Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-22
ENDURANCERUN WEDNESDAY
About Forty Cars will Be Ready for
the Start.
RUN TO LAST THREE DAYS
Total Distance of 5IT,0 Miles is 60
he Covered~--Run starts Into
Iowa and soon Returns
60 Nebraska.

The first annual endurance run OF the
Omaha Motor club, which is to be contested
Wednesday. Thursday and Friday OF this
week. promises to be one OF the most sue
cessful ever held in the middle west. The
fact that the run Is to be made under
tho rules of the American Automobile as
ISOLATION and has received the sanction OF
that organization has added interest and
given the tour prestige The course
through western Iowa and eastern Ne
braska has been definitely laid out, the
rules for the run have been formulated
and entries are coming In at rate which
indicates that there will be In the neigh
borhood OF forty starters in the long grind.
The start will be made early on wednes-
day morning from the Paxton Mitchell gar
age at the corner OF Twentieth and Har-
ney streets and the first days run, which
will cover 1881 miles, will carry the tourists
through Council Bluffs, Glenwood, Hast
ings, Emerson. Red oak. Essex, Shenan-
doah, Farragut, Riverton and Hamburg,
Ia; Nebraska City, Dunbar, Berlin Avoca
and Eagle. Neb.. 20 Lincoln, where the first
nights stop will be.
On Thursday the tourists will pass
through Emerald, Pleasantdale Milford,
Dorchester, Friend Exeter Falrmont Graf
ton, Sutton. Harvard, Hastings. Kenesaw,
Shelton. Gibbon and Buda, stopping for the
night at Kearney, after traversing 1877
miles.
The third days run will be the longest OF
the three. the route lying through Shelton,
Wood River. OldR, Grand Island, Chapman,
Central City, Clarks, Silver City, Duncan.
Columbus, Benton, Schuyler, Rogers, North
Bend. Amos. Fremont and thence back to
Omaha, a distance of 1875 miles. The whole
! distance to bn covered on the tour is 5l7.S
miles.
The cars which enter the race must all
be stock cars and must be fully equipped
as they are catalogued. The drivers are
| permitted, however to carry a certain
amount of extra equipment, such as wind
shields, extra tires and the like Touring
cars must carry at least four passengers
and runabouts two.
Any tire repairs which are made without
stopping the engine will not be penahzed.
but the time so spent will be added to the
! running time. The cars will be scheduled
| to run from sixteen to twenty miles per
| hour, depending upon the class OF the car
and will not be permitted to check in at
| the checking stations until sufficient time
| has elapsed to bring their speed down to
this rate.
The first prize for the run Is offered by
the Omaha World Herald and the second
| prize by the Motor club In addition to
these general prizes. three prizes for the
winners in each of the three divisions have
been offered For the purpose OF awarding
these prizes, the cars have been divided
into seven groups, the first comprising
those costing less than $500, the second
those from $500 TO $1,000; the third, those
from $1,000 to $1,000; the fourth those from
ia 600 to $1,000; the fifth, those from 81, 0ol
to 5000; the sixth, those from $4,000 to
$4,000, and the seventh, those above 1900
One trophy will go for the best score.
among cars of the first group, another C
the best in the second and third groups anC
a third to the best among the fourth, fifth
sixth and seventh groups.
The different towns and cities along the
| route are planning to receive the tourists
in royal style and at the points where night
stops are scheduled rather elaborate enter
tainment Is being arranged. Otto Nestman
chairman of the committee which has IL
charge the arranging OF the run, will rid,
in the official pacemakinR car ahead o.
the other cars and none will be permitted
to pass him. There will be one woman
driver in the race, Miss Besse Ames, whC
has entered and will drive her Chalmers
80" She promises TO give some OF he
competitors of the sterner sex q close rul
for the trophies.