The San Francisco call., 1909-05-23
AUTO DRIVERS IN
A SPECIAL CAMP
Physical Culture Expert Trains
and Watches Condition
of the Men

Lewis Strang, Louis Chevrolet,
George de Witt and Bobby Burman,
composing the Buick team drivers.
were the first to reach the Cobe trophy
course and establish a training camp.
There are Is in the racing party. The
camp will be under the personal super
vision of W. J. Mead of the Buick
company. and is one of the most COM
plete ever established for a racing
event.
A hotel at Crown Point, Ind, has
been chartered and a Pullman sleeper,
with dining arrangements, viii be used
for the mechanical force. being parked
adjoining the huge garage car which
the Buick team uses for travelling. The
garage car is fitted up to carry eight
automobiles and is equipped with
small factory of extra parts, tires, etc.
A miniature machine shop, lathe, drill
press and blacksmith's forge and anvil
are located in one end.
For the care of the drivers, who viii
be put through rigid course of train
ing and practice each day. an eXpe-
rienced physical culture expert has
been engaged, and the drivers will be
as well cared for after a long drive
as is customary in conditioning ath-
letes. The Cobe race is at distance
of more than 400 miles. and Mead
figures that the physical condition of
the men at the steering wheels will
count for as much as anything else.
The arrangements for the 200 mile
road race to be held in Santa Monica
in the near future
E;vtn. Cou-se are reaching the
for Road Race peTteetlon n I
that the course is
probably without equal on the conti-
nent. The bed of the roads is not to
be fixed UP and then be left to be
gone over hurriediy and put in readi-
ness at the last minute, but teams and
a squad of men will be kept on the
course until the date of the race.
One evidence of the possibilities of
the course is the splendid showing
made by Miss Eloise F'ilbert in an
Interstate touring car. The young
motOrist made a circus of the course
with full quota of passengers in Is
minutes and 10 seconds. This is
record when it is considered that the
course is eight and three-tenths miles
Miss Filbert took great care in max
ing the turns and also paid strict at
tention to the municipal speed limits.
When computed it was found that the
fastest mile made by Miss Filbert was
well under 2 minutes.
The turns are being well banked and
the roads are. being widened in many
places. Although stripping will be al
lowed the cars entered must be stock
cars A number OF the dealers of the
southern part of the state have made
flying trips to the factories of the cars
they carry to obtain specially con-
structed cars made on stock models.
The grandstand is situated in Ocean
avenue and will accommodate IL, 900
spectators. Parking spaces for auto
mobiles have been arranged across
from the grandstand.
The winner OF the large car race will
be awarded a trophy by Dick Ferris,
designers Of which are now working
on unique lines.
The time for entry has been extended
until June /. but those who can not
arrange to enter their cars before that
date may do so by paying 800 until
June Is, when the entry list will close.
The entrance fee for the dealer en-
tering his car prior TO June l is $25.
providing his car completes the first
lap of the course.
The division of the two classes has
been made according to the $50 cubic
inch displacement.