The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-25
(IDREDS ARRIVE
|FDR AUTO RACES
[.,uah Is Crowded With En-
Iusiasts From All Over the
Nj Country.
kERS GIVEN ORDERS
VI BY TRACK OFFICIALS
ep Machines VIII Be Sent
lrsy in Record Breaking
Contest.

|~,NSAH, Ga, Nov. 2i.-All Of tho
A ana American drivers who are TO
- IN the international light car
ava prize races here were called
Z, ,onieht at the headquarters OF
|,-,onobile Club OF America in the
/ n, Soto and given their final in
- for the race. The light car
4 tventy-lap jaunt around a short
I J. .,,stsngle-will be started tomor-
-,nlnr al IL o'clock. and the indi-
!, mint tonight to fifteen final Gu
rand prize race OF i02S miles. the
= mad race ever run in America.
. ,arted at 0 o'clock Thanksgiving
II With twenty OF the fastest cars
rting Franco. Germany. Italy and
|r.tsd States entered. Everything
r,dIncss for the light car race to-
=. The Tiny racing machines Will
a away at half-minutc intervals,
a m goes well. the last of the fif-
/ruld hardly he under way before
comes swlrling down the home
= IN completion of the first lap.
Usually large number of laps 10
IL and the short intervals separat-
Z ors are expected TO furnish plenty
Es.nont TO the thousands OF people
I'D in the grandstands.
Only Accident.
= rly serious accident OF the prac-
d ,,,od for the racing here oc-
y "a the light cars. and there is not
I pprehension tonight lest the more
4 d the drivers should send their
/tls charges along tomorrow at 100
geed for safety. There are but
/sE5s In the rectangular course. how
ID all are well banked, Six hun
|tpp5 are 10 be thrown about the
4 nads, Nagmen arc 70 be stationed
LIAortest Of Intervals and everything
= In the way of protection Of the
: will be done.
the result should be known short
r5 2. m. The exact distance of
es Is 1856 miles.
lEo a6sentees from the seventeen
= originally announced for tomor-
ace Will he the American Aristo-
which did not arrive, and the Gre
French entrant. which George
ior. the winner Of the Vanderbilt
~ the Fairmont Park races this
yss 10 have driven. Robertson did
Eslye the car until yesterday, and
nat It could not be got into con-
make a proper showing. The
Y, car, which crashed into trees
~ completely through n telephone
m saturday. with Nechanlcian De
tno was Killed: has been practical
vi since the accident and VIII be
Narter tomorrow. Herbert Con-
y os at the wheel, instead of Jean
WHO was injured in the wreck,
Corrected List.
fsrlsed list OF light cars and driv-
wing tomorrow follow:
P. o.. Conners; No. ., Lancia,
NO, 3, Chalmers Detroit, Berg
@ !, Cameron. Cameron; No. 6.
Fool; No. s, Buick, Bur-
sa. :, Maxwell, See; No. 10, ChaI-
eisoil Loriner; No. II. Buick,
No. II. Maxwell, Costello; No. IL,
tDetroit. Burns; No. ID. Buick,
NO: 10, Maxwell, Munweiler: No.
II ~'Ns hicL-N W
que Closing the course to prac-
was rescinded by the Auto
suo officials, and most OF the light
advantage OF the hour allowed
~ exclusive occupants of the
,tectangle. Later In the day,
ne twenty entrants in the cup
as OUT Tho Lozier car, one of
Edn team had a narrow escape
wreck this morning. when Null
lschanician, lost the road and
%ik OF u big oak tree. One
n'y damaged. was quickly re-
fra sn me car made several of It's
s This afternoon. The speed
ue day. however. went 10 De
~ 9e Fiat Italian team. who made
rhe @ he 25.l3 miles In 22:15.
sn steamers laden with cnthus-
~ mew York: arrived today. Spe-
from from New York and from many
Xta 1h south began 10 arrive to-
- ho city Is crowded.