Evening star., 1920-03-14
REACHES DECISION
ON GL|DDEN TOUR
Contest Board of A. A. A.
Orders 1920 Run, New York
to San Francisco.

The Glidden tour will be run this
year. 1t was SO decided by the con-
test board Of the American Automo-
ence with the National Automo bile
Chamber of Commerce. More than a
dozen prominent factory heads have
| assured the contest board of their
readiness to make immediate entries
for the run. which. tentative plans
indicate, will be staged in September.
The event Will be transcontinental-
New York to San Francisco-and in
all likelihood following the Lincoln
| highway without deviation from the
Hudson river to San Francisco bay.
Trophy Donors Ambition Realized.
This will be the last Glidden tour
and the first one which will really
realize the ambition of the donor of
| the trophy. Maj. Charles J. Glidden.
who is now travelling around the
world with the aeronautical mission.
arranging for an aeroplane derby to
encircle the globe. He wanted the
| Glidden trophy to be transconti-
| mental one when he put it up. but
western road conditions precluded it
| then. The farthest western points of
! the Gliddcn tours have been Denver.
| III 1909. and Glacier National Park. in
| 1912. The 1903 tour started from De-
troit
Improvement of highways every
| where and the perfection of the
mechanism of the motor car have
| now mad" ssch a long trip feasible.
| The LiRcoin highway has been shown
to be wei! designed for the last great
. run. in view Of the Army convoy of
I siXty-five loaded trucks which ira
versed it in 1919.
/ The winner of the 1920 Glidden tour
| will obtain permanent possession of
the Glidden trophy. Ever since ru-
mors indicated that a final Glidder
! tour would be staged officials Of the
Lincoln Highway Association !,
been working to assure the run for
| the Lincoln highway
| Utility OF America's "Main Street,
| A. F. Bennett, vice president and
secretary of the association. who has
had several conferences with the A
A. A. contest board, has pointed out
| in the interest of the communities To-
| Gated along the Lincoln highway, the
| advantages of Americas main street
| for such a great contest. The asso-
| citation has the most complete and de.
! tailed data in regard to the Lincoln
highway in it's files possessed by any
| organization in regard TO any road OF
such length anywhere, and. moreover
has wonderful organization of local
| Representatives all along the line
| whose cooperation in such matters
was well evidenced in connection with
| the Army run of last year.
The Lincoln Highway Association
already has prepared complete data
| and an itinerary based on a one e-hun.
dred-mile-a-day schedule, which is
being considered by the A. A. A. con-
| test board.
1t is practically certain that the red
| white and blue markers Of the Lin.
| coin Highway Association will guide
the Glidden tour this year, although
efforts are being made by dozens OF
| other routes to secure the run.
Another Competition In View.
| At the suggestion of the associa.
! tion, plans are being made to conduct
! together with the Glidden toAr Of pas.
| senger cars competing for the Gid
| den trophy, another competition fol
pneVmatically equipped trucks. En-.
| tries for this competition will be re.
! stricted to tire manufacturers, the
! plan being to demonstrate the grea,
advantages of pneumatic equiCm en-,
for long-distance freight transporta
| ton. The Lincoln Highway Associa.
| tion is greatly interested in promot.
ing highway freight transportation
and has offered trophy for the com.
peting trucks.