Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-10
AUTOS TO RING THE EARTH
PREPARATIONS FOR THE NEW
YORK TO PARIS RACE.
All the Teams Ready for the Start
on Wednesday-No Fear OF
the Arctic Roads.

NEW YORK, February 1O-The last de-
tails of the start of the New YORK 10
Paris automobile race Wednesday morn
ing were arranged yesterday. Six teams
are to be sent away In this most extraor'
binary Of all the many motor contests
that have been planned since the horse
less vehicle first came into use. Four ma
lions will be represented among the con-
testants. and this fact. in addition to the
| territory to be traversed. will give a
| worldwide interest to the race.
Three French crews. one German. one
Italian and one American will make the
start next Wednesday when word to go
is given by Mayor George B. Mcclellan OF
| New York city. The place of the start is
at Times Square. in. the heart of the city,
and the first stage Of the long journey
| leads up Broadway and Riverside drive
! to the city limits. Two hundred or more
automobiles are expected to accompany
| the racing cars as far as Yonkers The
| order of start and the personnel of the
various teams follows:
Names of the Teams.
| No. /. French-G. Bourcier ST. Chaffray
Capt. Hans Hendrix Hansen and NJ. Au.
| tran.
| No. .. French-M GODDARD NJ. Hue and
| NJ. Liver.
No g. French-M. Pons. NJ. Deschamps
and NJ Berthe.
No L. Italian-Antonio Scarfoglio, Emf
lilo Sirtori and Henri Haaga.
| No. ), German-Lieut. keoppen, Engi-
neer Hans Knape and Engineer Ernest
| Mas.
| No. 6. Observation-Disclosures Roberts anC
| Howard Brinker.
Three of the drivers constested in the
famous Peking-to-Paris race, the succes
Of which caused the present unusual con
| test to be projected. A part of the Jour
| ney is to be made over the same route
traversed by the winning car in tn
| Peking- to- Paris race-from Irkutsk on tn:
| line of the Transsiberian railroad t
Paris.
May Take Nine Months.
| All Of the men are confident of theil
ability to take their machines safely
through the difficult tasks before them
The winter journey across the western
plains and plateaus of the United States
| Including the crossing of the Rockies ir
Montana at an altitude of more thar
5000 feet, is regarded by the racing en-
thusiasts as the easiest part of theil
work, and they expect to be in San Fran
cisco inside of thirty days. AS to thu
remainder Of the journey. including, as i
does the first experience with an auto
| mODlle In the polar TeSiOnS, the eSttHdtc!
of the time required to get through t.
Paris vary from six to nine months
Each car will be equipped with ever!
continuance the drivers believe the ex
igencies Of the journey will require
| Spiked tires for travel over the frozeI
rivers Of Alaska and Siberia are par
Of the equipment and various device!
for retaining heat. in the engines ant
radiators have been made. Camp uten
sils. repair outfits and stores will maxi
cumbersome baggage. The route leads
| through many miles of heretofore un
Travelled wastes. but so far as 1t has beef
possible the committee in charge OF thu
| contest has made arrangements for sup
ply stations. The drivers. lit is believed
more dificult stages Of the trip, leaving
the speed feature to the last.
Crossing to Asia.
Reaching San Francisco by way Of
southern California detour from Reno
carrying them south to Mojave, Santa
Barbara, the Automobiles will take &
steamer to Seattle. and there transfer
to another steamer to Valdez, Alaska
A journey Of LOO miles by snow-packet
ROADS and frozen rivers will bring thu
racers to Nome.
The arrangements for crossing Berins
straits are not yet perfected. Unless
there is solid ice. steamer will be taker
to East CAPE, Siberia, a matter of som'
sixty miles. Then the autoists viii
skirt the frozen shore of the Arctic sea
frozen stream they will make their way
to Irkutsk. from which point the road,
to Moscow. st. Petersburg, Berlin an(
Paris are we'll defined.