The San Francisco call., 1910-12-07
AWAY WITH BOOKS AND PENCLS-SCH00B0YS DREAM OF GAME
PANAMA-PACIFIC
RACE IS ASSURED
Dick Ferris Win Promote Con-
test for the Oakland Auto
Association

The Panama=Pacifc road race Is as
sured. At a meeting held yesterday
all the details were settled and the
entry blanks issued Dick Ferris will
come UP from the south to handle the
affair. He was at tha meeting ysster
day and leaves today TO get some OF
the fast ears which were IN the Santa
Monica race to take part IN the New
Year event Ferris Is enthusiastic over
the outlook and thinks that there VIII
be 80 starters. The race will be held
over the Alameda county boulevard
course on January 2 The following
official notice accompanies the entry
blanks:
ueRr AND HEAVY CAR RACE
First event: Class c stock chassis-First d.
vision. G and cars np 70 ESQ cubic inches
sion. s c. 2s1 TO 500 cubic inches cylinder dis
placement and not over. No weight restr1c-
h The r1' ienrtb q s the circuit Is 1oszs miles
which must be covered nine times. making
The swards are: To the car covering the re-
quired distance IN tie shortest tine. 20 per cent
quired distance in the second shortest time. 20
per cent Of all entry fees; to the car covering
the required distance IN the third shortest time
Tribune trophy. value 81 600.
Second event: Class c stock eaassis-cA-s
from 300 cubic inches eyltnder displacement up
70 500. No weight restrictions. Entrance fee
The length OF TIE cireuit Is 1923 niles
of 152. 922 miles
Awards-TO the car covering the required as
entry fees: to the car covering the required dis
tsnee in the second shortest time. 20 per cent
CURED distance IN the third shortest time. 10 per
hotel trophy. value sS,6OO.
Later and more compIete oficial de-
tails of the recent Harrisburg endur-
ance contest dis
Winning hs6 s6 Car :aiss s;15;t@ s1;st9F5F 5Fs5 81
ously announced. The REQ not alone
won the silver cup for it's class by mar
gins ranging between 10 and 1000
POINTS, but Il defeatedNhve cars in the
tween IL and 3S points. Although be-
! longing TO the $3.50 division. the REQ
also defeated eight cars N the $4,000
class BY. penalties varying from four 70
/ 1000 points. and on the fnal leg OF the
terrible grine 1t tied with 40 horse
power sa.5oo car In view of this
durability and the fact that this was a
/ 1903 model REQ $50 which had COW
erred. cred over 2o.ooo miles as a general
the contest. motorists throughout the
country are more than ever pleased
with the manner in. which the REQ is
| giving an account OF itself
z Roger Stearn. manager OF the Los
Angeles branch Of the Standard motor
e- ar m n y.
| Is in the CITY Ford and yeEe
= A = cars and the Kellv
truck has US 2
| completed two DAYS visit 10 the home
/ Office in this city. Stearn reports bust
ness in the south to be in a most -four
| ishing condition. and says that he ex-
j poets a large sale Of cars for the en-
suing season. He returned 10 his post
/ Of duty last night on the Lark.
| Walter c. Morris. agent for the Auto
/ car trucks, yesterday received a silver
j q medal from h 2
/ Medal for Best state rair autnorl,
: Dell.erx WAGON IN the recent show
held at the state
[ fair IN Sacramento. The medal is the
4 first prize for the best auto delivery
wagon. A load Of Autocar runabOuts
will be on the showroom floor today
/ Walter Mac. .rlane Of Honolulu who
| has been visiting in this city. yesterday
bought a 40 horse
| Buys a MarmOn power Two pas
/ S roadster. This was
the first OF the 1911
| roadsterS to be received by the local
/ agents.