Arizona republican., 1909-11-13
RACE TROPHIES REPRESENTED Nikrent, For Howard Motor Co. Gets Cup THINNER GETS ONE TOO Prizes Won in Road Race
 and Track Events Pre-
 sented at a Luncheon to
 the Motorists - Nikrent
 Will Defend Cup
THINNER GETS ONE TOO

! One of the pleasantest features of
 the whole Los Angeles Phoenix auto
 mobile race was the little luncheon
 rendered the visiting motorists at the Hotel Adams yesterday afternoon at
 which the winners were presented
 with their cups. The luncheon was attended by every one of the motor-
 ists who was able to remain over
 for it.
 The luncheon was served about ? o'clock. In the center of the table. in bower of roses with their green
 foliage. were four splendid cups-two of them of furnished copper with 1 silver handles and trimmings and two more of silver. One of the latter
 was the cup that started the great series of races between Los Angeles
 and Phoenix: the cup that was first
 offered as an inducement to motor
 ists to race over the most difficult and dangerous course in the south
 zona Republican.
 At the head of the table sat George
 Purdy Bullard. president of the Mari copa Automobile club. under whose auspices the races are conducted. On
 each side Of the long table were seated the intrepid drivers of the va rious cars that made the course
 After thorough justice had been done to the excellent luncheon. Mir Bullard arose and said in part
 "The Los Angeles-Phoenix race this year has attracted national attention. The large number of cars entered and the magnificent time made has placed this race among the great en- durance tests of the world. It has brought us nearer to that object for which the race was originally planned. and that is the establishment of an automobile road between Phoenix and Los Angeles.
 With a fair automobile road be- tween the two cities, those who own automobiles in this city will use. them to go to the coast every summer in- stead of taking the trains. It will be part of their vacations and a most hand, tourists to Los Angeles will to Phoenix and pass few of the NlnleT lnontnS Nltu us
 This race. with all of it's hard ships and almost insurmountable ob- stacles has demonstrated that the automobile is no longer probiematical. on d good road the automobile can now ' do anything that the railroad train can do on rails.
 Tn this great race there was not q single machine that started that does not deserve great credit. and cannot be guaranteed by the manufacturers of it as capable of going anywhere in the world
 MT. Bullard then advanced to the center of the table. where Joe Nix rent. the driver of the Buick. sat. and presented to him the big silver Re publican cup that Col F. C. Fenner | won the year before. As he placed l the trophy in the hands of the win ner of the race he said: '1 trust | and believe shat you will defend this | trophy as ably and as bravely as Col. Fenner defended it." He also tive of the Howard Motor company. ! the silver cup given by the Nalyoline | Oil company.
 Joe Nikrent. the slender. almost | bashful driver of the Buick, looked at | the two big cups before him on the white cloth in silence. There were | loud cries of Speech" and then he arose slowly and said:
 'I fear that my flow of language Is better-though perhaps not so the Buick is stuck in 9 sand bank in the middle of the des ert than it is on such an occasion as this. But I will say that I shall be glad to defend this cup for the How ard Motor company next year"
 Colonel Fenner could not go back to Los Angeles without a cup re- sumed the district attorney. He has shown his great interest in this race by entering s65O0 car that might easily have been wrecked on the course and been a total loss. Col. Fenner had bad luck on the way over. put he showed his good sportsman ship in defeat and retrieved his for tunes on the track He has gloriously defended the cup he won last year and came very close. indeed, to SCOT ng a double victory
 In receiving the cup presented by he Copper Queen Mining company. Col Fenner said: 'I guess bit off ! little more than I could chew on hat Los Angeles trip. I entered ,ar that is low in clearance and highly geared. and everyone told me
 would not get to the river with it.
 believe that results show that vas right, at that. The one man in