The Washington times., 1911-03-17
Opening Event Will Be En-
durance Tour of Mary
land and Virginia.
THIRTY OR MORE
CARS WILL ENTER
Annual Hill Climb to Be Feature
of the June Festivities
AS Planned.
By HARRY WARD.

II the tentative plans of the Automo-
bile Club Of Washington are carried out
that organization will have the most
active season of its interesting career.
The season will be opened May 10 with
a four-days endurance tour through
Maryland and Virginia, the distance to
be covered being about 700 miles. Thy
interesting feature of this run, in which
1t Is expected thirty or more cars will
participate, is the fact that the mS-
chimes will finish in Washington each
night. enabling the contestants to spend
each night of the contest at their homes
instead of being marooned at some
co6ntry hotel.
Application has been made to the
American Automobile Association for a
sanction for the tour, and as soon as it
Is obtained the work of securing en-
tries will be undertaken by Capt. Ted"
Johnston and the contest committee, of
which he is tho head.
The clubs annual hill climb will be
held June Is, and it is likely Naylor's
Hill will again be selected for the event.
This is one of the best grades around
Washington, and makes an ideal course,
despite the fact it has two bends. Many
amateur drivers will be among the en-
trants. Glidden tour week will see more
activity among the motorists Of this
city than ever before in the history Of
the city. A floral parade, street carni-
val in Sixteenth street, smokers, and
other forms of entertainment are be-
ing arranged for the Gliddenites and
they will be given a send-off such y
no other tourists have ever received.
The Automobile Club of Washington
has suggested the name of President W
S. DuvalI as the District member of the
contest board of the American Auto
mobile Association in place of Robert b.
Caverly, who has resigned from the
club to accept a position in Philadel-
lection he will have supreme control Of
all motoring events in this city.
f. P. Chalfant, president of the E R.
CITY yesterday visiting David S Hen
drick, the Thomas dealer. Mr.. Chal-
FAINT, who has been connected with the
automobile industry for many years
has Just been elected president of the
Buffalo company, and is organizing
staff of the best posted men in the in
dustry The automobile industry,
said Mr.. Chalfant, lis in splendid condi-
wear, with all the indications of a short
age in the higheT-priced cars"
Joseph NJ Stoddard, Of the Cook, &
Stoddard Company, has been elected
member of the Board of Trade.
It is by no means a surety that the
Barney Oldfeld stable of racing auto
mobiles will be reinstated by the con-
test board of the American Automobile
Association. E. Moross, who is man
aging the beach races to be held at
Jacksonville, Fla, the latter part Of
this month, claims to have purchased
the outfit. and has telegraphed the con-
test board asking what course he should
take to have the cars reinstated so they
would be eligible to be driven at the
beach meet. When the three AS sus-
pended Oldfield for two years it like
wise outlawed his racing cars. Moross
Will have to show good proof that he
purchased the racing outfit before the
ban will be lifted on the cars.