New-York tribune., 1910-11-01
AUTO RACE ON COAST
Santa Monica Fixture on the
Card for Thanksgiving Day.
COURSE SURE TO BE FAST
Man from Los Angeles Wagers
$4,000 on Fiat Team in the
Grand Prize Race.

After the Grand Prize automobffs rae. ar
Savannah on November 12 competitive feat
11res will come 20 an end IN the East. and
the Santa Monica road race in California.
on Thanksgiving Day will be TO the West
ern coast what the Vanderbilt cup race
was to New York
An average close 10 seventy miles an
hour is predicted for the contest. which
will be decided over tho 50 mile circuit
The course will be like a billiard table. and
Ar only Ons place each circuit will II
be necessary for a car 70 SLOW down below
fifty miles an hour. It IS one OF the safest
courses in the world. and this, added to
perfect grading. such as 1t had last year.
will give the drivers every opportunity
OF getting the best possible speed our oe
the cars.
Along ths ocean front. where the grand
stand will be built, facing the Pacific not
q hundred yards away. there Is a stretch
of slightly over a mile. Then comes .
right angle turn. In order that this turn
will have no dangers II will be banked ar
an expense Of s., so. Once around The cars
will have broad avenue stretching
over four miles without kink Here IL
is simply a case OF how fast a car can
20. The Lext turn vas cut down iasc
year so that IL IS gradual and many cars
have gone around this at ffty-ave miles
an hour in perfect safety. Beyond iris
the road swings gradually toward the sea
again and the cars dash down slight
grade TO another easy turn into the ocean
front
With sixteen starters there viii re
hardly more than twelve cars on the track
after the first few laps ard the fast ma.
chimes which have the luck will have A
chance TO establish a new American road
record, such as was done on the same
course last year
Bert Dingley. who drove Pope-Har
ford in the Vanderbilt Cup race. is en-
tered. DingIey won the small car race
last year and says he considers this the
safest road race course in the country.
Harris Hanshue is at the ADperson fac
tory putting the finishing touches on HIS
car. Among the racing cars already on
the ground are the Ohio. Franklin, Maxwell,
Mercer. L.ozier, KisseI Kar, Durocar, Re
gal. Abbott-Detroit Buick Ford, velfe,
Knox six and Knox -Four" Petrol,
Rambler and one Pope Hartford
A wager which is accompanied by an
offer generous as well as unusual has been
placed in the hands OF rhe Fiat Automobile
Company Cf New York by f. E. Hewlett.
of Los Angeles. who has just sent a check
Tor 5000 to be placed as a wager on tho
Fiat team in the competition for the Grand
Prize cup at Savannah.
Mr. Hewlett not only wishes TO wager
this amount of money. but in case OF his
winning he will give One-haIf Of il to the
driver of the winning car The other half
he will devote to some charitable object
in Los Angeles which is yet to be deter
UiIad.
p r. HOllander. a membet Of the con
test committee of the Automobile Club oe
America. sailed for Savannah yesterday.
Mayor GaynOr said yesterday that Hill
side avenue, in the Borough OF Queens.
had been badly cut up by the thousands
Of automobiles that daily made use OF
it during the aviation meet. The top
OF the road. which is paved in rnacadam.
has been taken off, the Mayor said, and u
will be necessary. apparently. to lay the
road with a granite block pavement
President dresser called at City Hall
shortly after the Mayor had made hts
comment and expressed himself in ike
manner.