The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-04-12
All OMOb|LE TRAVELS
OVER $4,000 MILES
THE FAMOUS ABBOTT-DETROIT
BULL DOG" BEGINS \ TOUR
OF TEXAS.
Car Driven by Dir. Perceived on Il
Trip that VIII Cover 1907
600 Niles-Passcs
Thru WaXahachic

After three weeks of almost CON
tinual bad weather aud rough roads,
the Abbott-Detroit Bull Dog has
at last arrived in Texas, with 25,-
500 miles chalked up to its credit
and thirty-nine states travelled in.
In Guthrie, Oklahoma, on April 4th.
the ''Bup Dog annexed the last mile
of its twenty-fifth thousand, max
ing a distance equal TO once around
the world or onefourth of the
100, 900 miles it has set out to ac-
complish.
Starting from Dallas on April
18th accompanied by the White
Ghost. of the famous Red, White
and Blue FLYING Squadron, of the
Abbott Detroit racing team, which
| won the Vanderbilt, Fairmont Park
and San Antonio races, driven by
Mr.. G.. NJ. Tune, will pilot the Bull
Dog" through the south and west OF
the state of Texas, on a thousand
mile tour. leading through the most
famous cotton section of the world,
also touching the sugar-cane and rice
belts. This trip will also lead thru
the Satsuma fields and other yarie-
cites of tropical fruits. Leaving Dali
las. they pass through the towns OF
Lancaster. Waxahachie, Hillsboro,
Abbott and Waco, where the night
will be spent, the car being housed
with McLendon Hardware company.
Leaving Waco the following morn
ing, they will pass through the ex-
tremely famous health resort of |
Marlin. and view the recent training /
grounds of the New York Giants. |
From Marlin to Bremond, Hearne, |
BRYAN, College Station, spending the
night at Navasota. From Navasota,
they will pass through the towns of
and Hockey, spending
the night and remaining over Sun
day at Houston. Texas, whore the
Bull Dog" and the white Ghost"
,an be seen at the Imperial Garage,
conducted by the affable and capable
Mr.. E. f. Guthrie. After spending
several days in Houston with friends
and riding over some of the famous
she'll roads in that county, through |
the SAUNA and tropical planta /
tions, the Bull Dog" will then head |
west for Austin, the capital of the
state, where the present governor of
Texas, the Honorable o. b. Colquitt,
viii lower his dignity Just enough
! to have seat in the Bull Dog
! following the custom of all govern
ors of the states through which the
Bull Dog has travelled, making the
thirty-ninth governor who has had
| a seat in the car. From Austin the
cars will go southwest to the town
of San Marcos. where they viii rest
Just enough to inspect a part of the
government fishing hatcheries. and
will then proceed to the town of
New Braunfels, so famous for its
natural parks. with natural wells
and tropical fruits Then to the his
toric old town of the AZtecs, San An
tonic, which wonderful town pro-
duces the history OF the Alamo, as
well as numbers of old missions yet
in a good state of preservation, some
ing clearly visible after more than
three hundred years of exposure to
the weather and elements. The sub
terranean channels leading from
each of these old missions to the
other are clearly traceable, though
they have been intersected here and
there by underground water mains,
sewerage and conduits.
Owing to the present disturban-
ces in the Republic OF Mexico, the
Bull Dog" will be compelled to get
passports both from the Diaz and
Madero factions, and finding it al
most impossible TO receive these at
present the car will take Joy
ride some five hundred miles fur
Their and visit the city of New Or
leans. Leaving the Lone Star state
at Orange Texas, they will visit the
! following towns: Lake Charles. Jen-
nings, Crowley, New iberia and into
| New Orleans. This last trip win be
! abandoned in the event passports
can be arranged for the original
plan of entering the old republic of
| Mexico.
The two cars passed through
Waxahachie about 2 o'clock Wednes-
day afternoon A stop Of only a few
minutes was made here Quite a
large crowd gathered around the
machines to inspect them, The cars
departed for the south at > O'Clock
and will spend the night in Waco.