The Washington times., 1912-06-01
PATHF|ND[RS TO
BLAZE ROUTE OF
| ENDURANCE RUN
Automobile Editors to Aid in
Selecting Course for
Three Days Event.
By HARRY WARD.


shortly after sunrise tomorrow the
/ pathfnders of the Washington en-
durance run of the Automobile Club
OF Washington will begin the work
of blazing the route for the three
days tour, June IL, IL, and 13. With
Cleveland Campbell, winner of the
free-for-all race at Benning Thurs
day. at the wheel of a Cole touring
car. the automobile editors of the
Washington newspapers will lay out
the route to be followed by the twen-
ty-five or more contestants in the
annual reliability tour of the auto
mobile club.
Sanctioned by the American Auto
mobile Association this event prom
tsee to be one of the most successful
motoring contests the club has ever
promoted. 1t will be run under Grade
3 rules and a competent STAFF of Of
tour. The referee will be William
Jose, who officiated in a similar ca
pacity in many bicycle events, and
ters pertaining to automobile con-
tests The referee is the most i'm
portant official in events of this kind
and the club is to be congratulated
on securing the services Of 30 capable
Buick First Entrant.
To- "Ted" s. Johnston, manager OF
thes Buick Motor Company, belongs
thefdistinction of being the first en-
trant Before the ink on the entry
blank1 was dry Mr.. Johnston entered
q Buick car and the driver will lead
the procession of cars each day. The
entries will close June 6 with Rudolph
Jose. captain of the automobile club.
In entering his car Manager Johnston
said: 'The Buick Company believes
in contests of this nature as they
bring out the true merits of car"
n1 Is to sfsre 6e Of ft6 taTee dun
the morning of June IL. The route
Of the first days run will embrace
Rockville. Frederick, Hagerstown,
located: Chambersburg and Harris
burg. The night stop will be in the
Pennsylvanta capital and the Harris
burg Motor Club, one of the foremost
try, will entertain the participants in
city. The second days run will be to
Philadelphia. via Allentown, the lat
Philadelphia the tourists will be en-
tertained by the Quaker City Motor
Club: The third days run will be to
Washington via Wilming ton, Havre
de Grace, Belair. Baltimore. and
Laurel, the noon control being at Be-
lair. The route to be traversed Is
noted for it's good roads and contest
ants will be afforded one Of the most
interesting trips in the itinerary OF
washington motorists.
Like Pleasure Trip.
Grade 8 rules, under which this run
will be conducted, penalties the cars
for work done on the road. for late-
ness in starting or arriving at con-
trolls. and for the ,replenishing of
gasolene, oil, or water outside Of con-
trolls. The penalties are to be i'm
posed only for those conditions which
would inconvenience a private own
er on a touring trip.
The cars will be CLASSIFIED accord
ing to price, in two divisions Of seven
sections each. One division will con-
sist of touring cars only, and the
other division of runabouts, roadsters,
division will be classified as follows:
Section /. $500 and under: section 2.
1901 to 100; section 3, $1,2O1 to $1.eoo;
section 4. 81. col to 5000: section S, 81, 2,0Ol
ton l. 81. .oci and over. r. ~
In each section of the runabout or
touring car divisions; cup Will be
awarded to the car which finishes with
q valuable silver trophy will be award
ed to the car in any division irrespec
tive of body equipment. which COM
pletes the run with the best score. In
the event of a tied score in any one
class or for the sweepstakes the award
will be made by lot or in any other
manner tllat lmay be agreed upon,
unanimously BY the entrants so tied.
follows: Referee, William Jose; starter,
Howard Fisk; chief observer 8. S. Gro
gan; checkers, William Ullman, George
Davidson ana Harry Ward; pilot, Harry
Duckstein: representative OF the three
AS contest board, Horace Chandlee.
The cars will be started in the order
Sf their entry. This is an innovation
in endurance runs. as 1t has been GUS
tomary in the past to start the smaller
powered cars first, the high-priced
division being the last to start. En-
trants are urged to get their entries
in early in order to secure a good
position in the lineup.