Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-25
THIRTY ENTRIES
FOR CUP CONTEST
Sixth Vanderbilt Auto Meet Is
Expected to Eclipse All
Former Events

NEW YORK, Sept. 24.-With nearly
thirty entries already actually made
for the sixth Vanderbilt cup race, and
their entrance fees fully paid, there
is no getting away from the assertion
that this years contest will be a truly
great race-if not the greatest Of cup
races. In all probability there will be
fully twice as many contestants to
face the starter as in any of the five
previous thrillers. Racing teams have
begun to arrive at their camps on
the course and the latter is being put
into the pink of condition for practice
trials and for the cup race itself. Near
ly one hundred men are at work on
the roadway, the stands and wire
fencing.
In connection with the practice trials
this fall, the public will be correctly
informed of the time made by the
drivers. In the past racing pilots have
been credited on certain occasions with
making utterly impossible speed.
Messrs. Poertner IInepper and Inter
rieden will officially take the prac-
tice times by Warner automatic timing
instrument. These absolutely correct
times will be given officially to the
press men, so that newspapers and
public will not be misled by unof-
ficial sensational time clocked by ordi-
nary instruments. The grand prize
race practice, two weeks later, will be
similarly timed.
For the winners OF the sweepstakes
events, by the way, is offered an addi-
tional prize of $1,000 cash. in addition
to the trophies. Allen P. Knight, pres
ident of the Queens Land and Title
company, owners of the Massapequa
estates, has offered two lots at that
place valued at $500 to the winner of
the Massapequa event. Last year Joe
Matson won two lots similarly offered.
Official Starter Fred ]. Wagner will
arrive in New York today,
The course over which the great
speed contest will be run % made up
of the Long Island motor parkway
and the adjacent roads of Nassau
county. The entire circuit is 1854 miles
in length and 1t will be covered twen-
ty-two times, making a total distance
of the race exactly 27S.0S miles. Great
progress has been made on the park
way and by October 1, A. r. Parding-
ton states, nearly twenty-five miles of
practically completed road will be
added to the twenty miles of motor
way which was thrown open to the
motoring public last June. The first
race to be run over the parkway course
was in 1908.
The list of paid entries TO date is
as follows:
VANDERBILT CUP RACE
BENZ, George Robertson.
2-Benz, Edward A. Hearne.
3-Benz, David Bruce Brown.
4-Alco, Harry F. Grant.
5-Pope- Hartford, Jack Fleming.
6-Pope- Hartford, Jack Dingley.
7-National, John Aitken.
8-National, AL Livingstone.
9-Simplex, Leland Mitchell.
10-Simplex, Ralph e. Beardsley.
11-Lozier, Ralph Mulford.
12-Marquette-Buic Louis Chevro-
let.
i4-Marquette-Bufck. Robert Bur-
man.
15-Marquette-Bu Buick, Arthur Chevro-
let.
16-Apperson, Harris Hanshue.
17-Marmon, Jos Dawson.
18-Marmon, Ray Harroun.
19-Jackson. p. F. Scheifier.
WHEATLY HILLS SWEEPSTAKES
31-Marion, Marcel Basle.
32-Marmon, not named.
33-Mercer, e. H. Sherwood
MASSAPEQUA SWEEPSTAKES
4l-Cole "30," Bill Endicott.
42-Open.
4S-Cole "3o," Louis Edmunds.
44-Lancia, William Knipper.