Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-26
PHOENIX RACE
ALL SETTLED
PLACES ASSIGNED FOR CARS
IN THE RUNNING
Fenner Goes First, Shelter Last.
Hour for Start Set at Ten O'Clock
p. NJ, Nov. 6, With Fifteen
Minutes Between
BY ID. W. sEMPLE

next week was held at a meeting
called for the purpose of fully discuss
ing the rules and regulations govern
ing the Los Angeles-Phoenix run which
Is to start November 6.
Presiding over as classy and large
1oreheaded a set of gentlemen as ever
graced the senate of the United States
was the greatest get-the-money and
cars promoter of the age. This was
John II. Mitchell, vice president of the
Automobile Club of Southern California
and erstwhile manager of the Hollen-
beck hotel. Mr.. Mitchell has the dis
junction in addition to being a model
hotel bonfface, of being the real article
when it comes to getting together a
formidable aggregation of the fastest
and best 'autom mobiles in the country on
course that makes the Llidden tour
look like an evening fiesta parade, and
it did not take him long to do 1t
either. When that gentleman landed in
a salesroom and walked into the office
of the proprietor of the place, adjusted
his glasses comfortably, introduced
himself and with that winning shake
of the hand while advancing the cause
for the call-the dealer, his car and
the coin were his right there and then.
Oh, maybe the proprietor of the place
might ask till tomorrow for a reply,
but that settled it, he was in for the
race, and the only poor fellow that re-
GREETED that he isn't in it too is be-
cause the cruel manufacturers cannot
deliver the goods fast enough and they
were minus the article that wins or
loses races.
Considerable discussion occurred as
to time of starting and general condi-
tions, and finally ten numbers were
placed in the hat and the drawing for
place took up the minutes necessary
for this important part of the program
1t was also manifest that there is
difference of opinion as to what place
in the procession each desired. Col
Fred c. Fenner reached In and pulled
out his number and selected No. as
the first car to start on its way to
Phoenix the evening of November ..
Ralph Hamlin was next and chose NO.
5, probably to keep warm in the middle
crossing the desert, where 1t is mighty
cold these night. c. F. Smith, who had
just returned from a most successful
run to the territorial capital in his little
two-cycle Elmore, plucked the third
card, and desiring to be near the Fen
ner car so he could easily take the lead,
asked the genial presiding officer of the
meeting to locate him as No. 2, or the
second car out. Leon 7. Shelter, fresh
from the great racing event at Oak
land, poked his hand into the vote hold
ing chapeau and at once took the tail
end of the parade-No. 10. Walter Vail
had a chance next and selected the
utLeen- minute departure D6Ill0 the I'll
more and solemn and ever thinking
Carpenter of the Acknowledgements
firm took place No. 4. Harry Lord, who
drove the little Studebaker as far as
Banning with Bert Latham on it's way
to Phoenix on its trial trip, selected No.
6. Roy Stearns took another of the
remaining cards and told the president
to put him down for No. 1.-THE lucky
number where two small cubes are used
in the old-fashioned game played by
newsboys waiting for their papers. A.
M. Young, who on Saturday after re-
viewing carefully the entries decided
that the nine-spot-which tells the peo-
pie that 1t is the Columbia-enteredl
that car for the run, and his lot fell to
No 8, and as a Windup to close the
ranks Frank Howard selected the only
remaining place in the line, which was
No. 8, so when the drawing was COM |
pleted this is how it looked in the order |
in which the cars will be dispatched by |
the starters of the race: Isotta, Elmore, |
Pennsylvania, Doris, Franklin, Stude- |
baker, Ford, Columbia, Buick and -,
entered by Shelter. The latter in a |
discussion as to those entered giving
the names of the cars they would |
start, after a motion had been put that |
the names of the cars must be reported |
to other entrants not later than Novem- |
ber 8, arose and stated that he would |
enter either an Apperson Jackrabbit a |
Kisselkar a baby REQ or a Woods
Electric" As Mr.. Shelter carries these
lines it was hard to see how any OBJ
jections could be made to his sending
either of these cars, selected at his |
pleasure, into the wilds of the deserts
of California or of Arizona on a cash
and cup chasing event
Fred c. Fenner stated that his new
italian stock car the Isotta, had |
passed Kansas City en- route for a
taste OF the sandy and lawful" roads, |
not quite so smooth of course as a |
trip about Lakes Como or Maggie in
its native southern country nor so
gently macadamized as a tour about |
Milan, in view of the cathedral, and |
If the car arrived in season, that |
would be his car to send over the
course, but If not, why old Black Bess
would be on hand ready to take the
Italians place.
So these details fixed the hour for
dispatching the cars was finally fixed.
The first car, which will be Fenner's,
will be sent out at 10 o'clock, and
each fifteen minutes thereafter until
the last car has been dispatched, which
will make Mr.. Shelters "Baby Reo,"
Woods Electric, I<isselkar or Jackrab-
bit from the tape at 1915 a. m, No
vember 7.
That this will be the event of all the
events of the Pacific coast, there is
little or no doubt The cars entered
are all of the big, high type class,
noted for their construction and en-
durance, and every inch of the way
will be watched with the 5eenest in
terest by thousands, not only in this
city and Southern California, but all
over the coast
The owners have all entered in the
best of spirit and each has generously
helped the others in information as to
the course, the facilities offered in case
of running short of supplies of any
kind, and the most courteous extern
sion of information that could be Of
fered.
Guesses and advance doping of the
race Is rife along the paths of automo-
blledom, and no sooner does the sug-
gestion come that this or that car will
win than there is an unconscious
reaching of the hand to the front or
pistol pocket for a long black book,
with the ends showing something
looking green in color, or a small pig
skin receptacle that has the dulled but
certain sound of gold-gold-g
1t is going to be a warm race. mind
you.
Seventeen Sentence COMMITTED
WASHINGTON, Oct 25.-Presidentl
Taft has commuted to three years the
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