The Washington times., 1911-08-21
Capital Automobile En-
thusiasts Ready to Enter
tain Tourists.
SCOUT CAR BEGINS
TRIP THIS WEEK
Nothing Definite Will Be Known
Until Pathfnde. Is Under
Way.
BY HARRY WARD.

Some time this week the Lnuertcan
Automobile Association will send cut a
scout car to blaze the route ter the
eighth annual Glidden. which stA1s
from New York October "A and fnirhss
Ii Jacksonville. Fla. ten days Iatsr.
While Washington Is making q fight to
have this city included in the itinerary,
the automobile association is holding
the matter open. and il will not be
known whether the National Capital
will be night stoDover for tho tourists
until after the pathfindinG car gets un-
der way
"l!Iasmuch as this city was named as
the starting point for the GlIdden reci-
Drocity tour. which was subsequently
abandoned. and as the motorists spent
many hours planning for the entertain
ment Of the motorists on that occasion,
1t would seem Washington was en-
titled to become one Of the night STOP
ping places Of the tour as now planned"
said w. S. Duvall. president Of the
Automobile Club Of Washington. Our
club is affiliated with the American Au-
tomobile Association. wrich is promot-
ting the tour. and l trust Chairman
Butler. of the contest board. and the
other officials of the three AS will hon.
or our city by bringing the tour here.
As the tour is designed 10 cover his
tOric ground. it is hard TO see how this
city can be eliminated from the route.
There are Eearly zoe motorists in
Washington. and they will give the
Gltddenites rcusing reception II the
tour is brought here
Johnny Aitken. the famous racing
driver. who drove the pilot car In the
Munsey reliability tour TWO years ago,
will head the National team in the FL
gin stock chassis race Saturday. Char
lev MerZ. Don Herr, and Len Zengle
will drive the other Nationals in the big
event.
Capt. John Fair. L. S. A, is the lat
est purchaser of a Hupp-Yeats electric.
The sale was made by Earl & Allen,
agents for the Hupp-Yeats in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ H. HERMAN, Miss
Olga Vermillion. and Lawton @. Herr1-
man have returned from a three days
tour through Maryland and Delaware in
a Washington touring car. While the
roads were found in poor condition, due
to heavy rains, the tourists completed
800 miles without engine or tire trouble.
Iranscontinental touring Is wonder
ful, and I never expect to have another
experience so enjoyable" said Countess
DeCalatrava, a Spanish nobIewoman,
who was a member Of the Premier
ocean-to-ocean tour, in describing the
tour, which was finished last week.
The injunction to see America first
certainly is timely" she continued. If
Americans knew better what they DOS
sess at home. they would never go
abroad until they have enjoyed their
own wonders. Europe has nothing that
eclipses the grandeur of the Rockies or
the quiet beauty of the Western
prairies. and the best way to see them
is from an automobile
The Buick Motor Company has ma
tured plans for the construction Of 20
900 cars for 1872 This is a considerable
increase over the season now coming
TO close, the figures for 1911 being an
nounced at 1851.
The Packard Motor Car Company has
issued a statement that there are now
contracts on its books for S14,0O0,OD
worth of automobiles. It Is employing
1000 men in its mammoth plant in De-
troit, and is running to full capacity.
Transcontinental touring is becoming
popular The Pressfer caravan of
twelve cars and forty passengers has
just completed a successful run from
Atlantic City to Los Angeles, and now
word comes from New York that ar
rangements are being completed for
run of twelve Garford touring cars
and a Garford truck from New York to
the Pacific coast. At least fifty passen-
gers will be carried on the trip, which
is being conducted by a tourist COM
pany.
Leroy c. Floyd and Clarence Potter
Of the Bureau Of Corporations, left yes
terday in the formers Overland car for
a trip to Syracuse, n. Y. They will be
away ten days or more.