New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-03
BIG TOUR BADLY PLANNED
GIidden CritiGiseS Those Who
Had Contest in Charge.
LITTLE WORK FOR ENTRIES
Asserts at End of Unofficial Run
That Long List Gould
Have Been Secured.

More than one hundred entries for the
next Glidden tour and the support of
every motor club, trade association,
chamber OF commerce and municipality
on the route of the tour, are expected to
be the net results of Charles J. Glidden's
run over the Lakes-to-the-Gulf route, be-
tween Detroit and New Orleans, in HIS
Maxwell car. 81 q
While Mr.. Glidden received a great
ovation and found many forces at work
in the interest of touring contests and
good roads, he also discovered that many
organizations and public officials who
had taken an active interest In the tour
did not have a proper understanding of
the purpose of the contest, nor did they
know that the contest was open to them
Mr.. Glidden's suggestion that the route
be reversed so that the start VIII be
made in New Orleans and the finish In
| Detroit was received enthusiastically In
| the Crescent City, and the plan has been
submitted TO the American Automobile
| Association. with the assurance OF
greater support than was given the orig
| inal itinerary
That some one Is responsible for
serious omission In falling TO present the
| Glidden tour In the proper light was the
| opinion of Mr.. Gldden when he arrived
| IN Vicltsburg, Miss. and learned that the
Business Mems League and several In
| - N enter the
tour. but did not know that they were
| eligible When Mr.. Ghdder found sim
FLAIR conditions In Clarksdale. GREENWOOD
and Jackson he became convinced that
the postponement of the tour because OF
lack OF entries would not have been
necessary II a representative had been
sent into the field TO lay the matter be-
fore the proper people.
Before Mr.. Glidden reached Indianapolis,
the second night stop OF his tour, he was
| told that many persons who would nave
entered cars in the toIr were deferred by
| the impression that the tour was closed
| even. and they did not learn OF their ell
gibilty until Mr.. GlIdden issued his inyl-
| tatIon to motorists In general TO join him
| in a tour over the official route.
Mr.. GIIdden personally certified that the
two Maxwells covered the route on the
official schedule OF running time and his
certificate was Endorsed by Governor Il.
T. Hall Of louisiana The Governor was
one OF the guests at a banquet to the
| GlIdden tourists at Baton Rouge. and ne
has taken an active interest In all projects
for the good Of road building and motor
ing.
| When IL became known that the route
was feasible, though extremely difhcult,
entries representing New Orleans were
Immediately promised by A. schanen-
burg. NJ. +. Hart and others OF that city
other cities which will have entries, but
which we're not known at the time the
! tour was postponed, are Memphis, Nssn'
Vile and Louisville. Individual entries
will be made by private owners In over a
dozen cities on the route.
| With the certainty Of large field OF
entries from places on the route and as
surance OF support from large cities ad-
jacent 10 It. Mr.. Glidden has recommended
10 the American Automobile Association
that II. II. Robinson, OF the Wolverine
Automobile Club, be sent through the
! territory to work up and organize the
| tour.