Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-10
PHOENIX RACES
NEXT BIG EVENT
ON AUTO LIST
ELEVEN CARS ARE ENTERED IN
HARD CONTEST
BIG PURSES AND PRIZES HUNG
UP FOR CONTESTANTS
Automobile Club to Mark Course with
Sign Posts and Free Accommo"
dations offered for Hot
Springs

Past Los Angeles-PhoeniX races
have all been put to fade by the prom
ises of the event of this year. Inc
past efforts in that line are mace 10
look like kindergarten proposltlonS
alongside of the run that is 10 De
made this year.
]. S. Mitchell, the dignified bonltace
vice president of the Hollenpeck no
tel, has thrown his business TO tne
four winds of heaven and with ms Dig
automobile has been buster than Pres
ident Taft making arrangements IoI
the event which is now the general
theme of gossip all along automobile
dom from one end of it to another.
Mr.. Mitchell has been acting as the
representative of the Maricopa Auto
mobile club of Phoenix, Ariz., and Los
Angeles could not have given TO MAI
icopa county a more enthusiastic en-
ergetic representative than the gehlaI
host of the Hollenbeck.
Last year there were but four cars
entered in the run. For this year
there are already eleven practcaliy
assured, and most of them with thelr
deposits for entrance fees up ana IN
the hands of the committee. When 1t
is said that they are practically all
in, the only reason the statement is
not made positive is that one or two
of the entrants are unable 70 even
get their own cars to make the run,
and their final entry IS dependent
upon that contingent Among these
are poor Mel Johnson, the able ana
rotund representative of the Bucks:
Johnson has Arizona in his special
care for the Buick people and taxes
a great pride in the desert territory
johnson is, however, severely trou-
bled with what is known as BulGh-
shortitis," apparently an incurable dis.
ease But he is dead game and one or
his loyal Buick customers has offered
him his private car to make the run,
and the white, car will be seen IN the
race. anyhow.
The Thomas Flyer" too, is short OF
cars, but hopes are expressed that ere
the date for leaving the missing link
will be on and and the round the
world famed speeder will be on the
track throwing desert sand. to beat
the band.
Last year the famous old war horse.
"Black Bess," the White steam car
and which won the race; the ElnoTe,
a Franklin and the Kisselkar were the
entrants. This year the entrants so
far are the Isotta, the Italian car en-
tered by the Motor Car Import com
pany; the Pennsylvania, by the Vail
Motor Car company; the Doris, by
Bosbyshell- Carpenter company; tne
Thomas "Flyer," by Wilson & Buff
fngton; the Stearns by the c. c.
Slaughter Motor Car company; the Lo-
comobile, by the Los Angeles Motor
Car company; the Buick, by Mel u.
Johnson, representing the Howard Au-
tomobile company; the Ford by the
Standard Motor Car company; the
Royal Tourist, by Mountain Car
rigan, and the Studebaker EMF
go by the Lord Motor Car company,
and an unnamed as yet car by Leon
T. Shelter, for Shelter can always
be depended upon to be In wherever
there is any chance Tor the racing
game, win or lose.
AS will be seen, the cars named are
the very highest class cars to be
found in the category of high class
machines. All are standard makes
and enjoy great regulations for speed
endurance and capability.
The Isotta is a new car to this sec
ton. It is the Italian car, built in
Sicily, and has made some fearful
time on straightaway race tracks
dangerous car for opponents, too. An
other stickler for the guessers and
wagerers is the little Ford, light as a
feather practically, and is looked upon
as a great sand beater, with which the
course is a terror to drivers.
But-they are all high in their
classes and it is any mans race from
start to finish
The race this year will be under the
auspices of the Maricopa Automobile
club, and the two cups already up
and held by the White steam car and
the Gilmore, known as the Phoenix
Republican cup, and the Firemen's
Fund cup are to be struggled for, and
in addition to these there are to be
cash prizes aggregating more than
thousand dollars and unique and val
liable copper cups presented by min
ing companies of Arizona.
But this isn't all by any means. The
Castle Rock Hot Springs, about two
hours drive from Phoenix, and one
of the choicest of Arizona hotel re-
sorts has generously come forward
and promised all the owners and driV-
ers of the racing cars-and, mark this
the newspaper representatives from
Los Angeles, the courtesies of the
hotel and springs and instructed the
clerks to forget the registers time of
arrival and to be sure and forget to
render any bills. This is one of the
most beautiful spots in all that terri
tory. After the race the Maricopa
Automobile club is to tender a mag
nificent banquet to the racers and
YeWSD9D men