The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-14
A Banner Year Is Expected for
Motor Contests in This
Country.
HUNDRED MEETS ALREADY
HILL CLIMBS. RELIABILITY con-
TESTS, TRACK AND ROAD CON
TESTS ALREADY ON PROGRAM
FOR THIS YEAR.

An adequate idea OF the constantly
Increasing popularity OF automobile
contests is given by the tentative list
Of dates issued by the American Auto
mobile association. Close TO a hun
ired events are on schedule as pre-
pared by the contest board. While I.
is doubtful II all the contests mention
ed are held. 1t appears certain that .
major portion will be put through to
completion. and. allowing for 4 certain
the list. il Is evident that the present
year will witness more and greater
auto contests than in any previous
season since the adoption Of the motor
car as a pleasure and commercial "
hicle
In road racing alone there are al
ready fourteen events tabulated for
sanction. These include all the stand
ard cup contests Of former years. 1t
is. however. In the circular track and
motordrome contests that the sarpris-
ing features Of the 1910 motor racing
l.
than forty-five dates mentioned in the
tabulation. and there is a possibility
Of more being added. twenty-five re-
liability contests are mentioned for
possible sanction. embracing nearly
every section Of the country. Fifteen
hill climbs are grouped under tho
classification which refers to climbing.
Following IL q list Of dates as Is
sued by the contest board previous to
the granting Of sanction:
Pacific Cosss.-Notordrome racing: Los
Angeles. March II. Is: April 8. 3. 10. Is. Is
1S. II. 80: May 1: Santa Rosa, May Is O0 /:
Los Angeles. May. -. 30. II: July =. 4 q:
Labor day: Seattle. Sept. 10. II. !.
Hill climbs: Atlanta. Ga. Feb. -: Kan
May 30: wilkesbarre. Pa. June IL: worces.
ter. Mass.. June Z: Cleveland. June: o..
shining. N. T.. June Is: Piainfield. July IL:
Richfeld. N. T.. middle July: Algonquin
Chicago. middle August: Denver. Mime.
apolis. MIMI. Il Paul.
Pacific Coast Lou Angeles. Feb -:
mile high hill climb. Redlands. Cal. Nov.
Reliability contests: Philadelphia. Apr,i
Is: Denver to MEXICO. nag to haG. May I:
Hartford. Conn. May /: Harrisburg. Pa.
May to Z: Eorristown. Pa. May -: Fort
Worth. Star-Telegram. May =: Detroit.
May 3: National (Glidden) tour. a. A A..
June Is to 30: Denver. June: New Yor,s
to Seattle. July 4: Philadelphia to Wild
wood. July 2: AinneapOlis. Aug. I: Mum
sey tour. Aug. Is: Minneapolis. Aug. n;
Philadelphia to Wildwood. Sept 3: Cleve-
land. September: Kansas City. No.. Sep
TENDER: Louisville. Oct. 8: Chicago. Oct.
Is: Denver. October: Worcester. Mass,
October.
Road races: Denver, May %: Riverhead
N. Y. Juno /: Cobe. Chicago. June s;
! Grand Rapids, Mich, middle July; Den.
yer. Sept. s.: Lowell. Mass. Sept s: Van
derbilt. Long Island. New York. Oct. j.
Paramount park. Philadelphia, Oct 3: "a.
! Vannah. Ga
Pacific Coast.-santa Rosa. May .: Port
land. Ore. June IL: Santa Monica: 10,
Angeles. July 4: Mount Badly. Colo. Sept
10: San Francisco-Portola. Oct =: Loi
! Angeles Phenix. Nov. -
| Track races: Montgomery. Ala. Feb. 4
or April 20: Birmingham. Ala. April q
Atlanta. May s. 6 and Z: Indianapolis No
| May 30: Brighton Beach. N. T.. May %
Philadelphia. June Z: Columbus. O.. Jun'
! IL: indianapolis. July I. and Z: Dallas
! Tex. July =: Cheyenne. wyo.. July =
| St. Paul. July 4: wildwood. ~. J.. July
| Galveston. Tex. July: Kansas City. JULY
! 3: Wildwood. Aug. s: Philadelphia, Aug
s: Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Aus. i
and ID: Cheyenne. Wyo.. Aug. IL: Sept. S
| Wildwood. Sept. s: Indianapolis Motto,
Speedway. Sept. Z 3 and s: Minneapoli.
| State Fair. auto clubs of Minneapolis and
Sept. and 10: Indianapolis Motor Speed
way. Oct. and 3: Dallas. Tex. Oct. 5
-, Atlanta. Nov. Is: New Orleans. Nov.
and s: San Antonio. Tex, Nov. s, and -