Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-21
400 MILE ROAD
RACE ARRANGED
BIG EVENT SCHEDULED FOR
SAVANNAH, GA.
COURSE TO BE PATRoLED BY
STATE MILITIA
American and Foreign Cars Eligible
to Compete - Entries for
Events Close octo-
Der

The 400-mile international road race
for the grand prize of the Automobile
club of America will be held at Sa-
vannah, Ca, on Thursday, November
26, with the cooperation of Mayor
Tiedeman, the municipal authorities of
that city and the Savannah Automo-
bile club, over the beautiful course of
Chatham county, Georgia. The date of
the contest and race distance was de-
cided upon at a meeting of the contest
committee of the Automobile club Of
America, of which Robert Lee Morrell,
chairman, presided, the others in at
tendance being A. H. Whiting, Il.
Rand Hollander, H. H. Law and 3.
M. Butler, secretary.
The course will be guarded by state
militia under the orders of the COVER
nor of the state.
American and foreign cars are eligi-
BILE to compete, but not more than
three cars of any one make can be en-
tered. American entries should be
made direct to the contest committee
Of the A C. of A. The foreign entries
should be made through the recog-
nized automobile clubs in the country
in which the car is manufactured,
which club is the representative of the
Automobile club of America in that
country.
The entry fees are as follows: $3.50
for one car, $1,000 for two cars or the
same make, $1750 for three cars OF the
same make, thus providing $3.50 as the
fee for first car, $3.50 as the fee for
the second car and $3.50 as the fee for
the third car when maker enters a
full team of three machines. A de-
posit of $500 per car must accompany
each entry when the blank Is filed
with the committee.
The entries will close October /, at
regular fees, but additional entries
will be accepted up to November l up
on payment of an extra fee of $3.50 per
car.
IF the number of cars entered is too
great, considering the length of the
course. the committee reserves the
right to run eliminations, II necessary.
If eliminations are necessary the date
will be subsequently fixed by the con-
test committee.
All cars taking part in the race must
have q motor comprising four cylin-
ders with a bore of 6.1 Q55 MILL
metersl maximum, or the equivalent
in effective surface or 10. .46tS square
millimeters. That is to say:
For one cylinder, 1925 inches, 80
m-m) of bore. >o.o
For two cylinders Sc inches (21s
m-m) Of bore. .-o
For three cylinders 7 inches Q79
m-m) Of bore. --
For four cylinders e.1 inches d55
m-m) Of bore. >.o.
m-m) of bore.
For eight cylinders, 4.33 inches Q1o
n-m) of bore.
These have been given in round fig
ures without taking decimals into ac-
count, in order to facilitate measure
ments: they are the maximum and no
allowance will be granted.
Cars in running order, but without
water, gasoline, tools or spare parts,
must weigh at least 2424 pounds (1lvO
kilos). This weight of 2424 pounds
01oO kilos) will include oil for the
motors and for the transmission.
Every agent of oxidation other than
atmospheric air is forbidden.
The way in which the Savannah
automobiles have taken hold of the
grand prize race proposition proves
them to be wonderfully live wires IN
the sport. Following the receipt of a
Telegram from Robert Lee Morrell to
the effect that the contract had been
signed for the race to take place on
Thanksgiving day or thereabout, the
Savannah Automobile club officials got
into Immediate touch with the road
commissioners Of Chatham county and
the latter agreed to get right to work
on the course. Eight miles, chiefly of
new road, will be built on the southern
end of the course used this spring,
making q total circuit mileage of rs ga
miles Plans were also formed at once
for the enlargement of the grand stand
to seat 1000 people. and other details
as wide and extensive were also dis
cussed. The race will probably be for
more than 400 miles, a greater distance
than any yet held in America. The
entry fee, it is understood, is to be $3.50.