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Record Run to Galveston Promises Fun and Thirteen Entries
Automobiles leave Alamo Plaza at 8 am for a San Antonio to Galveston tour with thirteen entrants. Officials emphasize smooth start, rest stops, and penalties for time, while hotels and sponsors prize multiple trophies. The route includes Cuero Victoria Houston and Victoria, with maps and logs prepared for drivers and press cars reporting progress.
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Automobile Club
Galveston
San Antonio
H. A. Reuter
Victoria Automobie Club
Victoria
Alamo Plaza
Chamber of Commerce
Cuera
B. D. Kent
Victoria Automobile Club
Houston
Byron Swearingen
Bender Hotel
W. H. Furlong
Velie
A. Parrigin
Charles Parrigin
W W. Searcy
W. W. Searcy
H. J. Backer
Joe Polley
Premier
BE. A. Schultz
J. Lott
Chadwick
J. G. Hardie
Packard
J. M. Roberts
John Langford
Franklin Roadster
D. M. Burt
O. M. Burt
Chalmers
J. H. Lapham
Jackson
Steve DeBoard
C. F. Dwyer
Cole
R. T. Pruitt
Hupmobile
A. Reinstein
Gus Gimbel
Oakland
San Antonio Light
W. H. Furlong Jr
George B. Wathen
Daily Light
Thompson
Texas Auto Equipment Company
Roadsters
C. BE Stromberg
Fisk
Fisk Company
Oriental Oil Co
Auto Top Company
William van Hoogenhuyze
Roadster
B. R. Webb
John Roberts
Fred Groos
Conover
Woodward Carriage Company
John Williams
St. Anthony Hotel
Casule Brothers
William Mathison
D. BE. Colp
Bexar County Highway League
Sutherland Springs
Cuero
Stockdale
Mr. Colp
Houston Street
Elm Street
Elm
Starr Street
St. Hedwig Road
Salado Creek
Main Street
Cc. H. Bertrand
Texas