Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-29
AUTOS TO RACE
ON CYCLE PATH
COLISEUM EVENTS TO TAKE
PLACE AS SCHEDULED
FALSE RuMoRs SPREAD IN RE-
GARD TO MEET
Livingstone viii Not Only Drive His
corbin, but Also Participate
in Races at Ascot
Park
BY d. w. sENIPLE.


For some reason or other there has
been determined attempt made with
in the past few days to have it ap-
pear that the automobile exhibitions
scheduled for the motorcycle track at
the Coliseum for tomorrow afternoon
would not take place. Livingstone was
reported to have said that the Corbin
car which he is driving would not take
the track.
This silly talk will be disproved to-
morrow afternoon when the little car
runs UP on the board track and tears
off the mile promised. Another Los
Angeles rumor was to the effect that
Livingstone would leave for the east
with his car today. Another fabrica-
ton made out of whole cloth. Living
stone has as much idea of going east
today as he has of buying the new
postoffice building. Livingstone VIII
remain here for the meet at Ascot park
February 10 and 20, and will at that
date be prepared to meet even the
greatly advertised racing drivers of
the eastern tracks who are coming
here with their stock cars; and mark
this memoranda down in the little
red book that on those days there will
be some of the winter eastern fur
taken from about the necks of the
gentlemen who live among the snow
drifts of Broadway and the tclcles of
great Central park and surrounding
the fancy drives of Riverside speed
way. There you have the truth of the
Livingstone movements.
Go for Five Mile Record
Surely, too. The Herald has made it
explicit enough that the little Moline
will be here with Harold Stone on the
drivers seat prepared to go five miles
for the worlds record on saucer
track. And in connection with this
statement, The Herald has another
story for it's readers this morning of
more than usual interest.
When this paper hustled about for
the stunt in which the Moline is Ia
participate tomorrow afternoon, it
claimed that the Moline would be the
first car to make the saucer track run
of five miles in the world. Scarcely
had The Herald made this claim until
Bill Pickens, the champion shot of all
the world on adjectives and schemes
which raise the hair on the head, and
who can peddle more "con" stuff to un-
sophisticated automobile writer's than
any man in all the world, sent to this
paper from Chicago picture of Lewis
Strang at an angle of about SO degrees
on a board track. and the prolific
Piclxens had a story of what Strang
had done.
This paper would not for a moment
reflect upon the great Buick racing
team of the past. The honorable Pick
ems with an astutenesS born of genius
did gather about him for the Buick
people one of the greatest racing teams
the world has ever known, but when
Lewis Strang took his seat on that
automobile on the saucer track Mr..
Pickens forgot to tell the public that
the car was fastened to the track with
ropes while the photograph was being
taken, and after the photogra pliers had
completed his work the ropes were
erased in the photo and Strang was
shown making a ferocious ride.
Corbin Will Not Be Tied
The thousands who will be at the
Coliseum tomorrow will see the Corbin
tearing about the track for three and
a half laps under her terrific power,
and Livingstone will not be tied to the
track. unless the eyes of thousands are
utterly deceived and necks broken fol-
lowing the flying machine as it circles
the oval.
Seventeen and half laps the Moline
will make. and if there is any human
being doubts the car is actually NOV
ing all they have to do is interview
the coroner and undertaken today, step
out on the track and see Whot a mile
a-minute machine will do to them.
There will be no tied cars to the board
track tomorrow.