Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-25
.HANSHUE'S ENTRY
CAUSES COMMENT
California SportSmen Show Faith
in Driver of Apperson
JaCkrabbit
BACK FAVORITE WITH CASH
Vanderbilt Race ArouSeS the Old
Spirit of ChiVaIry Among
the WeSternerS
BACK FAVoRITE WITH CASH

Because 1t had been repeatedly as
serted that an Apperson Jackrabbit
would not be entered in any Of the
eastern races this year the arrival Of
Harris Hanshue in New York with his
car caused considerable newspaper
comment.
1t now develops that the Apperson
people have not changed in their deter
mination, but that factor never be-
fore counted on has entered into the
matter.
California sportsmen whose faith in
Hanshue and the Jackrabbit is strong
have formed a pool and entered the
western champion of the steering wheel
in the premier racing classic Of
America.
Headed by Leon T. Shelter and COM
posed of Apperson owners and agents,
pool was formed and fund raised
to enter the car. Hope of homage for
the California poppy, of glory for the
Golden West, of gladness for the en-
pire at the end of the trail in the land
of the setting sun-these are the things
back of the entry of sturdy-framed,
cheery-faced Harris Hanshue.
That there is in the men who live on
the oceanward slope of the Sierras all
of the dauntless courage Of their an
cestors, who came out of the east and
over the mesas and ranges to found
the missions and lay the foundations
of the "City of the Angels" was never
more convincingly revealed than in this
their latest achievement. The old spirit
of chivalry, of unfaling loyalty, of love
of adventure, of willingness to back
their faVorite with their all, still has an
abiding place with them.
It is all strikingly brought out in the
story of how Hanshue's name hap
pens to appear In the list of those who
are to do battde for a silly silver
bauble on the highways of the Hemp
stead plains.
Hanshue, his mechanician Ferguson
and his racing car were shipped from
Los Angeles to New York by the group
of California sportsmen who have such
an abiding faith in the western cham
pion and the speedy Jackrabbit.
The annals of motor racing do not
show that anything of the kind has
ever been done before, and it is through
the generosity and sportsmanship of
the western men that the orange and
black of the dream country beyond the
Sierras will have place in the gallant
company that is to hold tourney over
the misty stretches of the Long Island
speedway.
These western men have not a
thought of the value of the trophy. All
that they want is that western man
shall win, and they think that Han
shue is the best, most capable.
They know Hanshue and Ferguson,
and they know the Apperson. They
have seen them pitted against the best
that the west could produce. They saw
Hanshue seven times last year win
five firsts, one second and run one
without place. They recall the time
that he set a worlds record for the 200
mile distance on the road at Santa
Monica. He will have his first chance
against the eastern crack drivers in the
Vanderbilt. It will be his first race on
an eastern course.
He has also entered his car in the
Fairmont park race at Philadelphia to
be run October 8, and may compete In
the grand prize" a free-for-all over
the same course as the Vanderbilt, to
be run October IS. His racing camp
has been established at Testbury, L.
I. Part of the money subscribed will
be used as building fund to be called
at the best odds obtainable In the east.
Five hundred dollars was taken by
William r. Ruess, which he bet on Bert
Dingley. who will drive Pope Hart
ford. The bet will be decided on the
showing made by the two drivers in the
race whether they finish or not