The Washington herald., 1911-03-28
GETTYSBURG AND
RETURN BY AUTO
First Days Trip of the Glover
Leaf Run.
ROUTE TOURED YESTERDAY
Clarence Barnard and the Path
finding Committee Make the Run
HeraId's Representative Describes
the Roads to Be Travelled.

Gettysburg Pa. instead of Chambers
burg, will be the noon control of the first
days event of The Four Leaf Glover
Run to be given under the auspices of
the Automobile Club of Washington, May
i. 1G. l.. and IS This was finally set
tied upon yesterday. when the pathfnd-
ers. including Tie Washington Herald's
auto representative. made their initial
trip laying out the route for the run. To
include Chambersburg in the itinerary of
trip would make the route for the first
day over 90 miles. while making the
start of the return trip from Gettysburg
will make it approximately 15o miles for
the days run.
Route Laid Ont Yesterday.
The route as laid out yesterday by
Clarence Barnard and his Stoodard Day
ton %" with the pathfnding committee
IS via Rockville. Gaithcrsburg. and Fred
erick thence over the pike to Emmits-
burg and through the Gettysburg battle
field into the noon control at Gcttys-
burg Though al the present time there
are . number OF tol!sateS between Fred
e-iok and K;mmitSburg all except one
aye 10 he abolished the LIST of the COM
r. -" ons Just outside of Frederick
This means that when these relics OF
an' ient days arc done away with fast
lin" can BE- made over tweuty-three
miles OF maCadam pike. which is good in
al weather. The return trip is to lie
hack the other side Of tho battlefield.
th@rCc 70 Westminster. through Cooks
Vile and Ol7"y into Washington over
II" Seventh street pike
Roads in Fairly Good shape.
Despite the heavy rain Of Sunday after
noon and night tho roads were found in
fairly good shape The big Stoddard
Dayton had no trouble in making the
noon control. s"venty-Ihrc+ mics from the.
starting point, tho Grafton Hotel. in
three hours and fOrty-five minutes run
ming time. Tn" rain-soakcI clay roads
which comprise portion OF tho route
were the same to the big car as the many
miles OF smooth macadam that arc met
with on route. 1t was not until near
GaIthoT%huTC. where force Of Mon Ar"
rebuilding the highway and detour into
field had to he made. that tire chains
Wer" L cd. and then only for a short
distance
Ft'W""n Westminster ana C.OoksviIle the
w"rst o. the return trip hes The road
Is fairly good. hut owing 10 the rough
natUr" % the country it * up one hill
and down the other. However. the last
fife miles int" Washington is fine
1nacadam. which more than makes up for
the had spots in between
One encouraging sign all along the
route vas the number Of men who were
AZ work on the different stretches of
road Rot only are th"y MATCHMAKING
IN some places. hIt in others building
rev bridges and doing away with water
breaks
Cars should Not Have Difficulty.
- III" tInrr tho run J.. to ho held in
M. tho "r'.rc Grst dlv's route should
nc in f'-st-0Iass shape. ard none of tho
h- CarS should evperien . any difficulty
in keeping We'll within the running
srhedTl" OF twenty miles an hour For
III" Ittl" car the slower schedule Of
sixteen miles which they are to ma intain
should not prove in the least difficult
There ar" hut few fOrds to hP crossed
end none Of th"m bad The water breaks
with ono or two exceptions. arc slight
a?d ar" crossed almost before they are
:, en-.
Mex Monday morning Mr. Barnard
and his Stoddard-Dayton will start to
lay out the route 10 York. Pa. and re-
turn by way OF Baltimore. II will he
slightly LONGER than the first day. con-
test. but leads over roads that arc
equally as good if not better than those
between Washington ami Gettysburg