The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-04-25
Outline of Short Grass
Tour Plans
Two Automob;Ie Trucks, Speci.l
Racing Squad, Baseball Team
and Brass Band Will Accom-
pany Two Hundred Kansas
Riders On Annual Trip Over
Picturesque Route.

atest reports from Kansas are to
1.-the effect that plans have been pra-
cticaily completed for the mammoth
tour of the the Kansas Short Grass
Club to be held during the coming
summer, and that 1862 applications have
already been filed by riders for places
IN the caravan. Sixteen applications
have come from Colorado, twenty
from Nebraska and five from Iowa.
The others are mostly from motor
cyclists in the short grass district. 1t
is announced that the Velie Truck Co..
cf Kansas City, Mo-, will allow the use
of two-t ton truck to carry paraphern-
ala en- the tour and that the Overland
Company will provide two ton convert
ed truck for general service. One of
the problems which confronted the
Short Grass officials was that of trans
porting the tents, cooking outfits and
other impedimenta, but the two heavy
trucks will remove this difficulty.
The Julesburg (Col.) Commercial
Club is planning to build a two mile cir
cular speedway on which big meet
will be staged while the Short Grass
tourists are in the city. The
Short Grass squad will have eight speed
sters in readiness to compete at all
meets that may be held along the route
(which will add materially to the inter-
est aroused. There will be one after
noon of racing on the four-mile speed
way at Cheyenne. Wyo.. and in Denver
the Overland track will be used for
meet. In addition to the motorcycle
speed squad the club will be entered
wherever there are events for cars.
The pathfinding trip for the big tour
will be made in May, and the applica-
who have filed requests for them.
When 200 riders have been recruited
the list will be closed, as the club is
unable to arrange accommodations for
a greater number. Special attention
will he given to cooking arrangements
ON the trip and first-class chef will be
assisted by corps of experienced wait
ers in catering to the needs of the mo-
torcyclists. The total cost of the out
ing per rider will be $35, including en-
try fees at ra"e meets and expenses
for the side trips so far planned
There will be eight'divislons of riders,
each under the direction of compet-
ent captain and lieutenant, and the
work of setting camp each day will be
attended to by a detail made up from
the ranks of the tourists.
The Old Towne Quartet, of the Star
Lyceum Co., of Chicago, has been en-
gagged to accompany the motorcyclists
throughout the tour, and it is likely
that brass band will be another of the
of the entertainment features. Ar
rangements have been made with the
McQuary Tower Co., of Lawrence,
Kans., for special uniforms to be worn
by the tourists and a novel pennant
will deck each machine. Half dozen
side-cars will make the trip and there
will be at least 40 two-speed machines.
The club will have its own baseball
team and seven games. to be played at
at points along the route, have already
been booked All in all. the caravan
that files out of Garden City next
August for the annual Short Grass tour
will represent the greatest undertaking
of its kind that this country, and pro-
badly any other, has known. What's
more the plans are still being develop
ed.