Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-28

l. uont care 10 say mucn more =
i than that / want to see the best 1
+ car win with fair driving. con- I
+ slider the Locomobile In perfect 1
+ condition, as 1t is turned over to I
\ me by the factory expert, Mr.. Orr. i
= 1t Is up to me to get the most out !
+ of the car now. The car is faster 1
I. than it has ever been, and / do I
+ not consider that it will be diff I
+ cult for the Locomobile to main I
i tam an average speed of sixty /
j. miles an hour, providing, of +
+ course, the track is In good racing /
I. condition. This should be suffi- !
J. cient to win the race, and If the 4
T. track is slow 1t will nat make even +
j. this speed. Always providing the +
j. track Is fast, the Locomobile can 4.
+ be forced to a much higher speed, I
+ and l certainly intend to force +
J. her, if necessary. In other words, I
!. mean to win the race. This is !
i more than 1 have ever said for i
+ publication in my life, and I much !
y prefer to let my work count for +
+ itself, and not to boast of what !
i intend to do" !
+ i \ i j. **** 49, i + + 4 4 i i.
can go, both groups of adherents are
right. Until time shall have produced
the perfect automobile it is doubtful
If two machines made in this or any
other country could be brought to-
for first honors who were more worthy
of each others respect or of each
others mettle. A choice between the
two cars is governed entirely by a
splitting of hairs. Neither car can af-
ford to give any handicap to the other
with any hope of winning. Barring ac-
cidents, which are bound to come in
high speed events with more or less
frequency, it should be an exciting
race.
Conditions Alike for Both
Whatever conditions prevail, both
cars must assume these conditions.
Each car will have to travel over the
same ground that the other does. If
the track is a "skidding" track, both
cars must work out their problems with
equal impartiality, for both must skid
alike. 1t cannot be denied, however
that, aside from all questions of quality
of cars, the frailties of humankind enter
into the equation. for humans must
pert mechanics have made the engines
capable of their best efforts. Both
drivers are mep with regulations. each
having his admirers who believe that
in this direction no fears need be en-
tertained.
So, with two splendid types of the
American-buil automobile, tuned to
the minute for the Spartan tasks set
upon them, guided by men who love
speed and whose nerves are built as
strongly as the cars beneath them,
battle royal should be fought out to-
Gay which will remain with those who
witness it until they go to the grave.
Both Drivers Confident
Latham, who will drive the Stearns-
and says 1t with hooking confidence
that the Stearns will be able to run
circles around the Locomobile; Page,
who will guide the Locomobile on its
flight, with a rnaturer. but equally posi-
tive confidence, says that Athe Locomo-
and that the conclusion of the race will
only mean another scalp added to the
Locomobile belt. With this kind of
confidence existing in the minds of the
very men who will drive the cars, the
ideal condition for real race is pre-
sented Aside from all considerations
Of side bets, of cups, of glory, the in
tense loyalty of each driver for his car
creates a far more exciting possibility
and probability of a Embarrassing con-
test than anything else could possibly
do This question of loyalty and love
of driver for car Is the most promising
element of the entire race. 1t is u
pledge of greatest human daring, of
risk, of human endurance and of in
tense effort.
Whoever wins the race will have won
q victory, however narrow the margin,
and whoever loses will have also won
a victory, for it is a victory for either