The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-27
|. NJ. FOSTER WILL
RUN ROAD TOUR
Personally Conducted Run to
Points of Interest Without
Care or Trouble.

The first of series of sightseeing
and pleasure automobile tours through
Virginia. under the personal direction
and supervision of l.. VI. Foster. of the
Foster Motor Car Company, will start
from Richmond the early part of May
The definite date Will be announced
later. 1t will be for five days. the
party being on the road for three
nights duration.
The plans for tho trip are. most
unique. and afford those who take
part III the tour an opportunity to
visit several of the most popular sight
seeing places in the old Commonwealth
including II tour of the famous Luray
Caverns, n night spent at Natural
Bridge and views OF several of the ia
NOUS battlefelds. The arrangements
for the accommodation of the tourists
at tho hotels. for the garage for the
storage of cars at night will all be
completed before car starts on the
trip, Those who go on the sightseeing
tour Will not have to take their
mechanicap along, for there will be
one car furnished by the Foster Mo-
tor Car Company which will carry n
corps of experienced mechanicans, who
viii repair any damage done To any
OF the machines on the tour.
The cost, you say? Well. it will be
remarkably low. forr the accommoda-
NAo's hiip'NcN istisN tfiOSe WHO COnlcfn-
plate making the journey can get full
Information from l. NJ. Foster. at the
Foster Motor Car Company.
The route as outlined below for this
fist pleasure trip totals 457.6 miles, an
average of 9l.5 per day. Mr.. Foster
reserves the right to reject any appli-
can't for place in the run The trim
will not in any way resemble q race.
There will he no prizes offered, and
no forfeits will be exacted. In plan
llnS this tour. Mr.. Foster took into
consideration the fact that there are
number of automobiles who would
like 10 make such tours occasionally.
out that they do not care to make the
Trips alone and run the hazards of the
roads. while others do not wish to
participate in the endurance and So
cability runs which have been held
from time TO time The solution of
me question came TO Mr., Foster in a
simple pleasure sightseeing trip in
which an average mileage was covered
each day. aHording ample opportunity
10 view the SCENES en- route restful
hours TO be. .spent AZ popular resorts.
and al! the cares. of the trip to he
placed on the director general TINS
anording the participants a ctrcfree
trip at nominal cost
me first days ran, briefly, will he
rom Richmond to stanton. 1876
miles, with a stop for lunch at
charlottesville, the night being spent
at Stanton.
The second days trip will be from
staunton 10 Luray tifty-seven miles
where lunch Will be served trim 10
spent
The third days trip will be from
l.uray 10 Natural Bridge 1858 miles
me fourth days journey from Natural
rage TO Charlottesville, eighty-nine
miles, with stop at stanton for
lunch. and the fifth days trip from
Cnariottesville 10 Richmond, s77 miles.
with stop AT Louisa fo: lunch
The Itinerary shows in dctail tho
mileage 10 be covered and the places
10 be Visited the stops ana the view -
10 be sen en- route:
Frst day. Richmond to stanton,