Arizona republican., 1911-06-11
CUP RACES
 NEW ROUTE Detailed Description Of | by Chester Lawrence THE ORIGINAL PATHFINDER
Where Water Holes Are and Where the Sand Stretches Are to Be Avoided May Be Part of National Highway.
CBy Chester Lawrence.)

Imperial, Cal. June lO-(SpeciaD- California needs no Glidden tour. The Los Angeles Phoenix race. as it will be run in November, 1911, puts the heretofore famed Glidden tour so far in the shade that officials of the American Automobile Association can rest at last from the pleas ~of west erners who have urged an extension of the Blue Stocking tour to the borders of the Pacific
 The Los Angeles Examiner was the first to send an automobile over this route for the purpose of intelligently marking out the route. 4 Cadillac pathfinder was used for the strenu- ous task and the route was covered and marked out in approximately twenty -four hours.
 The Cadillac pathfinder was driv- en by George Adair, that intrepid driver who recently lowered the Los Angeles to san Francisco recprd and who. on the Examiner trip, smashed the Los Angeles to San Diego record of many months standing and ran a fire of bullets thirty-five miles in 10 Mexico. went into the ditch twice and in spite of accidents finished in Phoenix in time for the Examiner representative to join George Purdy Bullard, president of the Maricopa Automobile club, district attorney and father of the now famed Los Angeles Phoenix desert dash.
 Accompanying MT Bullard and the press representatives on the return trip were Dr. H H. Stone Of Ph De- nix, former referee of the race; Shir- ley Christy. secretary of the fair as sociation Of Phoenix; l.. NJ. Hoghe, chairman of the board of supervisors of Maricopa county; Fred Tritle. clerk of the supreme court; A. W. Ballard. chairman of the transcOnti- mental highway good roads commit tee; P. A. Thraldson and Sam Dun Top With the exception of Shirley Christy and Harvey Herrick in the second car. none of the party con tinued beyond Yuma.
 The distance of the entire course from Los Angeles is $50 miles and is a route which will test any automo- bile ever built The test on the driver is easily the most strenuous aconnected with any automobile con- test ever conceived.
 The run from Los Angeles to Cam DO, the latter a town situated in the heart of the San Diego mountains, is picturesque and pleasant. The trip is a gradual one and the driver will not be laid at the mercy of re lentless sun which beats into tha Mountain Springs grade. The next point of note beyond Campo until he has passed Ruby's Ranch. is water hole and supply station. Water may be obtained along tbe route from Los Angeles easily at every five miles until after Campo is passed.
 From Mountain Springs no water may be had until Coyote Wells is reached. Between Mountain Springs and Coyote Wells the dangerous Devils Canyon must be negotiated. The worst sand that Dos Palms on the old Phoenix course ever knew is nil as compared to this seven mile stretch between Mountain Springs and the west end of the canyon.
 The Cadillac Examiner pathfinder went through the sand without trouble although it was seven miles of low gear work with a passenger on each spring. From Coyote Wells the road to the right is the feasible  one although We were recommended to the left The pathfinder tried both routes and found deep sand stretches with grades on the left route and solid roads to the right Both routes come together.
 From Coyote Wells to Fl Centro the roads are rough but tractiOnable. Twelve miles from Fl Centro is Cal exico. From CalexicO the route into Mexico is best through MeXicali where at this time it is advisable tn secure a pass from the officer in command of the Mexican soldiers.
 It is approximately fifty miles from Calexico to Yuma and the Examiner wishes to state right here after its representative has passed over both routes that the only feasible route to Yuma is along the railroad tracks. The tracks run straight to Yuma with hardly a turn and the Cadillac covered the distance in about two hours
 The other route was taken on the return trip by Mir Bullard and party and it took twelve hours to reach Fl Centro from Yuma. Some terri hle sand stretches must be nego- tiated by the road and if is at least twenty miles longer. At several
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