The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-31
big AUTOMOBILE
RACE Will BEGIN
TO SEATTLE, Wash

:, auspices of tie Seattle Automc bill
- IClub of the laska-Yukon-Pacific EXPO
] sition which is to open its gates OF
June l, ten high-powercd automobile
= of American manufacture will leave
l New York next Tuesday on a 1000
mile trans-continental speed and en-
durance contest which mad the expo
sition city as its final goal
The start is to be made a. 3 O'Clock
in the afternoon from in front of the
city hail. with Mayor Mcclellan Off.
ciating as starter. A special wire con-
Meeting the White House at Washing
ton with a special stand on the steps
of the New York municipal building
will transmit the word to start from
President Taft to Mayor Mcclellan.
The same button which the President
will press to throw the Seattle expo
sition open will tick the hour of the
start of the ocean-to-ocean contest.
The race promises to be a huge sue
cess in point of general public inter-
est. In order to guard against the
speed laws of the various states
through which the contestants will
pass, the Automobile Club of America
| under whose sanction the run will be
held, has arranged to have one of rs
representatives act as pacemaker be-
| tween New York and Kansas City
Beyond Kansas City there will be no
restrictions as to speed and the con-
testants may roll off the miles at top
notch. Until that point Is reached
however, no car will be permitted to
pass the pacemaking car. In the
event Of any mishap to the pilot car
the pacemaker will transfer his flag
to the first car arriving at the point
where he has been halted and con
tinue to the next checking station
where a new pacemaking car will BE-
provided.
The contesting cars will be control
City at checking stations where they
will be compelled to stop for twelve
hours. These control stations will BE-
established at Poughkeepsie, Syracuse.
Buffalo, Toledo, Chicago and ST.
Louis. No contestant will be allowed |
to check out of the control station be |
fore the advertised time, and car ar
irving at a control point late will not |
be allowed to leave until the control |
period of twelve hours has elapsed
The cars entered for the contest are
Stearns, Simplex, a Welch, an Ac-
me, Shawmut, a Garford, two Fords
and two Bucks. Although the race
is open to foreign entries, it is doubt
full if any but American cars will par
ticipate. There is, however, some
question OF a Renault, a Benz and an
Isotta starting. Other eleventh-hOur
entries may be made of Thomas, a
Franklin and Metheson.
The prizes offered for the contest
consist of a $4,000 trophy given by
Mr.. Robert Guggenheim and $4,000
cash prize for the first car reaching
Seattle. The entrant of the second
car making the pacific will receive
81 800, while $1,000 will be given to the
third. $500 to the fourth and $500 to
he fifth.
AS the strain of driving a car con-
.inously from New York to Seattle
night be too great for one driver, any
member of a contesting car who shall
nave ridden in that car continuously
rom New York may drive. There
will be no observers on the cars. The
echnicaf committee of the ALtOmo-
nile Club of America will stamp each
ar before departure. Contestants will
70 allowed to replace without pen
llization twice during the contest. =,
he front and rear aXles, the engine
ase and climbers and the transmits =,
ion case and steering gear. These =
pare parts must be stamped by the I
before the contest, how c
yer, and held in reserve at Chicago Il
nd Cheyenne, Wye, where they will T
e in charge Of an official appointed "
Y the Automobile Club of America. d
o contestant can carry on his car di
; use at any point during the race sy
heels equipped with figures suitable dl
r travelling on railroad tracks lie
1t is not expected that the race will CT
rnish any degree of excitement until CT
Louis is reached, as between New Pa
ry and that point the journey across
continent is to be made by com
atively easy stages. The schedule
ich according to the rules govern -.
the contest must be rigidly oh .
we'd. calls for a run of 73 miles on 80,
first day, 207 the second, $50 the ~,