Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-21
WHITE ENTERS
24-HOUR RACE
Majority of Dealers Consider Contest
Too Expensive for Results
That Can Be At
talned

Work was begun yesterday on the
track at Ascot park in preparation for
the twenty-four hour race that is
scheduled to be run there on Saturday
and Sunday next.
For a time it looked dubious as to
entries but there now appears some
chance for four or five at least and
the promoters are going ahead with
their preparations, trusting to their
good fortune to get sufficient entries
at the last minute to make the event
interesting.
The White garage is the first to an
nounce an actual entry. Captain
H. d. Ryus, the manager of
the White garage, has announced
I'VE will put in a car" said Captain
Ryus, but at the present we cannot
say just what one we will use. We
want to demonstrate that a steamer
can run tWenty-four hours as well as
any other automobile on the market.
We will be there with a fast one and
expect to cross the tape at the finish
of the twenty-four hours with several
miles to our credit"
The Tourist entry is also probable,
it being a matter of tires being fur
nished free. AS the promoters of the
race have offered to furnish tires for
at least one other car in the event that
they did not get in the money 1t seems
probable that they will extend the
same offer to others.
The Auburn will not be a competitor
though it has been reported as going
in. r. l.. Forsyth said yesterday aft
ernoon that under no circumstances
would he put in a car himself, but
that If Davis, one of his men, wished
to drive a car he could have one but
the risk. would not be assumed by
Forsyth or the Central Motor Car
company.
The Jackson will not be in either,
as at that agency they do not believe
so much in track races as they do in
hill climbing events or road contests.
"Wild Bill'' Ruess, who is not really
wild at all either in his mind or in his
driving, said once more yesterday, 81
am not going to put in a Pope-Hart-
ford car and that is the straight dope.
Even If / had a car to enter I would
not put it in. You can take it from
me that if we are at the track it will
be to see somebody else than us risk
their cars and their necks. We have a
few stunts up our sleeves that we will
pull off when we get in shape here for
business and they will do US more good
than half dozen twenty-four hour
races
past, previous or future of putting lin
his new Cadillac $50" demonstration.
II don't doubt for a minute" said
Lee, that we could win with our new
ci but there has been no time to try
the car out for such work and it would
be foolish to put new car that we
have had so little experience with in
a race of any kind. Beside that we
need the car for a demonstration and
could not afford to take the chance
of an accident with it.
II may put In a single cyclinder car,
as it would have as good a chance
as any of them If they would make it
a regular twenty-four hour race in
stead of three eight-hour races. don't
approve of the rest cures that they al
low every eight hours
1--WE would not need to stop Cadil-
lac for a couple Of hours to put in a
new engine or repair it but would be
able to keep her on the track for the
limit and we could do it on one set of
tires. That is just a little more than
the next one could do"
Lee is really serious in regard to en-
tering the single cyclinder car and If
there is any prospect of continuance
race will doubtless line up at the start
with one of those everlasting, ire
pressible, ous-performance, i'm
terchangeable one lungers.
Paul Renton says may" when asked