Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-25
OF SALE
UP FOR CARS
ORDER AND CRAWFORD HAVE
AGREED ON TERMS
Two Ford Cars Go to Winner of Race
from Los Angeles to Oxnard
and Return Next
Sunday

It will be a race all right There is
no doubt about that any longer. The
sun was scarcely through the mist of
morning yesterday when hustling lit
tie man marched into the 5anctum
sanctorum Of the automobile depart
ment of The Herald and wanted Ito
know If he was in the right pew?" He
said: my name is Crawford, and
understand a man named Grider has
been in here footing his horn about
what a fast Ford car ne has, and that
he was willing to wager his car that
he could beat my Ford machine for
round trip between The Herald office
and Oxnard next Sunday morning"
Mr.. Crawford was assured that he
was not only in the right pew, but was
in the place where he could do business
with MIR. Grider if he so desired.
"All right" says he. Il read in the
Herald this morning that Grider had
been in here and deposited with you $25
as q. forfeit that he will appear with
his car, ready for the race on Sunday.
Being assured that The Herald had
twenty-five simoleons of Mr.. Order
safely slowed away in The Herald s
strong box for the purpose mentioned
MIR. Crawford resumed: well, then,
ali right: count me in too. l am not
rice Ford runabout go, so easily as IL
is to take Orders machine away from
him by lust running down to OXnard
and hack. Why, that's like finding the
car. with a. bill of sale attached to II,
and getting in and driving off with the
car. Here's a gold twenty ana nVe-
dollar piece for my deposit, and you
can make out bill of SAFE Lor 'le
Ford car of mine, clear of all liens OF
encumbrances of any kind, for that
race" ,., ..u
Depositing the forfeit money with the
automobile editor of The Herald, I'M
mediately a paper was made negotlaple
for the Ford car belonging to Mr.. CraW-
ford. to be held by The Herald Tor tne
final award by Referee John keogh
Sunday morning. - .,.+
the def of Charles Grider, is a dealer
in secondhand automobiles on South
Flower street, and as he says, Il just
want to show Grider that my second
hand cars are better than his new
ones"
Mr.. Potts, another gentleman VINO
was in the argument that brought apout
this controversy and wager, ana WIZ ~
Is stated had agreed to make the thlru
car in the race-winner take all cars
had not shown up at the time of TINS
edition going to press, but the ract
that Mr.. order and Mr. Crawford nave
been matched for tho struggle OF sun
dav assures the most novel automoblle
race that has occurred in THIS vicinity
for a long time, II ever betore'
When Crawford and Grider met yes
terday morning in The Herald ONCE
the former stated that he had never
been over the road, but Grider gallantly
offered to take Crawford over the road
before Sunday morning, so that there
would be no advantage so far as he
was concerned as to knowing the
road" -
tention all over the city, and already
many wagers have been laid on the
event by a number who have never seen
either of the cars and are not acqualnt-
ed with either of the contestants. one
wager The Herald man saw made yes
terday was S25 to 500 that the cars
would not average twenty-five miles an
hour Another was that the contest
would not be finished in fiVe hours, ana
several wagers of various kinds have
been made.
Neither OF the driver-owners of the
cars is a racing driver by any means,
hut both are good at the wheel, ana
the road between The Herald office and
Oxnard will be kept hot enough by the
determined efforts of both to win the
others car -
II would appear that neither car has
anv special advantage over the other.
Both are Ford runabouts of the same
type, Orders car being model two
years later than that of Crawford's.
Two or three private individuals,
owners of cars, have expressed the de-
sire to follow the racers over the course
and watch the proceedings of two thor
ough good sports who are game enough
to bet their cars on what they can do.
and do it without any pickering or ar
guing or haggling over details. It's
beat me and take the car away with
you.
The cars will leave the office of The
Herald Sunday morning at o'clock,
leaving ten minutes apart; and allow
ing them an average of twenty-five
miles an hour, they Will or should be
back at The Herald Office from Oxnard
by half past 10.