The San Francisco call., 1909-08-21
EXTRA TROPHY FOR
PORTOLA CONTEST
Beautiful Diamond Ring for Girl
Polling Most Votes in
Next Few Days
Special Award for Balloting
Commencing Tomorrow and
Continuing to Noon Friday

beautiful diamond ring valued at
$3.50 will be given to the girl in the
Portola contest for the trip to Seattle
VINO polls the greatest number of votes
from the completion of the canvass
today until noon Friday, August 81
Any girl in the contest may win this
ring even though she should fail to
be one of the girls to go to Seattle.
Every girl In the contest has an
equal chance. The girl who is at pres
ent at the bottom of the list will have
just as great an opportunity to own
this beautiful diamond as Miss Estelle
collonan or any of the other girls who
nave nearly 10000 votes For it will
be the votes that are cast today and
up until Friday noon that will deter
mine the ownership of the ring.
BALLOTING FOR RING
The balloting for the diamond ring
VIII start as soon as the canvass of
the vote today is completed. Only
those votes cast between today and
friday noon will count in the contest
Tor the ring. The girl who receives
the most votes between today and Fri
DAY viii be the owner of the diamond
actually cast must be delivered to the
Portola headquarters in the Phelan
building by Friday at noon. There
the ballots will be counted in the pres
ence of the candidates or their repre-
sentatives. Coupons received later than
friday noon will not be counted in the
contest for the ring
me winner of this six and a half
day squirt in the race will receive the
soiltalre, which has been donated by
A. Isaacs, president of the Keystone
lewelry company, 75e Market street
The gem VIII be mounted in Tiffany
setting and will be on exhibition to-
day In the window of the keystone
store in the Phelan building. Look
for the Portola decorations in the
window and the photographs of the 30
contestants, to one OF whom the ring
will go.
SEPARATE AWARD
This extra prize is entirely separate
from the other awards which have
been offered in this contest-the trips
10 the Alaska Yukon- Pacific exposition
and the extra cash prizes for position
The girl who wins the ring may not
be one of the lucky 2 who take the
trip to the north, but she will have
streak of luck of her own.
1t is important TO note that the win
80 u rtiiiS IldHQSOI0S 1lHR need not
stand high on the list of contestants
at the conclusion of the count which
is made today. 1t is in the energy and
activity of the next five and a half days
that the chance lies.
Automobile Road Races
OAKLAND. Aug. 2o-Saturday. Oc-
tobef p. the last day of the Portola
festival, has been decided upon as the
date for the automobile road races to
be given by the Automobile Club of
California. acting in conjunction, with
committee of Alameda county auto
mobile men. The races are to take
place on the foothill boulevard
Races of all kinds and classes will
be held. A 500 mile event, with prizes
ranging from $4,000 to $50, will be the
big feature, and the crack drivers of
the world will compete.
The Portola cup, together with
substantial money reward will go to
the machine winning the 300 mile
event. Several foreign cars will un-
doubtedly enter Every big automo-
bile company in the country is ex-
pected to send competing cars, and the
event will rival the famed Vanderbilt
cup races and the Ormond beach tests.
Other races with cups and cash prizes
will be given. The 200 mile event will
also be a big feature of the racing pro-
gram. Big cash prizes will also be
hung up In this event for competing
drivers. The races will begin at 8
O'Clock in the morning, and the two
long distance events will be started
Immediately after the noon hour.
The principal work of the Oakland
committee. composed OF NJ. j. Lay
nance. G. J. Heeseman, Emil Fritsch,
Frederick Sherman and F. H. Samuels,
will be the preparation Of the speed
course, the policing OF the racing route
and arranging the facilities for ham
ding the big crowds.