The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-04
Chicken Dinners, Winding
Trails Among Many
Attractions.
BY STURGE WELLS
Times Automobile Editor

Ever since inaugurating these
Sunday automobile tours, each week
has brought forth the same queS-
ton from some thoughtful soul
Why don't you drive down to Tur-
key Run state park?"
Arranging a party of four, all de-
string to spend the day in the
great open spaces" hiking and rid
ing, four of us donned our riding
habits, such as they were, and set
forth early Sunday morning. At
least it seemed early to me!
Driving an Essex Terraplane Eight
de luxe sedan, thanks to R. l.. Losey,
Hudson Essex distributor, who had
done quite an excellent job of arouS-
ing my curiosity by constantly telling
me what fine sensation" one gets
Terraplaning- Terreplaning we
did go. However, that comes later!
Road &c Is Best
For the benefit of those Sunday
drivers who are bit rusty" on the
best route to take to Turkey Run,
we recommend taking State Road
So out of Indianapolis through Dan
vile to Rockville and turning north
on Route Al, which leads directly
to the entrance Of the park.
The other way is by taking Road
"a out of Indianapolis through
jamestown and Charlottesville to
Route Al, taking it south to the en-
trance of the park. However, this
route is longer and the roads are
not in as good condition for high
speed driving.
Arriving at the park, We made inn
mediately for the inn, which bears
the same name as the park, and
arranged to have four of the
"slowest" horses in readiness for
our contemplated two-hour jaunt.
Dinners Are Excellent
Much to my chagrin, and I speak
from actual experience, this two
hour riding idea" probably was the
most fatal mistake of the day fol
me-not even having held a horses
bride since the good old days
back on the farm!
The dinners at the inn, a mod
ern steam heated hotel boaSting Of
118 rooms and surrounded by large
forest trees and well-kept lawns
are par excellent, especially the
chicken dinners, which are billed or
the menu as the piece de resist
ance."
Accompanied by Ora Sample, who
owns and rents the saddle horses at
the park, we started out on five
of his prize "nags" to take in the
sights of one of the more popular
riding trails.
Winding in and out of heavily
timbered woodlands, fields thick
with goldenrod and tall sedge grass
along the brink of deep ravineS and
the banks of Sugar creek, this trail
offers a vast variety of beauty and
color at every turn.
Park covers 1890 Acres
There are a great many outStand-
ing scenic attractions at Turkey
Run state park, located near Mar
shall in northern Parke county,
where the waters of Turkey Run
and Sugar creek meet. Chief among
these are Rocky HollowS, Gypsy
and Newly Clutches, and the fine old
home of Solmon Iusk, original own
er of this 1,230-acre tract of park
lands.
Here one sees conglomeration of
heavy timber, flowers, abundance of
moss, ferns and clinging vines, some
of which are so protected that with
in their depths temperatures vary
only slightly, it is said.
In order fully to appreciate the
many scenic beauties and georgia
phical oddities at Turkey Run, one
must roam among them and see
them in the living, for mere words
adequately can not describe them
regardless of how apt one is at
description!
Essex Is Easy Riding
Possibly the best way to accom-
plish this to my way of thinking,
is aStride one of Guide Samples
horses, leaving the rest up to him,
as he seems to know about every
foot of land there. due to the many
hours and days of constantly max
ing the rounds over these old
trails and mapping out new ones.
While there is a lot of difference
between riding horse with an easy
gait. and driving a modern auto
mobile, in our case much of the
pleasure of the days sport was in
Terraplaning. The new Essex Ter
raplane 8 gives one the feeling that
he merely is gliding along.
Distributor Losey claims this is
due to thee cars lghtness, brought
about through its construction of
lighter, yet stronger and more dura-
bic materials.
Whatever the reason, after driv-
ing approximately two hundred
miles in a Terraplane 8, I, for one,
can vouch for its smoothness Of rid
ing. quick acceleration and ease Of
driving