Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-07
.PHOENIX RACE
ENDURANCE TEST
Mitchell and Billiard Are the Live
Wires of the Coming
Contest
THIRTY STARTERS EXPECTED
Race Absolutely 0pen-Phoenix
Business Interests Putting
Up the Money
THIRTY STARTERS EXPECTED
LOS ANGELES. Cal. July 2S, 1910.

LOS ANGELES, Cal, July 2o' lSlO'
In consideration of the posting of
forfeit money by the signers Of these
rules, l, George P. Bullard, president
of the Marlcopa County Automobile
club of Phoenix, Arizona, do hereby
guarantee the purses mentioned IN
these rules, viz: $1,000 to go to the
winner of the Los Angeles-Phoenlx
race, $500 to the second car ana SzOO
to the third car. The winning cars
shall be considered those which nego-
tiate the course between Los Angeles
and Phoenix in the shortest time, IN
accordance with the annexed rules. L
also guarantee the payment or the
purses hereinafter to be arranged Tor
races on the fair grounds in Phoenix.
This guarantee is conditional that the
forfeit money of at least six cars shall
be posted in Los Angeles for the Los
Angeles race with John S.
Mitchell, the representative Of the
Maricopa Automobile club of Phoenix,
Arizona, said forfeits to be deposited
not later than noon on the 2lst day OF
October 1910. At least two cars must
enter the track races
MARICOPA AUTOMOBILE CLUB,
BY George P. Bullard, President.
RULES
l. That the Los Angeles Phoenix
road race is to start from the Hollen-
beck hotel, Los Angeles, the last car
to leave at midnight, November 3, 1910;
all cars to leave five minutes apart.
The choice of time to start shall be
decided by drawing numbers from a
hat. said drawing to be held November
s at II noon at the Hollenbeck hotel.
2 That the official route of the race
shall be as follows, viz: North on
Spring street to intersection of Main
street; thence on Main to the follow
ing towns: FL Monte, Puente, Pomona,
Ontario. Uplands, Cucamonga. San
Bernardino, Beaumont, Palm Springs,
Indio, Mecca. Dos Palms, Chuckawalla,
Fhrenberg, Buckeye, Phoenix; the fin-
ish of the race to be at the gate of
the Arizona fair grounds, on the Nc
DoWel road, at line to be fixed by
the Maricopa Automobile club of
Phoenix.
g. The representative of the Mari
copa Automobile club in Los Angeles
shall be John S. Mitchell, and his acts
in connection with this race are hereby
approved by the Maricopa Automobile
club and the entrants in this race.
The referee shall be-------
and the starters shall be---------
4 That the race shall be run on
Southern Pacific railroad time.
5. That John S. Mitchell or his au-
thorized representative be instructed to
set the official time for starting for
each entrant Immediately after the
numbers are drawn from the hat, and
that there be absolutely no change in
his decision after once giving it out;
that the time of each car be exactly
at the time set for starting, whether
the cars are ready to start on time or
not.
g. That the car consuming the least
time between the start and finish of
the race be declared the winner, it be-
ing understood that the entrants are to
pass through the towns given in rule
No. 2.
T. That the entrants may use any
means in their power to negotiate the
course, except that OF being trans
ported by railroad trains, and that
each car must start and finish the race
under its own power.
8. That the only protest that may be
considered by any official or officials
of the race must be biased upon evil
dence that the car did not pass through
every town mentioned in rule No. 2,
or failure to live up to the conditions
of rule No. z.
9. That each entrant to the race de-
posit with John S. Mitchell a certified
check for $3.50 for each car entered, as
evidence of good faith that he will
start his car and carry out the rules
to the best of his ability. and that in
case any entrant fails to race as far as
Mecca he shall forfeit his entrance fee,
which shall be divided between the
cars finishing first and second, on
basis of rs per cent and 25 per cent,
but any entrant who shall faithfully
race his car as far as Mecca shall
have his entrance fee returned to him.
10. That the winner of the race shall