The Washington times., 1911-08-24
President Duvall, Of the
Automobile Club, Notified
BY Contest Board.
CITY NOT ON LINE
OF ROUTE SCHEDULED
Capital Motorists Likely To Be
Represented BY a
Team.
By HARRY WARD.

Washington will not be included In
the itinerary Of the Gndden reliability
tour.
Information to this effect was received
today by William 8. Duvall, president
OF the Automobile Club Of Washington,
from rhe contest board of the American
Automobile Association, which is pro-
moting the tour. According to T. 3.
Shoemaker, Of the contest board, the as
ISOLATION has entered into e definite ar
rangement with representatives of the
Atlanta and Jacksonville Chambers Of
Commerce TO carry the 1911 Glidden tour
over the so-called national highway, New
York to Atlanta, and as Washington Is
not on this route it will be impossible to
bring the tour to this city. II owe al
legfance to Washington as my birth
place." said Mr.. Shoemaker. and ap-
preciate the may advantages the city
offers, but we Lre committed to the
present route, and this year will not
be able to take the tourists to the Ma
tionaI Capital"
While Washington will not have the
pleasure Of entertaining the Gliddenites,
there is a good prospect the city will be
represented In the tour by a team Of
In several quarters to organize such a
team and they are likely TO be success
full
The eyes Of the automobile world ara
on Elgin, where a two-days race meet
begins tomorrow. Three races are
booked for the opening day, while ON
Saturday the big race, known as the
Elsin national stock chassis race will
be run. More than $50 600 has been OF
Tered as prizes, and the contests for
the speed honors will be spirited The
nrst race Will be the Illinois trophy al
Dg miles. The Kane county trophy race
follows, the distance being 10 miles.
and then will come the Aurora cup race
at lbs miles. The EIgtn trophy race, on
Saturday, will be 80 miles. The course
is reported in splendid shape, and fast
laps have been reeled on by the drivers
In practice spins. Among the prominens
drivers who will make bid for fame
and money are Mulford. Zengle. Aitken.
Wishart, Buck, Greiner. Gslnaw, Rob
erts. Kulick. Merz and Herr
In making the Glidden tour a team
individual cars, the contest board Of
the three AS has tacitly approved an
idea originally advanced by the Max
Well-Brtscoe Motor Company. That
company COntenQe0 thdt WleE several
cars Of a certain make participate in a
contest, the team score should be con-
sidered rather than the Individual car
score, because II frequently happens
that only one car of a team 3 able to
flnish or make a good showing. Thus
the 1911 Glidden will furnish a new
basis of judging the work Of contest
ants, and the team of three Maxwells
entered by the United States Motor
Company will run under conditions the
makers have always championed.
Revision of automobile prices for 191.
by many Of the prominent makers will
put a new complexion on the contest
situation. so far as concerns the classifi-
cation Of cars in price dfyistonx
Changes in the selling price, whether
large OF small, will put many cars In
classes in which they did not compete
this year, and few Of the makers will
meet the same competitors next season.
With tales OF great catches made In
the Shenandoah river near Castleman's
Ferry, Va. Clarence Barnard, of the
Barnard Motor Car Company, and DR..
Lewis returned yesterday from a weeks
fishing trip. A Stoddard-Dayton road
ster was used by Mr.. Barnard while
on the trip.
Miss Anna L. Cammack has placed an
order with the Wilson Company for
Cole roadster.