Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1913-06-02


time" run OF the Delaware Automo-
bile Association to Dover and return
on Saturday that general regret was
expressed by the participants that
more automobiles did not take pa u.
Naturally, many persons wonder why
out of the more than one thousand
automobiles in Wilmington but TWEEN
~ cars started in the tour to the cap
ital and return through a delightful
country and yer roads that we're me
excepting for few miles.
]. b. Simmons, driving No. IL,
Ford touring car. was awarded hrst
prize for running time closest to the
average time of all the cars for the
1O7 miles. The average time was =
hours and 81 minutes. IL was OBJ
tanned by totalirg the time of all the
the eaTs and dividing the total by
the number of cars that checked in.
MIR. Simmons time was hours AZ
minutes. or four minutes less than
the average time Frank Alderman
Pierce Arrow. No. 6, madI the run in
AS. MIR. Simmons received as a prize
an auto lunch hamper, with full
equipment something very useful to
the tourist rarty.
The second prize, for running time
closest to the average time between
Wilmington and Dover, Was won by
car No. IA. a Cadillac. driven by
Townsend w. Miller, whose average
time of two hours and twenty-four
minutes was within one second OF the
average time between wilmington
and Dover. This prize was a com
plete set of nickel-plated gooseneck
socket wrenches.
The ,nird prize. for running time
closest to the average time between
Dover and Wilmington, was won by
car No. %. a Cadillac, driven by ID. j.
Ayerst. of Elkton, Md. whose aver
age time between Dover and Will
mington was ? hours and 30 min
utes. being within three minutes OF
the average time of 2.27 between
these two places. The prize was a
Thermos carafe.
For the sympathy or "hard-luck
prize. Frank Alderman's Pierce Ar
row and r. Fl. Catlin's Chalmers No
2. we're tied Each had to make two
changes of tires because of pune
lures. They will toss a coin to deter
mine WHICH, Will ANN'AhR f'N
pump-rather an appropriate prize
for t're troubles which arc liable to
happen to any autoist, as many com
peting on Saturday can attest.
Mr.. Alderman's Pierce Arrow was
the official press car. in that it COM
peted i'm the run. Mr.. Alderman is
manager of the Foss-Hughes Com
pany which handles the 'ierce Arrow
cars i'm Wilmington. His car carried
representatives of the different news
papers. Another party of newspaper
men was taken by Harry Darlington
manage of the Gomery- Schwartz
Company, in his Hudson car. II die
not compete in the run, but roame.
thro ch the country along the rout'
and took i'm places Of interest.
The greatest interest was mani
festtl by residents along the rout
in the AUTO run. which was by way o
Newark. Cooch's Bridge. Glasgow
Summit Bridge, MiddletOwn, CHM
Corner. Blackbird, Smyrna and {
Dover. The return route was by wa,
Of Smyrna. Ginn's Corner, Odessa
Boyd's Corner. Port Penn, Delawar'
City. Rogers Corner, and thence II
the State road past Hare's Corner
making 1863 miles in all.
AT many places flags we're display
ed and people gathered to chee
the autoists. Particularly il
the towns we're crowds Assem-
bled to give an encouraging word.
The country ovsr the entire rout
was delightful to behold. II certain
~ was a treat 90 the city dweller Z
behold the verdure. the GROWN
crops. the fruit trees. and in man
places the roses in bloom on lawn
of farmhouses. That New Castl
county and the upper part Of Ken
count contain some of the fines
farm land in the United States wa
the opinion of many after going owe
the houte.
Many little incidents added to III
enjoyment OF the run. II vas cor
genial party, even under circum
stances that tried the patience {
some # them during dinner in Dc
yer. Coleman B. Harris calliop
horn attached his Cadillac ca
added to the enjoyment. On it an
tune within two octaves can be pla,
ed. AS the car left Wilmington
played Hail, Hail, the Gangs A
Here" II played going throug
Newark. and at Middletown it playe
"Everybody's Doing It." AS Smyrn
was reached seven cars formed
procession. headed by Mr. Harri
car, with the calliope playing "Oi
ward Christian Soldiers" while ii
residents gathered along the sid
walks and porches and applauded.
The same thing happened in Dove
and in every town passed through.
T. h. Johnston's Lozier car. NJ
Cstlin's Chalmers and T. Claren'
Marshall's Stanley arrived in Dover
1902 o'clock, and hustled along Sta
street abreast, each eager TO get fir
to the checking station at the Hot
Richardson. All the cars that startl
arrived in Dover without incident, e.
cepting minor tire troubles Mar
residents greeted the tourists on the
arrival, some of them including 70
mer Senator Harry A. Richardso
Judge William H. Boyce former Sci
ator j. Frank Alice. ID. Mifflin Wi
son and Colonel William ID. Denne
After dinner at the Hotel Richar
son, where through a misunderstan
Ing arrangements had not been mat
TO serve so large a party, the tou
lists checked out of Dover and star
ed homeward. c. ID. Sypherd.
Hayes Wilson and Herman c. Tayl'
we're the checkers at Dover On u
way back E. B. Grifinberg's Bradfol
car struck and killed buzzard mel
Odessa. Another car killed lari
snake. S. II. Ridgway's car. No.
broke spring while getting out
rut below Smyrna, \ and did n