Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08
GREAT INTEREST
IN AUTO MEET
INDIANAPOLIS RACES AROUSE
ATTENTION
THREE DAYS MEET PROMISES
LIVELY SPORT
Merchants and Citizens Join In Boost
Ing, and viii Entertain VISIT
ors on a Lavish
Scale

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Aug. T.
Praising the Speedway. that unequaled,
glorious heap of earth, bewitched by
clever hands into a course five miles
| long, Is becoming quotidian occur
renee in Indianapolis and cities within
close proximity.
Each day some big merchant, or as
ISOLATION, or civic organization, even
state club becomes imbued with the
enormous propensties of the Speed
way and offers it's assistance for making
! the meeting of the speed kings on
| August 10, 20 and Il the most lauda-
tory ever held in any country in the
world.
The Merchants association of In
| dianapolis has already averred the
votive interest that II will take in the
| holding of the event that will emblazon
the name of the Hoosier capital on all
of the escutcheons of the motor world
and make the reception of the visitors
to the Speedway the most elaborate
and artistic, rivaling that of the usual
presidential attire.
All of the main thoroughfares, busi-
ness streets, and in many of the resi-
dence districts where gasoline is next
to the hearts of the inhabitants, will
be attired in gala robes of green, white
and brown, Speedway colors, symbol
ical of attributes of the greatest course
| in the world.
Indianapolis will be on dress parade
prudery on the days that the big clas-
sizes of the American motor world are
held, and a more grandiloquent attire
never greeted a president or king on
mis- Inauguration or coronation.
Welcome will be the predominant
| word on the lips of the merchants, no.
tel proprietors and citizens of this fast
growing Hoosier capital. and the old
! Indiana instincts and intuition for en-
tertainment will be at their zenith
during the three days the czars of the
motor world gather at a course which
has taken multitudes of dollars and
thoughts to perfect and bring from its
embryotic state to completion.
Votaries OF Speedway and the auto
mobile are daily growing more and
more numerous in the city, making the
gossip of the clubs and cafes tender
toward Speedway and Speedway events
that are scheduled to take place.
Should a driver such as Barney Old
field, Borque, Stutz, Miller. Tuttle,
Wiseman, Mulford or any of the others
that are quartered at the course with
their gigantic collections of chrome
nickel, steel, enter one of the crowded
Iy whispered from one to another, down
the route until all optics are turned
the way of the pilot who will be hero
or defeated at the Speedway's carnival.
Men value the acquaintance of
Dennison, an Aitken, a Hdnshue, an
Englebeck or any other driver with
familiar knowledge of state and ma
tional dignitaries, and all eyes are
turned with jealousy to the men that
~ L IIor
or any other by his Christian name.
Much do they appreciate the high
position that the entrants In the Speed
way events enjoy, but little do they
realize the gruelling battles that they
will be forced to weather under wrack-
full conditions that demand every ten
uous bit of energy that they can
muster.
The management has also had $4,000
cards with directions as to how to take
the shortest way to the Speedway
printed and distributed among the
stores and private residence districts,
diffusing all the troubles of getting to
the track by this method
Full arrangements have been made
with the traction company and also the
railroad trains which run directly to
the main gate, so that all of the crowds
can be handled from two sources and
so avoid conflagration and congestion
of traffic.
These trains will leave at short inter-
walls during the three hours in which
the public will want to get to the
course, and all of the best attendance
will be disposed of in time, tithe in
comparison to the crowd that will be
at the course.
To the indianapolis and Indiana folk
the Speedway is panacea for lethargy
capital as far as motor racing was
concerned. More people are cringing
to the auto industry at the present
time than any other era previous, and
when the start of the first event is
ready for the pistol pent-up enthusiasm
will burst forth in volcanic proportions
on to the visitors who have heretofore
disregarded indianapolis in the motor
world.