The Washington herald., 1911-04-12
THIRD DAYS TOUR.
NOW ARRANGED
Pathfinding Trip of the Four
Leaf Glover Run.

On the first two days Of the pathfnd-
ing trip for the -Four Leaf Clover run
to be given by the Automobile Club oi
Washington. il either showed or rained
Yesterday, however the gods were pro-
pitious and on the third leaf of the path
finding trip. which is to be via Leesburg
Va. with Hagerstown, Md, as the noon
control. a distance of 80 miles for the
round trip. the weather was all that could
be expected.
Long before the sun was up the path
finder, with Clarence Barnard behind the
wheel OF his Stoddard- Dayton and in
Guiding The Washington Herald's auto
representative. was on its way All dur
ing the day the sun Shone on the party.
and it had hardly set out before its men,
berS were back at the starting point the
Grafton Hotel, which is the official morn
ing and evening checking station for each
days run. The roads, despite the heavy
weather. were generally in fine condition.
From Washington to LeeSburg Va, the
worst of the route is encountered. Though
this road from Falls Church extends over
the route travelled by the Union army in
1851. and is one of the oldest highways in
the United States, and is very rough in
many places. Numerous water brakes
which as yet have not been ironed out
road was primarily constructed for heavy
instead of fast travelling Despite this
fact. the Stoddard-Dayton. with Barnard
behind the wheel. held the twenty-mile-
an-hour schedule. which will be required
of the bigger cars in the run.
Through Leesburg to Hagerstown.
the route leads out to Point of RoCxs,
ha Dot
from the time the river is eft behind
it is a steady climb up over a range oi
the Blue Ridge, but no one will regret
1t, for the scenery is unsurpassed in this
section of the country. Passing through
jefferson. Md. and into MidJIetown, Md
the route leads along the edge Of the
Middletown Valley. which compares. as
regards scenery. more than favJrably
with the Shenandoah. At Middletown the
FredericI-Hagerstovn pike is met md
then II IL plain sailing into Hagerstown
to the Hamilton Hotel, which is to be
the noon control.
Returning from the noon control
the route doubles back to Middletown
and thence through Braddock Heights
and into Frederick. From this point
the return trip to Washington is made
by way of Newmarket, Damascus.
Laytonsville, Washington Grove, and
Rockville. There are few nasty mud
holes en- route. but by careful driving
no one should experience the least
in negotiating them.
Each and every car, regardless of
its size. should be able to average more
than twenty miles an hour for the
days running time.
Automobile Club Meeting.
At the meeting of the board of gov
ernors of the Automobile Club OF Wash
ington, held last night at the Hotel CART
ton, the following new members were
elected: j. T. Rose. F. Mertens. jr.. Ira
S. Franey, Charles A. Mason, Clayton
Graft, r. A. Dent, F. H. Geyer, James
Ormc, Z. B. Stocking. Richard ], Bell,
jr, Frank Boyd, P. w. CaIfee, ]. H.
Nolan, Roy De Meals, Franklin Hilton,
Frank Fickling, F. K. Barbour, Charles
Wagner, Charles Some. w. d. Cronk-
hitc, G. G. Hammer, w. F. Holsman, NJ.
A. Bayles. Frank Stewart, Charles T.
Miller, Thomas Stubberfield, E. 8.
H Hoimes, Charles Jacobson, Thomas Mil
ION, ]. e. Mcdonald. and E. B. Martin.
TheSda for the opening Of the club
house was postponed from April Is, the
night originally agreed upon, to a later
date to be decided upon at some future
time. A late spring is the reason for
postponing the opening of the clubhouse. |
A vote of thanks was also extended to |
Clarence Barnard and his Stoddard- Day. |
ton for volunteering to lay out the path |
Ending trip over the Glover Leaf Run, |
for which more than thirty entries have |
been assured.