Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-22
NOTED DRIVERS
COMING HERE
STARS OF TRACK WILL OPEN
COLISEUM
MILES IN 35 SECONDS MAY BE
COMMON OCCURRENCES
First ShipIoad of Lumber Consigned
to Motordrome Due to Arrive
Soon, and Work Will
Be Rushed

There are things coming up in the
world of automobiledom which will as
tonlsh this section of the country with
in the next few months. Instead of the
old 1:0S and 1:10 time which has been
proVerbial on the track at Ascot park,
there are new men coming with names
which have made history in the realm
of fast racing, and these men are sched-
uled for Los. Angeles within a short
time.
George Robertson, with a 200-horse-
power Benz; Lewis Strang, with 200
horsepower Fiat, and Ralpn De Palma,
the premier of all the American racing
drivers, in his Fiat Cyclone, are to make
their appearance on the local tracks,
as we'll as Roy Harroun with his Ma
tional, SO the people of this city and
the surrounding territory are to be
treated to some automobile exhibitions
of fast driving to which they have been
utter strangers in the past.
In connection with this statement is
the fact that the first shipment of lum-
mer for the motordrome designed by
Jack Prince, who originated the Coli
scum motorcycle track on SiXty-third
street, and which is the fastest track
in the world, will arrive by Tuesday
next, and the work of construction Will
begin at once. Already siXty-five tons
of spikes have been ordered and will be
on the ground ready for the carpenters
and contractors to begin their work by
next week.
It will take thirty-two days to con-
struct the track, and when this is done
practice work will be permitted, as 1t
will take thirty days thereafter to con-
struct the grand stands which Will sur
round the motordrome. There Is no
possible doubt from what has been
demonstrated on the motorcycle track
which is three and a half laps to the
mile, as against q mile circular track,
as will be the motordrome, that a mile
in thirty-fve seconds and even less will
be made by the powerful machines
which will be here to open the track
and make this event one which will as
tonish the world.
Messrs. Prince and Moskoviysc, the
promoters and managers of the new
motordrome, are hustling their arrange
ments as fast as materials can be Sc
cured, and every detail for the compile
tion of the new area which is to give
added fame to Los Angeles Is being
hurried to completion as rapidly as
possible.
When the details have been carried
out and the motordrome has been com
pleted the electric lines are arranging
to meet the program of the managers by
building a direct loop to the track, so
that cars leaving Los Angeles VIII run
right to the track and make the loop
complete without going to the several
terminals to which they run at the
present time.
Jack Prince has just returned from
San Francisco, where he has been bus
ily engaged on the business OF the new
enterprise. Mr.. Moskovescz also mas
returned from his trip to New York
where he completed arrangements with
a number of famous drivers OF the
ea stern tracks, so that when the mo-
tordrome is completed its opening will
be one of the most noted events in the
automobile game that has ever taken
place in the history of the sport.