Arizona republican., 1909-10-11
IN, MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER IL, 1909
COMPLETED LIST
FOR DESERT RACE
The Number of Contestants Will Prob
ably be Doubled.

] Republicans cup now see that their
iapprehensions were not well grounded.
The full list of six has been filled and
there are probabilities that it will be
heightened to as many more. The in
terest taken in the race in Los Angeles
morning from the Examiner:
With entrance money for six cars in
the hands of John S Mitchell of the
Hollenbeck hotel for the second an
nual Los Angeles to Phoenix road race,
two other checks ready for the stake
| holder and several other dealers seri-
ously considering entering, il is a cer-
tainty that at least ten cars and in
all probability a dozen will start in the
50O-mile battle with the desert sand
| November G.
As it now stands. the official entry
is as follows:
Franklin Six, entered by r. c. Ham
| lin. To be driven by Hamlin, Guy
Irwin and c. S. Carris.
Ford, entered by Standard Motor Car
company.
Gilmore, entered by ,Elmore Motor
| Car company. d. Il. Rose and C. F.
| Smith, drivers.
Buick, entered by Howard Motor Car
company. Nikrent brothers, drivers.
Car, to be named, entered by F. c.
Fenner.
Car, to be named entered by Leon
T. Shelter
II was also announced yesterday
| that the Doris car would be a starter
| and that the entrance money would be
in the hands of the Shareholders with
in the next twentyfour hours. This
car will be driven bv William Bos-
byshell and r w. Harrison.
The Lord Motor Car company will
also enter Studebaker r. NJ. F. this
week This car will be in the hands
/ Of Bert Latham. who drove the Kissel
Kar i'm the Phoenix race last year.
other cars which are considered al
most starters are the Oldsmobile,
| Stearns. Palmer Singer, Maxwell.
| Pennsylvania and Royal
With such formidable list of en-
tries. this race is rapidly assuming I'M.
usual proportions II is by far the
hardest course over which an automo-
| bile was ever asked TO race. and the
! fact that twelve cars are almost GER
/ tain to start Immediately gives il rank
as one of the worlds greatest automo-
bile sporting events.
The distance is 500 miles. and the
road leads over some of the worst
desert highway to be found. In fact,
| for over a hundred miles there are
practically no roads, the cars being
| forced to take to the sagebrush. fight
| ing their way through the deep sand.
| in which a car will sink to the hubs
/ in a few seconds if il is left standing
In addition TO the Arizona Republic
can cup and the Firemen's Fund tro-
| ply, the cash prizes offered make il
race worth fighting for. The winner
will receive 1890 in cash. and after
reaching Phoenix there will be two
cups valued at $3.50 EACH, donated by
the copper companies of Arizona, and
several large cash prizes to be raced
for. The big features of the track
racing carnival will be two 50-mile
races. open only to the cars contest
ing in the road race. The first prize
for one of the races is $500. and the
big prize in the other is $500. This
makes a total of S25OO in cash and
number of the handsomest cups ever
contested for.
With the date of the race less than
month away the entrants are al
ready making preparations and two OF
the contestants are already making
short runs over the course to study
the conditions. Within the next two
weeks practically all the cars will be
started on runs, some of which will go
through to Phoenix and others which
will end at the Colorado river.
The race will be won or lost be-
tween the starting point and the river.
II is within that stretch that the bad
sand and the rocky canyon roads will
be encountered and the car which
reaches Ehrenburg in good shape and
with a good lead over the others will
have a fine chance of taking first
prize if good time can be maintained
into Phoenix on the last leg of the
course.
Starting from Los Angeles the road
will lead through Pomona, Ontario and
San Bernardino. Redlands will be
skirted and then will follow winding
road to Beaumont. Cars will be able
to make fast time on this leg and a
majority of the starters will probably
go to San Bernardino in two hours.
Fast time is certain to Beaumont and
the road continues good on to Banning.
There are occasional bad stretches but
as a whole this can be considered a
good road. The sand is not encount-
cred until after White Water is passed.
Then begins the grind which contin-
ues on through Palm Springs. Indio,
Coachella and Mecca to the Colorado
river. The road is very difficult to
follow and the driver who attempts
to go over it without having made
preliminary trip or having secured
good guide will be up against hard
proposition.
1t is necessary to map out a system
of water and fuel stations. and this
preliminary work will be done within
the next few weeks.
At Phoenix the visitors will be
royalty entertained by the Maricopa
Automobile club. A banquet will be
held at the Castle Creek Hot Springs.
Ralph C. Hamlin is preparing to
make a trial trip to the Colorado river
10 his Franklin Greyhound. This will
take him over the worst part of the
Los Angeles Phoenix race course. as
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