The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-05-31
MILE
AUTO RACE

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New York, May 30.-Under the aus
pieces of the Seattle Automobile Club
and of the Alaska, Yukon. Pacific Elk
position which is to open its gates
on June 1, ter h-igh-powered automo-
biles OF American manufacture will
New York next Tuesday ON a
4 900 mile transcontinental speed and
endurance contest which has the ex-
position city as its final goal.
The start is to be made at 3 O'Clock
in the afternoon from in front OF the
floating as starter. A special wire
with a special stand on the
steps of the New York municipal
building will transmit the word to
start from President Taft to Mayor
Mcclellan. The same button which
the President will press to throw the
Seattle Exposition open will tick the
hour of the start OF the to ocean
contest.
The race promises to be a huge sue
cess in point of general public interest
In order to guard against violation of
the speed laws OF the various States
through which the contestants will
pass, the Automobile Club Of Am
erica, under whose sanction the run
will be held, has arranged to have n
of its representatives act as peace
maker between New York and Kansas
City. Beyond Kansas City there will
no restrictions as to speed and the
may roll off the miles at
top notch. Until that point is reach
ed, however, no car will be permitted
to pass the ~peacemaking a In the
event of any mishap to the pilot car
the peacemaker will. transfer his flag
to the first car arriving a t the, point
where he has been halted and contin-
ne to the next checking station where
a new p~eacemaking ear will be pro-
vided.
The contesting cars will be control
led between New York and Kansas
City al checking stations where they
will be required to stop for twelve
hours. These control stations will be
at Poughkeepsie. Syracuse,
Buffalo, Toledo, Chicago and st. Louis.
No contestant will be allowed to check
of the control points before the
time, and a car arriving at
a control point late Will not be allow
ed TO leave until the control period of
twelve hours has elapsed.
The Ears entered for the contest
are a Stearns, a Simplex, a WEIGH, an
Acme, a Shawmut, a Garford, W
two Bucks. Although the race
is open to foreign entries, ii is doubt
full If n but American cars will par
ticipate. There is, however, some
question of a Renault, a Benz and an
Isotta, starting. Other eleventh
hour entries may be made of a Thorn
as, a Franklin and a Madheson.
The prizes offered for the contest
consist of a $1,000 trophy given by Mr..
Robert Guggenheim and a $4,000 cash
prize for the first car reaching Seat
tie. The entrant of the second car
making the Pacific will receive $1,000,
while $1,000 will be given to third,
$500 to fourth and $500 to fifth.
AS the strain of driving a car o
tinuously from New York to Seattle
be too great for one driver, n
CdlDS VI OlS CIS" VI SOutCSClAS
car. who shall nave ridden in that
car continuously from New York may
There will ibe no observers on
the cars. The Technical Committee
the Automobile Club OF America
will stamp each. before departure.
will be allowed 10 replace
without p~enaHzat4on, twice during the
contest, the front and rear axles, the
engine base and cylinders and the
transmission case and steering gear.
These spare parts must he stamped by
the Committee before the contest,
and held In reserve at Chi
cago and Cheyenne, Wyo., where they
will he in charge OF an official ap
by the Automobile Club OF
No contestant can carry
on his car Or use at any point during
the race wheels equipped with fianges
1t is not expected that the race will
n degree of excitement until
Louis Is reached. as between New
York and that point the journey
across the continent is to be made
by comparatively Easy stages. The
which according to the rules
the contest must be rigid
ly observed. calls for a run of 70
miles on the first day, 207 on the
second, $50 the third and 296 the
PA the fifth and 283 the sixth,
with a rest of twelve hours between
each stage. Beyond St. Louis, how
ever, the drivers may stop over night
Or not, as they e fit, and any speed
of which their motors are capable is
It is In this stretch thru
Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho.