New-York tribune., 1911-04-20
Bio insurance Sought Against
Rain on Memorial Day.
ODDS OF TEN TO ONE ASKED
More Trucks Entered for the
Parade of Motor Vehicles
on Saturday,

Will YOU bet $4,000 to $4,000 that It will
rain on Memorial Day? This IS what the
management OF the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway is willing to post as a wager
with one OF the worlds greatest insurance
companies that the time-honored custom
OF the weather man will DC carried out
and rain will come on the day Of the 900
mile international sweepstakes race az the
big brick track, when forty OF the fastest
cars in the world, manned by the greatest
drivers. Will compete for about $4,000 IN
gold.
The proposition that III. indianapolis
Motor Speedway Company has made 20
representatives Of an English insurance
company which takes these risks is that II
is willing 10 pay $1,000 II rain does no.
come, providing the insurance company
will pay 500 600 II wet weather prevails
sufficiently 10 prevent the international
fixture This Is the first time IN the his
tory of automobile racing that such
wager has been considered.
The company IS now figuring on taking
a chance with the weather man. and II is
highly probable that the policy viii he
issued covering the twcnty-four hour
period from s o'clock in the afternoon Of
May o to oclock IL tie afternoon Of
May 80. On the other hand, the speedway
has taken precautionary measures in case
Of bad weather, and viii Re able 70 pun
off t,e big race on Saturday. June 5. II
not on Memorial Dsy.
The postponement sanction for that date
has been obtained from the American Au-
tomobne Association. and spectators will
-r 2 "a ra
unfavorable on Memorial Day. During the
last few weeks the cables have been busy
between London and Indianapolis arrang-
ing the details Of this Insurance contract,
and IL is possible that before May ! the
deal will be closed
Arthur Chevrolet and Charley Basis will
be the pilots Of the Buick cars in the big
race az Indianapolis. Arthur Chevrolet IS
the brother Of Louis Chevrolet, who sprang
into sudden prominence by winning the
Cobe trophy race az Crown Point in 1903
, At that time Arthur Chevrolet was mech
anician with the Buick team. He has been
in America since 1887. coming here first
as an employe OF the wlnton Motor Car
Company. but later engaged in the racing
game. his first appearance being in 1905.
Charles Base gained distinction in France
before coming TO America. and last season
performed al the wheel Of a Pope Hartford.
THIS team OF Franco-American drivers will
be mounted on the Buick cars which
proved So speedy in the big races Of the
1910 season, one Of them winning the prize
for The first American car 90 finish IN
the Grand Prize race at Savannah, under
the guidance Of wild Bob" Burman.
The committee having In charge the
entries for the motor truck parade TO be
held I'm this city on Saturday have report
ed that 80 motor trucks and delivery
wagons have been named, and that about
500 applications for entry blanks have been
received. While many Of these applications
may not result IN formal entries, yet any
number Of vehicles can be entered by each
applicant on a single blank. Among the
applications FOR blanks were those from
John Wanamaker. Gimbel Brothers and r.
II. Macy, each owning in the neighoorhoOd
of one hundred motor vehicles.
A letter from the Electric Vehicle As
sociation OF America was read az the last
meeting. which promised fifty electric
trucks for the parade. Another meeting Of
the Motor Truck Club will be held at 1
o'clock tomorrow afternoon 10 complete
the final details for the big parade
Additional entries received are the follow
ing: Burns Brothers. five lotion Hewitts;
Mouquin Wine Company three De Dion
Boutons: W +. McGill, three Victors: Pan
hard -Levassor. two Panhards: Best & Co,
Hewitt; Briarclifr Lodge three Do Dion
Boutons; r. q VI. Schaefer Brewing Com
pany. two Hewitts; Waiter Automobile
Company. four Walters; Coal Boulet Com
pany, Hewitt and orion, Grand Rapids
Furniture Company. two De Dion Boutons:
John Morrison, two De Dion Boutons: W
e. H. Kroepke, one Locomobile the Atkins
Company. one Locomobne: Remington
Standard Company. Remington; j. J.
jacquard e Co, two Aires; +. Ardln, G. q.
V: Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company.
four Little Giants; Griot s Fischer. two
Chages; New York Telephone Companv.
three Chases; the Walters Company, four
Walters: Couple Gear Company, three
Couple Gears, and the Autocar Company.