1910 Glide Model 45 Scout
The Bartholomew Company of Peoria, Illinois is an unlikely footnote in American automotive history: founder J.B. Bartholomew’s prior enterprise had been manufacturing peanut and popcorn roasters, yet the Glide he introduced in 1904 proved capable enough to sustain production for sixteen years.
The company marketed it under the tagline “Ride in a Glide, then decide,” and annual output across the full range ran to roughly 200 units during the Model 45 years, making survivors genuinely scarce.
The Scout Touring body sits on a 122-inch wheelbase and rides on 32-inch wheels, giving it the tall, open stance of the period’s more substantial touring cars. Semi-elliptical leaf springs front and rear and rear-wheel drum brakes were standard fitment.
Under the hood, a Rutenber Motor Company-supplied 354 cubic inch L-head four-cylinder produces 45 horsepower, channeled through a 3-speed selective-shift gearbox with shaft drive. Glide ceased automobile production in 1920, when the Peoria plant was folded into Bartholomew’s Avery Company truck operation.
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