The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-06-02
FROM NEW YORK WITH
SEATTLE AS FINAL GOAL
Special Wire Transmits Word
TO Start From pTeSI.
dent Taft
tBy Associated Pressl

tdy AHsOciaied freae)
New York. June @ Under ihe
auspices Of che Seattle Automobile
club and OF the Alaska Yukon.paeillcI
exposition which opened rs gates
yesterday ten high powered auto
mobiles OF American manufacture
LETT New York this afternoon on a
i.00a milo lrnnsc0niinenial speed
and endurance contest which has the
exposition city as its final Noal.
The start WAS mado al 3 o'clock
rs NE afternoon from Ia front OF the
city hall, with Mayor Mcclellan Of
fcIaling as starter A special wire
connecting the White House al
Washington with special stand %
tho stons az The New York municipal
hulldlng transmitted word 10 start
from President Taft 10 Mayor Me
Ciellan. The same hutton which
the President pressed 10 throw the
Seattle exposition opea licked the
hour OF the start of the ocean io
ocean contest.
The race promises to DO huge
hiCgtaa III punt - e'hNtW FahAA
interest In order TO guard against
violation of the speed laws 1l the
vsfl0ua sinlea through whleh tIne
contestants viii pass the Autumo.
bile Club of America, under whose
sanction the run will BE- held. has
arranged 10 have one OF us repre-
sentailyes act az pacemnker between
New York and Kansas City Beyond
Kansas CITY there will be no realrle
lions "a 10 speed and the contestants
may roll of the mites "a top notch
unill that point is reached, however,
no ear win be permitted 10 pass the
pace making ear IR The event OIL
any mishap lo The pilot car, the
pacemaker win transfer hla flag TO
The FIRST car arriving at the point
where ho has been halted and con
Hnus 10 the next checking station
where q new paeemaker win be pro
yided,
THE coniestlng cars win be con.
lruIle6 between New York and Kan
sas city az checking stations where
lhev will be required 20 stop Tor
twelve hours These control stations
will be established at PCughkeepsle,
Syracuse, buffalo Toledo, Chicago
and ST. Louis. No contestant will
be allowed 10 check ont OF the ron
troll points before the advertised
time. and e car arriving at a con.
troll n0nt late will not be allowed
10 leave until the control period ol
twelve hours has elapsed.
The prizes offered for tho contest
consist OF q $4,000 trophy given by
Mr.. Robert Guggenhelm and q $4,000
cash prize for the first car reaching
Seattle The enirant Of the second
car making the Pacific will receive
sl 500. while 81 ,00a viii be given 70
third. $500 10 fourth end $500 10 llfth
a. the strain Of driving a car con
tlnunnsly from New York 10 sealtie
might be too great for one driver
any member OF the crow OF con
testing car who shall have ridden ~
ihal car continuously from New
York may drive. There win be no
observers on the ears Contestants
will BE- allowed 20 replace without
penaIizaiion. twice during The con
test. the front and rear axlee, the
engine base and cylinders and the
transmission cnse and steering gear
No contestant can carry on his ear
or usa IA any point during the race
wheels With flangea suitable for
travelling on railroad irncls
IL Il not expected that the race
viii furnish any degree oi excite
menf until ST. ioals is reached, ae
between New York and that polnt
ihe Journey across the continent IL
10 he made by comparatively easy
alarea. The schedule which accord
Ink 10 the rules governing The con-
test mHsl be figldiy observed, enlls
Tor run Of Ts miles on The first
dav. g07 on the second, 80 the ihlrd.
ga6 The fourth. ga the fiflh and 2a3
The sixth. With rest % twelve
houra between each stage, Hey0nd
gi. gnnis, however the drivers may
stop over night or not. as they see
H. and any speed Of which their
motors are capable Ia permissible
tt Is IN this stretch through Kansas,
Colorado Wyoming. idaho, Oregon
and Washington that the real race r.
Ia ha run
The itinerary 10 be followed IA
from New York 70 Poughkeepsle,
where the flrsi nIeAi's stop viii be
made: thence 70 Syracuse. the sec.
nnd stopping Unlnl. by way 0f Al,
hanv end Fonda. leaving Syracuse
Al o'clock Thursday morning ihe
contestants arn axnecieG 70 make