Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-16

pHE pathfinding car for the
. third day Of the -Four Leaf
Glover" run to be held May
Is, 16, II and Is next started
from the Grafton Hotel Tues
day morning last and mapped out
triangular course, having washington
Leesburg and Hagerstown as the angie
points. The trip from this city 10
Leesburg was made over the old Lees
burg turnpike in excellent time. from
the Loudoun county seat the course
lay slightly northwest over the county
turnpike to Point of Rocks. The 70
tomac river was crossed by the bridge
at that point and the car headed west
ward toward Hagerstown through the
southern sections Of Frederick and
Washington counties.
Hagerstown will be the noon control
of the run, arrangements having been
completed for parking cars in the CEN
trail section of the town, close to sew
eral large garages and the principal
hotels. The run back to Washington
was over the old National turnpike
through Funkstown, Boonsboro, the
South Mountain battlefield, MiddletoWn
and Frederick. From Frederick the
course took a southern detour to the
Frederick and Rockville turnpike into
were in excellent condition. Judging
from the enthusiasm of the pathhnders
upon reaching this city. the run olds
fair to be the most popular OF any OF
the four.
trip was the evidence on almost every
road and turnpike travelled over OF
road repairing. Local autoists whom
the pathfinders met predicted all the
roads, particularly those in Maryland
would be in first-class shape by May
II.
1t is understood the Hagerstown Au-
tomobile Club will arrange some sort
of reception or entertainment for the
Washingtonians when they arrive for
the noon rest in that city. The nature
towns club will be announced later.
It Is not beyond the bounds Of probable
ity that vigorous complaint will be filed
with the proper authorities In the near
future relative to what has been de-
tionabie evidence offered by bicycle po-
licemen in cases of local autoists
charged with violating the city's speed
regulations. Bicycle policemen have been
accused of arbitrarily arresting autOists
for excessive speeding without pacing
mine exactly what their speed was. Sew
eral policemen, according to a local auto
list, have the habit Of sporting" a ma.
chine after 1t has passed, then jumping or
their wheels and noting the speed on
their speedometers necessary to overhaul
it. This rate Of speed is given in evil
dence, it is asserted. as the speed at
which the autoist has been travelling.
II know from my personal experience
that ! have been chased by a policeman
of Iod NOS rod q
behind and charged with running my ma
chine over the limit, where. as a matter
OF fact, my speedometer has shown ten
or eleven miles, said the autoist in
question a day. or SO ago. MY speed
teen miles ahshour, at the option of the
bluecoat. Everything. indicated that he
had noted the speed Of his wheel in
Overtaking me, and not the speed he
might have noted had he properly paced
me.
ut stands to reason that because of
the stringent speed laws in the District
the large majority of autOists have re-
liable speedometers. They are just as
reliable, in fact. as the speedometer of
the bicycle policeman. His word is &C
cepted because he is an officer Of the
law. and mine is turned down because
I'm a possible violatOr of the law-the
fate Of the auto owner.
Many Of us put up the collateral or
the bother and worry of fighting the
case.
An exchange has the following de-
scription of trip to the battlefield of
Antietam:
1.-THE tourist runs out Of Hagerstown
over an ordinary pike. through the vii
teen miles. Then he suddenly finds
himself in the midst OF the battlefield.
The transformation has been almost
too quick to seem true, and It would
not take much stretch Of the imagina-
ton to fancy ones self back in the
conflict, with the legions crossing and
recrossing the road. The sight on a
bright, clear day is one long to be re-
membered. Most tourists. especially
those who are making their first trip
this way. will leave their cars by the
roadside and go afoot among the mon
uments.
Among the first Of these met on the
northern side Of the field are the tab
let's marking the positions Of Hoff-
mans brigade and Doubleday's di-
vision Half mile farther on is D. r
Miller's house. and a tablet marking
the position OF Battery c. 5th U. S.
Artillery, September 16. 1862. Imme-
diately after passing these are memo
rails Of Anderson's brigade, Magiltons
brigade and the Pennsylvania reserves
Then comes Miller's cornfield, with the
tablet Of the 18th New Jersey Infan-
try and a statue Of Col. Joseph Haw-
ley. Another half-mile on the tourist
passes the Dunkard Church, around
which some of the b1oodiest fighting
conferred. After another mile the road
turns to the right into the town of
Sharpsburg. which sometimes gives its
name to the battle"
Resolutions were adopted at the month
~ meeting of the Automobile Club o,
Maryland held March IA, indorsing the
five-million-dollar loan, now before the
city council, for the purpose of paving
the streets Of the city. r. X. Compton
assistant city engineer. was present a
the meeting. and explained that there
stones In the city of Baltimore, and tina
to eliminate these by means Of the reg
ulaI annual appropriations would TAX,
about sixty years; but should the coun
Gil pass the flve-milliOn- dollar loan bill
and the people ratify it in May, abou
half the cobblestoneS could be taken III
| within six years. 1t was urged at tn,
meeting that every member Of the clul
write to the councilman OF his ward, urg
ing the passage OF the bill.
The club is also sending out to its mem
bers postal cards on which may be notet
bad streets or crossings in the city o.
bad roads in the counties. These com
plants will then be taken up with tn
proper authorities by the club ofhcers.
In the past twelve years horses, &C
cording to LIE Figaro. have decreased II
Paris from 81 ,261 to .463 animals. L,
Figaro says:
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