Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-03
AUTOS TO RACE
AMID CLOUDS
REQ AND WHITE WILL BATTLE
ON HIGH
Coming Contest Between Popular Ma
chimes to Be Sensational Event
of the Season-Dngley
Goes East

Automobile racing above the clouds
is feature that has not as yet figured
in the various performances attributed
to the horseless machine and not until
the Shelter Fenner race, which is
scheduled to occur August rs, will such
an event be recorded.
Unique in the extreme is the contest
planned by Leon T. Shelter of the REQ
agency ard .Ir F. G. Fenner, owner
and stanch believer in the abilities of
the White steamer.
The Bighorn mine, on MOUNT Badly
is the destination toward which the
REQ light touring car and the steamer
will race, and at height of 9389 feet
the return trip is to be commenced.
Far more than an endurance contest
is the event which has been arranged.
Tortuous grades, sandy places with ap-
parently no bottom, and then again
superb thoroughfares, are al included
in the route over which the cars will
pass.
All conditions are waived and each
party has posted $500, strong in the be-
lief that a little easy money is to be
picked up.
The start will be made with period
of an hour and q half intervening be-
tween the getaways. Exactly 200
miles is to be covered before the race
comes to an end.
Leaving Los angeles, the machines
will whirl along to San Fernando, a
distance of twenty miles. From New
hall the route lies to Saugus. The next
fifteen miles, between Lang and Ra-
VIENNA, is marred by sandy fords which
will tax the engines to their utmost.
Ravenna is nine miles distant. and
then comes Vincent and Palmdale.
Reaching Shoemaker ranch Big Rock
creek Is practically followed until the
mine is rea he'd.
The Shelter Fenner affair is un-
doubtedly the most sensational speed
contest arranged in America. Great
cup races and endurance runs we have
had a plenty, but a wild dash into the
mountains and up the threatening
grades of a landmark such as is Badly
remains to be accomplished. The fact
that no conditions hover about the
contest cannot fail to render more
than usual satisfaction.
Despite the fact that various cars re-
quire different treatment while on the
road, it cannot be denied that the cap
ture or loss of such a contest overrides
in the main whatever consideration
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featuring peculiarities.
Both cars are to race strictly on
speed and endurance merits, and natur-
ally a deal of glory will rest with the
winner A feature that evidences the
severe test to which the machines will
be subjected lies in the fact that dur
ing the last five miles the final $500
feet will be climbed.
With the Vanderbilt cup races at
tracing unbounded interest, local en-
thusiasts will watch the great contest
with unusual attentiveness because of
the fact that Bert Dingley, late of the
White garage, this city, is to be con-
testant.
Called east by the Pope people to
drive one of the special cars which
that company is now building, Dingley
left last night to enter the elimina-
tion trials which will be run prior to
the great race of October.
Dngley is known throughout the
country as a daring driver and was one
of the foremost contestants in the Cor
don Bennett cup r~ces in France two
years ago.