The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-15
ENTRIES CLOSE
FOR AUTO RACES
Four Countries Represented in
Savannah FouP-Iiundfed-
Mile Contest.
Ten THOUSAND INQUIRIES
REGARDING BIG EVENT
Three Thousand People viii 60
From New York to
See Meet.
Tribune Special Sporting Service.

Tribune Special Sporting Service.
NEW YORK, Nov. l4.-Although
changes in the list OF grand prize en-
tries may develop as a result of mail
adv!ces from Europe, November l saw
the Official closing OF entries for the
grand prize race of the Automobile
Club of America, at Savannah, on
Thanksgiving day, with the entries of
two American cars, the Simplex and the
National. making twenty-five in all,
representing four countries.
The Simplex will be driven by F.
Norton Seymour, q driver who first
came into notice at Briarcliffe, when he
made an impressive showing with the
Simplex, working it from nearly last
90 fourth position. when the race was
called off No driver has been named
pending, however, with Emile Stricker,
who drove Robert Graves Mercedes in
the Vanderbilt cup race This car has
a siX-cylinder motor, rated al seventy
horsepower. Not only the National, but
the Locomotive seems TO prefer this
type OF motor for their speed creations,
The showing Of these cars in competi
tion with the Lozier and Simplex. which
are of the four-cylinder variety, will be
interesting and should solve the much
debated problem of whether a six is
more apt 10 run hot than a four, 1t
has practically been decided that
neither the B. L. N. nor the Matheson
will start.
Light Car Entries.
Two additional entries were also re.
ceived for the light car race, the added |
that competed in the first twenty-four-
hour race. and a French Gregoire, the |
driver OF which has not yet been named. !
This brings the list of light car starters |
up to nineteen. including two Chalmers |
Detroits, four Bucks, three Oldsmobiles, !
four Maxwells and ope each of the fol |
lowing: Lancia. lsotta, Fraschani,
goire and S p. o. The complete list |
Of cars and rivers in the grand prize is
RS follows:
Italy-Fiat, Louis Wagner; Fiat,
Felice ,NazarGo; Fiat, Ralph dc, Palma;
Itala, Henri Fournier; italia, Alexandra |
Caggno; itala, Giovanni piacenza
Benz, Rene Hanriot; Benz, Fritz Erie; !
Mercedes, Poeggie; Mercedes, Salzer.
, France : Bayard Clement. I.ucien ,
Hsutvast; Bnyard Clement, Victor
Rigal: Lorraine. Dietrich, Arthur Duray;
Renault, Francois Szisz; Renault, Lewis
Strang.
Ameyica-Locomotive, H T. Grant;
Acme. Cyrus Patschke; Lozier, Harry
Michenor; Simplex, T. Norton Seymour;
National. Emile Stricken; Chadwick,
Willie Houpt.
Prompt and thorough work had been
done in preparing the Lancia "Lampo' -
mLigihtnGing ;,l Flash y the new stock
on October IA. and it was confirmed
by the Lancia factory at Turin on Oc-
tober 10. The car. ready for racing,
except for its wheels, was shipped on
the steamship Batavia, which left
Genoa on November l. The Batavia
is slow steamship, but it was the best
steamship connection which could be .
made.
Big Crowd Going.
A letter from Vincenzo Lancia states
that the car will have four-cylinder
engine of the standard size, and will be
similar IN all respects TO the gentle
man 's roadster made by Lancia, except
chat 1t will have thirty-inch wheels,
With demountable rims. The hubs for
these wheels have already been shipped,
The wheels, with the demountable rims.
Will be put together in this country. and
these will he ready to be attached to
the chassis when they arrive on the
Batavia. The Lancia ELampoo will
weigh. in the chassis state, about fiji
teen hundred pounds. Lapcia estimates
tnat II Will make easily from fifty to
al Wy 1--WE ill1e5 an nOur.
OtTIcers Of local transportation COM
panies have received 10000 inquiries
relative to what facilities are to be Of
fered to the auto enthusiasts who will
leave this city for Savannah during
the few days previous to the great in.
ternational automobile event Those
who IN the past havo faced the problem
OF transporting crowds by lard and
water 70 distant points do not take this
rush OF inquiries to mean that 10000
persons from this city are going south
TO witness the race, however. They
generally prepare for number of peo.
pie equal to about 80 per cent of the
unmber Of Inquiries received, so that
5000 IS considered by them to be CON.
servative estimate of the numerical
size Of the Gotham crowd which will
20 TO the southland for the Thanks.
giving treat of witnessing the swiftest
entos in the world race for moro than
400 miles under the command of the
most daring drivers of the old aud new
world.