The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-24
FREAK CARS ARE
TO Be BARRED
Only Machines Made for Serv-
ice Will Be Allowed to
Start at 0rmOnd.

Interest in the Ormond meet in
creased during the week of the auto
mobile show. when affairs came to a
point where it became certain that the
meet would be run and that the list OF
events would be so arranged as to close
out the freak machines. The news was
welcomed by the makers and welcomed
also by the drivers, and Immediately
there started a movement most favor
able TO Ormond
When the A. A. A. entered the field
and said through its officials that the
Ormond meet should be held and even
went to the extent of holding a meet
ing especially. % deal with the situa-
ton. the interest grew, and the delight
of the trade was expressed in substan-
tial ways. W. ]. Morgan. who viii
pilot the affairs of the meeT. held a
meeting with the officials of tie Flori-
da East Coast railroad and hotel sys-
TEN. and the affairs of the Ormond
meet and the Palm Beach motor boat
tournament We're placed entirely in his
hands. He will at once start all nee
cssary work 70 carry through the ven
ture, and in all probability the A. a. A.
will give valuable assistance in ar
ranging the program for the event
With Mr.. Morgan and all of the A. A
A. force at work in the promotion of
the event. and especially with the en-
dorsement of the latter organi.at ton
the meet will go through with a rush
and the entry list will BE- larger than
ever both for Ormond and for Palm
Beach.
Race Through Canal.
The race of motor boats from st.
Augustine through the new canal to
OrmOnd and thence TO Palm Beach. fer
the Commodore Allen trophy, viii come
the week previous to the Palm Beach
meet, which viii precede instead of fol-
low the OrmOnd races. This will make
three weeks in all of splendid sport in
Florida, and the chances of Il great
attendance of the fans" IS excellent
As the meet at Ormond Will include
events at the Vanderbilt race distance
for stripped stock touring cars and also
for the Vanderbilt cup racing cars, it
may be inferred that a large entry list
win be received.
Ormond will assume its position in
history each year with this meet for
the elimination of the freaks and the
necessity of competitive events will
start every maker working for ,the
common cause.
With the automobile makers the in
terest centers now in coming contents.
in which they may display lheir new
models and give them a test against
the cars if other makers. the three
day endurance run, which takes IIace
in Chicago just previous to the Chicago
show, which opens Nov. Sc, will be
quite an event, as the trophy is very
handsome and the rules for the contest
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be made. Following this event the Or
mond meet will attract attention. and
as the coming meet is to be one of the
greatest ever held on the tide rolled
sands, the entry list will be large.
Dates Set for Late March.
The dates late in March will be GER
tain to draw a large entry list, the
dates being just at a time when the
makers will be ready to give publicity
TO their product prior to the 1908 sell
ing season. Inasmuch as the stripped
stock touring car race in Westchester
county follows closely the Ormopd
meet and inasmuch as the TWO events
may be participated in within a month.
the two events Will aid each other very
materially.
The show season is now on. and men
look tired when they think of ;he fu-
ture. For mShy men must go through
show experiences week after week and
month after month"; covering all The
time until March next. There is no
relief for them, for shows must come
and shows must go and the automobile
Industry, which is benefited, must go
on forever. This show business be-
comes very irksOme TO many of those
who have spent months in the past
years at this class of work For those
delegated TO take part in the circuit
of annual exhibitions. national and 10
cal, the future shows little that is
bright and CHEEKY.