The San Francisco call., 1904-09-17
CALIFORNIA CLUB
ENDURANCE RUN
AGAIN DEFERRED
Automobile Trip to Southern
Metropolis Will Not Start
Till Conventions Are Over
GREAT EVENT IN EAST
First International Contest
for w. X. Vanderbilt TrO-
ply to Be Held October 2

IL was believed that a circular def
nitely setting a date for the joint en-
durance run OF the Automobile Clubs
OF California and Southern California
would have been issued before this,
but the invasion Of the Knights Tenn
plar disturbed all arrangements. L. p.
Lowe, the chairman Of the racing COM
mittee of the Automobile Club Of Cali
fornia, in whose hands rest the prep
aration and distribution of the circu-
lar. has decided TO defer action until
the convention of Odd Fellows has
come ana gone.
The race for the cup offered by w.
X. Vanderbilt Jr. promises to be an in
teresting event. Though the entries
have come in slowly, enough have been
made TO insure good racing There will
be three 90-horsepower Panhards, one
OF them driven by Heath, the Ameri-
can operator who drove the victorious
Panhard car in the Circuit des Arden
nes in Belgium. There will be three
6O-hOrsepOwer Mercedes cars, one of
them driven by S. 3. Stevens Of Rome,
y. Y, its owner. The owners of the
other two cars are George Arrents and
Clarence Gray Dinsmore. Two 90
horsepower F. 1. A. 7. cars, one owned
by William Wallace Of Boston and the
other by Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt,
are also entered. From the Automobile
Club of France comes the entry of an
S0-hOrsepOwer Clement-Bayard car of
curious build. It has a long hood ex-
tending from the radiator, of small
dimensions in front, but much wider
and higher at the back where the Op-
orator sits ever the rear axle. 1t took
third position in the Circuit des Arden
hes, one Of the most important Euro
pean auto events. IT will be driven by
a Clement, son Of its manufacturer,
a young man Of q years who is said TO
be extremely daring and ready TO take
any chances As he was beaten in the
Belgian event by Heath by the narrow
margin Of four minutes, he is anxious
20 turn the tables.
Up 10 the 9th inst. only four Ameri-
can cars had been entered. Two of
these are White steam racers, the other
two being a Royal tourist and a Pope
Toledo The White machines viii be
driven by ROllin T. White and Webb
Jay. They have been built especially
for the race, but the details Of their
construction have been concealed so
carefully that their horsepower is not
known.
The Royal Tourist is the car which
was driven by Joseph Tracy at the
Long Branch meet. where il won sew
eral events. 1t is a touring car, stripped
and equipped with a racing body and
geared TO a maximum Of about sew
enty-fiYe miles an hour. The Pope
Toledo car. TO be driven by A c. Webb,
is OF sixty horsepower Il was expect
ed that the Packard Gray Wolf" a
Smith & Mabley simplex and other
American cars would be entered before
the list closed.
Great care viii be taken to guard
against accidents to competitors or
spectators, about 125 men being en-
ployed on police duty at crossroads and
other places. Notices informing the
public about the race are being printed
in the newspapers, and other steps are
being taken 10 warn people of the tenn
pOrary use Of the road by the racing
cars.
A grand stand accommodating 400
persons will enable spectators to see
the start. the finish and the cars pass
ing at full speed. The cars will prob
ably be started at intervals of three
minutes There viii be two controls.
which viii take nine minutes to pass
through. The order Of starting will be
decided by a drawing at the house Of
the Automobile Club OF America on
Saturday. October l. Each competitors
number win show the exact time at
which he viii be started. II is said the
people who live near the course are
favorably disposed toward the race. but
foT the sake Of avoiding any possible
disagreements the racing board an
nounces that any intending competitor
who exceeds the legal rate of speed
over the course viii be at once disqual-
ifled.
The course is ten times around cir
cult Of 32ia miles. or q total distance of
3Z5 miles. and lies chiefly in the county
Of Nassau and partly in Queens Coun-
~. New York 1t has long stretches of
rnd u rr-ff farrr I.arax hoe
sharp turns or crossings of railroad or
electric car tracks. II viii be closed to
general travel from a. m. to 3 p. m.
on the day Of the race.