Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-24
UNLICENSED CARS
MAY NOT COMPETE
Expect Licensed Dealers to Have
Charge of Santa Monica
Road Race
A. A. A. POSTPONES SANCTION
National Body Delays Action Un-
til Number of Classes
Is Decided
A. A. A. PoSTPoNES SANCTION

Notwithstanding announcement was
made some time ago that the proposed
Santa Monica road race in September
had been sanctioned by the A. A. A
as an Invitation" affair. there is good
reason to believe that the race has not
as yet actually received the official
Endorsement of the national body gov
gerning automobile races, as no such
action can be taken until it is de-
cided into how many classes the race
will be divided, and this, 1t is learned
from reliable local sources, has not
been determined upon by the local
governing board of the Los Angeles
Licensed Dealers association, under
whose auspices the race is to be held.
The first closing date for the race was
July 90 and the following entries had
been received up to that time:
Heavy car class-Lozier, entered by
Nash & FennInore. driver Teddy
Tetzlaff; Hartford, entered by
William r. Ruess Auto company,
driver. Bert Dingley; Knox, entered
by Doerr- Brown Motor company. driv-
er, Joseph Nickrent; Columbia, en-
tered by Bireley & Young, driver name
not given: Apperson, entered by Leon
r. Shelter, driver, Harris Hanshue;
Buick, entered by Howard Auto COM
pany, driver name not given.
Medium car class-Mercer, entered
by the Mercer Auto company, driver,
c. II. Biglow. Pope-Hartford. entered
by William r. Ruess Auto company,
driver, Bert Dingley: Buick, entered
by Howard Auto company, driver,
name not given.
Light car class-Franklin, entered
by r. c. Hamlin, driver, Guy Irwin
Chalmers. entered by Western Motor
Car company, driver, Bert Dingley,
Regal, entered by Big -Four Auto COM
pany, driver Roscoe L. Anthony;
| Buick, entered by Howard Auto COM
| pany, driver, name not given; Max
well, entered by Maxwell -Briscoe-Los
Angeles company, driver, name not
| given. ,4r
Several disagreeable complications
! have arisen since the race was first
announced. The innovation of an "in-
vitation" race has not been taken tC
! kindly in some quarters, for 1t simply
means the elimination of several cars
! that would like to contest but cannot
| do so as they will not be asked. Ma
| turally as 1t is a race conducted by the
| licensed car interest, unlicensed cars
cannot be asked to compete. And it is
| also true that there are other licensed
cars in the local field that cannot COM
pete, as the interested agents are not
members of the Licensed Dealers as
| sociation, and 1t is understood that 1t
would be of no avail If they were ad-
mitted to membership now, as the as
sociation's bylaws demand that a per-
son must be a member at least sixty
! days before a meet to be enabled to
enter cars, and there is not sufficient
time now, as the race Is scheduled for
! September %. There Is nothing un-
fair in this, as the same rule was ad-
hared to last year. But in the interest
of a big entry list and a decidedly
class contest it would please the pub
lie if the local governing board would
set the date a week or SO later that
these conditions might be met, mas
much as the official sanction has not
yet been received and no interference
with national racing work would bC
interfered with.
Another feature of the race com
mented on is that only California driv
ers are eligible, though several former
prominent eastern drivers are now il
the city but have not been here Ions
enough to have acquired a legal resi-