditions so much
invitation for noncontesting cars to join
this annual classic, just for the sport
OF 1t, as there is this year 1t will be
worth while TO go along for the sake of
participating in the festivities being
arranged along the route At Wash
inSton, Baltimore, Wilmington, Phila-
delphta. Bridgeport, Hartford, Spring
held, Worcester, Boston, Keene, Mont
pelier. Montreal and Ottawa the various
automobile clubs, boards of trade and
other organizations are preparing all
sorts OF entertainment for the tourists
Mayor HopeWell of Ottawa, will well
come the tourists in front of the parlia-
ment buildings. Drives about the city
iuncheons, and receptions will constitute
IN part the Ottawa entertainment
washington will entertain the Gid
oenlteS with a hill climb. carnival
ana a smoker. Joseph NJ. Stoddard and
t :. Johnston, who have the enter
tainment in charge, are rapidly com
pIeting their plans.
Peerless motor cars for the season
OF 1872 are now in the course of con-
by the Zell Motor Car Company, Peer
less agents in this city. The line has
been increased from three to five chas-
sis models by the addition of two new
chassis with siX-cylinder motors rated
at 3S and 47-hOrsepower These, to-
gether with most complete array of
iore-door body styles, make the Peer
able for practically all purposes TO
which a refined and high-priced car is
adaptable. The Zell Motor Car Com
pany will receive a shipment of the
lSl2 models during the current month.
Washington motorists who intend 10 |
tour through New England this summer
will be interested to learn that a valu-
able fund of road infOrmatiOn and tour
ing data has been obtained during the !
past few days by c. p. Cox. the special |
representative of the Touring Club of |
America, who is now on an extensive !
tour through New England. Mr.. Cox
has traversed all of the popular touring
routes from New York to Boston, in |
Guiding both the shore line trip by way
of New London and Providence. and !
the inland route through Springfield |
and Worcester. 1t will be interesting
10 tourists TO learn that Mr.. Cox has
found many necessary detours on the |
line of the old Boston post road in
order to complete a satisfactory run. |
These have been outlined with great
accuracy, giving at the same time the
exact nature of the roads as they exist
today. Mr.. Cox is now travelling in !
other sections of New England in the |
touring clubs official car. and the daily |
reports which he is forwarding to the |
club are being prepared for the benefit |
of members OF the club and other mo- |
florists applying for them.
A. H. Bryant, of Alexandria, Va, has !
placed an order with the Cook & Stod- |
dard Co, for a Cadillac go touring |
car.
Rudolph Jose. of the Cook & Stod-
dard Co. has returned from an inter-
esting trip to Leesburg, Va. Driving a
Cadillac touring car and carrying four
passengers. he made the "trip to the
Virginia city via Rockville and Whites
Ferry