The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-04
Vanderbilt Cup and Grand Prize
Races to Be Held ON
Oct. | and 18.
PLANS ALREADY FORMED
FOR THE GREAT CONTESTS
Drivers of international Repu-
tatiOn Will Compete in Two
Star Automobile Events.

NEW YORK, Sept. 3.-With the frst
of the autumn IS big road races less than
ing company is rapidly completing the
many details necessary for the success
full staging of the events. Both the
Vanderbilt cup. and the grand prize
events, scheduled for October / and Is.
respectively, will be started at daylight.
The grandstand and official stand and
parking space enclosures will be bril-
liantly illuminated practically all night
On the Fridays preceding the two
events. The parkway road surface is
being overhauled and put in Al condi-
tion for the two events. Contracts are
being let for the decorating of the
stands in an artistic manner The sta
tioning of buglers at points on the
course, particularly at the grandstand,
to notify the spectators of the approach
Of a car, will be duplicated this year.
The county and town authorities of
Nassau county are cooperating with the
Long Island Motor parkway and the
Motor Cups Holding company to i'm
prove the. highways leading to the
repaired and will later be treated with
oil. BY an arrangement with the Long
Island Motor parkway the Cups com
pany has arranged to open large field
west of the grandstand for the use OF
the general public No charge will be
made for cars entering the field; a NOM
lnal charge Of 81 per person will be
made for those who enter the field,
whether occupying automobiles or on
foot.
This field Immediately adjoins the
grandstand to the west and is conven-
iently located for seeing the score
boards, which are placed on the official
stand. The restaurant and catering
privileges will be more complete and
satisfactory than ever. Sheriff Foster
of Naussau county Is already taking
steps to make safe the circuit, having.
in addition to himself, the under sheriff
early date arranging the various de-
tails preliminary to the events to be
held in October
Racers Engage Quarters.
Racing and training quarters are be-
ing engaged almost daily by entrants on
and close to the circuit, The attention
of entrants is called to the fact that no
preliminary practice will be permitted
except to those who have paid their en-
try fee and received the official radiator
plates furnished by the Motor Cups
Holding company. All cars not equipped
with these plates will be cautioned by
from the public highways on practice
mornings. Ten days of preliminary
practice will be allowed for each race,
not including Sundays. The board of
supervisors of Nassau county has been
particularly liberal this year and per-
mitted speed in practice on these ten
days from 5 until 8 o'clock in the morn
ing. All intersecting roads and cross
ings will be guarded by fiagmen, sworn
in as deputy sheriffs, who will keep
traffic from the highways during the
practice hours
1t is worthy of note that practically
all of the reservations for seats. boxes
and parking spaces, which Mt this time
is unusually large, provide for the same
boxes, seats and parking spaces for both
races, indicating that the general public
these events, that both will be equally
The class rules are so
liberal in their terms that the cars are
limited only to piston displacement.
there being no .other restriction except
that OF safety, which need he consid
cred by the designers. Special lubrica-
ton, timing, tires, size Of valves and
Otner 0etalIS are perHllSSlDle ana SnOulo
produce cars capable of phenomenally
fast time.
Three Bucks Entered.
Through a. G. Southworth the New
York manager of the Buick company,
DR.. Wadsworth Warren, racing manager
of the Buick racing forces, has entered
three Marquette Bucks for the grand
prize race These cars will be driven
BY Louis Chevrolet and Robert Bur
man. respectively. DR.. Warren advises
the Motor Cups Holding company that
the name of the driver of the third car
will be furnished later, It is understood
that DR. Warren has already negotiated
quarters for the racing crews
for this race and it is also understood
that n full team of Bucks will be en-
tered for the Vanderbilt cup race TO be
1ed October j.
Of the racing drivers who will COM
pete for the $1,000 in cash offered for
his race in addition to the grand prize
If the Automobile Club of America, the
drivers of international and
world wide fame will compete. Nazar-
70, Wagner. George Robertson, Ralph
le Palma. Ray Harroun, Joe Dawson,
Louis Chevrolet, Robert Burman ana
Barney Oldfeld. 1t is probable that fol
overs Of the automobile sport Will have
he opportunity of watching the con
of these various drivers. as IN
iddition to driving in the grand prize
m October Is many of the drivers
whose names appear in this list have
.lready been named to drive ln the
'airmount pnrk and Vanderbilt cup
aces.