Arizona republican., 1908-09-22

drivers. and help get a good crowd at the territorial fair, and help find out the good points of the best machines. The automobile has come to stay and it is now in the interest of humanity to encourage the survival of the fittest.
 Asked yesterday about the rules, President Bullard said that a little later the minor details would be work ed out and announced for the benefit of all interested. For the present all he could say was that all contestants must register at some prominent hotel in Los Angeles, yet to be designated, at the hour of starting. and must make the trip through to Phoenix under their own power. As nearly as prac- ticabe they must register every fifty miles along the route, that being re- quired to prove that they were travel ing overland and not scOoting through on a railroad train. Of course. where the road did not pass through any place they could register that would not be required. The drivers may travel over any route they please. The main point is to start at the dot and keep going and get there as soon as possible.
 The trophy is 70 Dc known as perpetual trophy" That means that the winner this year may have it for exhibition purposes and keep it until some other car, next year or in sue ceeding years, wins it by making a better record.
 Mir Bullard says he is cutie sure that at least two Los Angeles dealers, and perhaps several others, will enter cars in The Republicans trophy race for they practically told them they would if the trophy was offered. One is Leon T. Shettler, who handles both the Kissel car and the Rec. The other is the Auto Vehicle company, which manufactures the Tourist car Tobas- co I is a famous Kissel car which Mir Shettler proposes to enter in this race and which participated in a race last Sunday from Los Angeles to Mount Baldy against Fenners White Steam car Mercury" This is an an- nual race over the Mount Badly race course. otherwise known as the Cen tury race course. The result of this race has not been learned here yet, but DibDdBiN VIII Dt 6lNtl IT tllt l4hT Angeles papers arriving this morning. The following facts concerning the con testants and the race. sent out as pre- liminary matter, were received here yesterday:
 The race is between r. C. Fenner's White Steam car Mercury and l.. T. Shelters gasoline car "Tobasco", for S1,00000 a side, winner taking all. One car will start from Fourth and Broad way, Los Angeles. at 5:3O a. rl.. and the other car at 6:00 a. m. 4 coin will be Tipped ten minutes before the start of the first car for the privilege of starting first or last The course lies over the San Fernando road to san Fernando. over the Newhall grade through the towns of Newhall and Saugus, through the Soledad canyon passing the towns of Lang. Ravenna, Vincent Acton and Palmdale. From Palmdale the road is over the MojaVe desert for 23 miles to the foot of the mountains. From here to the finish the course is over Mir. Fenner's prf- vate wagon road and is a continual up- grade. A single misturn would send the machine flashing hundreds of feet to the canyon below. The road this year is worse in some places than it was last year particularly between San Fernando and Newhall and in the SOledad canyon.
 The altitude at the finish is 7,5OO feet and at tIhe start 267 feet. There is probably no other race course that equals this one for a severe endurance test. MT. Fenner has always contend ed that gasoline car could not stand the abuse of that course and the de- cided victory of his White Steamer over this course in every race goes to | prove it. Shelters "Tobasco" has made numerous trial trips over the | course and has made a fair showing. l Fenner's Mercury, in a trial trip |