Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-11-22
HILL CLIMB
NEXT EVENT
RIVERSIDE TO HAVE CONTEST
THANKSGIVING DAY
NEW MILE COURSE REPORTED
SLOW AND SAFE
Small Interest Taken in Event as
Compared with That of Last Year,
and Number of Entries Prom
ises to Be Small

Interest in the Riverside hill climb
to be held on Thanksgiving day is only
lukewarm among the dealers IN Los
Angeles The few who have been over
the course pronounce it slow and saIe
The road over which the run VIII be
made is a trifie over mile IN lehgth
and is through d subdivision not yet
placed on the market, so that the road
is over private property as yet.
The gradient is not expected to give
the average motor any trouble, though
it is reported that Chalmers-Detrolt
go" stalled on the hill last week When
a trip of inspection was made. AT
that time the ground was a little soIt,
and a larger car made the run In q
little less than two minutes for the
mile or more of the course.
The program starts with three motor
cycle events and they will doubtless
set pace so fast that it will make
the time of the motor cars look pale
and weak.
AS the events Were originally ar
ranged there was no class in which
roadster of $4,000 or under could fairly
compete, as it would have to race with
cars in the $4,000 class.
There is only one class for run
abouts, and all single or double cylln-
der cars will have to compete IN a
class that will admit fours.
The arrangement Of classes has re-
vived the old discussion of the advisa-
bility of classifying cars according to
bore or cylinder displacement prospect
i've of price.
Among the cars that have been speci-
fed as going out from here are d
Stoddard- DAYTON touring car and a
roadster, a Stearns runabout, Thorn
as Flyer six cylinder, and kissel Kar
roadster, which will be none other than
bod
ment put back in place once more.
There will doubtless be Chalmers,
but it will probably be the 40" which
is quite different car from the 80
which is the one the local agency is
selling. 1t is rumored that Bert Ding
ley will be brought down to drive IT,
and that the Blue Bird, which went
wrong in the 24-hour race, will be the
car entered.
There was some talk of the entry OF
a Iocomobile, but later Leavitt gave
the idea up as too risky. w. K. CoWan
will have a Rambler in, and the White
garage will send out the new model''O'
if it can be spared.
Harrison has an Apperson entry in
mind. while Hamlin will doubtless send
one or two air-cooled Frankllns out
to keep the game moving.
The REQ Kiddo" has been made a
stock car once more and will be entered
by d. f. Robertson, who is its present
owner. The little single cylinder car
will make some of the multiple cylinder
entries hump themselves to beat its
time as it is a powerful hill climber
as well as being a slayer on the long
runs
Following is the list of events as
originally planned. To these have been
added a class for roadsters OF $1,000
and under
First event--single cylinder stock
motorcycles.
Second event-Double cylinder stock
motorcycles.
Third event-Free for all motorcycles.
Fourth event-Runabouts, or road
sters $1,000 or under.
Fifth event-Touring cars $1,000 to
$500. $50, -
$1,000. .ooo,
$500. .o-o,
Eighth event-Touring cars $25O1 to
$4,000. .ooo.
$4,000. oo.
Eleventh event--Roadsters $4,000 and
under .ooo,
twelfth event-Roadsters $SOo1 and
Final event-Special for four cars
making fastest time.