The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-09-01
Shelter WANTS
ROAD RACE HERE
Will Hold Conference With
Dealers and Go Over the
Plans Tomorrow
By r. R. L'HOMMEDIEU

The chances for road race being
held here this fall or winter are very
good. Leon T. Shelter has come from
the south and viii be here until the
end of the week. In speaking of the
proposed contest, following UP the let
ter which he wrote a short time ago.
Shelter said yesterday:
Il think it is possible for a road race
to be held in San Francisco this year
and have asked number of those who
are interested in the event to meet
my plans with them, and, if agreeable
to them, preparations for the contest
will be started at once.
Il know at this time of five abso-
lutte starters that will enter any kind
of a road race, and from discussions
l have had with others l feel that
many more will participate"
Jack Prince. the builder of the mo-
tordromes- in Los Angeles and Salt
. Lake, is TO build a
Mo1orarome Franz Frsnoisoo . He s haa
secured 80 acres at
Elmhurst and will begin preparations
at once.
r, g. stanton, wen known in automo-
bile circles in this city. has taken the
a
si R1RoHr F's sou.h Angeles Az stanton s7I
st---- mas secured !; ms 70 :
optimistic over the outlook in the
southern part of the state He will be
missed by many friends in San Fran
cisco.
The Winton motor ear company of
Seattle recently acted as host to 80
%--------------- . tourists of Los An
1l-.e. !,
wnten nn ee% fbrough T the
@ay f to British HR '9 cor
lunnbia Nine Winton cars were placed
at the disposal of the guests, who were
enabled in this way to take in many
of the points of interest in the two
days stopover.
Rudolph Rovigno, an Austrian auto
mobile racing driver of noble lineage,
= --. may be at the
Noted Driver for Wheei OF SIM
Los Aneeles Monica road race.
In the recent vi
emma to Paris race Rovigno finished
second.
W. H. Turner of Portland wires as
follows to the Diamond rubber COM
ppany: Il " a a, $
Diamond Tires Of Mr.. Kennedy
+---------~ this this morning relai
tires. l am not sure whether / can
beat his record or not / bought White
steam car July II, 1909. and same tires
are on it yet. l have record of the
gallons. One front and one rear tire
are about all in now. Had four pune
lures. Beg to say our country here is
much rougher than California. Mr..
Kelly, who has the White repair shop
of your city, will vouch for me-"
recently took delivery of a Haynes car,
writes back as fol-
Good First Run lows to the Haynes
of Haynes Car n nanv a 5aegs a G9ln-
driven the ma
chine home:
regard to the Haynes purchased from
you on the 18th. left the ferry
building, San Francisco, Friday at -
o'clock and drove to Sacramento that
1873 miles. Saturday | drove from
Sacramento to Reno, New, Auburn and
Truckee, $50 miles, and over very bad
roads. And today (Suniay) drove up
only thing / did was to adjust the car
bureter twice to the altitude. This
was 376 miles in two days over the
mountains and not the slightest trouble
1 ought to be pleased
When a Texas cyclone not long ago
devastated region about 70 miles
>---- /. from Fort Worth a
EraurJir HELMS message was re-
Dactor on calls ceived by DIR. w.
A Duringer in
that city summon
ing him to attend an injured person
found in the wreckage left by the
storm So urgent was the need that
the physician determined to reach the
patient Notwithstanding the distance
and in spite of the fact that the jour-
ney would be long, exc essively hot and
over bad roads
The only way of quickly reaching
the scene ofsaction was by automobile.
Therefore, the doctor endeavored to
secure some one with a motor car who
would attempt the drive. AS he had
been given demonstrations by a num-
Der of automobile dealers he expected
ready response, but he found no one
wiling to make the trip until his plan
was laid before Hugh H. Lewis, ,Jr. The
latter declared himself ready to make
the run Immediately with one of his
Franklins.
With an 1S-horsepower car carrying
four persons, he made the run through
the dust and over the rough route in
three hours and five minutes. The
physician arrived in good season to
perform his work, which took him two
hours, and then the party started on
the return, which was made in three
hours and twenty minutes