Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-21
AWAIT GUN FOR
ALTADENA RACE
BIG SUBURBAN CLASSIC TO BE
HELD TOMORROW
A NUMBER OF RECORDS LIKELY
TO FALL
Immense Crowds Expected to Line
the Course and Excitement Is
Certain to Reach High
Tension
AIadenn Hill VIII Be Scene Tomorrow OF Most Exciting
Yet Held Thirt7pe Cars HaUing Events

Every detail Of the Altadena hill
climb tomorrow has been completed and,
so far as human foresight can go, there
is not flaw in the entire plan worked
out by Manager w. K. Cowan and his
equally capable assistant, w. K. ReuSs,
who has co-operated with him through
out in working out the details of the
race and who will act as starter.
The course of mile and a fraction
has been put in good condition.; all
rules have been promulgated that only
now require execution; the bridge
across the railway tracks has been
prepared and is ready for installation
at a moments motive; police patrols
have been planned, scorers, machin-
lists and officers of course placed and
the hundred and one other details have
been considered and disposed of, and
by noon tomorrow it is expected that
e--ery car will be lined up in the divis-
ion in which it will start, that every
man will be in his place along the
course and that it will only require the
first crack Of the starters gun to set
the cars off in the first event.
New Order Is Strict
A strict order was issued by Manager
CoWan yesterday to the effect that
every entrant shall have his cars at
the starting place at IL o'clock sharp,
regardless of the event in which they
are entered, and that the failure of
any car to so report will result in a
fine of 81 per minute being imposed on
it for every minute that it shall be
tardy. This fine will be deducted from
the entrance fee already on deposit
with the manager. This stringent or
der is made as a result of the eX-
pressed purpose of the management to
thoroughly inspect each car regarding
its stock qualities before the races
start and also in order to allow pro-
tests upon the part Of cOntenders to be
made in ample time to make extra in
spections in case it is found necessary.
Great things are expected of Starter
Reuss in getting the cars off, and the
prediction is made that he will have
his affairs so carefully worked out that
no slip can possibly occur over which
he has any control. The same signal
that gives the start to each car will
be heard over the telephone at the fin
ish mark, where the scorers can start
the watches, although the starting
time will also be recorded at the start
ing place as a double precaution
The plans for the policing of the
track are far more reaching than on
any previous race, the number of cars
entered and the increased speed at
which the cars are expected to run
having induced the managers to feel
that no precaution can be too strict to
safeguard the safety of the spectators
along the course. In all there will be
thirty-four patrOlmen from the Pasa-
dena police department scattered along
the course on either side, while no au-
tomobileS will be allowed on the course
anywhere from start to finish. The
crowds will be compelled to keep their
distance on the banks bounding the
roadway and no crowding onto the
course will be permitted AS a double
.precaution it will probably be arranged
to have two or three motorcycles pass
up the hill just preceding the starting
of each race in order to warn the pa
trolmen and the crowds that another
race is on and to retreat to points of
safety.
There will be eleven events started