Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-25
COURSE Of BUICK
AID FOR AUTOISTS
Loo of Last Winning Car Shows
Best Los AngeIeS-Phoe-
nix Road
OIL AND WATER AVAILABLE
John Mitchell of HoIIenbeck Reg
listers Entries Daily and In
tervieWs Prospects
OIL AND WATER AVAILABLE

With less than thirty days for de-
claring entries in the great Los An
geles-Phoenix endurance race, auto
mobile dealers, owners and makers
are busy tuning up their racers. Be-
ginning this week, practice runs over
q portion or all of the course Will be
made by several prospective starters.
AS there is at present no road map to
be used as a guide, we append the log
of the Buick car last season; and as
this was the winning car, the route
and distances cannot be other than
correct.
On leaving Los Angeles use the
lower road to Pomona, then by the
most direct route to San Bernardino;
distance, So miles. Thence to Banning,
"a miles; to Whitewater, IA miles; to
Palm Springs. IL miles; to IndAo, 20
miles; to Mecca. 1S miles; to- Dos
miles; to Ehrenberg, 6S miles; to
Quartzite, 20 miles; to Vicksburg, 30
miles: to Salome, miles; to Harris
burg, miles; to Winters Wells, 4O
miles; to Buckeye, 26 miles; to Phoe-
nix, 80 miles.
WATER AT MANY WELLS
Water can be obtained at all of these
places but 1t must be remembered
that at Chuckawalla the well Is off
from the main road nearly mile. In
making the trip 1t is advisable to ask
directions from one point to another;
as there are a number OF unmarked
roads, as they have been constructed
by homesteaders and have their end
ing on their property. Particularly Is
this noticeable in the Colorado river
bottoms, en- route to Ehrenberg. DOS
Palms is one of the almost Isolated
places and If no one at that point can
AnIy vannd hanTinpr
to the left and follow 1t for about ten
miles, then cross over the range
toward Chuckawalla. It Is possible
that one of the scouting parties Will
at questionable points in the road
place simple signs reading ITO
Phoenix"
No trouble need be encountered un-
til after Mecca is passed, and this is
the point which all cars entered in the
race must make in order to have their
certified checks for entrance fees re-
turned. At Palm Springs DR.. Coff-
man, an enthusiast, will have a plen-
tiful supply of gasoline, which will be
sold at actual cost; and at his expense
a long section of the road will be pa
troled and lighted so that cars cannot
go astray, as most of them will pass
over that section by night.
NUMEROUS ENTRIES SLATED
John s. Mitchell of the Hollenbeck,
who has charge of the race at this
end. is to be seen daily on automobile
row stating up entries and interview
ing prospects. To date there are nine
actual entries from Los Angeles, the
latest to send in a check being the
Mercer car. 1t is also understood that
the Ohio factory entered a car on
Saturday. There is also a privately
owned car in Phoenix which will be
sent to Los Angeles to compete. 1t is
a Pope Hartford. 1t is almost GER
tainty that from the local field will
come in excess of twenty starters, and
entry blanks have been sent all con-
testants in the Vanderbilt and Grand
Prize races In the east; and 1t Is ex-
pected that at least six new 4entries
will be secured from among them. The
racing season being over in the east
October Is, hurried shipments can get
cars here in time to start November 8.
Mr.. Mitchell and GeorgAsA. Bullard,
president of the Phoenix association,
are determined that every convenience
shall be supplied the entire racing
bunch on their arrival in Phoenix, and
a wire from Mr. Bullard Saturday
states that rooms with bath have al
ready been reserved for twenty-five,
and that more reservations will be
made when a roster of race entrants