The Washington times., 1912-08-03
.LAKES-TO-THE!GULF
tour WILL START
At DETROIT OCT. |
National Reliability Run
Goes Directly South to
New Orleans.
BY HARRY WARD.

This years national reliability tour of
the, American Automobile Association.
known as the Lakes-t to- the-Gulf tour,
will start from Detroit, October 1, and
end In New Orleans about ten days
later. Word to this effect was received
in Washington today. The exact sched-
ule will not be decided upon until after
the pathfnding Flanders Colonial elec-
trlc., which is now on its way South
ward, completes the task of laying out
the route. The Sunday lay-over will
probably be in Memphis.
The participants in the big motor
cavalcade will assemble in Detroit sew
eral days in advance of the start, and
brated as the greatest automobile manu-
featuring city In the world, Detroit
offers features appealing particularly
to the owners of motor cars, who will
take advantage Of this opportunity of
visiting the factories wherein are made
the cars which so many of them use.
New Orleans is also preparing to give
the tourists warm welcome.
Entry blanks for the tour, telling OF
!. an unequaled prize list will be issued
next week. and while the famous Gid
den trophy will again be contested for
by teams from various cities, there Will
be the handsome three AS trophy for
touring car contestants the Anderson
Cup for runabout contenders, and also
plate or cash prizes in the various
price subdivisions. 1t is predicted the
tour will have more participants than
any other similar event held since the
motor-driven vehicle began its insistent
progress toward the goal of country
wide use.
G.. r. Cowie, of the G. r. Cowie Com
pany, agents for the Cole and R-C-H,
has just returned from a trip to 1u-
,dianapolis,. Detroit. and Dayton, where
number automobile
tories,
The Speedwell Sales Company reports
the sale and delivery of Lippard-Ste-
wart trucks to Barber & Ross. Burch
e. Kleps, GUIDE Brothers,, and Holmes
Bakery. "A Speedwell touring car has
also been sold to Howard Norton.
DR.. A. L. Miller and party returned
this week from trip through New
England in a Warren touring car.
The Warren Motor Sales Company
this week sold Lauth-Juergens three
ton truck to the Vinson Contracting
Company; and a two-ton truck Of the
same make to Eisinger Brothers.
Ernest Johnson left today for Atlantic
City in his Pullman touring car. He
was Accomplished by .'Inky'' Davis,
and DR.. Leroy Howard. They will be
away forEtwo weeks.
The Cook &~stoddard Company yes
terday delivered; to the United States
Naval Hospital a Cadillac ambulance.
The machine, which has a specially
built body. is capable Of carrying ten
people. ~ - 49,.
With Atlantic City as his objective
point, Z. is.f NARROW left yesterday In
a CADILLAC torpedo. on weekend trip
to the seashore.-
James ]. Flynn, manager. Of the Lo.
comobile branch, left today in a 1913
Locomobile touring car on trip
through Virginia: He will visit a'num-
ber of CITIES in the Old Dominion before
returning. M g." f!oa'i l.
Joseph Leverton today is en- route
to Atlantic City in his Locomobile tour:
ing car. He will return with Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. l.. Leverton. who have been
spending some time at the seashore.
The Studebaker EMF Bullet" the
ninth car to be produced by the Stude-
baker Corporation, Is attracting con-
siderable attention III Washington. The
car arrived during the week. and 1t is
the aim of f. B. Habersham, manager
CT the Studebaker Corporations whole
sale branch. to have 1t add to its mile
age while it is here, This machine has
parts Of the United States. and is the
winner of more than thirty trophies.
which were won in speed contests, hill
climbs. and reliability runs.
w. r. s. White, Of Chicago. accom-
panied by the members of his family,
has been spending the week In Wash.
ington The party. made the overland
trip from Chicago in a Stevens -Duryea
touring car. visiting various points in
New England, New York, and Pennsyl-
vania. The return trip will be made
via Winchester. Luray, Natural Bridge,
Cumberland, and Wheeling.
A Warren car, with Frank Rockelmar
driving, made a sweep OF the three
events in the sociability tour, recently
held under the auspices of g. Des Moines
capital, according to advices received
by the Warren Motor Sales Company
of this city.
There were more than forty cars o.
different makes entered in the three
classes and of possible forty.ive point
the Warren car and its driver mad
forty-two. The second machine scoreC
twenty-five points.
The first event was an economy test
This consisted of driving the car Whtl
% high speed, between rows OF barrels
the driver CARRYING glass Of waite
u scraped a barrel 1t counted agains
the machine. The seoRe event wa
q circus ring contest, the drivers beinI
Obliged to throw their caps througl
Nlspended hoops and catch them agail
Olthout arising from their seats, an,
Rockelman was the only driver to carr
through on this. In the last event
a lancer 's,contest-the contestants Wer
armed with long poles which they use
to pick rings. from suspended eros
arms, and at the same time operate IN