The route laid out formed an excellent track, about two hundred miles in length, starting from Prairie-du-chien on the western frontier, passing by Madison and ending a little above Milwaukee on the borders of Lake Michigan.

Except for the Japanese road between Nikko and Namode, bordered by giant cypresses, there is no better track in the world than this of Wisconsin.

It runs straight and level as an arrow for sometimes fifty miles at a stretch.

Many and noted were the machines entered for this great race.

Every kind of motor vehicle was permitted to compete, even motorcycles, as well as automobiles.