1911 Glidden Tour

Photo Courtesy Gerard Lacey Collection

The stately driver and dapper crew of this 1910/1911 Regal pause in New York City's Herald Square during the 1911 Atlanta Good Roads Tour.

New York to Jacksonville, Florida was the undertaking for the 1911 Glidden Tour which ran from October 13 to 26. This was the latest time of year that the Glidden had been run, but the contestants still suffered from the heat the further south they traveled. There were 64 contestants, but only three of them finished with a perfect score.

This tour covered 1,476 miles and was the most grueling, toughest tour that had been undertaken. Many of the contestants came to grief at the various water fords. Overnight stops were made at Philadelphia, Gettysburg, Staunton, Roanoke, Winston-Salem, Charlotte, Anderson, Atlanta, Cordele and Live Oak before reaching Jacksonville.

A large number of ladies participated on this tour. Descriptions of the tour say that despite the bad weather and other handicaps, the ladies did not complain as much as the men.