Arizona republican., 1908-10-20
DRIVING SHETTLER'S REQ
They Will Travel Leisurely Carefully Inspecting the Racing Route--Will Be Met at Buckeye by On auf- feur .Fremeau.

Chauffeur Fremau of the Ainsworth garage will leave this morning for Buckeye. expecting to return this evening if all goes well. His mission is to meet the pilot car sent out by the Rec garage of Leon T. Shettler, manned by c. P. Bigelow. an eXperi- enced driver, and Bert Latham, who is to drive the Shelters Kisselkar from Los Angeles to Phoenix in the great road race Tor The Arizona Republi- cans silver cup trophy. and the record between Los Angeles and Phoenix. leaving Los Angeles November ,. This pilot car left Los Angeles at noon Sunday, arrived in Beaumont Sunday evening. and it is expected reached Ehrenberg. on the Colorado river, last evening. Mir Fremeau will await the arrival of the Reo at Buckeye and es- cort it into Phoenix. Concerning this trip and the coming great road race the Los Angeles Times of Sunday morning has the following:
 C. P. Bigalow. one of the most eX- perienced desert drivers, and Bert La tham will leave at noon today for Phoenix. Arizona. Bigelow will drive his two-cylinder Rec. which he has used on many hard desert journeys. They expect to get to Phoenix Tues- day night. and plan to reach Beau mont the first night, Ehrensburg the second and Phoenix the third.
 Equipped for the 450-mile trip the two men will essay the dangerous journey They will take time. how ever. to look over the route carefully. The little car should give a good ac- count of itself, and when Latham re- turns he should be in shape to make a fast run to Phoenix on November ,.
 Up to the present. Leon T. Shettler is the only one to enter for the road race. It appears now that the race will develop into a trip by the Kissel- kaT in search of the cup offered by the Arizona Republican to the car making the fastest time over the course. Shettler says he will start his car even though there are no other entries
 A. J. Smith will not race his FL more. He endeavored on Wednesday to secure a side bet from Fenner, he says, and could not arrange the de- tails with the White Steamer man. Smith is game. and is anxious to drive to Phoenix. He says, however, he is out of it now that he cannot make dicker with Fenner, as he was par ticularly anxious to drive against the steam car which beat him on the Bal dy race two years ago.
 BlGELOW COMPETENT.
 There is no man in Los Angeles who knows the dangers of the mysterious desert better than Bigelow. In choos- ing the Rec owner to blaze the path to Phoenix. those who know say Shet- tier has made no mistake
 In addition to being a good sand driver, Bigelow understands his car like an Arab his horse There is noth- ing about the trim little two-cylinder that BigelOw has not examined. In case of a breakdown he is prepared for emergency work. The car is light, and, if necessary, it can be eased over penditure of brawn.
 The route by way of Beaumont and Ehrensberg offers superior advantages to any other named. In addition, this has been chosen as the official course for the race. and cars making the run must pass through the towns named. It will be a continuous run from the time of the start at midnight. NOvem- Der ,, until the arrival at Phoenix.
 There is much regret among auto mobile men that F. C. Fenner's car will in all probability be out of the race. The present outlook is that Fenner will endeavor to pull off a race on another date than the one decided upon by the Maricopa club. Fenner hopes to race a LocOmObile.
 When the race was first proposed Fenner held out for a twelve hours stop at Ehrensberg. Shettler wanted to run straight through The matter