Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-03
In the Motor World
BY G. ADAMS HOWARD.

PTNHERE may be nothing new
under the sun, but certain
ly there are ideas generated
from time to time that ap-
near to have a Sen1blance of new
ness in them. If the economy OF
killing the proverbial two birds
with one stone exists, then the
idea, whether new or not, Is sure
to be of interest.
What is described as q new
fashion In motor touring, expect
ed to reach peak popularity this
year, is for the motoriSt to time
his tour so that at the end of the
trail he will have the thrill of wit
Messing some great national event
in sports, conventions .fraternal-
ism or politics. according to a
bulletin recently issued by the
touring bureau of the American
Research Foundation.
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tt Definite Goal.
The idea this year, according
to the bulletin, is to have def
mite goal and to arrange this des-
tination at the time some big
national event Is taking place
there. OF course, motorists have
done this thing before, but the
number Is believed to become far
greater this year.
For the early May drivers, two
major sporting events are avail
able, which not only fulfill this
new touring urge, but can be in
. cluded ON a single trip. These
are the Kentucky Derby, run in
Louisville, May is, and the Inter
national Speedway Sweepstakes,
in indianapolis, May 80. Close to
the center of the United States
and accessible to each other, these
two cities are easy for motorists
to reach from any point on the
map. Both are linked to i'm
proved national highways, East,
West, North and South. The
Derby will attract the finest
3-year-old horses in existence to
bid for the $4,000 prize money
and the acknowledged champion
ship of the American turf. The
Speedway will draw the worlds
most daring automobile drivers to
Indianapolis, bent on breaking all
records for covering the 500 miles
In the shortest space of time.
Choice of Routes.
Motorists Of the National Capt.
tai have the choice Of several in
tereSting routes to Louisville
One may pick up United States
Route No. so, across Virginia,
Skirting the north end of the
Shenandoah through historic
Winchester, the scene of the
Apple Blossom Fete, thence across
west Virginia by way of Clarks-
burg and ParkerSburg into Ohio,
through Chillicothe and on to
Cincinnati. Then the United
States route No. Is leads south
from Cincinnati to Frankfort
KY, and United States route No
go leads west into Louisville.
Another route from Washing
ton is the United States route No
ali into Virginia, through Shen-
andoah National Park to Har-
risonburg, thence United States
route No. IL through the famous
Blue Ridge Mountains to LeXing
ton, Va. At Lexington he will fol-
low United States so through
White Sulphur, Springs, through
Charleston and Huntington, w
Va, and into Kentucky, where, on
the same highway, he will pass
through the Blue Grass country
around Lexington, on to Frankfort
and into Louisville.
All the districts covered by
these routes are rich in the lore
OF historic romance and fringe
many battlefields Of Revolution
airy times and Civil War days, as
well as ether famous shrineS. The
road conditions will be excellent
in May. Warm, sunny days,
balny weather and a verdant
countryside will make a fascinat-
ing appeal.
Arrived in Louisville, the mo-
torist will find much to explore
before or after the Derby, includ-