The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-05

half a dozen places.
 The trophy cup which Colonel Au- gust Pabst has offered to the winner of the 218-mile light car race at Mil- sterling silver, and will stand oyer three feet high. Surmounting it will be a winged Mercury, a foot high. The dome is removable, leaving the cup proper about sixteen inches in diam eter. Standing out in bold relief on this portion of the trophy is shield depicting a car at high speed on a country road. At either side of the base are two winged automobile wheels, symbolic of victory The whole rests on 8 beautiful polished base, several inches high, and slightly shorter in diameter than the cup it. self
 which the Vanderbilt Cup, Grand Prize, Pabst Trophy and Wisconsin trophy events are to be run this fall, are quite interesting, ImprOEed at q cost of more than $25,00O, the road ds will be in great condition in Septem- Der and drivers and others who have seen the 82 mile circuit declare. it to be superb. It lies in one of MilWau- kee's' most attractive and accessible city limit districts. It is on the north west side in the township of Wauwa- tosa, noted for it's, fine roads. Pub lie parks and rich, well kept farms with groves provide the natural sur roundings. The grandstands and the entire region ofs North Fond du Lac road and BurIeigh street will be easily accessible from the heart of the city, 30 minutes by car line and 15 minutes by automobile. More than 200 men already are rushing the work of fit ting the road bed. Two of the lar gest and most effective road grading machines that could be procured are at work, also two 60-horse power traction engines. On. August 1 the force will be increased to more than $50 men and more machinery will be brought into use as needed. The roads are the best of the macadam type. For the races they will be graded perfect Iy to a width of 30 feet for the entire distance Of the course. To the mac adam surface will be added three in- ches of No. 2 rock and two inches of crushed stone screenings. The whole will be surfaced by the application of cent asphalt The. curves will be made safe and wide. Five concrete bridges and fourteen concrete culverts will be constructed.
 For seventy miles between Laramie and Medicine Bow, Wyoming, the ed to cut it's own track across un- beaten plains, when a cloudburst turned the roads into sea of mud. The truck also had to resort to a wide detous that brought the total distance covered to 2,645 miles in B days of actual running time. The entire section has been flooded by ter rife hail and rain,'' reports E. l.. Fer guson, captain of the truck. Even touring cars have abandoned the roads. We have passed no human be- ing along the road for two days:N noth- ing except an occasional herd of cat tle The average mileage, to date is 80.2 miles day. This takes into &C., count the many hours spent in exam ming, replanking and in some cases rebuilding bridges. For instance, in three days we inspected POO. On an- other day this work took eight hours of our time. From now on the trail when followed, will consist merely Of two ruts four inches wide and fifty six inches apart. On account of the width of the tread of truck and the double rear tires, this means careful, slow driving, and in many cases de- tour across prafries."