New-York tribune., 1908-01-29
AUTO RACING PLANS.
DEVAR CUP CONTEST OFF.
Nov elTrophy VIII Be offered at the
Savannah Meeting.

The contest committee of the Automobile Club
of America announces that, owing 10 'he iao'
that the trustees of the DeWar trophy "ouio ho'
consent to the qualifying conditions laid DOWN
bv the committee Chat cars TO be eligible 10
compete for said trophy should cover one nun
dred miles at an average speed of sixty miles an
bour, this race has been stricken from the pro-
1ramme It is more than probable, however
that a one mile competitive race Tor a trophy
will be substituted in its place.
The conditions ot the invitation race for anna
teur drivers have been amended so that any
gentleman invited to drive in this event is not
Obliged to own car but can borrow or secure
car or chassis provided he drives it himself
The committee has secured freight rate on
automobiles of 81 81 hundred pounds in car
load lots by the Ocean Steamship Company TO
Savannah and thence by rail to Ormond
The Christie front drive 13o- horsepower car
has been entered by ". Gould Brokaw and VIII
compete in the long distance race, the 1oO-nile
Minnea polls trophy race and in all of the snort
races The Fiat Cyclone. q specially built racing
car has been entered for practically the same
events Arrangements being made for spe-
cial cars 70 transport club members from New
York to Ormond
The latest reports from the Savannah Auto
mobile Club regarding the coming stock chassis
endurance speed races on March is and ~ are
to the effect that several hundred convicts, who
are the road builders of the South, have been
nut to work on the course and, according to an
official of the club. every hole the size of pin
head will be filled and rolled to not only
make the course absolutely safe and free from
Jars but to render it the greatest speedway and
record breaking course the world has ever
known.
The Savannah club has been swamped by let
ters from points in Georgia and almost every
state east Of the Mississippi River and II now
seems clear that Savannah will be called upon
10 entertain thousands of visitors during the
time of the races This is evident from the
many inquiries for accommodations and infor-
nation which are being received
Harvey Granger, one of the officials or the
meeting. who is now in this city, says that the
trophy which will De presented for the 36o-me
race will cost 5000 or upward and will be
prohs bly, the most valusb bic trophy ever offered
for an event of this kind It will be known as
the Savannah Chailenge Trophy and will consist
Of 2 Iifesize bust Of tho Indian Chief Tomachichf
He was the chief of the YumaCraw Indians. ami
was personal friend and ally of General Ogle-
thorpe who founded the city of Savannah
There IS q monument 70 Chief Tomachichi In
Savannah which consists of roughly carved
granite block in one of the public squares.
on which will rest the bust of the chief. dressed
in full resalia.
The war bonnet. which is string OF feathers.
will be so arranged that extra feathers of silver
can be inserted in il. 1t will be a challenge
trophy and will have to he won three times by
of the same make In the mean time the
winner each year will receive silver feather
with the details of his victory inscribed upon it.
a duplicate of this feather will be inserted in
the bonnet of the chief and as succeeding
victories are recorded additional feathers will
be placed in the cap Of Tomachichi and dupii-
Gates of these sent TO the winners for mounting
and preserving. The idea is so odd that it has
met with general approval.
For the shorter races, two cups OF more value
than those ordinarily offered for automobile
races, will be made for the club. These will be
called the Southern Runabout Cup and the
Southern Six-Cylnder Cup, respectively, ana
will become the absolute property Of the win
ners.
The officials of the Savannah Automobile Club
fear that an erroneous impression may have
been created the effect that American cars
and American manufacturers only wanted
in the Savannah races. This is not true The
Savannah committee believes and thoroughly
expects that the leading foreign manufacturers
will be represented, and entry blanks have been
forwarded to all importers and to the leading
factories abroad. 1t is felt that with so many
speedy being built in Europe opportu-
nifty should be given to compete this
fast course No American manufacturer will
concede that Europe build faster than
the United States, and the committee be-
lieves that the will be of international
character and will afford opportunity for
the greatest burst of speed, on the average time
Of the race which has ever been seen in this
country abroad.
While the course has no hills, it has
Der of turns. and is by means easy prop
ostion for driver. Experience and skill will
count largely in the winning of the three races.
Paris. Jan 2S.-Three OF the automobiles
which are to take part in the New York 70 Paris
motor car contest left this city to-day their
way to New York b. way OF Havre. The cars
were driven by two Frenchmen-StiChafrey and
Godard-and an Italian-Antonio Scafogio. The
cars were decorated with the flags of France.
the United States and Russia. They mad a
round of the boulevards and passed out Of the
CITY by the Porte Maot for Havre. where they
will be placed on board steamer for New York.
Pons, third French driver, will join the others
on their way down to the coast.
HERMAN HAS HIS SAY.