Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-29

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in which entries are received.
24-No entry shall be accepted in the
name of any other than the bona tide
manufacturer of the car without the
written sanction of the manufacturers
thereof, and his statement aeknowl-
edging familiarity with the conditions
governing the contest and his assufnp-
ton of all responsibility for tallure on
part of the entrant or his representa-
tive to fully comply with the said rules.
25-It shall be the duty of the me-
chanic on each car to keep close watch
in the rear for approaching cars, TO
notify the driver of the approaching
ear or cars. Driver shall Immediately
upon receiving notice from MS me-
chanic that a car or cars are ABOUT 10
attempt to pass, turn to the rleht ol
he road as far as possible with satety'
with a view of giving such approaching
car or cars room to pass. Any car OF
cars having pessed another car or cars
must ascertain that they are suf1clently
in advance of passed car or cars to en-
able taking the right of road with per
Feet safety to the car or cars passed;
20 car shall; take up the right OF ROAD
until at least two open car lengths IN
advance Failure to comply with TINS
rule shall be sufficient cause for dis
qualification.
26-Any protest must be made in writ
ing to referee. and be accompanied by
n fee of $500, which will be returned II
protest is sustained; such protest, If for
violation of rules during race, must pc
made within twelve hours of the al
legged violation. Protest regarding en-
tries must be made not later than
twenty-four hours before start of race.
27-Violation of any of the foregoing
Jules renders the car subject to dis
qualification.
2S-No car having been disqualified
shall be entitled to the return of entry
fee.
GENTRY fee shall be $500 for one
car, $3.50 for each additional car entered
fy any one manufacturer.
30-Any manufacturer may enter as
many as two cars.
31-Entries close fourteen days be-
fore the date on which contest is held
32-Committee reserves the right to
reject any entry.
There arr some innovations in the
rules as formulated that it is hoped will
tend to bette" regulate the game and
make it fairer to all concerned. The
critical examination that the cars will
undergo at the hands of the technical
committee. who are unbiased and i'm
partial. will tend to make the entrants
make only honest entries, as the risk is
TOO great to take chances on getting
caught at an unfair game.
The committee has made it stock
chassis race so that the motoring pub
lie can have some means of judging
what the stock car can do. The priv
ilege of removing the bodies is granted
for the reason that the heavy body of a
touring car or even of a runabout,
tends to increase the danger not only
from overturning on the curves, but
from increasing the tire trouble on ac-
count of the extra weight.
BY insisting that a certain number
of cars of the model entered have ac-
tually been produced during the past
season, and that the car qualities with
a speed of forty-fiVe miles per hour
a large number of small manufacturers
who have no chance of winning but
only hope to gain the publicity of en-
tering, are eliminated at the start.
The rule as to the exhaust is to over
come the dust nuisance. which has fire.
quently been taken advantage of by
the leading cars and to allow the re-
moval of the exhaust pipes so that the
valves will not be so likely to warp
or crystalline as they do when running
at continuous high speed.
The ability of the foreign drivers to
outdrive the men in this country is
conceded, and to protect the American
driver the racing teams that have been
heretofore brought from Europe are
barred. The foreign manufacturers
have made a protest over this rule,
and it's fate is now in the balance.
Replacing of Tires
Even tire requirements as we'll as all
other repairs are to be made by the
entrant the same show and prevents
the tire men putting a trained crew
in the field to look after cars equipped
with a certain kind of tire.
If the local association would adopt
similar rules to govern all of the con-
tests that take place under their super
vision ii would do much to elevate the
opinion of the public as to the fairness
of the game and do far more to in
huence buyers than the contests as
they have been conducted in the past.
The crowd does not attend the con-
tests held here so much to see what
the cars can do, as they feel sure that
some of the cars will be specials or
"doped," but they are attracted by the
element of danger that always attends
a contest where the arrangements are
not perfect.
For the first time in the history of
an American road contest the course
will be patroled by state troops
One thousand two hundred of the Geor-
gia militia will look after the policing
of the course thereby eliminating one
of the greatest dangers encountered in
road events-that of running into the
crowd of spectators that almost in
variably lines the sides of the course.
Besides the expense of repairing the
road and banking the turns so that top
speed can be maintained (Which work
is being done with state convict labor)
the people of Savannah have raised a
fund of $5000 which is being expended
on the project
The challenge trophy offered by the
southern people is a cup valued at
$4,000, which will be held by the winner
of the main event.
The Vanderbilt cup race will probably
be held over that part of the Long ISL
and parkway to be completed, but there
is a probability, should the Savannah
race prove the success that is antici-
pated for it, that it will eventually take
the place of the Vanderbilt race.
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