Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-25
AUTO CONTEST
IS POSTPONED
DATE SET FOR TRANScoNTI-
MENTAL RACE
SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS AN
cELEs INCLUDED
Stanley KetchelI on Fast Trip from
San Francisco in WhIte-Fen-
ner's Car Makes Fast
Trial
RY FREpERrC PABsT

BY FREDERIC PAbSI
The double transcontinental race
which was to have been run this sum-
mer has been postponed until next
year. It's promoters announce that the
race will start July without fail, and
that eight entries have already been re-
ceived.
The New York Times is responsible
for the project. Only seven cars were
entered for a race this year, and as
there was a probability that only part
of these would start, postponement
was decided upon.
The conditions which were drawn up
require that two men take the cars
through. These men must make all
repairs and requirements without out
side help. They will be accompanied by
an observer and reporter. The cars
will run only between sunrise and an
hour after sunset. The route as laid
out will include many Of the principal
cities. The cars will go to San Fran
cisco, then down the coast to Los An
geles and back by way of Goldnelu.
Properly managed, this Will pc a piS
event in motoring.
Stanley Ketchell, the pugilist, made
very creditable run down from san
francisco in 30-horse power White
steamer. With J. p. ANYWAY at the
wheel, the car left the Golden Gate
CITY at 7:30 Saturday morning, arriv-
| ing at Paso Robles at that evening.
This Is a hard 236-mile drive and re-
quires hustling all the way TO make tne
run in daylight. The Sunday drive was
| l65 miles from Paso Robles to santa
Barbara. The run yesterday was an
easy one, the top Of Cahuenga pass De-
! ing reached at o'clock. Col. 4. =.
Fenner, Harry Fuller and a party IN
| three Whites and a large gathering OF
local sports in other cars met the car
at the Cahuenga Tavern.
! Mr.. Fenner's White also did some
fast travelling yesterday morning on the
Pasadena boulevard. The purpose OF
| the trials was to secure pictures or a
| car going near the mile a minute marx
without raising any dust. This is
| claimed for the petrolithic pavement
| over which the trial was made.
There is to be an international good
roads conference in Paris in october.
and photographs such as were secured
yesterday will be presented.
Jack Heyser drove and Enrique Or
nalas, the Mexican consul at San An
|
| r. L. Forsyth, the local agent for the
Auburn, will go east today. He VIII
be gone three weeks, during which time
he will visit the Auburn factory and
many of the other big plants in and
around Detroit. Mr.. Forsyth expects
to return with full details and speci-
fications of his new four-cylinder car,
which the Auburn company VIII put
out the coming season. Mr.. Forsyth has
had a highly successful year on the
coast, having sold a large number of
cars in addition to pulling off numer-
Gus stunts which have been big ad-
vertisement for the Auburn.
The Kisselkar, which is to race with
the White in the race to Baldy, VIII
be ready for the road today. 1t Is
probably one of the best equipped cars
for this purpose ever put out Of shop,
and the men who designed the many
attachments for the gruelling contest
certainly knew their business.
r. M. Bower and Frank Booth of
San Diego, who participated In the tour
Of the Tourist, started home yesterday
in the cars which took them over the
long course. G. A. Dundas of River
side drove homo Sunday.
Art Smith of Searchlight was in the
city yesterday to purchase a Great
smith car to put in the stage service in
and around Searchlight. He already
has a Great Smith in service and he is
so well satisfied he is purchasing Sec
ond.
The 1909 Peerless is expected here to-
morrow.
The great race over the Dieppe cir
cult can now be seen in the moving
picture shows. The picture men didn't
realize what good thing they had, and
quietly put the picture on without a
shout. 1t Is a wonderfully clear pic
ture, and shows several of the bad ac-
cidents. There have been fake acci-
dents shown before, but these are the
real things. 1t is quite thrilling to see
cars crashing through the fence and
turning over several times on the track.
P. Fl. Greer of the local Mitchell com
pany leaves this week to attend a con-
ference of the agency managers at the
Mitchell factory. The Mitchell is one
Of the few factories which pay all the
expenses of their agents.
Charlie Coleman Is boosting for the
picture shows He says the race pic
ture is great Incidentally 1t is a crack
ing ad' for Michelin tires.
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