The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-23

miles at a rate of about seventy-hve
The race will start at 10 O'Clock in The
morning and probably the winner will
cross the tape on his last lap about )
o'clock in the afternoon.
The officials for The race have been
most of them having been officials AT
many of the other great race meets OF
the country. Fred j. Wagner of New
York viii act as starter. while George
Robertson. the former racing driver, will
be an assistant. a. r. Pardinston OF
New York will referee. while r. p. Hoop
er. president of the American Automobile
association. Is the honorary official in
that capacity. Judges and other officials
have been chosen from among the most
prominent manufacturers and automo
bile men in the middle west
The method which would be employed
TO start this event has been difficult for
the promoters To decide. The speedway
management finally adopted the plan OF
feet in the air and give forth a dense
cloud OF smoke. One OF these will be
fred every minute for FIVE minutes be-
fore 10 o'clock and at the stroke of ten
a, special starting bomb will give the
signal that will send the entire field into
one OF the greatest races ever known
After the start the contestants are sig
nailed along the course by means of col
ored hags, each OF which bears some spe-
clal meaning which the drivers under
stand. The cars will be started In nine
II.
walls OF 100 feet back of the wire.
New Scoring System.
Scoring and timing OF forty-six fast
III length means the devising of an en-
treiy new system. In order To score
and TIME the race accurately more than
100 men Will ne used throughout the
seven hours, with nifty others as relief
men to the regular scorers. The eve Is
the only part OF man depended upon TO
aid IN this task. while mechanical and
electrical devices have been called upon
10 perform the greater part OF the work.
An electrical timing machine. which d.
Nldes the seconds into hundredths. will
every lap, while a battery of four adding
machines VIII be used to record the
number OF cars as they pass. Two dicta-
phones will carry the record OF the car
numbers In the order In which they fit
by the stand, This last record will
have the story of the entire race in hu-
man voice the first time this has ever
been attempted.
Reinforcing this squad Of mechanical
workers will be four score boards each
lOO feet in length and each employing
more than twenty men to operate 1t.
These will catch each car as it passes
the wire and credit IL with lap each
time it crosses. telephone system.
which has more than twenty instruments
score of announcers in all parts OF the
grounds and The visiting throng will he
Informed of the status OF the race every
ten miles OF its progress.
Preparations have been made for hand
ling a crowd of 100,O 900. Parking space for
$1,000 automobiles has been provided
To Prevent Accidents,
In order to prevent accidents TO the
spectators 300 men are employed a
military organization. known as the
Speedway guard, is composed OF 600 men.
These militiamen guard every roadway
and gate SO that the track has been
termed fool proof In addition, 100
police and plain clothes men watch the
throng throughout the day mounted
squad aids In directing the crowds TO
their proper places.
Known as 1.-The greatest race course in
the world the Speedway has been a
great center OF attraction for motorists
even when there was no event In prog
ress. The grounds contain 32S acres, all
enclosed with a high board fence, and
every corner attended by landscape gar
deners. There are forty nine buildings on
the grounds, including garages and
grand stands. Flower gardens and shrub
berry dot the entire tract. The track is
two and onehalf miles in length and
required six months TO construct, at a
cost of more than S150000 The entire
racing plant as 1t stands today, cost
moro shan $500. 900.
The following are the entries for the
500 mile International sweepstakes race: