New-York tribune., 1911-10-22
7''IHE GL|DDEN|TES REST
tourists Glad to Get to Atlanta
After Bad Week.
SOME ROADS SEAS OF MUD
maxwell Cars, Representing Tar
rvtown, Only Team with
Perfect Score.

The first week OF the Glidden tour which
"a, Xew York a week ago Yesterday
Saodsa for Jacksonville. has been a strenu-
ars one. They have had rain and bad
and then more rain. and were held
=, one tollgate and nearly fined, and
1,,ooo.hcr II mas not been ono round OF
srr,roent To-day they are resting IN
sro,ta and will remain there tomorrow
a. extended programme Of good times has
~. ~ arranged for them. from solf 10 pic
nicss ,.,,
'.rh. first DAYS run 10 Philadelphia was
..-sr.snd pleasant, and no one fell by the
..s,5a But the run Of tho second day
t,a,abt the first rain. and when they
.or5e5 Lancaster FOR the luncheon control
-, of the enthusiasts wished they were
ssrr in old New York telling each other
-. a., one of the luncheon places. During
che afternoon the sun came out and the run
,-,o gettysburg was enjoyed. The hard
ing however. had already begun 10 tell
:, Ave cars. and they were late at controls
The only thing that is being checked this
year
II wes al Philadelphia that the occu-
-.r.s of the Chalmers press car outftted
,psmseives like Gloucester fishermen. From
~, on they were hailed by the delighted
o,ylace as the "Efosaving crew and the
ss.rerroer." and such titles They did not
mind. The picture SHOWS 'i'''' ''0' ''''''''
ing
The third day OF the tour the night con-
,,ol Was AZ Staunton. Va. u was on this
s,,. that the town Of FarrisOnburg wrote
g,s,f down in history as place TO be
.,oi5.5 hy auto tourists. Il seems that
,be town authorities were sore because
,tsy did not get the night control All the
towns had welcomed the tourists and be-
so,,eb, them 90 hit e up The speed laws
J-ero ah~ocateC. and in ono town the sign
-- .r,,.,-r. the speed law had been temporarily
abbreviated. Bat at Earrisouourg the VII
zee sleuths adorned themselves with their
e ,'aIc,s NJ Office and warned each driver TO
,-s-- HE ca~ down 10 ten miles an hour.
r,,- the tail end Of thc tour did not escape
a., vreu The woman keeper Of the toll
,,,o roiro beyond Harrisonhurg put down
.,o ,o+o and said thov all must pay fine
~ sreo5irr sho wanted SO from each
cor E.,. the drivers argued and bickered,
,r5 e,q,i,. she contented herself vita TAX
ing the license numbers.
That night tho town authorities phoned
~ staunton and asked the chief Of police
,5ero 10 collect the fines. lie said several
,bJ,es an Of which resolved themselves
,,,o n statement that he would not (spelled
Egh caDi'alsI
The governors Of the various states es-
cor,ed the party from one edge Of the state
N tho other. and the inhabitants turned out
all along the way 70 view the parade.
The next day was the worst Of all. They
van into the usual worst storm in twenty
wears" Curious thing, the worst storm
IN twenty years is always reserved for
the passing Of the Glidden tour no mat
Ter what part Of the country it takes in.
T. was bad going, and that is mild way
Of putting II. The next day the tour float
81 over the Blue Ridge in a sea Of mud
that pretty nearly put some Of the cars
and OCCUPANTS out Of business. Again they
encountered "the worst storm in twenty
years" which had moved south with them.
.lTbev had 10 ford a creek Some took off
their carburetors and other vitals and got
wagon 70 tote them across. They got 70
Winston Salem that night. or some Of them
did They were glad 10 get there. But
the next day they struck into North Caro-
Ina. and then al the woe was turned into
GbNaton. The roads We're boulevards end
the people were angels, according 10 the
press dispatches. And Friday they had an
other good day The further south the
tour goes the warmer becomes the warm
Southern hospitality" The town Of Char
lotte. S G.. entertained them that night.
The Maxwell team is the only team which
shows an unbroken record as a team 10
date Not one os the team Of three which
represents TarrytoWn has a mark against
Il. Other cars which show a clean score
are an American a Thomas, Stevens
Duryea. three Cadillacs. two Of the Fords,
e Columbia, an Oldsmohile. Mitchell and
also a Flanders.