Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-06

The great Los Angeles-Phoenix race
is on. All through the night iourteeh
speed monsters. with mufflers wide
open. coughed their fiery blasts, aWak-
enine every little hamlet en- route, and
swiftly plowing through dimly outlined
roads, lined for miles by hundreds o1
automobile parties and thousands more
on foot all eager to reach the goal
the entrance to the Territorial ram
grounds at Phoenix. Before Monday
at noon the name of the winner or the
greatest endurance. contest ever run
i'm the west will be flashed to every
part of the civilized globe.
In the presence of 10000 people, pack
ed along the sidewalks and into the
streets from Third to the Plaza, the
fourteen cars lined up in their respec-
tive positions on Spring street in the
block between Second and Third last
night ready for the start from In front
of the Ho.lenbeck. Promptly at 10: 40
official starter Ed Maier, with his as
sistants, w. D. Newerf and Harry
Mason, and with M. M. Mitchell as Of
fetal referee, took their stand on the
east side of the street beside the
coughing Pope-Hartford. Ropes had
previously been stretched by the police
department and the crowds were kept
back.
At 1880 Announcer Pabst began to
toll off the minutes, and at 1O:64
Starter Maier tolled off the seconds. At
1856 the first car got away amid the
cheers of the assembled thousands. AT
five minute intervals car was started,
and the streets opened UP by the po-
lice for easy progress.
RECORD OF THE START
The following are the entries, driv-
ers and time of starting:
Pope Hartford, w. D. Tremaine.
first car to get away, left, at 1855
o'clock.
Apperson. Harris Hanshue and M.
W. Ferguson, IL o'clock.
Durocar, Charles Fuller Gates and
A. Bryan, HOS o'clock.
Parry, A. w. HORNE and L. M. Dull,
11:10 o'clock.
Ilissel-Kar. Harvey Herrick and o.
M. Kern, 11:15 o'clock.
Rambler, Will Sheriff, Arthur
Schrieber, 11:20 o'clock.
Ohio, Ross Henwood, Sid Graham,
11:25 o'clock.
Maxwell, Clarence Smith, Earl H.
Fancher, 1880 o'clock.
Mercer, C. H. Bigelow, L. H. Harris,
11:35 o'clock.
Abbott Detroit, Robt. Speigel, AL
Berry, 11:40 o'clock.
Ford, e. Roger Sterns, Charles Hac-
ris. n:45 o'clock.
velie, j. H stickney, Bill Pratt,
11:50 o'clock.
wjD Trant5In; Il 8 o.diodps sS!ps hamlin' Guy r.
Knox, Joe Nikrent, L. T. Nikrent.
10 o'clock.
The paramount question is, who will
win? The first checking point on the
long route is San Bernardino, and the
first car should have reached there by
80 this morning. Every car will also
be obliged to check at Dos Palms,
Chuckawalla and Ehrenberg, at which
latter place they will enter the con-
troll, to be started again at daybreak
Monday, in the position in which they
entered the control. From the river
eastward is where the battle will be
fought, for the going will be much bet
ter and supreme efforts will be made
to retrieve any lost time by any of the
racers.
There is considerable money wagered
on the race, the Knox and Franklin
apparently first and second choice; but
every car is a serious contender, and
barring accidents, some of the smaller
cars have an excellent chance of win
ming. The Ohio is apparently picked
as the dark horse" but like the
shadow - itself the Parry must be
renk--.ed with among the hitherto un-
- bEicQ CdTS Oh WSSlcIl COuIStSs
Notwithstanding the optimism exist
ing in some quarters that the racing
time to Phoenix will be lowered sew
eral hours, but few of the drivers in
this famous race expect the running
time to be less than IS hours. While
the roads are in better condition than
last season, when it comes to hitting
it up on the desert sands it will be the
same old story of weary plug, and
in some places a ten-mile gait will be
fast going. Each of the drivers has
been over the courses; some of them
several times, and have their courses
all laid out, but most of them are, de-
pending more on saving time by hav-
ing caches of supplies we'll distributed
and easy of access, so that. barring
accidents, 1t will not be necessary for
their motors to stop.
There is big national interest in
the outcome of the Los Angeles-Phoe-
nix race, for it is the one speed event
where every condition of road must
be met and conquered; and the prizes
are large enough to have attracted
several good eastern drivers; and If
they have a good measure of success
il will be possible next year to have
double the number of entries, for 1t
is the kind of a race that attracts
manufacturers to demonstrate the re-
liability of their cars, and money and
glory enough in it to secure the sew
ices of many more prominent drivers.