Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-25
LITTLE RACERS
PROMISE SPEED
LIGHT CARS TO RACE AT SA-
VANNAH TODAY
GRAND PRIZE EVENT TO BE RUN
THANKSGIVING
Lozier Car Had Narrow Escape Yes
terday When Wheel Hub Grazed
Bark from Oak Tree by
Roadside

SAVANNAH, Ga, Nov. 24.-All of the
American and foreign drivers who are
to pilot cars in the international nght
car and Grand Prize races here were
called together tonight at the head
quarters of the Automobile Club OF
America in the Hotel de Soto ana
given their final instructions.
The light car event, a 20-lap 1aunt
around a short 10-mile rectangular
course, will be started at II. o'clock to-
morrow forenoon and the indications
tonight point to fifteen entrants.
The Grand Prize race of 4O2.S miles,
the longest road race ever run in
America, will be started at O'Clock
Thanksgiving morning with twenty OF
the fastest cars, representing France,
Germany. Italy and the United States.
entered.
Everything is in readiness for the
light car race tomorrow
With the light car race starting at IL
o'clock the result should be known
shortly after 8 p. m. The exact dis
lance of the race is 1876 miles. The two
absentees from the seventeen starters
originally announced for tomorrow S
race will be the American Aristocrat,
which did not arrive, and the Gregoire,
a French entrant, which George Rob
ertson, the winner OF the Vanderbilt
cup and the Fairnlont Park races this
ytdl, was " IlclNC QllNt AeOpNA eSNAA
did not receive the car until yesterday,
and found that it could not be put in
condition to make a proper showing.
The S. 2. o. car which crashed into
trees and completely wrecked tele-
phone pole last Saturday with Mechan-
ician De Rosa, who was Killed, has
been practically rebuilt since the acct
dent and will be a sure starter tomor-
row. Herbert Corners will be at the
wheel instead of Jean Juhasse, who
was injured in the wreck.
The revised list of light cars and
drivers starting tomorrow follows:
No. 1, S. P. O., Corners: No. 2, Lam
cha, Hilliard; No. 3. Chalmers-Detroit.
Bergdoll; No. s. Cameron, Cameron;
No. 6, Potter, Pool; No. 8, Buick, Bur
man; No. 8, Maxwell See; No. 10,
Chalmers Detroit, Lorimer; No. IL,
Buick, Hearne; No. II, Maxwell, Cos
tello; No, 10, Chalmers-Detroit, Burns;
No. A. Buick, Master; No. 10, Maxwell,
Munweiler; No. 16, Buick, Jeffers; No.
II. Maxwell, Kelsey.
The rule closing the course to prac-
tice was rescinded today by the auto
mobile club officials and most of the
light cars took an hour allowed to them.
The Lozier car, one of the American
team, had a narrow escape from total
wreck this morning when milford, a
mechanician, lost the road and took the
bark off big oak tree. One wheel,
slightly damaged, was quickly replaced,
and the car made several of it's fastest
laps this afternoon.
The speed honors of the day, how
ever. went to De Palma of the Fiat
Italian team, who made a circuit of
the 1918 miles in 22:15.
Two ocean steamers laden with en-
thusiasts from New York arrived to-
day. Special trains from New York
and from many cities in the south be-
gan to arrive tonight and the city is
crowded
Betting shows the following odds pre-
vailing on the various cars entered,
and little change from these figures is
anticiDated.