Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-17
PHOENIX RACE
DRAWS RIVALRY
MORE THAN DOZEN BEST CARS
WILL START
Trial Trips Convince Drivers That the
Road to Phoenix Is No Boule-
ward Excursion by Long
Sight

The Phoenix race develops more and
more the spirit of rivalry that exists to
capture the Phoenix glory flag as well
as all the emoluments that accrue to
those fleet of speed when wrapped up
in stripped automobiles. AS predicted
in these columns, there will undoubt-
edly be at least twelve, possibly the
'hoodoo" number of thirteen cars, in
this event.
Probably never in any race in the
country will there be, or has there
been, so great an aggregation of first
class cars enrolled for so hard trip.
The Baldy course is one of the most
aggravating trials to a car that can
be we'll imagined for the reason that
there is every condition known to
man for the car competing in that
event to meet, but there is a road to
Baldy, defined and marked and to a
certain extent travelled But while
there are no severe climbs on the
Phoenix run and while it looks easy,
1t is one of the most trying on cars
and men in the United States. There
is no picnic or excursion to the desert
run, 1t is not a seventy y-fve-mile per
hour trip either, as those who go
against the sands of the long stretch
of California and Arizona deserts VIII
find, but a hard, slow, gruelling grind,
part of the drivers to get over 1t at
all.
The cars, one by one, are being pre-
pared for the trip and at times are
making trials of the course, and each
agree that it is one that will try the
patience of the drivers and certainly
the stuff that is in the cars themselves
One of these to make portion OF the
journey was the Doris this past week
1rfxy oc thprn
in the automobile business, William
Bosbyshell, and while 1t is not for The
Herald at this time to tell what 1t
knows about the trip of the Doris, II
may be intimated that this staunch
piece of machinery will be well up IN
the showing when the cars reach the
territorial capital. The Pennsylvania
keyed up to the highest pitch OF per
fection of the mechanicians skill, is
Mt for the fray and will make her ad-
vent on the desert this week. And
Ralph C. Hamlin with his Greyhound
II will probably drive the entire route
to Phoenix during this week, while
other cars will follow suit as quickly
as possible so that drivers may know
the road when it comes to the time
to start.
The stickler to even the entrant him
self is the Isotta, the ltallan car
which has reputation HdIu " "P
proach. Although not yet here, it Is
looked for with anticipation because 1t
has earned the reputation it has with
hard drives, and the car coming here
will in all likelihood be driven by
Strang, who has a national reputation
not excelled by even Chevrolet, Rob
ertson or Oldfeld. All that will keep
Strang from making his appearance
will be his engagements in the east,
which the Isotta people are endeavor-
ing to arrange otherwise and allow the
great driver to come to the coast and
enter the ranks of the Motor Car I'M
port company as one of it's staff of
drivers.
Then there is Harris Hanshue with
Shelters Jack Rabbit" and Hanshue
is no second-rater by any means, and
his car is fixed for some high speed
running where she gets the chance
and arrangements made for sand run
ming that will be a surprise.
Taking it all in all, the Phoenix race
of 1909 will be the great event of the
Pacific coast for cars and drivers