Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-14
GETTING READY FOR
| BIG AUTO ROAD TOUR
A. A. A. Asks That Date Be
Set for Some Time After
September FL.

Advices have been received at the Of
| fees of the American Automobile Asso-
| citation touring bureau from the national
| tour start committee at Detroit. Mich
that the time Of the start is inimical to
| that city. which had originally scheduled
October 8 in the belief that President
Taft and Speaker Clark would be there
! for the national good roads congress, and
would then start the event. The Detoit-
ers have asked now that the date be set
at any time after the close Of the state
fair held in that city, and which closes
September II The Detroit committee
was regularly organized at recent
meeting when Robert X. Davis was elect
ed president, F. Ed Spooner secretary
and Leonard Davis treasurer William f..
Metzger and Howard WatrOus being the
other two members of the committee thus
far.
Another appointee from the board of
commerce to aid MeSsrs. X. X. Davis ana
William E. Metzger will be made. Messrs.
F. Ed Spooner and Leonard Davis, with
the late appointee. Howard Watrous, rep
resent the Wolverine Automobile Club,
and the Detroit Automobile Dealers AS
bers for the committee. Several subcom-
mittees will be appointed as Detroit
promises to give the tour Send-on eX-
ceiling the start in 1902 when the tourists
left the City of the Straits.
Much of the district to be traversed
must be explored in a painstaking way
in order that the route selected may not
be a duplicate of that route 10 Dallas,
Tex, which proved so disastrous.
The Detroiters are anxious to make In
dianapoiis a Sunday stop if possible ON
the 1,JOO-mile journey, and it is not I'M
probable that the route will be laid that
way. The pathfinding trip is scheduled
to start about July %, which will be the
second day of the great Cadillaaua cele-
bration in Detroit when thousands upon
thousands of motoring visitors will be
in the city for the ceremonies. and to
give the pathfinder fitting send-off.
Reports from Detroit are to the effect
that the automobile manufacturers there
are taking the liveliest interest in the
great classic, and that many cars will
compete for the Glidden. Anderson and
American Automobile Association trop-
plies. Where few of the makers en-
tered teams last year. in the record
breaking entry list being made up there
Is every indication not only in Michigan,
but also in Indiana and Ohio, according
to travelling representative who inter
viewed them, that the makers will be
generously represented this season.
The tour has for it's object mainly the
DrOfnOllOn OF the SOOu TOduS cause III q
district in which many automobiles are
being sold and to which the good roads
cause is vital Throughout the southern
district, in which the tour will be seen.
numerous entries are certain, as the
southern country has always come for
ward willingly to support any tour OF
national Importance which favored that
section as destination. The special COM
mittee in charge of the tour for the A.
A. A. includes Frank NJ. Joyce of Mime
apolis. Lewis R. Speare of Boston, Will
liam E. Metzger Of Detroit, John A. Will
son of Franklin, Pa, and w. E. Meyer
of Des Moines, Iowa.
A number of makers having applied
for the privilege of doing the pathfinding
for the great event, the special commit
tee will meet at the A. A. A. offices in
New York next Tuesday to determine
upon the car. and the pathfnding trip
will start within one week from that
date.